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Week of October 20 BETA

Michael Geheren — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:55:31 +0000

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Week of October 20th 2008

Michael Geheren

The Decrease in the number of miles driven in the US in May of 2008 was 9.6 billion compared to May of 2007, as gas prices heard toward the $4.00 per gallon mark.

-Source: Time

If you bought a tall latte from Starbucks everyday you would spend about $1,095!

-Source: Wall Street Journal

The amount of money United States stores loose to shoplifting is 40 Billion Dollars!

-Source: The New Yorker

The average amout of money spent on lottery tickets is $645 a year with an annual income of $13,000.

-Source: The New York Times

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BETA MODE

Michael Geheren — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:02:17 +0000

We are currently in Beta mode and will not be officially running until November 14th 2008. We will start posting then but need your help by sending a news tip above. I will also be looking for contributors for the blog to help. Email me if you are interested: michael@michaelgeheren.com.

Michael

Welcome

Michael Geheren — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:19:23 +0000