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Texan Tries to Cash $360bn Cheque

by BBC News
 
A man in the US state of Texas has been arrested for allegedly trying to cash a cheque for $360bn (£182bn).
Charles Ray Fuller had said he wanted to start a record business, authorities in the state said.
The 21-year-old’s attempt to cash the money in a bank in Fort Worth failed when […]

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NASA to 13-year-old German Boy: Neener Neener Neener

by Shane McGlaun - DailyTech
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NASA says it’s right and German boy is wrong — threatens to tell mom.
13-year-old German schoolboy Nico Marquardt grabbed worldwide headlines when he wrote a paper for a school project about the Apophis asteroid that NASA has been tracking refuting NASA’s impact predictions. Apophis has an […]

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NY Tower Plans Found in Rubbish

by BBC News
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A homeless man has found confidential blueprints for New York’s new Freedom Tower dumped in a city rubbish bin.
Mike Fleming handed the documents - marked “Secure Document - Confidential” in to the New York Post newspaper.
The Freedom Tower is being built at Ground Zero, to […]

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Columnist’s MacBook Air Meets Its Demise In Trash Compactor

Gearlog.com - Keys, scarves, wallets–these are all common things to lose track of, but a $1,800 MacBook Air? Surely you would go to great lengths to keep tabs on such an investment.
Newsweek columnist Steven Levy was not so diligent. When his ultra-thin laptop recently disappeared, he combed his apartment, retraced his steps, and put in […]

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