Running of the bullion: With gold hitting a record $880 an ounce, more people are dumping their stocks and turning to the precious metal as an investment.
Here are a few other investment options that are outperforming the stock market right now: McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, Thomas Kinkade “Painter of Light” collector plates, Roger Clemens baseball cards, pork bellies and Clemens’ steroid-bloated belly.
Breakfast at Ikea’s: A New York City comedian and filmmaker has talked Ikea into letting him crash at a New Jersey store while his apartment is fumigated.
In return, the comedian must change his name to Krämförs Björküdden and eat all the leftover lutefisk in the cafeteria.
What would you want with a waabbit? The U.S. government is considering endangered species protection for the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis).
Were cuteness the deciding factor, the pygmy rabbit would be a lock for the list. But cuteness was barred from consideration in an earlier case, that of Hannah Montana (Disneyim montanii), who was proposed for inclusion on the Endangered Wholesome Celebrity list.
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