Three Sweepstakes That Give Away Laptops
1. Shopzu
You have a choice of four laptop PCs to choose from. If you win, that is.
2. SuperBRewards
The dead still have to pay library fines
HARRISON, N.Y. -- Even the dead apparently have to pay the fines on their overdue books at one Westchester County library. Elizabeth Schaper said she was charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.
"I was in shock," Schaper said. "This has rocked me to my core."
What's Homer Simpson's Middle Name?
Have a friend who loves The Simpsons? Ask him or her what's Homer Simpson's middle name is. I bet you they won't know it or claim that Homer does not have one. But he does. It's Jay. Homer's full name is Homer Jay Simpson. Here is proof.
Former US Missile Base Put On eBay For $1.5 Million
A former US intercontinental ballistic missile base - with a network of underground tunnels and silos, but no nuclear warheads - is on sale on eBay for $1.5m (£750,000, 1.06m euros).
Company Pays Surfers Twenty Five Bucks To Come Up With Unusual Domain Names
http://www.pickydomains.com
Did cybersquatters take all the good names? Or perhaps webmasters lost their creativity? Whatever the answer is, it’s all good for PickyDomains.Com. The idea for the service is brainlessly simple to say the least.
Black Market For Chocolate Bars And Soda
WINNIPEG - A "black market" for junk food appears to have developed at a Winnipeg school cracking down on sweet treats and soda.
Kelvin High School has removed pop, chocolate bars and cinnamon buns from its cafeteria and vending machines as part of a new Winnipeg School Division nutrition plan.
The plan is based on provincial guidelines released in 2005.
More than 70 people have joined a Facebook site called "Bring Back Sugar to Kelvin High School."
One teen says students are making money by selling goodies out of their lockers.
World's Most Expensive Dessert ($14,500)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - This dessert may be a little too rich for you, but you're probably not rich enough for it. A Sri Lankan resort is charging $14,500 for what it calls the world's most expensive dessert, a fruit infused confection complete with a chocolate sculpture and a gigantic gemstone.
"The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence" was created to give visitors at The Fortress resort in the coastal city of Galle a one-of-a-kind experience, said the hotel's public relations manager, Shalini Perera.
City Contemplating A Rabbit Limit Law
POWELL, Wyo. — A proposed city ordinance limiting the number of rabbits per household has some City Council members in this northern Wyoming community hopping.
The council gave initial approval last week to an ordinance that limits rabbits to three breeding pairs a household.
"I know that rabbits are very big in Powell, and it's about time we got something like this on the books," Mayor Scott Mangold said.
Councilman Tim Sapp doesn't agree.
The New American Ghost Town
Along the streets of Far Rockaway, many recently built two- and three-family town houses sit waiting for even one family to move in. Some have boarded-up windows, while others have clumps of garbage in driveways that have never seen a car. Desperate developers hoping to cover their bets — and stem their losses — tape up both For Rent and For Sale signs inside windows that face nearly deserted streets.
German Lawmaker Wants To Limit Marriage To Seven Years
The time limit would lead to fewer divorces, according to Gabriele Pauli, a candidate for the leadership of Bavaria's dominant conservative party CSU.
The "seven-year hitch" plan drew sharp criticism from party colleagues in Pope Benedict XVI's home region.
German MP Gabriele Pauli said seven-year marriage contracts would slash divorce rates.
