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Berkshire Hathaway Buying Burlington Northern

Omaha based Berkshire Hathaway, owned by famed investor Warren Buffet, annouced today that it would purchase the Burlington Northen Railroad. The deal, valued at $34 Billion, would be Buffet's largest purchase...

Mary Wong of Omaha: Ponzi Scheme With NFL Investment

Mary Wong of Omaha has been charged by the federal government for orchestrating a ponzi scheme. Mary Wong of Omaha took prospective investors money and instead of investing in luxury assets, funneled the money to support her other companies and lavish lifestyle. Mary Wong...

Buffett's gloomy economic predictions

The Oracle of Omaha says the worst is yet to come. " Warren Buffett doesn't see the "green shoots" Ben Bernanke and other bullish investors have spoken of in recent months. In fact, the billionaire investor...

College World Series 2009 Score: LSU Beats Texas For CWS Title

The LSU Tigers won the 2009 College World Series, soundly defeating the Texas Longhorns 11-4 in a decisive Game 3. The win gives LSU baseball its the sixth national championship.  Jared Mitchell hit a...

College World Series 2009 Score: UT Win Game 2

The Texas Longhorns and LSU Tigers are heading to a decisive Game 3 in the College World Series taking place in Omaha, Nebraska. The Longhorns baseball team won the second game of the 2009 College World Series 5-1 against the Tigers, evening the Texas vs. LSU matchup at one...

Slide show on Beatles creates waves in Paul, Ringo concert

Rishikesh, 5 Apr: The two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, enthralled music lovers at a charity concert in Radio City Music Hall, New York on Saturday night. The 'Cosmicall Conscious' song by...

Making A Difference is a republish and about missing kids.

The following story is about a friend, someone who I came to know over the last several years while searching for a missing friend. It is about missing people and in this case, Patty Beeken's story about missing kids and how she became an activist.  Wayne.. Making A...

Will Kites Fly High For Hrithik???

Kites bought by Reliance Big Pictures for almost Rs 150 crore. A Collaboration between Mexican and Indian industry with crew assistance from Hollywood,  and a vision to go global “Kites” is all set to enthrall the audiences when it releases next June 2009. The film...

Sheriff's Deputies Find $2.5 Million Worth Of Cocaine

"Sheriff's Deputies Find $2.5 Million Worth Of Cocaine Second Largest Drug Bust in Nebraska History OMAHA (KPTM) - A traffic stop along Interstate 80 yields two and a half million dollars worth of cocaine.  Investigators say it's the second...

Neb. Senators Want Ban On Psychoactive Herb- Salvia

"Neb. Senators Want Ban On Psychoactive HerbOpponents Argue Salvia Divinorum Has Therapeutic Benefits January 9, 2009OMAHA, Neb. -- The Nebraska Legislature may once again consider whether to outlaw the hallucinogenic plant Salvia divinorum.Critics have argued that the...

Teen Sold For Sex Slavery

  This is typical and happens way too often. Use to be we would never hear of this in the news. Now we hear more and more horrific stories of kidnapped girls and boys who are forced into human sex trafficking....

Omaha Man Faces Indictment for Trafficking Children

The indictment names three children victims, but there are between 200,000 and 300,000 more children victims out there. This article saids trafficking has become the third most lucrative business in the world...

Winter Storms Hit the US Disrupting Travel and Causing Havoc

The National Weather Service, or the 'Weather Channel' has issued storm warnings for mulitple parts of the United States today, including Omaha, Chicago, Boston, Long Island, and Seattle. The Omaha weather...

Omaha Man Faces Indictment for Trafficking Children

It is said in this article that Human Sex Trafficking is the Third most lucrative business in the world behind drugs and weapons. This, that is coming from the same people who said Las Vegas, Nevada has NO...

Buffett investments value down 43%

It appears that nobody is above the fray."Feeling mauled by the seemingly undying bear market? Take a look at the year-to-date performance for some biggest of the big-name investors and consider yourself in good company:  Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway): -43%Ken...

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