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  • Yesterday, tourists were posing for pictures outside of Lehman Brothers in New York City, doubtless to show everyone back home that they were there…

  • Sep 15, 2008

    The sweet deal

    No surprise the dollar fell today after the news of the shake-ups on Wall Street. But a good pie is still worth… well, at least a '72 Chevy pick…

  • Now this is fab. USAopoly is hoping to capitalize on a new generation of Beatlemania (and the old one too) with a new Monopoly game — The Beatles…

  • My mother always said she had eyes in the back of her head. Now, a New Zealand airline wants to put temporary tattoos on the back of the heads of…

  • UAL stocks tanked — and we mean tanked — when a headline that flashed across trading screens erroneously reported that the carrier was filing for…

  • Microsoft's new commercial with Jerry Seinfeld isn't exactly drawing rave reviews. Here are a few of the headlines:…

  • Here's a Muppet News Flash: NBC has announced that a new movie starring Kermit and the gang will be released during the holidays. The cast of "Le…

  • Sep 5, 2008

    More hot wheels

    Call it reverse sticker shock. A report by JP Morgan auto analysts says the average price of a new vehicle fell more than 2 percent in the second…

  • Sep 4, 2008

    Hot wheels

    Could gas prices be driving up fraudulent car theft claims?…

  • Google's debut of its open-source Chrome browser today is a hot topic on the Web….

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