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Victoria’s Secret: Late Queen’s Knickers Auction for $14,000

Some people clearly have more money than (ahem) cents.

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Have a Nice Day: Pay What You Can at Jon Bon Jovi’s New Restaurant

Radiohead asked people to pay what they wanted for their 2007 album, In Rainbows. Perhaps Jon Bon Jovi was paying close attention.

Profiles in History

Great Scott! ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Hits Auction Block

If you’re lucky enough to be the winning bidder, odds are you’ll be driving the car in question at 88 m.p.h. whenever possible.

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New Jersey College Offers $21K Tuition Cut for Good Grades

Those report-card As could be worth thousands of dollars at one private college.

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Buy This House, Get a Thousand-Dollar Bar Tab

The housing market must really be down.

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Creepy Coincidence: Belmont Race Winners Wore 9, 1 and 1 on Sept. 11 Anniversary

On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first three winners at Belmont this past Sunday were horses bearing the numbers 9, 1 and 1.

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Nike Unveils Marty McFly’s ‘Back to the Future’ Sneakers

Ah, the future. Jet packs, pills that contain entire meals and sneakers that lace themselves up. Perchance to dream, right?

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German City Taxes Prostitutes with a Sidewalk Meter

The oldest profession in the book just got a new chapter.

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Fireworks! Princesses! Acrobats in Hot Air Balloons! How to Spend $7.7 Million on a Wedding

If that 1980′s movie Crocodile Dundee had been about the planning of weddings, the most famous line would surely have been changed to the following, “That’s not a wedding. THAT’s a wedding.” And Petra Ecclestone would have uttered it.

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Will Clean Teeth for Food? Chicago Eatery Accepts Bartering

There are all kinds of ways to find a bargain. Coupons. Groupons. Ebay. Craigslist. And when finances are tight, it pays to get creative.