This kind of reminds me of that old Dire Straits tune.. Money for Nothing (but no chicks for free...)

He is ''Gentleman'' Jim Reeves, the crooner with the velvet voice who transcended his country music roots and continues to captivate fans worldwide, almost 40 years after dying in a plane crash. It is a lasting popularity that has turned Reeves — who helped launch the legendary ''Nashville Sound'' with such hits as Four Walls, He'll Have to Go and Welcome to My World — into a substantial revenue generator to the tune of at least $400,000 per year, according to royalty statements made available to The Tennessean.

Can someone dead 40 years make $400,000 / yr?

More oddness and news of the weird!

The 22-year-old college student, pictured at right in a Dunn County Sheriff's Office mug shot, pleaded guilty last month to burglarizing a home in search of the barely-there underwear. After Scholfield's arrest last April, Menomonie cops discovered 854 thongs stashed in his home, with the garments stored in everything from a briefcase to a Pokemon lunch pail

Thong Thiever!

Four robots performing a quasi-traditional Japanese fan dance and something of an N'Synch routine. These aren't the robots of the 60's.

'Dance, Will Robinson!'

This is just too bizarre not to meme...

Apparently, this company does concrete and foundation crack repair but the opportunites for innuendo are just too damn good...

Mr Happy Crack (along with his trademark slogan "A dry crack is a happy crack") was introduced to the world in early 2002 and immediately achieved the type of fame usually reserved for rock stars, corporate whistle-blowers, and conjoined siblings.

Our Mr. Happy Crack line of apparel can now be purchased through this website, but please check out TheCrackTeam.com for information on our contracting services, franchise packages, and products for the do-it-yourselfer.

Why is Mr Happy Crack so Happy?

Is one's box also their castle?

When architect Mark Strauss sees a shipping container, he doesn't think of cargo holds. Instead, he thinks of housing. He imagines these hulking steel boxes - which weigh from 4,000 to 9,000 pounds - as stackable living units; as modular, low-cost homes or shelters that can help alleviate the mounting surplus of containers piling up in American ports.
Recently, as part of a national design competition, Mr. Strauss and a team of associates came up with a plan to convert hundreds of shipping containers into 351 multilevel duplex units in Gloucester, Mass.

Next on PBS: This old Box?

Lottery Loser's Shady Past

JANUARY 6--The Ohio woman who told police that she purchased--and then lost--the winning $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket has several arrests on her rap sheet, including convictions for assault and credit card fraud
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When she went to cops with her tale of the lost lottery ticket, officers asked Dickson how she picked the six winning numbers. A couple of the numbers came from one son's birth date, while another number was another child's age flipped. As for why she picked the winning number 49, Dickson told cops that her "husband turns 49 this year." That came as a surprise to Keith Dickson, himself a dedicated gambler and lottery player. "I'm 44," he said. "I turn 45 in February."

Finders Keepers or Lusers Weepers?

Apparently in the end, the cats were not surprised since none were captured.

"We did not find any civet cats in the market or in restaurants during our inspection," a police spokesman said. "The only civet farm has been quarantined and we haven't decided how to deal with the animals," the spokesman was quoted by Xinhua news agency.
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Civet cats are now strictly monitored across China as forestry departments in Hainan, Hebei and Liaoning provinces began to take emergency measures to collect and quarantine the wild animals.

Surprise raids to stall Sars cats

Turns out it was a Volvo all along...

At Volvo Car Corp. in Sweden, a group of women has spent the past year trying to figure that out. Last March, the company announced it was launching a concept car project to be developed exclusively by women, an industry first.
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Volvo says the project is top secret, but last month USA Today revealed some of the dream car features. Such as: the car has no hood. Said the paper: "The front end is designed as one large section, meant to be lifted only by the mechanic. The reasoning is women don't want to be bothered by maintenance."

What women really want...