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Dec

2012

6:10am, EST

Newly-crowned Miss Universe gets a kiss from Donald Trump

Valerie Macon / Miss Universe Organization via EPA

Olivia Culpo, newly crowned Miss Universe 2012, poses with Miss Universe organizer Donald Trump during the press conference after the 2012 Miss Universe Competition in Las Vegas on Dec. 19, 2012.

By TODAY.com news services — Rhode Island native Olivia Culpo took the crown Wednesday night at the 61^st annual Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, becoming the first American to nab the top prize since Brook Lee in 1997.

“I’m dreaming … it’s a dream,” Culpo told fellow contestants with a shocked smile as they gathered around her after the announcement. Read the full story.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Miss Universe Organization is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC.

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Donald Trump accepts gold bullion instead of cash for lease deposit

By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

Although this is a commercial image, I found it interesting in that I've never seen gold change hands in a deal.

Robbie Whelan's blog item in The Wall Street Journal offers the following from Trump:

"It's a sad day when a large property owner starts accepting gold instead of the dollar," Mr. Trump said in an interview. "The economy is bad, and Obama's not protecting the dollar at all....If I do this, other people are going to start doing it, and maybe we'll see some changes."

Read the rest of Whelan's piece here.

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