There is a place, in these United States, where a loaf of bread will cost you 90 cents. Where a gallon of gas will set you back $2.65. Where you can rent a two-bedroom house for $450 a month. And that place is Harlingen, Texas, …
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The 11 Best Celebrity Tweets About New York Legalizing Gay Marriage
In the minutes following the New York Senate vote that legalized gay marriage in the state, celebrities gay and straight alike took to Twitter to share their solidarity with the ruling.
Al Capone’s Handgun Sells for $110,000 At Auction
So you think you’re a wise guy, huh? Well you ain’t got nothing on the anonymous buyer who yesterday spent around $110,000 for Al Capone’s personal handgun.
‘Wealthiest Divorcée in History’ Files for Bankruptcy, Gets a Hand from the Donald
It turns out heartbreak doesn’t pay.
Homeless Man, Found By a Private Eye, Entitled to ‘Significant’ Inheritance
Max Melitzer can buy himself some new wheels to cart around his belongings.
Jailhouse Greens: Scantily-Clad Rikers Island Vistors Given Neon Smocks
Just call them the Department of (Fashion) Corrections.
Salvage Diver Plans Mission to Recover bin Laden’s Body
“I’ve found every wreck I’ve looked for,” he tells NewsFeed. But what makes Bill Warren so sure he’ll succeed this time? (via Battleland)
Roots, Leaves and …Mistresses? Day 24 in the Casey Anthony Trial
The morning after Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. abruptly halted the Casey Anthony murder trial, the defense continued challenging forensic evidence in an effort to cast doubt on the prosecution’s theory of how Caylee Anthony died.
In-Flight Meal: Airport Geese to be Cooked and Fed to Homeless
An overburden of the fowl is causing quite a foul problem at New York City airports.
Watch: 21-Year-Old California Model Wins Miss USA Beauty Pageant
Alyssa Campanella is the newly crowned 2011 Miss USA. And she’s just as tan and shiny as you expected her to be.
Would You Send Your Kid to a Tea Party Summer Camp?
This is no light-hearted camp: your child will learn “the principles of liberty, free markets, and limited government.”
Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It
Think back to your summer camp days: remember how annoying it was to evacuate the swimming pool when a kid had an accident? Turns out a similar thing happened in an Oregon reservoir this week.