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Can Bill Gates stop hurricanes? Experts doubt it

Aug. 28, 2009
Hurricane experts are throwing cold water on an idea backed by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates aimed at controlling the weather.
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Bill Gates predicts long downturn

DAVOS, Switzerland, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The global economic crisis could continue for up to four years, Microsoft founder Bill Gates told the BBC during an interview in Switzerland.

Gates in Sweden for wedding

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg, Sweden, this weekend for a society wedding.
Gates, wife, father receive doctorates

Gates, wife, father receive doctorates

SEATTLE, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The University of Washington has awarded honorary doctorates to Microsoft's Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and father William H. Gates, school officials say.

Magazine: Microsoft ad uses Mac software

SEATTLE, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Some of the images in a new Microsoft commercial that shows a wide range of people boasting "I'm a PC" were created on Macintosh computers, an analysis claims.

New Microsoft ads target diversity

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. launched an advertising campaign aiming to convince the public its U.S. consumer base was broad based.

Gates says IRS screws up his taxes

LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Internal Revenue Service apparently is having a difficult time keep tabs on Bill Gates, said the Microsoft founder during a conference in Portugal.

Danes accused Microsoft of blackmail

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Digital Consumer Denmark says U.S. software producer Microsoft is trying to blackmail Copenhagen by threatening to shut a Danish unit.

Bill Gates' father says his son is lucky

NEW DELHI, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The father of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates told Indian reporters he attributes much of his billionaire son's success to luck.

Bill Gates to give foundation $3 billion

SEATTLE, July 20 (UPI) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates has pledged about $3 billion expected from a one-time special stock dividend to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Gates rolls out $400m investment in India

NEW DELHI, Nov. 12 (UPI) --
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler