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Janitor Gac Filipaj Earns Free Degree From Columbia University, Graduates With Ivy League Honors

Want a degree from Columbia University, but can't afford the absurd tuition? Do you own a mop, are not disgusted by with cleaning toilets and can spare a dozen years of your life? Gac Filipaj, a 52-year-old refugee from the former Yugoslavia, spent the last 12 years working as a janitor at Columbia while also taking classes at the Ivy League school -- and didn't pay a penny in tuition. He graduated on Sunday with honors from the university.

California Budget Gap Widens To $16B From $9B [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

California Governor Jerry Brown introduces his state budget proposal at the State Capitol in Sacramento January 5, 2012.
The estimate of California's budget deficit in its next fiscal year has ballooned to $16 billion from $9 billion, state Gov. Jerry Brown divulged in a YouTube video posted this weekend. Brown said the widening gap was caused by changing conditions on both the revenue and the cost sides of the ledger.
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New ?Bachelorette? Emily Maynard Makes Season 8 The Most ?Drastically Different? Yet

New Bachelorette Emily Maynard is ready to take another shot at love. The beautiful Southern belle might not have found a soul mate in Brad Womack on ABC's The Bachelor, but Maynard has another chance at finding her Prince Charming with her very own season of The Bachelorette and 25 bachelors to choose from. Host Chris Harrison said Emily Maynard's new season will be the most drastically different yet.
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Barack Obama Cracks Jokes At George Clooney's $40,000-A-Plate Fundraiser

George Clooney hosted a $40,000-a-plate fundraiser for President Barack Obama at his Los Angeles home Thursday, May 10. The event, which reportedly took place in a decked out tent at Clooney's L.A. mansion, included 150 of George's closest and richest friends, not to mention a Clooney roast by the Commander in Chief himself.
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Gay Marriage To Make Democratic Party Platform: Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that support for legalizing gay marriage will likely become part of the Democratic Party platform now that President Obama has personally endorsed same-sex marriage.

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