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Lessons in cell-phone nudity; WoW-playing celebs

Here's a tip, everybody: don't take naked pictures of your spouse with your cell phone, leave your phone at McDonalds, and then sue our favorite Scottish restaurant. And in today's top 10s: Yahoo's 2008 search list (hint: Britney is #1); Ten celebs who play WoW; and 10 truly awful holiday albums.

| Opinion | Offbeat | 12/02/08 at 1:16 pm |


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Credit Cards at McDonald's

One of the more interesting doom and gloom stories I've seen recently is from John Mauldin's Thoughts From the Frontline newsletter. He says McDonald's is now the second largest merchant card processor. Does that mean we're paying for our cheap fast food at 29 percent interest rates?



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