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Lennar CEO's 2010 compensation rose 31 percent

MIAMI – Lennar Corp. says President and CEO Stuart Miller received compensation valued at about $9.6 million in fiscal 2010, a 31 percent increase from the prior year, according to an Associated Press calculation from the company's proxy statement.

The Florida homebuilder kept Miller's base salary at $1 million, according to the proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He received a performance-based cash bonus of $1 million, compared with no bonus the year before.

Miller also received restricted stock awards valued at $7.6 million on the day they were granted, up 20 percent from $6.34 million the year before.

Additionally, Miller received $68,230 in all other compensation, which included $60,000 in dividends, $7,350 in 401(k) retirement fund contributions and $880 in life and disability insurance benefits.

Miller received a total of $7.4 million in all compensation in 2009, and $1.06 million in 2008 as the national housing market foundered.

The AP's formula for calculating executive compensation is designed to isolate the value that the company's board placed on the executive's total compensation package during the last fiscal year. It includes salary, bonus, performance-related bonuses, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted during the year.

The calculations don't include changes in the present value of pension benefits, making the AP total different in most cases than the total reported by companies to the SEC.

Lennar builds homes and extends mortgages to homeowners. Its financial services division includes mortgage financing, title insurance, and closing services. At the end of its last fiscal year, in November, Lennar owned 82,703 home sites around the country. The company also had option contracts on an additional 21,173 home sites.

Lennar owns homes in states that were among the hardest hit by the U.S. housing crisis, including Florida, Nevada and California. The company's stock price plummeted as national real estate prices started to sag in 2007, falling from a high above $50 a share that year to less than $7 in 2009.

The housing market recovery, though uneven, has returned some of Lennar's value, with the stock trading over $20 a share.

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Information from: AP.

Dallas Injury Lawyers 1800CarWreck Uses Facebook for Super Bowl Big Game Bash

Dameian Dowell of Dallas, TX Wins Dr Dre Beats From The Dallas Auto Accident Attorneys at 1800-Car-Wreck, Eberstein & Witherite, LLP

Dallas, TX (Vocus/PRWEB) February 17, 2011

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Williams, Wildcats hold off WSU 79-70

TUCSON, Ariz. – Derrick Williams had 26 points and eight rebounds, and No. 12 Arizona withstood a big night from Klay Thompson to hold off Washington State 79-70 Thursday night.

Williams had been relatively quiet the previous two games, scoring a combined 23 points as he tried to fight through collapsing defenses and the bulky bandage on his sore right pinky. The defense nor the still-bandaged pinky didn't bother him this night.

Williams got to the rim and the line, hitting 7 of 10 shots and all 12 of his free throws. He also got some help from Solomon Hill, who scored all of his 12 points in the second half to give Arizona (22-4, 11-2 Pac-10) its 14th straight home win.

Thompson, the Pac-10's leading scorer, tried to carry Washington State (17-9, 7-7) with 30 points, but a shaky start to the second half put the Cougars in too big of a deficit.

DeAngelo Casto added 14 points for Washington State.

Neither of the Pac-10's two leading scorers shot particularly well in the teams' first meeting, a 65-63 win by Arizona in Pullman. Arizona hounded Thompson all over the floor, holding him to nine points on 4-of-16 shooting in that first matchup. Williams was just 4 for 13 from the floor, but finished with 17 points and 19 rebounds.

Casto was a big reason for Williams' off-shooting night and the Cougars got good news when he was able to play after spraining his ankle against Cal last week.

The 6-foot-8 junior made it hard on Williams early, even blocking one of his shots in the front row.

Thing is, it hasn't mattered if teams have been able to keep Williams quiet lately. The rest of the Wildcats have picked up the slack.

Against California, it was Lamont Jones and Kevin Parrom each hitting career highs while combining for 52 points.

Kyle Fogg took his turn against rival Arizona State in Arizona's previous game, hitting six 3-pointers to match his career high with 26 points.

Arizona needed everyone against Washington State.

The supporting cast carried the Wildcats while Williams was quiet early, then he scored 10 of his 12 first-half points in the final 7:14 to put Arizona up 41-33.

Hill took his turn at carrying the Wildcats to start the second half, scoring the first seven points, and Williams added an alley-oop off an inbound pass to put Arizona up 50-33.

The Cougars needed 4 1/2 minutes to get their first field goal of the second half, then rallied behind Thompson.

The lanky junior, who had 12 in the first half, scored 10 quick points midway through the second and added a layup that made it 64-59 with 6 1/2 minutes left as the game got chaotic and physical.

Turned out to be their last chance.

Casto got hung up on the rim to miss a dunk, Thompson threw a pass to the Cougars' bench for a turnover on the next possession and the Wildcats pulled away for their seventh straight win.

Rep. Michele Bachmann v. Michelle Obama on breastfeeding

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota on Tuesday blasted the First Lady's support for breastfeeding as evidence of a "nanny state" mentality.

"This is very consistent with where the hard left is coming from," Bachmann , according to widespread reports. "For them, government is the answer to every problem."

"I've given birth to five babies, and I've breastfed every single one of these babies," Bachmann said. "To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies, I mean, you wanna talk about the nanny state I think you just got the new definition of the nanny state."

Last week, the IRS ruled that , a move pushed by the Obama administration along with more flexible work rules related to breastfeeding. These changes come amid reports that Michelle Obama , especially among African-Americans, as a way to help combat childhood obesity--the focus of the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign.

This isn't the first time the "Let's Move" campaign has been the target of "nanny state" attacks.

Sarah Palin has repeatedly criticized the campaign: Palin"Sarah Palin's Alaska," in December saying the dish "is in honor of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert." Palin criticized the campaign on Ingraham's show the month prior.

Bachmann, a star among conservatives--especially those affiliated with the tea party--is considered a potential candidate for president in 2012.

(Photo of Bachmann: Alex Brandon/AP)

Rep. Michele Bachmann v. Michelle Obama on breastfeeding

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota on Tuesday blasted the First Lady's support for breastfeeding as evidence of a "nanny state" mentality.

"This is very consistent with where the hard left is coming from," Bachmann , according to widespread reports. "For them, government is the answer to every problem."

"I've given birth to five babies, and I've breastfed every single one of these babies," Bachmann said. "To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies, I mean, you wanna talk about the nanny state I think you just got the new definition of the nanny state."

Last week, the IRS ruled that , a move pushed by the Obama administration along with more flexible work rules related to breastfeeding. These changes come amid reports that Michelle Obama , especially among African-Americans, as a way to help combat childhood obesity--the focus of the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign.

This isn't the first time the "Let's Move" campaign has been the target of "nanny state" attacks.

Sarah Palin has repeatedly criticized the campaign: Palin"Sarah Palin's Alaska," in December saying the dish "is in honor of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert." Palin criticized the campaign on Ingraham's show the month prior.

Bachmann, a star among conservatives--especially those affiliated with the tea party--is considered a potential candidate for president in 2012.

(Photo of Bachmann: Alex Brandon/AP)