President Obama is the billion dollar man.
Obama has become the first politician to top that lofty mark of donations collected during his career.
His lifetime total hit $1,017,892,305 in April, nine years after he began his 2004 race for Senate, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.
And Obama is hardly done: most observers…
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Facebook likes Instagram.
The social network announced Monday it acquired the photo-sharing site in a post from founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the Wall Street Journal reported the deal was done for $1 billion.
"For years, we've been focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family," Zuckerberg wrote in his Facebook post.…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on April 9, 2012 at 2:20pm —
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A desperate Florida mom was locked up after she tried to hawk her 5-year-old son to some friends for $2,000 police said.
Jessica Marie Beers, 28, was nabbed by cops on Saturday after a couple she offered the child to dropped a dime on her to authorities, My Fox Tampa reported.
John Gardner, 58, told police he and his wife had met Beers at church, and they…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on August 22, 2011 at 9:50am —
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American and Honduran authorities intercepted a large haul of cocaine that drug-runners were trying to smuggle into the U.S. aboard a submarine-like vessel, the Coast Guard said Monday.
The big stash of blow - worth about $180 million on the street - was inside a semi-submersible craft that was seized in the Caribbean Sea July 13, authorities said.
The…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on August 1, 2011 at 6:19pm —
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Prince may become a pauper after being ordered this month to pay his former lawyers over $700,000, according to court documents.
The purple-cloaked king of pop failed to respond to a March suit filed by his former lawyers who claimed he stiffed them on fees, records show.
So a Manhattan judge on July 15 ordered Prince to shell out $708,687 to Patterson…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 22, 2011 at 7:13pm —
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For now, Foxy Brown 's long-running rap sheet won't get any longer, following the dismissal of charges that she violated her probation in a 2010 incident with a neighbor.
But the Brooklyn MC, born Inga Marchand, apparently felt violated that prosecutors pressed charges against her after she allegedly mooned her neighbor last July, and is planning on filing a $100…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 15, 2011 at 5:17pm —
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Jessica Simpson may not know the difference between chicken and tuna, but she can distinguish what's in style and what's not.
And it's earning her A LOT of money.
The pop singer's fashion empire raked in $750 million dollars last year, and it's expected to push to a jaw-dropping $1 billion this year as she expands her collection, according to an article in New…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on February 13, 2011 at 1:00pm —
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A Washington, D.C. production company has filed an $18 million lawsuit over the rights to the music on the hit song "Bottoms Up" by Trey Songz and Nicki Minaj.
Derrick Price, Doc Mob Records and IHip Hop Music filed the lawsuit against Trey Songz, Atlantic Records, Kodak, manager Gee Robertson, producer Kane Beatz and others.
According to the lawsuit,…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on February 7, 2011 at 10:17pm —
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ATLANTIC CITY - Cha-ching.
A New Jersey man hit a $5 million slot jackpot at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Thursday night - the third person to strike it rich in two weeks.
The man, identified only as from Ocean County, was playing a Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers machine when five "progressive" symbols appeared on the payout line. He won a jackpot of…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on January 29, 2011 at 12:28pm —
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A Staten Island grandma beaten by two heartless muggers recounted Wednesday the vicious blows that left her with a fractured skull and a bloodied, swollen face.
Nursing two black eyes, a broken nose and a 2-inch gash on her forehead, Linda Naimo, 75, described how she and her husband were set upon while entering the foyer of their apartment building Sunday…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on January 27, 2011 at 10:27am —
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Target is invading Canada.
The mega-chain, which presently has 1,700 stores in the U.S., has announced that it will pay the Hudson Bay Co. $1.8 billion to take over the leases of 220 Zellers stores, Reuters reports.
Zellers is a discount retail chain with more than 250 locations all over Canada.
Target will convert 100 to 150 of those Zellers…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on January 16, 2011 at 1:43pm —
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Bow Wow is being taken to court over a pair of missed concerts in Missouri. According to the “St. Louis Post-Dispatch,” Macsimum Entertainment is seeking at least 75-thousand-dollars in damages in a lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Macsimum alleges that Bow Wow was scheduled to perform at the St. Charles Family Arena, but backed out when ticket sales…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on January 8, 2011 at 1:31pm —
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Love may not cost a thing for Jennifer Lopez - but having a hubby who's a tax scofflaw sure sounds expensive.
Lopez's husband, crooner Marc Anthony, is running a more than $3 million IRS tab. Long Island property he owns has been hit with two tax liens worth $3.4 million, documents posted on RadarOnline show.
The Bronx-born Lopez, one of the new judges on…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 31, 2010 at 12:28pm —
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Now I see why the Doug E. Fresh been doing so many appearances. The IRS filed a lien against him with the New York City register’s office in October for his $2,276, 848 debt, according to a report in the Detroit News.
This isn’t the first time Uncle Sam knocked on his door. In 2008, he owed $367,000 in taxes. Despite his tax troubles, he continued with his business ventures and opened up his eatery in Harlem.
“Really even in this whole…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 8, 2010 at 12:30pm —
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Lady Gaga and Grammy Awarding winning Alicia Keys are women of their words. Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and other celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive. The entertainers plan to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday, which is World AIDS Day. The participants will sign back on when the charity raises $1…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on November 28, 2010 at 10:46am —
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Charlie Sheen has one word for the porn star who accused him of assault: "scam-artist."
The "Two and a Half Men" star filed a lawsuit against Capri Anderson in L.A. County Superior Court on Monday, TMZ reports, alleging the 22-year-old found naked in the bathroom during his rampage at the Plaza hotel last month is trying to extort $1 million from him.
In court documents obtained by the gossip site, Sheen's lawyer claims the actor is the…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on November 23, 2010 at 9:35am —
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