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The number of U.S. households with a net worth of more than $5 million, excluding their primary residence, surged 23 percent to surpass one million for the first time in 2006 
In the "whatever, just hand me a short rope and chair" catagory of quotes:
The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
--Richard Nixon
Why the search is on to find alternative to internet ![]()
"In essence, when it was originally created it was a military network designed to link missile sites in the United States. The internet was never meant to be the world-wide network it has become."
Canada has always fiercely guarded its sovereignty over its Arctic archipelago the triangle of more than 36,500 islands that reaches from its Arctic coast almost to the North Pole. 
The 2005 film Sahara has been named one of the most financially disastrous movies of all times, despite being a box-office hit. The film has so far lost $105 million, after wasting vast sums such as the $2 million spent on a 46-second clip of a vintage plane crash that didn't even make the final cut of the movie, spending $105,556 on bottled water and writing $237,386 of cheques for on-set bribes. Leading lady Penelope Cruz came at a relatively cheap $1.6 million compared with her male counterpart Matthew McConaughey, who earned $8 million for the movie.
Russia has found a solution that will help power its remotest regions, but at what cost to the environment? The construction of a £100 million vessel, set to become the first floating nuclear power plant, has begun in earnest. Environmental groups oppose the project, citing previous catastrophic naval and nuclear disasters, the worst being Chernobyl in 1986. They also feel that the ships will be a prime terrorist target as it is harder to protect than a land site.
Er, Nintendo, Wii have a problem
The Wii is a must-have for the gamer generation — but instead of burning calories and making them fit, it may be giving them aching backs, sore shoulders and even “Wii elbow”
This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something 
Spider-Man 4 is beginning to look a little shaky - director Sam Raimi is looking to tackle literary epic The Hobbit. The moviemaker, who is the brains behind all three Spider-Man movies, has revealed he's in the running to replace Peter Jackson as the director of the Lord Of The Rings prequel. And, if he does head to Middle Earth, actress Kirsten Dunst insists she definitely won't be back for a fourth Spider-Man. In an exclusive interview with EW.com, Raimi says, "Peter Jackson might be the best filmmaker on the planet right now... First and foremost, those (Lord of The Rings films) are Peter Jackson and (New Line studio boss) Bob Shaye's films. If Peter didn't want to do it, and Bob wanted me to do it - and they were both OK with me picking up the reigns - that would be great. I love the book. It's maybe a more kid-friendly story than the others." Dunst, who was in Tokyo, Japan last night for the Spider-Man 3 world premiere, insists she can't imagine returning for a fourth film without Raimi. She explains, "It's disrespectful to the whole team, I think, to do that. And audiences aren't stupid. It'd be a big flop without me, Tobey Maguire or Sam. That would really not be the smartest move."
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
--Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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Potentially the worst video game article I’ve ever read. It’s both ill informed and contradictory 
Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, are suing the U.S. tabloid National Enquirer in European courts over its claims that they were linked to a drug scandal 
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Luxury mobile phones are seeking to rival handmade watches for many jet-set consumers, especially business travelers who rely on digital gadgets to tell the time abroad. 
Tony has been blinded by a lot.
Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission.
--George W. Busy, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
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