Not that I would *EVER* want to live there but WTF?!?!

I want to ride to the ridge
Where the west commences
And gaze at the moon
Till I lose my senses
And I can't look at hovels
And I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The average price of a Manhattan apartment has topped $1 million for the first time, according to a new survey. The average sale price for a Manhattan apartment rose to $1.05 million in the second quarter, up 4.9 percent from the first quarter and a whopping 20.9 percent from $866,970 a year earlier, according to New York-based real estate brokerage Douglas Elliman and appraisal firm Miller Samuel.

The median price, or mid-point of prices paid, rose 7.8 percent from the previous quarter to a record $674,000, indicating strong demand at the higher end of the market, the real estate firms said in their report.

Average Manhattan apartment above $1M for first time.

What a freak.....

Troubled rock star Courtney Love was hospitalized in New York on Saturday after being carried from her home on a stretcher dressed only in a lace-trimmed camisole and a pair of handcuffs and shouting obscenities, the New York Post reported.

It was the end of a day on which Love had celebrated her 40th birthday, been issued with an arrest warrant and suffered from a gynecological problem she described to police as an abortion, the Post reported.

'Irrational' Love hospitalized after cops called

Mike the Usurper wrote:
] ] served four years of active duty and another four years
] ] in the reserves, a commitment he believed expired Dec.
] ] 19. The Army maintains he will be in a voluntary reserve
] ] status until he's 50.
]
] So now they're looking around for legal loopholes to suck
] people back in to send to (thank you Daily Show for this one)
] Mess-O'Potamia?

Perhaps if soldiers below the rank of Colonel were paid a realistic wage, more soldiers would make careers of the gig and the army would not have to engage insipid legal manouvres like stop-loss and voluntary reserve to keep their numbers up... If they haven't dotted all the legal I(s) and crossed the T(s), the DOD stands to lose a lot of face in court soon. Maybe they can hire the CIA as a business consultant.. ;)

RE: Reservist Sues to Avoid Recall

I hate when that happens. At least there is a happy ending here...

LONDON: Hollywood beauty Kiera Knightley may have gained a finely honed physique for her role as a warrior queen Guinevere, but apparently "lost" her breasts in the process.
. . .
Knightley has now stopped all workouts and has reportedly got her assets back.
"I've stopped working out since then and now they're back," she said.

Kiera Knightley - Tragedy Averted

Bahahahahaha! I'm about as likely to downgrade to their mp3 player as I am to go back to a PC. Ain't gonna happen Mikey...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL - news) is running a promotion that gives customers $100 off on some of its Dell Digital Jukebox music players if customers send in to the No. 1 personal computer maker their old Apple iPods to be recycled, the company said on Wednesday.
The mail-in rebate offer applies to Dell's 15-gigabyte music player, which carries a regular price of $199, said the Round Rock, Texas, company. The player has a battery life of about 20 hours, about two times that of Apple Computer Inc.'s (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) market-leading iPod, Dell said.

Dell Offers $100 Rebate for Old Apple iPods

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A California man who collected 1 million pennies for a bet is having a hard time cashing in on his $10,000 fortune.

Ron England has amassed 3.6 tons of copper in his garage in the Los Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30 years ago that he could collect 1 million pennies.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash -- at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of these pennies," England, 60, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor his side of the bet -- a meal in Paris.

"I don't remember making the wager. Am I still good for it? I'm not going to answer that question," Russ England told the Daily News.

Penny for your thoughts? How about a million pennies?

Many women seem attracted to rat-like men anyway... Might work..

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A drug that seems to drive female rats mad for sex may offer the first real scientific aphrodisiac for women, U.S. and Canadian researchers have said.
James Pfaus of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and colleagues there and at Palatin tested the drug on female rats and found it affected their mating behavior.
The drug, Palatin Technologies Inc's PT-141, is being developed for use to fight impotence in men, but the researchers said tests showed it also aroused female rats.

Rat drug may boost sex drive in women, study finds

An off-duty MTSU Police officer says he was injured Wednesday trying to stop a shoplifter.
Sergeant Matt Foster knows he is lucky to be alive after he was dragged several feet by a car. 
The MTSU Police officer left work Wednesday afternoon and went shopping at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on South Rutherford Boulevard in Murfreesboro.  He was still wearing his uniform. 
...
Since Foster was off duty, his employer cannot pick up his medical costs.  And Wal-Mart told him it will not pay those costs either.  So, for now, Foster is paying for anything not covered by his insurance.   
He hopes to return to work in a couple weeks but it could take much longer.

Nice appreciative company that Wal Mart.... Just one more reason I am glad I don't give them ANY patronage. Big impersonal retailers that price cut to push out any small business competition are a part of many problems with this company. In this case, you get what you pay for... Nothing.

MTSU Police Officer Dragged By Shoplifting Suspect's Car

Let's see... Since I have live here (less than 6 yrs), I know of a bunch of country celebs that have collected a DUI (or two) in or near greater Nashville.
Marty Stuart (2), Terri Clarke, Wynonna, Deana Carter, George Jones. This time, it is in my very own small and current home town.

Hendersonville police arrested country music artistMartyStuart yesterday on charges that included driving under the influence of alcohol, saying the singer was seen striking a parked car outside a McDonald's.

Lt. Paul Harbsmeier said police arrested Stuart after receiving a complaint at 3:29 p.m. of an accident involving a possibly intoxicated driver along Hendersonville's West Main Street.

Officers found Stuart at the scene, charging him with DUI, implied consent and simple possession.

Marty Stuart charged with DUI (again)

BAGHDAD—As the Coalition Provisional Authority prepares to hand power over to an Iraqi-led interim government on June 30, CPA administrator L. Paul Bremer publicly touted the success of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As the Coalition's rule draws to a close, the numbers show that we have an awful lot to be proud of," Bremer said Tuesday. "As anyone who's taken a minute and actually looked at the figures can tell you, the vast majority of Iraqis are still alive—as many as 99 percent. While 10,000 or so Iraqi civilians have been killed, pretty much everyone is not dead.
According to U.S. Department of Defense statistics, of the approximately 24 million Iraqis who were not killed, nearly all are not in a military prison. Bremer said "a good number" of those Iraqis who are in jail have been charged with a crime, and most of them have enjoyed a prison stay free of guard-dog attacks, low-watt electrocutions, and sexual humiliation.

Onion | Coalition: Majority of Iraqis still alive.