] For Ulan McKnight, it's being the first customer to enter
] Apple Computer Inc.'s flagship San Francisco store --
] after waiting two nights outside the entrance and braving
] the rain.
]
] McKnight, who turned 40 Saturday, was joined by hundreds
] of others who wrapped around a city block in the city's
] prime shopping district for the opening of Apple's
] two-story store, the computer maker's fifth major store
] worldwide.
]
] For McKnight, a self-proclaimed "Mac-head," waiting in line for two days was his way
] of showing his appreciation to Apple for products that he says have improved his life.
]
] The tab adds to the roughly $100,000 McKnight estimates he has spent on Apple
] products for himself since buying his first Apple product more than 20 years ago.

$100k?!?!?!??

CNN.com - Apple opens big store with pomp - Feb. 28, 2004

] The biggest ever diamond has been found floating in
] space. The gem, estimated at close to 10 billion trillion
] trillion carats, is at the core of a dead star (BPM
] 37093) - a crystallised white dwarf.
] Our own Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion
] years from now, having first expanded to engulf almost everything
] in the solar system. Two billion years after that, the core will
] crystallise, leaving a giant diamond in its place

How romantic is that!

Moon-sized diamond found in space

] The biggest bubble in the history of the world that we
] recently experienced was powered by the most incompetent
] and irresponsible Fed in history, along with the public's
] willingness to suspend disbelief. It was a state of mind
] as much as anything else. Folks believed in the existence
] of a "new era," in a Greenspan put, and in retiring
] early, and rich.

The dollar is on borrowed time

] Western Canada is adrift in last-minute ski bargains,
] including seven nights at a five-star resort and a
] six-day lift ticket from $589

Awesome pricing! We should look into this for next year!

Seven nights of snowy luxury

Here you'll fine everything for planning and booking your perfect European winter vacations!

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We should check this out for next time!

Ski Europe for your next winter vacation in Andorra, Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland.

] A teenage boy posing as a banker duped an Ohio car dealership into delivering
] a $123,000 BMW to him at his high school, police said Thursday.
] The boy was 16 in early January when he ordered the 12-cylinder 2004 BMW
[ 760Li with "black sapphire metallic" paint and a heated steering wheel and seats.
] He told Midwestern Auto Group that his bank would confirm the wire transfer,
] authorities said.
] After completing and returning paperwork that was mailed to his home, the teen
] called the dealership pretending to be a banker confirming the transfer, police
] said.

So I wonder if he got some when took her out on the date? :P

CNN.com - Teen accused of BMW scam - Feb. 12, 2004

] As on Wednesday, the Fed chief faced a number of
] questions from lawmakers concerned about U.S. firms
] "outsourcing" jobs to foreign countries. He strongly
] urged lawmakers not to turn their backs on open trade.

Interesting. I will have to read his speech and see why
he is pro "outsourcing".

MSNBC - Greenspan backs Bush tax cuts extension

] A girl died after her coat got caught in a car door and
] she was dragged for about three miles on rural roads.

YIKES!!!!!!!!

Girl Dies When Car Drags Her Three Miles

] One of Finland's richest men has been fined a record
] 170,000 ($217,000) for speeding through the center of the
] capital, police said on Tuesday. Jussi Salonoja, 27, heir
] to his family's sausage business, was caught driving
] 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone last Thursday, the
] police said.

Speeding pays -- for the traffic cops - Feb. 10, 2004

] Claire Buchan, a White House spokeswoman, said the
] administration has already looked into ways to compensate
] for future crunches on resources, pointing to a 2002
] White House appointed commission that advocated phasing
] out Social Security options for younger workers while
] allowing retired and near-retired persons to keep their
] benefits.

Good news -- and bad -- for baby boomers, says AARP