The initial Gooding & Company classic automobile auction at Amelia Island has produced a record setting $16.1 million dollars in sales. Several cars exceeded pre auction estimates, including a 1931 Voisin (estimated at $2 million, sold at $2.75 million) and a 1961 Porsche RS61 Spyder (estimated...
Covelli Centre in Youngtown, Ohio sold out Elton John concert tickets in a record breaking three minutes at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets went on sale Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. and the $39-$89 range tickets for a May 1st concert were purchased rapidly online. Over 175 people gathered in the wee...
Sei whale, an endangered species, has been served at a Santa Monica Sushi restaurant called "The Hump." The restaurant is located at the Santa Monica Airport. After an undercover investigation by the pair of women helped film "The Cove" an Academy Award winning documentary, the restaurant has...
Larceny is a statutory crime in the United States of America. It involves the theft of another party’s property with the intention of permanently depriving aforementioned party of the property. Larceny can be a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the type of larceny committed. Legally, larceny...
There's an old joke that Stephen King could probably publish his laundry list at this point, and another that goes further and suggests he's basically been doing that for a decade (or two). The man has produced a ton of works that run the full gamut from really horrible (Dreamcatchers was positively...
The world's richest man was announced by Forbes magazine this week. Carlos Slim Helu is a native of Mexico and also the world's weathiest billionare. Helu is worth an estimated $53.5 billion dollars and built his fortune in his native homeland. Helu purchased and privatized TelMax, the national...
A Revocable Living Trust, also known as the Family trust or the Living trust is a legal document that holds ownership to your properties and assets. It is a written agreement that gives someone the responsibility to manage properties for the benefit of others. In order for the revocable trust to...
Abbott Laboratories announced Tuesday plans to purchase Facet Biotech Corp. for the price of $450 million dollars. Abbott Laboratories located in North Chicago, Illinois and is one of the United States' largest drug and medical products companies. Abbott Labs will further the expanding field of...
Alice In Wonderland" had a massive opening weekend and since it's Friday premiere, has earned over $116.1 million dollars. Directed by Tim Burton, the contemporary adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" retells the story of Alice with a modern edge and Burton's sardonic,...
Roquefort is a kind of cheese. It is called “The King Of Cheeses, the Cheese of Kings”; of course, there are others who simply call it “that moldy, stinky cheese.” Both schools of thought are correct. Roquefort (named after a French village found in Aveyron) is a blue cheese, the “blue” referring...
