NBCOlympics.com To Make $5-$6 Million in Profits This Year

NBC sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, said in a conference call "This is the first time that we will make a profit on our Internet operation, NBCOlympics.com.

It looks at this point like we'll make $5-6 million in pure profit...Our Internet business is exploding - we've already reached in the first eight days of these Olympics the total number of people that we reached during the Games in Salt Lake City."

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Lottery "Easy Money" not as easy as many think

Many people who come into sudden wealth - such as lottery winners end up losing it. Some winners have filed for bankruptcy within a short period of time. They've started to have problems with family members and been annoyed by requests from people they didn't know.

"All of a sudden everybody knows your business, everybody knows what you have," one of the winners says.

"Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey Lottery twice, in 1985 and 1986, for a total $5.4 million, gambled and gave away all of her money. She was poor by 2001, and living in a trailer".

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Robbery is similar to “Firewall” movie plot

The recent $87 million robbery in England resembles a plot of the new movie “Firewall” where robbers kidnap a bank employee family and threaten them with death.

“This is organized crime at its top level. This was planned and executed with military precision,” police said.

Two people were arrested.

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Google operates without a license in China?

According to Guardian Unlimited, Google may be operating in China without a license...

"[Google] has not obtained the ICP (internet content provider) licence needed to operate internet content services in China," the Beijing Times reported, while China Business Times went described Google.cn as "clearly unlawful".

"Google has a partnership with Ganji.com through which we have the required licences to operate the Google.cn service in China. Google clearly displays its ICP licence number on the Google.cn site," a Google spokeswoman said.

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Fireman Who Spoke After Decade In Coma Dies

A brain-injured firefighter who suddenly spoke after nearly a decade in coma, died Tuesday at 44. He developed pneumonia over the weekend and did not improve with antibiotics.

Until before his death, he continued to interact and speak.

My sympathy to the family.

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The Most Beautiful Aquariums of the World

Came across of a reefkeeping.com web site featuring fish tank of the month: the Pieter van Suijlekom's Reef Aquarium. What a beauty!

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Dick Cheney Accident Jokes

TV Comedians targeted Vice President Dick Cheney after accidental hunting shooting in Texas.

David Letterman Show: "We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney!"

Jay Leno show: "That's the big story over the weekend. ... Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old lawyer. In fact, when people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent!"

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Bird flu virus is in Europe now

As many have expected Bird Flue continues to spread, from China to Africa and it's been detected in Europe now.

“Avian influenza is a big threat,” the U.N.’s top bird flu specialist, said Wednesday. “It is spreading throughout the world.”

Bird flu has killed 91 people since 2003. These cases have been linked to contact with infected poultry, but experts fear the H5N1 virus could mutate and possibly spark a pandemic.

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Powerball over $300 million now

Huge jackpots this week:
Powerball kitty has grown to more $300 million That game is played in 28 states, Washington and the Virgin Islands.

And the Mega Millions game jackpot is $145 million for Friday night's drawing. Mega Millions is played in 12 other states.

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New Video iPod is near completion

According to Think Secret, Apple is almost over with the update of the video Ipod. Sources who have seen the device, say it feature a display occupying the entire front face and a digital clock wheel.

A release date is around late March, early April.

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Resumes Being Used for Identity Theft

Job-seekers be warned! Crooks are using job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder.com to collect personal information from resumes that have been posted.

"Because you've given them your work history- which is very detailed- and it gives someone a lot of information about you- that if you were a con artist- you could really use", World Privacy Forum Director says. "Most job sites give everyone the opportunity to post resumes privately- or masking your contact information- you should take advantage of this."

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Another "Lesson"..

Someone puts bleach in church communion wine. "It tasted like drinking straight detergent," Pastor said. "It had no grape juice taste at all."

Result: 40 people got sick. Criminal investigation has started.

Shocking!

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Teaching a lesson...

Man "sick and tired" of co-worker drinking his soda decides to spike it with antifreeze to teach him a lesson.

Result: Lesson Learned. A man who drank it is now blind and deaf. Other man goes to jail.

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Is Google a "freeloader"?

A Verizon executiveaccused Google of freeloading for using a network of lines and cables the phone company spent billions of dollars to build.

It is time, he told the audience, to end Google's free lunch.

"The network builders are spending a fortune constructing and maintaining the networks that Google intends to ride on with nothing but cheap servers. ... It is enjoying a free lunch that should, by any rational account, be the lunch of the facilities providers."

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Is the US Economy as week as many think?

We often hear, about many problems with the U.S. economy -- investment rate, US deficit, etc. And the solution is is to cut back on spending and change the way we spend and save. Right?
However, according to Business Week things are not as bad:

"What if we told you that businesses are investing about $1 trillion a year more than the official numbers show? Or that the savings rate, far from being negative, is actually positive? Or, for that matter, that our deficit with the rest of the world is much smaller than advertised, and that gross domestic product may be growing faster than the latest gloomy numbers show? You'd be pretty surprised, wouldn't you?"

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Yahoo New Home Page

Yahoo.com is testing a new Home Page. Looks a little busy to me.

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The 2006 Super Bowl commercials

Many people watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, instead of the game. And the day after the game, we can see ads reruns and opinion which one was the best. How effective it was for advertizers, is a totally different question.

I don't know about you but i liked Pizza Hut Jessica Simpson and BudLight Super Bowl commercials the most! Go check it out!

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Nice Gift, Paris ! :)

Paris Hilton was given a share in Kensington club The Collection - a favourite spot of British royal Prince William - as a gift from her parents.

Nice gift! :)

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Excessive force by Police? Watch the video...

Are these police officers stepped over the line in punching and kicking or was this necessary to apprehend this suspect?

There are of course two sides of this story:

"The question is, is the force appropriate for the situation?" Police Chief James White asked. "Is it appropriate for the resistance? I don't know any of that."
Activists with the St. Louis County NAACP don't think it was appropriate .
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McDonald’s Videogame

Have some time to kill? Play this McDonald’s game.

Here’s the story: “Making money in a corporation like McDonald’s is not simple at all. Behind every sandwich there is a complex process you must learn to manage: from the creation of pastures to the slaught, from the restaurant management to the branding. You’ll discover all the dirty secrets that made us one of the biggest company of the world.”

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Karate experts will defend cars from parrots

Karate Experts have been hired to protect classic cars from native parrots during rally in New Zealand. The parrots are known to damage vehicles in their search for shiny items.

The karate experts wouldn't use martial arts moves on the parrots. Their job would simply be to scare the birds away.

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Unemployment Rate is Down

The U.S. unemployment rate falls to its lowest in 4.5 years. It dropped to 4.7 percent in January, from 4.9 percent in December.

In addition, Commerce Department said that factory orders rose as well, a good sign that manufacturing was off to a strong start in the new year.

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Carmen Electra Has A Kate Moss Crush

Carmen Electra recently admited that she is attracted to the supermodel Kate Moss and would love to meet her in person.

"I fancy Kate Moss she has the best style. People need to give her a break. Yeah, I'd love to meet Kate. You can't deny her beauty and her sexuality," She admitted, according to a published report.

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"Copy-And-Paste" Speech

Albanian Channel television broadcasted Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha (a conservative). He was reading three paragraphs of a speech on energy policy, followed by a clip of Fatos Nano (a socialist), delivering the same quotes three years earlier.

The wording was virtually identical!

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