Orange County’s famous Crystal Cathedral has declared bankruptcy. Not that there weren’t plenty of warning signs. In last year’s Nativity scene, the baby Jesus was a rental.
Forbes Magazine named Michael Jackson the top-earning dead celebrity with $275 million. For the third consecutive year, Keith Richards edged out Andy Rooney for most profitable almost-dead celebrity.
A new marble sculpture outside Milan’s Stock Exchange by Italy’s most famous living artist, depicts a hand with its middle finger extended. The sculptor’s model was a New York cabbie.
Preparing for “The Big One,” California earthquake officials staged a practice drill called ‘The Great Shake Out” -- not to be confused with the government’s anti-terrorist drill “The Great Sheik Mohammad.”
The NBA has proposed a blanket reduction in players’ salaries by 33% -- prompting the top earners to draft an irate letter to NBA officials that stated “We’re not giving up a quarter of our income for anybody!”
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