Soaring Price of Gasoline

Wonderful news again for us, Crude Oil prices are now above $135 per barrel in New York. What the heck is going on? And why isn’t anyone doing anything about it other than talking about the fact that it could go higher? - From Shreyam on Digg

Story On: thebloogle.com

Somebody in the wonderful world of politics better do something soon! This is a outrage! - Grimpuppy

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'Speed Racer' Gets Hammered on Opening Day

Not even in the rear view mirror for 'Iron Man,' the week's most hyped new release, 'Speed Racer,' wasn't even the most seen new release on Friday night, as the new Wachowski Brothers movie failed to overtake even 'What Happens in Vegas... - From The Digg

The new Wachowski Brothers adaptation of the cult cartoon classic opened the weekend in third place, nowhere near Iron Man and a full million bucks behind What Happens in Vegas. You can't predict the future based on one day, certainly (hell, even Spider-Man 3 underperformed its own projections after shattering previous records on opening day), but it does not look good for the $100 million flick. Failing to even hit $6 million in ticket sales on Friday, Speed Racer will most likely finish the weekend around $20 million. - From The Original story on getthebigpicture.net


Ouch I really thought it would do better. Iron-Man seems to be cleaning house! Still waiting for a picture of Christina Ricci as Trixie. - Grimpuppy

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Hotel employee accused of letting homeless guests stay free

A 23-year-old Bloomington hotel employee accused of letting a number of people stay in rooms without paying has told police she let them stay only because some of them were homeless.Some of the unpaid guests were found in a hot tub, and police said the five rooms had been occupied by about 20 people. - From Digg

FULL STORY HERE FROM: chicagotribune.com

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Ford surprises with $100 million profit in 1st quarter

FoMoCo surprised the industry and Wall Street today with the announcement of a $100 million profit for the first quarter of 2008, an improvement of $382 million from a year ago. The profit was due to strong European and South American sales which helped offeset the impact of sluggish U.S. sales.

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