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29 Jan 2009 17:37

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Biz, Music: Pepsi pays too much money for its Super Bowl ads

  • $2.6 million for a will.i.am and Bob Dylan duet (WTF?!) source

29 Jan 2009 15:10

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U.S.: Today’s big scary number (it’s about jobs and unemployment)

  • 4.78 million people are on state jobless benefits rolls source

27 Jan 2009 09:19

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Biz: Another goofily-named guy arrested in an alleged Ponzi scheme

  • $400 million, the size of Nicholas Cosmo’s empire source

24 Jan 2009 13:05

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U.S.: Obama: “hold my Administration accountable”

  • I understand that skepticism, which is why this recovery plan must and will include unprecedented measures that will allow the American people to hold my Administration accountable for these results.
  • President Barack Obama • in his first weekly radio/video address, in which he builds a case for his rapid-deploy $825 billion economic stimulus plan to those skeptical of its size and scale • source

22 Jan 2009 09:08

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U.S.: Passengers of the Hudson River crash make bank

  • $5,000 for NYC jet crash passengers source

21 Jan 2009 10:20

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Sports: Star MLB slugger Ryan Howard wants a big payday

  • $18 million, the amount Howard wants from the Phillies source

20 Jan 2009 17:59

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Offbeat, U.S.: Obama shows his daughter the value of a dollar

  • $1 dollar, the allowance the president gives to his daughter Malia source
 

19 Jan 2009 01:27

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Culture: Paul Blart: Money-making mall cop

  • $32.3 million for Kevin James’ post-“King of Queens” comedy flick source

15 Jan 2009 11:33

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Biz, U.S.: Breaking down a $825 billion stimulus package

  • $550 billion in initatives designed to create jobs source

15 Jan 2009 11:28

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Biz, U.S.: Another massive economic stimulus package is coming

  • $825 billion is earmarked in the upcoming stimulus bill source