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World's Highest Paid Model List of 2013 Is So Very Sexy
Camille Dodero · 08/23/13 03:40PMThe most surprising aspect of Forbes' list of the world's highest paid models is that the names here don't make more money. Considering that DJ Pauly D earned $13 million within the very same time frame, the $7.2 million second-highest-grossing figure Miranda Kerr brought in seems low. Also, no Kate Upton.
Maggie Lange · 08/22/13 03:09PM
General Wesley Clark Dating 30 Year-Old CEO of Overvalued Shopping Website
J.K. Trotter · 08/09/13 11:05AMRetired Army officer, failed presidential candidate, and prolific foreword-writer Wesley Clark has a girlfriend: Ahalife.com CEO Shauna Mei, an ex-Goldman banker who graduated from MIT in 2005. Page Six reports the May-December couple (Clark is 68) recently appeared holding hands in the Hamptons. Aww.
Area Man with Nothing to Lose Changes His Mind
Cord Jefferson · 08/06/13 08:15PMDear Sweet, Stupid Adults: Do Not Pay $1000 for Jump Rope Lessons
Caity Weaver · 07/30/13 05:59PMMan Arrested Over Twitter Rape Threats to Activist
Maggie Lange · 07/30/13 08:42AMAfter successfully campaigning to have old school author Jane Austen appear on the UK's ten-pound bill, Caroline Criado-Perez has been swamped with death threats and rape threats on Twitter. She reports seeing "about 50 abusive tweets an hour for about 12 hours," describing the reaction as having "stumbled into a nest of men who coordinate attacks on women." The advocate has responded by retweeting the threats, which include promises of violent action, demeaning remarks, and plans to find her.
Cord Jefferson · 07/25/13 11:59AM
Senator John McCain theorizes that replacing the $1 bill with a $1 coin could be a boon for strippers: "[P]ressed about the predicament facing scores of the country’s skin-baring and bill-collecting women, McCain responded without missing a beat, 'Then I hope that they could obtain larger denominations.'"
Swiss Air and the Fed Lose $1.2 Million to Bold Heist or Carelessness
Tom Scocca · 06/25/13 01:41PMA shipment of $93 million in cash, traveling from Zurich to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, arrived with $1.2 million missing, according to ABC News. The shortage wasn't noticed till the Fed counted the money, which had left Switzerland on Saturday in three sealed crates bound for JFK Airport.
Adam Levine's Scent Smells Like Motorcycles, Originality
Maggie Lange · 06/19/13 04:56PMAdam Levine does not hate fragrances. Adam Levine does not hate celebrities. Adam Levine does not want you to be alarmed by a scent. Adam Levine has inadvertently created the best video of the day with the promotion of his new "unique" aroma.
Detroit Stops Paying Debts in Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Bankruptcy
Cord Jefferson · 06/14/13 06:23PMThis "What Is Your Salary?" Thread Is Terrifying/Anxiety Inducing
Max Read · 06/14/13 01:15PMCord Jefferson · 06/12/13 12:14PM
One Direction's New Perfume Smells Like 5 Teenage Boys
Maggie Lange · 06/07/13 03:43PMTaking a cue from Justin Bieber, the singing fey children from the band One Direction have launched a perfume named after a misleading assumption that you have spent time with them. It's called Our Moment, and like Bieber's Girlfriend perfume, it's a reference to one of their songs, "Moments," from their first album.
People in New York Fooled Into Thinking Panhandling Statue Is Human
Rich Juzwiak · 06/05/13 10:04AMLet's Put Ronald Reagan On All the Money
Ken Layne · 06/03/13 12:00PMA dumb new poll proves that 38% of Americans still believe Ronald Reagan was a "great" president—so great, in fact, that his dyed hair and rouged cheeks should be on American money! Of the last six presidents, Reagan's the clear winner in this hypothetical contest. Maybe because he's the only dead one?
Moms Become Top Earners in 4 of 10 Households, Men Become Useless
Ken Layne · 05/29/13 12:02PMPaintings Made of Money Shatter Records at History's Biggest Auction
Maggie Lange · 05/16/13 09:57AMAt an auction held at Christie's last night, a record-breaking $495 million was spent on paintings, surpassing individual records for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock, and Roy Lichtenstein. The chairman of Christie's Americas, Marc Porter, said this was the biggest art auction in history. Some might wonder about the buyers—what are these people, made of money? Nope, just the paintings, paintings literally made of money and jewels.
Google Wallet Will Soon Allow You to Send Money as a Gmail Attachment
Cord Jefferson · 05/15/13 08:58PMGoogle has been trying to get its electronic payment service, Google Wallet, off the ground for years now, but as the months dragged on Wallet was getting about as much traction as its sister service Google Plus. That all might change with Wallet's latest development, introduced today in the video above. If Google has its way, you'll soon be able to send and receive money via your Gmail account in the length of time it takes to send any other email.
Grovelling for Dollars: A Journey to the Pit of Hell With Donald Trump
Leah Beckmann · 05/08/13 03:16PMBloated spawn of a Penn Station ashtray and Nickelodeon slime Donald Trump spent the afternoon holed up in Trump Tower hosting a massive money booth, filled with hundreds of people trying to grab at the sweaty dollars blowing around them. Sort of, anyway. After the Don announced via Twitter this morning that he would be giving away suitcases full of cash, close to a thousand people descended on the Trump Tower lobby to try for the giveaways. Turns out, this sudden bout of generosity has less to do with a kind heart and everything to do with the launch of a new crowdfunding scam called FundAnything.