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The income gap; The cost of hangovers; American women and gender discrimination; Thieves target livestock; Unemployed law school graduates; Worldwide military spending falls

The income gap

The average inflation-adjusted income for the top 10 percent of earners rose by $116,071 between 1966 and 2011. During the same 45-year period, the incomes of the bottom 90 percent grew by just $59.

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