Odd Stuff & News

Strongest Property & Casualty in the U.S.


Data Date: Second Quarter 2009 Name State Total Assets ($) United Services Automobile Asn TX 20,014,820,711 USAA Casualty Ins Co TX 6,498,502,225 Hastings Mutual Ins […]


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Diamond Sells For $35 million


LONDON (Reuters) – Petra Diamonds sold a 507-carat diamond for $35.3 million on Friday, breaking a record as the highest price ever paid for a […]


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Who Really Owns the United States


Regardless of how much closer Obama’s budget brings our economy into a balance of payments not seen since 2001, we will continue to run deficits […]


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What Is A Chupacabra


The chupacabras (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], from chupar “to suck” and cabra “goat”, literally “goat sucker”), is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the […]


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White House: State Dinner Crashers Meet Obama


WASHINGTON – A reality TV hopeful and her husband who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House […]


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Search for the Guggenheim Treasure


Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion Among […]


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10 Things Your Cruise Line Won’t Tell You


1. “Our Engines Break Down All the Time.” In December 2009, engine problems caused the Regent’s Seven Seas Voyager to skip a scheduled port stop […]


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Flash drive behind major cyber-attack


Military Computer Attack Confirmed A top Pentagon official has confirmed a previously classified incident that he describes as “the most significant breach of U.S. military […]


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Can foreigners buy U.S. citizenship?


American / U.S. Citizenship For Sale ? Every day investors around the world choose to put their hard-earned cash into the U.S. Billions of dollars […]


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Raffle winner sells $1.2 million home at a bargain


Church’s $650,000 offer for Edgewater property eases hefty tax burden A Colorado woman who won a $1.2 million home in Edgewater in a $50-a-ticket raffle […]


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