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Why your boss, not Wall Street, could be to blame for the growing income gap
You've heard the expression "the rich keep getting richer." It's never been more true than it is today.
Since the 1970s, the average paycheck for a corporate executive in this country has quadrupled, while your paycheck has remained relatively stagnant.
But who is making all the money?
We assume it's the fat cats on Wall street, but it turns out it's more likely to be your boss.
This morning on American Morning, Peter Whoriskey with The Washington Post spoke with Carol Costello about his piece and what this growing income gap means for the economy.
Is talking to the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan a good idea?
In an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed
negotiations that began weeks ago with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan. He insisted there's only one way these talks
will succeed.
"I think that the Taliban have to feel themselves under military pressure, and begin to believe that they can't win before they're
willing to have a serious conversation," Gates says. "We've all said all along that a political outcome is the way most of these
wars end. The question is...when and if they're ready to talk seriously about meeting the redlines that President Karzai,
and that the coalition have laid down, including totally disavowing al Qaeda."
This morning, Carol Costello and Kiran Chetry spoke with General George Joulwan, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander who has helped lead successful talks with guerilla forces in El Salvador during its civil war. He explains if talking to the Taliban is a good idea.
Question of the Day: Should the US negotiate with the Taliban?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the United States has begun preliminary talks with members of the Taliban as part of an effort to end the war in Afghanistan.
American Morning wants to know: Should the US negotiate with the Taliban?
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CNN Heroes: Recycling hotel soap to save lives
Atlanta (CNN) - That bar of soap you used once or twice during your last hotel stay might now be helping poor children fight disease.
Derreck Kayongo and his Atlanta-based Global Soap Project collect used hotel soap from across the United States. Instead of ending up in landfills, the soaps are cleaned and reprocessed for shipment to impoverished nations such as Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and Swaziland.
"I was shocked just to know how much (soap) at the end of the day was thrown away," Kayongo said. Each year, hundreds of millions of soap bars are discarded in North America alone. "Are we really throwing away that much soap at the expense of other people who don't have anything? It just doesn't sound right."
Kayongo, a Uganda native, thought of the idea in the early 1990s, when he first arrived to the U.S. and stayed at a hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He noticed that his bathroom was replenished with new soap bars every day, even though they were only slightly used.
"I tried to return the new soap to the concierge since I thought they were charging me for it," Kayongo said. "When I was told it was just hotel policy to provide new soap every day, I couldn't believe it."
'Golf summit:' The political history of the game
Bouncing off reports that President Obama and Speaker Boehner will be having their own "golf summit" on Saturday, our anchors gear up this morning for a round of putt and pass!
Joined by John Avlon, Newsweek columnist, and Mike Walker, senior editor at Golf Magazine, Kiran and Christine discuss the importance of relationship building and problem solving through golf, tracing the historical role the game has played for Presidents as they negotiate deals and legislation ideas.
New Spielberg series: Actor Noah Wyle's on new sci-fi show
On Sunday, TNT will premiere a new sci-fi series starring Noah Wyle, "Falling Skies." The new show, from executive producer Steven Spielberg, follows a band of survivors after an alien invasion.
Wyle joins AM this morning to talk about his new role, what life is like post-"ER" and why he thinks people are so drawn to post-apocalyptic television series.
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