The Australian Outback town of Quilpie hoped its offer of free residential land to anyone who would make it their home might attract five new families to the remote community of 800. But authorities have been overwhelmed by more than 250 inquires in less than two weeks from around Australia… Read More
Rare coin from colonial America could sell for $300,000
An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it’s put up for auction in London next month. The silver one shilling coin made in Boston in 1652 — considered… Read More
5-hour bus tour markets to passengers with insomnia
Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to be a snooze. The 76-kilometer (47-mile), five-hour ride on a regular double-decker bus around the territory is meant to appeal to people who are easily lulled asleep by long rides. It was inspired by the tendency of tired… Read More
Despite virus, passenger revenue nearly triples at Southwest
Passenger revenue almost tripled and Southwest Airlines posted a smaller loss that most had expected, despite slowing air traffic in the third quarter with the spread of the delta variant. Net income was $446 million, or 73 cents per share, bouncing back from a loss over the same period last… Read More
Amid labor shortage, college profs help with food service
Hey, professor, hold the mayo! Short of help, Michigan State University is making an urgent plea to staff to volunteer in campus dining halls, including faculty. MSU’s residential services department has already asked 132 full-time employees to work eight hours a week, the Lansing State Journal reported, but it’s apparently… Read More
Sports fan collects hefty payout after falling from skybox
A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according to settlement documents obtained Monday. During a Lobos basketball game in December 2016 at the University of New Mexico, Eduardo Bracamonte Jr…. Read More
Report: Bill Gates was warned about his flirting in 2008
Microsoft executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop, the company revealed Monday. The Wall Street Journal was first to report that Brad Smith, then Microsoft’s general counsel and now its president… Read More
With Bitcoin’s popularity, the finance establishment seeks to cash in
Love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day. Cryptocurrencies have surged so much that their total value has reached nearly $2.5 trillion, rivaling the world’s most valuable company, Apple, and have amassed more than 200 million users. At that size, it’s simply… Read More
[Watch] Did Kamala Harris just break the law… on video?!
“Greetings, everyone,” Vice President Kamala Harris says in a new video — and not everyone is happy. On Saturday, Harris released a video to praise Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat running for governor of Virginia. She’s planning on sending the video to 300 historically Black churches, CNN’s Eva McKend reported. That… Read More
Internat’l agencies crack down on pandemic recovery fraud
European Union agencies are launching a year-long operation to crack down on fraud targeting the bloc’s multibillion-euro COVID-19 pandemic recovery fund, EU police agency Europol announced Friday. Operation Sentinel will coordinate the fight against fraud, tax evasion, excise fraud, corruption, embezzlement, misappropriation and money laundering and and boost the exchange… Read More
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