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Comment Re:the system works! (Score 1) 155

by kkruecke on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @11:25AM (#29581003) Attached to: The Informant Is Back At Work

He actually got 2 more PhDs while in prison. (I forget what they were for though)

Good point. I missed that. He did earn a PhD in Psychology and another in Economics while in prison, in addition to some other degrees.

The grand total is three Phds, one J.D, and one MBA: a Phd in Nutritional BioChemistry, a Phd in Psychology, a Phd in Economics, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, and MBA.

The Informant Is Back At Work 155

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 27, 2009 @09:34PM from the supermarket-to-the-world dept.

theodp writes "Fortune catches up with former ADM exec and whistleblower Mark Whitacre, who talks about watching his life on screen in the dark comedy, The Informant!. Among other things, Whitacre apologizes to Fortune for duping the magazine in a 1995 interview when his bipolar-fueled compulsive lying was in its full glory. Thanks to a Ph.D. he earned from Cornell in nutritional biochemistry, and an understanding CEO who was involved in prison ministry, Whitacre is now COO of Cypress Systems, where he's been working since spending nine years in prison for embezzlement. And yes, his wife really did stand by him through the wild ride."

Bionic Eye Gives Blind Man Sight 203

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 04, 2009 @07:53PM from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

AmigaMMC writes "A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye. Ron, 73, had the experimental surgery seven months ago at London's Moorfield's eye hospital. He says he can now follow white lines on the road, and even sort socks using the bionic eye, known as Argus II. I wouldn't go as far as claiming he regained his sight, but this certainly is a biotechnological breakthrough."

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