The rich keep getting richer. It is particularly annoying when the extremely rich are extremely talentless, as is the case for Jennifer Lopez. Nonetheless, the good news keeps rolling in for J-Lo. Not only did she give birth to twins early this morning, but rumors are circulating that People magazine will offer the star and [...]
Residents of Wheatland, Wisconsin received a $2,000 bill in their mailboxes recently courtesy of Time Warner cable. That is, for those residents who still have mailboxes. You see, a tornado demolished several homes in the southeast region of Wisconsin on January 7th. Time Warner offered their sincerest condolences by charging some of those residents $2,000 [...]
Some people are so stupid that it is almost beyond comprehension. In March 2006, 47-year-old Sarah Everson and her 35-year old husband Kris concocted a fictitious story, claiming to have given birth to sextuplets. The goal was to appeal to the generosity and charitable qualities of their neighbors. It worked temporarily as the couple collected [...]
Eight auto dealerships in Massachusetts were forced to pay $290,000 in penalties after the state accused them of utilizing misleading and unethical advertising practices. In addition to the fine, the state made it illegal to use “asterisk pricing” in advertising car prices. Asterisk pricing is the practice of including as asterisk with a price - [...]
Earlier today we profiled a 10 year old girl who received a supposed new MP3 player from Wal-Mart. Unfortunately the MP3 player wound up being used and was preloaded with pornographic images, profanity, and war clips (Link).
A similar report is out this evening from a Germantown, Maryland Wal-Mart location. A young girl, upon opening her [...]
A 10 year old in Cookeville, Tennessee was thrilled when she received a new MP3 player for Christmas. Unfortunately, when the young girl turned the player on, she quickly discovered the player was not new and was not what she had expected. A Wal-Mart store in Sparta, Tennessee is being blamed for selling a used [...]
Construction on the nation’s costliest and most complex highway project, the Big Dig, is finally coming to an end on December 31, 2007. The 7.5 mile stretch of highway in central Boston was first proposed in 1982 at a cost estimate of $2.6 billion. That estimate ballooned to $10.8 billion in 1998. The final figure [...]
A 2004 “Price is Right” contestant is suing the game show, CBS broadcasting, and an auto dealership for failing to deliver a brand new Pontiac GTO Coupe as promised (See Story). Donna Tillman alleges that Thorson GMC Pontiac and Precise Auto Transport delivered the car to her home despite apparent structural damage to the frame [...]
A Canadian man racked up an $83,000 cell phone bill after using his phone to download movies and music onto a computer (Full Story). Due to the expensive fees associated with data transfer in Canada, Piotr Staniaszek’s Bell Mobility bill ballooned from the usual $147/month to $83,000. Staniaszek and Bell Mobility negotiated [...]
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