Beyonce Named People's Most Beautiful Woman

'I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth,' she says in World's Most Beautiful issue.
By Jocelyn Vena

<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/knowles_beyonce/artist.jhtml">Beyonc&#233;</a> truly is the Queen B. She has been voted <a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20360857_20589758,00.html" target="_blank"><i>People</i>'s World's Most Beautiful Woman</a> in the magazine's latest issue, which celebrates all things beautiful. And these days she says the thing that makes her feel most beautiful is her baby girl, Blue Ivy. </P><P> </P><P>"I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth," Beyonc&#233; told the magazine. "I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth." </P><P> </P><P>Beyonc&#233; continues to gush about her baby girl, saying, "She's just the cutest thing," adding that she makes up songs to sing just to Blue Ivy. When asked which of her parents the baby resembles more, B responded, "She looks like Blue. She's her own person." </P><P> </P><P>While Beyonc&#233; is focused on her "love" of changing diapers these days, she is prepping to get back to work. But she seems to feel her greatest achievement is baby Blue. "The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy," she explained. "The word 'love' means something completely different now." </P><P> </P><P>Beyonc&#233; is slated to perform in Atlantic City over <a href="/news/articles/1681308/beyonce-memorial-day-atlantic-city-shows.jhtml">Memorial Day weekend</a> and is rumored to be working on new music for a follow-up to 2011's <i>4.</i> </P><P> </P><P>This is the ninth time the pop singer has made the issue, which hits newsstands Friday. The list also includes Angelina Jolie; Jennifer Lawrence; Adele; <a href="/news/articles/1683715/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-pregnant.jhtml">newly pregnant Megan Fox</a>; "Snow White and the Huntsman" villain Charlize Theron; the Snow White of "Mirror Mirror," Lily Collins; "Mad Men" vixen Christina Hendricks; Michelle Williams and Kate Middleton. </P><P> </P><P>Guys who made the cut in the Most Beautiful issue include the <a href="/news/articles/1674460/bradley-cooper-sexiest-man-alive-people.jhtml">Sexiest Man Alive himself, Bradley Cooper</a>, David Beckham, Blake Shelton and Ashton Kutcher. </P><P>In 2011, "American Idol" judge <a href="/news/articles/1661863/jennifer-lopez-people-most-beautiful-woman.jhtml">Jennifer Lopez was crowned <i>People</i>'s Most Beautiful Woman</a>. </P><P> </P><P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1617615"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/s/spotted/banner/spotted.jpg"></a></p>

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Gmail free storage upped to 10GB, 25GB for paying Google Drive customers

Google has marked the launch of Google Drive by giving Gmail users an extra 2.3GB or so of storage. The company announced that it'll bump the free allowance up to 10GB (and counting) for free users, and 25GB for paying Google Drive customers, a substantial increase from the previous 7.7GB or so previously offered.

We're not seeing the changes reflected in our own accounts just yet. But considering the fact that Gmail updates are usually rolled out over the course of a few days, it shouldn't be too long before we start to see our extra storage space.

Google says it'll continue to slowly add to the new 10GB free allowance every day, just as it's been doing since Gmail launched with 1GB of space back in 2004.

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Instattoo iOS app lets you randomly generate tattoos, can't turn back time

Interested in getting a tattoo but disappointed by your lack of completely random options? Then Instattoo might be just the app for you. Released today for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, it lets you automatically generate a one-of-a-kind tattoo with just a few taps and swipes, which you can then print out and get transferred to your own body with the aid of a skilled professional -- but not before you share it on your social network of choice, of course. You can get a taste of what you might be getting yourself into in the pair of videos after the break, and grab the app in the App Store now for $5 if you're not dissuaded.

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Assessing the Small Business Tax Cut - NYTimes.com

The Agenda

How small-business issues are shaping politics and policy.

Early last week, the Democrats held a vote on a tax bill that defined their political philosophy but had no chance of passing. That was the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, better known as the Buffett Rule, which failed to get the 60 votes necessary for the Senate to take up the bill. On Thursday, House Republicans countered by passing their ?Small Business Tax Cut.? The bill cleared the House handily, 235-173, largely on party lines, but it is no more likely to become law than the Buffett Rule.

Under the Small Business Tax Cut, introduced by Eric Cantor, House majority leader, any company of any sort with fewer than 500 employees would be eligible to deduct 20 percent of income in 2012, though the deduction is limited to half of cash wages paid to employees. (That means, for example, that a company with $10 million in income but a $3 million payroll would see the $2 million deduction reduced to $1.5 million.) The tax deduction would be in effect for only one year and would cost the Treasury $46 billion.

?We need to stop and think about what kind of country we want to be. And do we want to be one with lower taxes, more growth and more jobs? Or do we want to be one of more government control and fewer opportunities?? Mr. Cantor said on the House floor. ?Our bill puts more money into the hands of small-business owners so they can reinvest those funds to retain and create more jobs and grow their businesses.? Mr. Cantor cited a study that claimed the bill would create ?more than 100,000 new jobs a year.?

But while the bill passed the House handily, it has raised objections from partisans and nonpartisans alike. Congress?s nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation discounted the measure?s stimulative effects in an analysis of the bill. The tax cut?s effects on the economy would be ?so small as to be incalculable,? the committee said. ?The one year of tax savings provided by the bill is unlikely to make the costs of much investment in physical capital or labor recruitment and training worthwhile.? (And the new jobs would not be created cheaply, from the government?s perspective: if the tax cut did create 100,000 jobs, the cost per job would be $460,000.)

The White House, which opposes the bill, pointed out in a statement that the deduction could actually discourage companies from making investments and hiring for the year that it is in effect because those additional expenditures reduce income. ?With the deduction only available for one year, it is likely that some firms would reduce or delay new hiring or new investment as a result,? the White House said.

In fact, because the deduction is so large ? 20 percent, remember ? and because it ends abruptly when a company reaches 500 employees, it?s easy to envision yet another way that it might depress hiring among the largest eligible businesses. Imagine that a $10 million company has 495 employees and can take a $2 million income deduction. At the 35-percent tax rate, that deduction is worth $700,000. If that company were to hire five workers, it would lose the entire deduction. (If, on the other hand, the deduction were to phase out gradually as the headcount increased from, say, 400 to 500, the deduction? would be much smaller, and the choice would be much less stark for the company approaching the threshold.)

Even some Republicans objected to the bill. Tom McClintock of California, objected that the tax cut?s $46 billion cost was not offset by spending cuts. ?Thus, it merely shifts current taxes into the future,? Mr. McClintock said after the vote, according to The Hill. Then he added, ?nor does H.R. 9 do much to promote economic growth because it does little to reward new productivity at the margin. At best it produces a one-year ?sugar high? until the bills come due.? In all, 10 Republicans voted against the bill. (On the other hand, 19 Democrats voted to pass the bill.)

The measure now heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it faces what judicious analysts like to call ?an uncertain future.?

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