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Armstrong lands on moon, this astronaut lands in jail!!!

Astronaut's kidnap arrest

This woman paid a 30 Cents tip to the cabbie on a $11 fare and still got her diamonds back.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_fe_st/honest_cabbie

Nice Pay day, eh?

http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/08/technology/bc.youtube.payday.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007020806

Not sure if this is replacement for MT: News items/links/articles on old forum. Please move if at wrong place.

[URL="http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/08/news/international/pluggedin_murphy_india.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes"]India the Superpower? Think again
India should put aside pride about its growing economy and concentrate on improving the lives of average citizens, argues Fortune's Cait Murphy.[/URL]

I find that percentages/numbers are quoted discretionally to suit the intent of the article. Though the article is not far fetched.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_fe_st/25000_dinner

Aah, what a dinner!!!

Unbelievable.. This kind of stuff happens in UP/India even today:

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/godmans-show-crushing-baby/33229-3.html

#10, b2b, could you please repost the article. It is not clickable.