Brian Gongol
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Flooding at Missouri Valley, Iowa
It's hard to understand just how bad the flooding is without seeing it in person
DaimlerChrysler headed for a happy divorce
Chrysler will be taken over by a private-equity firm, though Daimler will keep a 20% stake. The sale price is about $7.4 billion, which is actually a loss for Daimler, since they have to keep Chrysler's debt as part of the deal. It is, though, a lot more than Kerkorian was offering. More than anything, the Germans are probably happy to get rid of Chrysler's liabilities for health-care costs. Imagine being happy taking a huge loss on the sale of a company just because of health and pension benefits.
The hardest part might be staying awake for the whole flight
There are now as many as half a dozen US Air Marshals on flights from Frankfurt and London to the US. Imagine having to stay alert from takeoff to landing. What a bore.
Whatever you do, don't drop a compact fluorescent bulb
The answer is not always "C"
The old legend has it that it's best to answer "C" whenever faced with a completely unknown multiple-choice question. But that's very bad advice when there are only two possible answers.
Corporate "lorem ipsum" generator
An automatic generator of the notorious "lorem ipsum"-type filler text, but it's all business jargon
Flamenco Towers: A skyscraper split in two
It's a design for a project to be constructed in Hangzhou, China
Chemical danger after a disaster
