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The most interesting thing Forbes Magazine does all year is compile rich lists.  For example, in April, they crowned Carlos Slim as the world’s richest man.  Now, they turn their sights inward, on America, and have crowned America’s richest man.  Unsurprisingly, America’s richest man is Bill Gates, because no matter how much money he gives […]

It’s only natural that a guy who lives on Naked Creek Road in Conover, South Carolina, would want to take naked pictures of himself.  I mean, Naked Creek, naked people?  Makes perfect sense.  However, where the story gets strange is that the 47-year-old naked man from Naked Creek was taking naked pictures of himself in […]

David Letterman is not the sort of guy who is quick to forgive, or forget, about slights.  He’s a notorious perfectionist, and when things don’t go right, he’s known to be very irritated by this.  That’s why Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on Letterman last night was pretty remarkable.  Phoenix showed up to apologize to Letterman over […]

It’s a good question.  If you believe that UFOs can be explained away as the occasional extraterrestrial visitor to planet Earth, then surely those ships have some sort of defensive capabilities.  After all, you never know when some redneck is going to fire his weapon at your saucer, so you need to be able to […]

American Idol, still a ratings powerhouse, is showing signs of age.  The show has been on the air for 10 years now and continues to make money, but the ratings are off nearly 10 percent and the pool of good musicians is getting smaller and smaller (which might explain why the show has churned out […]

If you’re a mother who gives her baby Similac, then you might want to be careful.  Similac, the world’s most popular baby formula, has been the subject of a recall by maker Abbott Laboratories due to contaminants in its powdered-style Similac baby formula.  The voluntary recall affects 5 million packages of powdered Similac that might […]

There’s a hot new insurance policy in the works.  Given that they’ll insure hair and thumbs and everything else, there’s no question that one of the most important decisions in life has to be insurable as well.  Enter the Kernersville, North Carolina, insurance agent John Logan.  After his marriage went south, he decided to hedge […]

Hurricanes are devastating, and when it’s a hurricane the size of Hurricane Karl, there’s going to be some trouble in its wake.  Unfortunately for the residents of the state of Veracruz in Mexico, hurricane damage is the least of their worries.  Thanks to the flooding brought by Hurricane Karl, somewhere between 280 and 400 endangered […]

What many countries would like to see happen has actually happened in the weirdest country on Earth, Japan.  Paris Hilton, one of my least-favorite celebrities on the planet, might be a billionaire hotel heiress, best-selling author, and television and movie star, but she’s also not above the law, both in terms of needing cops to […]

While Japan might have a problem with missing centenarians, America keeps track of its older people, and they keep in touch with everyone else. Widely believed to be the world’s oldest living man, Walter Breening is turning a hale and hearty 114 years old.  Not only is he having a birthday, he’s celebrating with a […]

“I’m thinking of putting up a sign in front of the house saying ‘Beware of Air Freshener,’” said 70-year-old British man Arthur Whitehouse.  You see, his can of Wilkinson’s Citrus Fresh aerosol air freshener has saved his life… for the second time.  Last year, Whitehouse warded off a would-be robber by spraying air freshener in his eyes (not […]

Do blondes have more fun?  Did Tony Soprano die?  What is the meaning of life?  Those are all good questions, but good luck figuring out an answer.  If you’re the search engine Ask (or Ask Jeeves), then you’ve been asked these questions millions of times since the search engine debuted in 2000.  Designed to help […]

A few years ago, my father had laser eye surgery to correct his vision.  It’s a wonderful thing, because he went from needing incredibly strong glasses and being nearly legally blind to being able to see without glasses, which is incredible given how bad his eyesight was prior to the laser treatment.  John Matthews, when […]

When Martena Clinton got an invitation from her friend Gardine Tiggle to attend a speech and dinner hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus, she jumped at the chance.  After all, President Barack Obama would be speaking, so she knew it was something she had to see.  So, she commuted into Washington D.C. from her home […]