East Germany shredded millions of top-secret documents when the Berlin Wall came down. They were unable to burn them in time and the West took control of some 600 million pieces of shredded paper in 16,000 bags. The $8.5 million dollar E-Puzzler can put them together again! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A Brazilian driver had his car impounded after police realized he had almost 1,000 traffic violations. The good news is that if he pays the $1.9 million in 90 days, he gets his $6,500 car back. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

1500 gold coins sewed up in a dress, making it worth $1.2 million and a pain in the back. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

World's most powerful telescopes opened its shutters for the first time Friday to begin exploring faint light from distant parts of the universe. The Gran Telescopio Canarias, a euro130 million ($185 million) telescope featuring a 34-foot (10.4-meter) reflecting mirror, sits atop an extinct volcano. Its location above cloud cover takes advantage of the pristine skies in the Atlantic Ocean. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

For the next year, Disney World and Disneyland will launch the "Year of A Million Dreams". During this time, a Disney character can give your family a surprise deluxe hotel room or a role in the parade. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

A pampered pooch who inherited $US12 million ($13.5 million) from a late US hotel magnate earlier this year has fled to Florida under an assumed name after receiving death threats. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bradley Fowler, a homosexual author from Michigan, has sued Zondervan publishing for $50 million and Thomas Nelson Publishing for $10 million. He argues that versions of their Bibles that call homosexuality a sin violate his constitutional rights and caused him emotional pain and instability. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Sony will be forced to pay $18.5 million in damages to a company called Agere Systems for a patent violation on a "wireless local area network apparatus" included in Sony handheld devices including the PSP. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Ever wanted to thank someone a million times? Well now you can by sending them this link. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

CLEVELAND - A couple accused of stealing millions of dollars from an armored car company did it to escape financial hardships...

$8 million to escape 'hardships'? That's a bit much. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A Monterey County jury has ordered the state to pay $8.6 million to a motorcyclist who was severely injured when he struck six wild boars on a state highway in 2003.

*so, if I hit a deer?* picked by kakana 8 months ago

- 20 million laid off - half of all toy factories have closed - government plans 4 trillion yuan ($USD 585 million) stimulus package. - risk of "mass incidents and social unrest" as jobless migrants return to the countryside. I have also heard that the factories are just closing their doors - no back pay, no severance packages. We are not talking wealthy people here but they all contri... read full post picked by aclister 10 months ago

The LHC is getting all the coverage, but another major physics experiment the Virgo gravity-wave interferometer, an €80 million (US$114 million) has been incapacitated by a vacuum failure for most of the summer, and is expected to stay out of commission for a month or two to come. It is searching for that elusive Gravity Wave picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

The Pentagon paid a small South Carolina company — run by twin sisters — nearly $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

They offered her a million bucks to appear in a non-nude article, when some genius in the office decides to look in the archives. Turns out she had already done some nude work for them in the past! And I bet the guy who checked the archives won't get squat, either.

Myself, I can't wait to see "Client Number 9: The Musical"...you KNOW it will happen too! picked by Moe 2 years ago

McLaren stripped of constructors' points and fined $100 million in Formula One spy case. picked by punthe 2 years ago

The Yankees were told by agent Scott Boras that they could not meet with Alex Rodriguez unless they presented an extension offer that guaranteed the star $350 million "as a floor." picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Analogous to the Earth's current situation, greenhouse warming 55 million years ago was caused by a relatively rapid increase of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. This phase, known as the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), was studied using sediments that accumulated 55 million years ago on the ocean floor. The new study shows that a large proportion of the greenhouse gases was released ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Cafferty: White House Illegally Deleted Over TEN MILLION e-mails
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 08:10 PM CST

What was a serious problem for the White House has now doubled, and Jack Cafferty is all over it: picked by molnatisi 2 years ago

Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams.
While the recession has claimed 4.4 million jobs, the economy has created others, many of them for highly trained and specialized professionals. More than 2 million jobs openings now exist across a range of industries, according to government data. picked by bingo 9 months ago