Crazy Money
College Student Drops Out After Finding Out That He Won Lottery
The second-year student at the Jiangsu Maritime Institute, identified by the nickname Yong to protect his identity, was the sole first-prize winner in the "Double Colour Ball" issued by the China Welfare Lottery on Tuesday, the Beijing News said.
Toronto's Smallest House Is Back On Sale
TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - To exit through the back door of Toronto's "smallest house," first fold the Murphy bed back into the wall; it takes up the entire seven-foot width of the bedroom.
How To Make $250,000 Playing Scrabble Online
Playing free games online can be a profession. A number of sites are giving out cash prizes and the size keeps growing. It first started with modest amounts, like $100, to attract gamers, but now payments balooned to $250,000.
Here is a list of free games you can play and win fat cash prizes:
Scrabble
Bejeweled 2
$83,000 Phone Bill
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned to get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the charges reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.
Piotr Staniaszek, a 22-year-old oil and gas well tester in rural northwest Alberta, became a figure of international media attention this week when his father went to the press to complain about the size of his son's bill.
Guatemala’s government moves to regulate baby trade.
A year after Guatemala's emergence as the second-largest foreign source of babies for adoption to the United States, a new push by the Guatemalan government to wrest control of the process from private agencies has stirred an emotional backlash from thousands of prospective adoptive parents in the United States.
Finally, Millionaires Get Their Own Social Network
http://asmallworld.net/
A new crop of online social-networking sites has taken aim at the rich, seeking to create exclusive Web communities of like-moneyed friends. The sites -- essentially MySpace for millionaires -- promise safe havens for the affluent where they can flirt, swap advice, plan parties and find new pals without mixing with hoi polloi.
10 Incredible Pieces Of Furniture Made From Used Bike Parts
1. Milano Lounge Chair
2. S-2 Barstool
3. Modulus Loveseat
4. S-2 Cocktail Table
5. Vector Lounge
How To Make A Chair Out Of An Old Bicycle
http://www.bikefurniture.com/
Butterfly Naming Rights Go For 40K
A butterfly species discovered in a Florida museum has a new name after an anonymous bidder paid $40,800 for naming rights in order to honor a woman who died in 1972.
The butterfly's common name will be the Minerva owl butterfly. It's being named after the late Margery Minerva Blythe Kitzmiller of Malvern, Ohio.
While the bidder's name was not disclosed, the payment was made on behalf of Kitzmiller's grandchildren.
Man Inserts $1 Bill Into Machine, Gets $260.50 In Change
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- A car wash change machine paid off like a Las Vegas slot for one customer, but he turned over his booty to police. Eldon McCammack put a dollar in the change machine Saturday at the Trojan Car Wash in this city about 40 miles east of Indianapolis.
