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POPSPorsche Designed Yacht Should 28 feet (and room for five) prove insufficient for your entourage, Porsche and Fearless are expanding the line to include vessels of up to 150 feet in length, and while the prices may be steep—the 28 starts at $300,000—they have this advantage: They manage to make a 911 look like a bargain.
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The VW ball is in a private collection. Mr. Fisk, who was born in Vermont in 1970, has made other balls with auto themes: a school bus, a green John Deere tractor, a drab brown U.P.S. truck and a white Mister Softee ice cream truck, complete with lights. “A U.P.S. guy saw the U.P.S. ball and stopped by the house of the owner,” Mr. Fisk said. “He thought it was a package ready for shipping.” His spheres come with windows and steering wheels. He does all the work using metal and glass fabrication skills he taught himself. He has also sculptured a street ball, a sphere of asphalt marked with painted dotted lines. Mr. Fisk’s barn ball, with wood painted red and a window, was used for the cover of the Phish album “Round Room.” He has moved beyond the balls into new modes of sculpture. “The new theme for some reason seems to be garbage,” he said. Among his latest pieces, shown at the Taxter & Spengemann Gallery in Manhattan, is a sculpture of a garbage can and another of a garbage b
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POPSWal-Mart "You Bastards"!!!! The company persuaded a federal district court judge and the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to award it the full amount, even though Shank's family had paid for the lawsuit. Nor did it matter that the settlement covered a fraction of her expenses and losses. Wal-Mart's healthcare plan clearly states that it gets first dibs on any money recovered by injured employees. Such provisions aren't uncommon in health plans, and Wal-Mart isn't the first to enforce one. Doing what the law allows isn't the same as doing the right thing, however. The company made itself whole at the expense of a helpless former employee who will never be whole again. Instead of having some resources to improve her care, Shank will receive only the basic services afforded her by Medicaid and Social Security. Nor will the trust fund be in a position to reimburse Medicaid (i.e., taxpayers), which stood to collect any unspent money upon Shank's death.
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POPSIt's Time to Take Action! The FairTax will change just about every aspect of our economic lives for the better, and you can help bring about this historic change. Take action! If you haven't already done so, take the first step and JOIN FAIRTAX.ORG »
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POPSAptera's 300 MPG car available for pre-order All that apparently comes at a bit of a premium over the initially-estimated $20,000 price, however, with the electric and plug-in hybrid models now set to run $26,900 and $29,900, respectively. If that's still in your ballpark, you can reserve yours now for a mere $500, with the first vehicles promised to be in drivers hands in 12 months or so.
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POPSJapan orders Apple to investigate exploding iPod nanos Oh dear, just when we thought we'd had our fill of exploding Apple devices, along comes an Australian forum member named eeno who saw his first generation iPod nano go up in flames, and has some snuff-esque pics of the aftermath. As is usually the case with these things, eeno's iPod was charging when it happened. He says the force of the battery's explosion sent the iPod off his PC onto the floor, where it continued to smoke and spark until he unplugged the USB charging cable from the back of his computer. Since his iPod is out of warranty, the local computer repair shop didn't do him much good, but they did take a few pics to send to Apple. Hopefully this iPod was just an anomaly, and we won't be seeing a whole wave of these explosions as 1G nanos exit their warranties and head towards retirement -- but somehow we fear the worst.
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POPSNext 'Great Pyramid' made in Germany? On Sunday, the group presented a stone prototype of the Great Pyramid at a Great Pyramid Festival in Streetz, a small village north of Dessau. Pritzker-winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is set to lead the jury for choosing a final design for the project, according to several reports. Students under Heiko Holzberger at Weimar Bauhaus University in Germany conducted a technology feasibility study that concluded the project is viable, according to the Great Pyramid Web site. The project has been given starter funding by the "Future of Labor" program of the government-backed German Federal Cultural Foundation. As part of the group's business plan, the structure would be built up and out incrementally so that stones are added only as people buy placement in the pyramid.
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POPSBARRETT-JACKSON COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION TO REIGNITE THE "DETROIT 3" MUSCLE CAR WARS "These American automakers chose the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction to launch their most important cars because we offer the ultimate stage to engage the most passionate consumers," said Craig Jackson, Chairman/CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "Our events have become the epicenter of the automotive lifestyle world, attracting manufacturers ranging from the domestic giants to high profile automakers like Bentley, Honda and Mercedes." The vehicles poised to launch the most heated muscle car battle since the late 1960s are the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 badge No. 1 (Lot #1331), the "First Retail Order Produced" 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 (Lot #1316) and a special one-of-one 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR (Lot #1300). The Challenger's winning bid will benefit Not My Kid, Inc., the Shelby's proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the proceeds from the Corvette sale will go to United Way.
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POPSWexler: Cheney impeachment 'far stronger than Watergate.' The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings.
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POPSInstant replay: Buckeyes blown out again Congratulations LSU SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC The suckeyes go down in flames.........Again! lol Ohio State implodes again in BCS title game Déjà boo: Buckeyes’ 'D' embarrassed again Sequel a horror film to Ohio State Ohio State you truly suck tonight! LOL Good job LSU and thank you for keeping it in the SEC !!! This message was approved by a Florida Gator!!!!
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POPS14 years for man who fled U.S. after fatal crash Russell clutched a rosary and stammered often as he addressed his surviving victims and the relatives of those killed, telling them that during the years he spent on the run, he often attended a church where he lit candles for the victims. "There aren't enough words that could define who your children were, that could define what you've gone through," he said. "I'm sorry; you've been waiting too long to hear that." Survivors and family members of the victims told the court of the grief Russell put them through. "Just say you're sorry," said John Wagner, who was seriously injured. "Accept responsibility and let us go on with our lives." Karen Overacker, whose 22-year-old son, Brandon Clements, was killed, described seeing his body at the morgue, with his legs broken and his face reconstructed with wax and glue. Russell suffered only minor injuries.
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POPSBenazir Bhutto: Bin Laden Murdered WOW! That could explain why George W. Bush said that he was not worried about Osama Bin Laden. I wonder how long Osama has been dead. I need feedback on this subject; if anybody knows any more information on the death of Bin Laden, please feel free to list any sources. I just found out about this video, the video was made November 2, 2007. Happy New Year everybody.
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POPSFlorida's Wexler Calls For Cheney's Impeachment Diane Lawrence of Kendall and a member of the South Florida Impeachment Coalition told CBS4's Gary Nelson ''I have grandchildren and children, and I want them to have a constitution." Simon Rose of a group called Democracy for America Miami-Dade said, "There's nothing radical about what we're doing here. Impeachment is in the Constitution." Wexler, a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, hopes to deliver the signatures to the committee in January when Congress returns to Washington. His 19th congressional district, which is heavily Democratic, stretches along the South Florida coast and includes parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
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POPSGirl,12,is sole survivor of Panama plane crash A preliminary investigation showed the plane struck a tree and split in two, according to Roberto Velasquez, director of Panama's National Civil Protection. "It is miraculous that the girl could survive that impact," he said. Rescue workers battled heavy rains and high winds to carry Francesca by stretcher from the area of the plane crash, high on the 3,500 feet (1,067-metre) Baru volcano. Efforts to remove the bodies have since been hampered by bad weather. Francesca's mother, father, uncle and sister travelled to Panama from the US, as well as Kim Klein, whose ex-husband and daughter died in the crash. The surviving girl's mother Valerie Lewis said her daughter could walk and was talking. "My husband spoke to her by phone this morning," Ms Lewis said on Wednesday. "She sounded good. She just said 'Hi, daddy. See you soon'." Michael Klein was the chief executive of Pacificor LLC, a Santa Barbara-based company that manages several hedge funds. He had been on holiday
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