The estate of Bob Cole donates $16.4 million to Cal State Long Beach’s music department. Cole, who made his money in real estate, was an amateur piano player and his money will be used to provide scholarships to student musicians. Also, the music department gets gold toilets and premium toilet paper (known in Europe as [...]

You think you’ve got housing troubles with your leaky skylight and that letter from Countrywide telling you no more money?
Well, consider doctor brothers Jonathan and Andrew Bourne who, as the New York Times reports, live 36 miles from their nearest neighbor (only about 12 miles from a road, as the snowmobile flies).
Oh, but wait, that’s [...]