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  1. Authorities: Pickens' Grandson Died of Heroin Use

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    Authorities say the grandson of billionaire T . Boone Pickens died of heroin intoxication after an evening of drug use at a friend's apartment. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office

  2. The 50 Most Influential Networking Tycoons

    Fri, 1 Feb 2013

    Rupert Murdoch category: $133 billion Chairman and CEO of News Corp. 9. Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. category: $132 billion Chairman of BP Capital Management 10. Linda S. Wolf category: $131 billion Director on Walmart's board and

  3. The 10 Wealthiest Networking Kings and Queens

    Thu, 31 Jan 2013

    Jorge Perez and T . Boone Pickens as the 360th richest to Forbes. 9. Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. category: $132 billion T . Boone Pickens Jr ., 84, made a now chairman of BP Capital Management . He has a net

  4. Grandson of T . Boone Pickens , 21, Dies in Texas

    Wed, 30 Jan 2013

    AP Thomas Boone Pickens IV, the 21-year-old Texas oil tycoon T . Boone Pickens , died Tuesday after about the news. T . Boone Pickens founded Mesa Petroleum chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management , and is listed

  5. Wishing a Happy #espanYOLO 26th Birthday to Rapper Drake

    Wed, 24 Oct 2012

    in Atlanta , in DC ). As you should. When you're young, rich, and famous, that's what you do. Even if T Boone Pickens stunted on you heavy by reminding you that it's not the first million that's the hardest," but that, indeed

  6. Political Sideshows: Birth Certificates and Dogs Trump War, Economy

    Thu, 17 May 2012

    decorated military service in Vietnam. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, funded with $2 million from Texas energy tycoon T . Boone Pickens , charged that Kerry lied in order to receive the Silver Star and a Purple Heart. During his campaign, Kerry did

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  1. U.S. energy independence is no longer just a pipe dream

    Tue, 15 May 2012

    get 94% of its energy domestically by 2030, up from 75% now, as oil imports fall by half. Energy billionaire T . Boone Pickens , a major investor in oil and natural-gas companies, said the U.S. can at least end oil imports from Organization

  2. The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, March 31, 2011

    Thu, 31 Mar 2011

    proposed a basket of ideas for reducing U.S. dependence on oil, endorsing for the first time a plan backed by oilman T . Boone Pickens to subsidize purchase of trucks and fleets that run on domestically produced natural gas. LINK ABC NEWS VIDEOS

  3. GM CEO Akerson says 'doors open' to alternative energy

    Thu, 10 Feb 2011

    to E85 ethanol (a fuel that's 85% ethanol and 15% gas). •Natural gas. Akerson said he's heard tycoon T . Boone Pickens tout the benefits of natural gas-powered vehicles and is intrigued, but GM hasn't committed to that alternative

  4. The Giving Pledge: Billionaires Promise to Donate at Least Half Their Fortunes to Charity

    Wed, 4 Aug 2010

    generally does more harm than good," wrote oil tycoon T . Boone Pickens , adding that while he enjoys making money, giving Taylor 29. Barry Diller and Diane Von Furstenberg 30. T . Boone Pickens 31. Bernard and Barbro Osher 32. Elaine and Ken

  5. Forward March: New villains in old story, but Dems face own distractions

    Wed, 3 Mar 2010

    Kerry, D-Mass., met with one of his nemeses: T . Boone Pickens , Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel reports . “In in his Washington office with the two lawmakers and T . Boone Pickens , the Texas oilman behind the Swift Boat attack ads that

  6. Wild Horses Rounded Up in American West

    Fri, 29 Jan 2010

    Doors opened and out popped Madeleine Pickens , the blonde and perfectly-coiffed wife of billionaire oil tycoon T . Boone Pickens . Wearing a tan shall and Ralph Lauren cowboy boots, she pushed her 18-year-old blind dog Ollie in a baby stroller

  7. Blue-State Blues: Win or Lose, GOP Sets Frame for '10 in Massachusetts

    Wed, 13 Jan 2010

    somebody's skin tone would be criteria for a qualification for the presidency.” Coming Wednesday afternoon: T . Boone Pickens ’ new ad -- unveiled at a 2:30 pm ET teleconference, with John Podesta of the Center for American Progress Action

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  1. Google: Implode-o-meter, T . Boone Pickens , Zappos

    Tue, 8 Jul 2008

    default his Neverland Ranch. And also rising today Pickens Plan a website to launch a proposal by billionaire oilman T . Boone Pickens . He believes Americans are spending way too much money on to send foreign countries to buy oil. So the man who

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    today Pickens Plan a website to launch a proposal by billionaire oilman T . Boone Pickens . He believes Americans are spending way too much money on to send -- foreign countries to buy oil. So the man who
  2. T . Boone Pickens : Man With a Plan

    Sun, 17 Aug 2008

    policy. Texas oil baron turned wind power advocate T . Boone Pickens has recast himself as a Green crusader of sorts million who signed on as foot soldiers. Oil tycoon T . Boone Pickens is roughly a month into his crusade to make renewable

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    completely overhaul America's energy policy. Texas oil baron turned wind power advocate T . Boone Pickens has recast himself as a Green crusader of sorts. And listing some pretty unlikely supporters and now pushing his plan directly to the presidential candidates. Here's ABC's Lisa Fletcher. We need action and we need to bite you've seen the ads and heard the name on came and picked him. I've been an all man my whole -- you may even be one of the quarter million who signed on as foot soldiers. Oil tycoon T . Boone Pickens is roughly a month into his crusade to make renewable energy the number one issue of the presidential race. And it seems
  3. Oil Man Has Plan for Energy Crisis

    Tue, 8 Jul 2008

    mystery is what can be done to fix the problem. Entered T . Boone Pickens who made billions of dollars in the oil business the with the markets that can bring the price down. No T . Boone Pickens says there is a solution. Americans can reduce their

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    a mystery is what can be done to fix the problem. Entered T . Boone Pickens who made billions of dollars in the oil business the eighty year old says He knows how we got into this --
    that deals with the markets that can bring the price down. No T . Boone Pickens says there is a solution. Americans can reduce their addiction to foreign oil by using two forms of energy we already have
  4. Web Extra: Full Interview with Jon Huntsman

    Sun, 21 Aug 2011

    most important step we can take in terms of perhaps immediate job creation as energy independence. If people like T . Boone Pickens have talked about 500000 jobs over the next five years if we simply take a step. That would suggest that. Natural

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    terms of perhaps immediate job creation as energy independence. If people like T . Boone Pickens have talked about 500000 jobs over the next five years if we simply take a step. That would suggest that. Natural gas
  5. Wild Horses Rounded Up in West

    Sat, 30 Jan 2010

    They're running out of space and places to put the worst. Answer Madeleine Pickens life of Texas oil billionaire T . Boone Pickens . Ride the horse roundup in helicopters. With an entourage of aides and experts do you think this is the horses

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    to put the worst. Answer Madeleine Pickens life of Texas oil billionaire T . Boone Pickens . Ride the horse roundup in -- helicopters. With an entourage of aides and experts do you think this is -- -- the
  6. World News (07.24.09)

    Fri, 24 Jul 2009

    alone. Do you have any sense given. Progress then how much further have to go next ten years. But experts like T . Boone Pickens cautioned that no amount of drilling will be enough to make us independent of foreign oil. Current fields are drying

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    further -- -- have to go next ten years. But experts like T . Boone Pickens cautioned that no amount of drilling will be enough to make us independent of foreign oil. Current fields are drying up and
  7. Business Report (7.09.09)

    Wed, 8 Jul 2009

    energy products. Preventing these huge changes in oil prices could help stabilize gas prices. Billionaire oilman T . Boone Pickens is suspending his plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas. ran into problems with financing and

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    huge changes in oil prices could help stabilize gas prices. Billionaire oilman T . Boone Pickens is suspending his plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas. -- ran into problems with financing and infrastructure. Instead
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