The deposed CEO of Fannie Mae gets $1.3 mil a year for life! It's amazing how these corporate miscreants always escape with their compensation in tow. If it was you or I...blah, blah, blah...but, sadly, it isn't.

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Some Canadians want to accept a tropical island into their country. Look outside, it is not a bad idea.

This Citroen C4 commercial from the UK is pretty cool. Kind of a Robocop meets Sylvester thing.

A quick reference of a bunch of famous people who died in 2004. I only had two on my Dead Pool, although there are 3 days left.

Exercise Yard

Cleveland ranks 32nd of 35 sport cities. Jose Hernandez, our "championship-quality" utility man, will propel us up the charts in 2005. Shapiro: "I can live with the strikeouts...Jim Thome either hit homers, doubles, or struck out." Clown.

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33 Across: "Jeopardy!" millionaire Jennings (3 letters) Answer: Ken (Apparently anyone can now make it into the LA Times Syndicate puzzle. Reference point, this dolt made it before LeBron.)