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Could David Simon Give Back His MacArthur Genius Grant?

(Sept. 28) -- You can't apply for a MacArthur Fellowship, the $500,000, no-strings-attached award given to a handful of Americans each year and popularly known as the "genius grant." But can you give one back? Observers had cause to ponder that when the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2010...

'The Wire' Creator Among 23 'Genius Grant' Winners

(Sept. 28) -- David Simon, creator of HBO's epic "The Wire" series, says he feels "a little sheepish" about being among 23 scientists, inventors and scholars who've been awarded this year's "genius grants" from the MacArthur Foundation. The $500,000 annual awards come with no strings attached, paid out quarterly over...

The Wire Creator David Simon's Latest Target: Major League Baseball

I'm not going to read The Wire's obituary again, but if you don't know who David Simon is, he's one-half of the creative duo that breathed life into the best television show of the past decade, The Sopranos (arguably) excepted. He's also been labeled by The Atlantic as "The Angriest Man in Television," a title one imagines...

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Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker

WASHINGTON -David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

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Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

NEW YORK -Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

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Dan Lybarger: The Old-School NOLA Charms of Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Thanks to David Simon, ordinary citizens -- or at least the ones with premium cable -- are now more likely to know what a second line is.

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05/25/12 Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker Source: AOL Money & Finance WASHINGTON -David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
05/25/12 Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds Source: AOL Money & Finance NEW YORK -Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
05/24/12 Dan Lybarger: The Old-School NOLA Charms of Dirty... Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment Thanks to David Simon, ordinary citizens -- or at least the ones with premium cable -- are now more likely to know what a second line is.