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We've always been enthusiastic cheap-car purveyors. And as a result, we've gotten far more fun than we paid for from inexpensive used cars. So we thought we'd pass along our favorite budget used cars.

Less than a year after the Droid 3 saw a release, Verizon and Motorola have announced the Droid 4 at CES. It’s basically a Droid Razr with a keyboard and smaller display, but that’s nothing to underestimate.

A Georgia dog apparently has a taste for the finer things in life. The pooch dined on a meal of $10,000 worth of diamonds. Honey Bun often walks the counters at John Ross Jewelers. He's not much of a guard dog, but he is great with customer relations. "He's been loved," said co-owner Chuck Roberts. Customers sometimes hide treats in their purse for Honey Bun, but the Roberts' recently learned this pampered pooch has more expensive taste. It happened two weeks ago when a customer came in. "A customer came in and I jumped up out of my chair and came out here to wait on him. And I left the chair where you could jump up on my chair and jump up on my desk," said Roberts. On the desk: four packs of loose diamonds, about a carat each to set in diamond earrings, pens, and dog treats. When he returned, only three packs remained, and an empty pouch was lying on the floor. "Looked all over and there weren't no diamonds, so immediately, I knew he'd eaten them," said Roberts.

Jarvis Moss (#94) of the Oakland Raiders gets caught on tape yell curse words at a blown call

Academy award winning actress and activist, Susan Sarandon shows her support for women by appearing in this outrageously funny video. The War on Women was initiated by Republican men – from Governor Scott Walker (WI-Misogynist) to Republican candidates each trying to out-Conservative the other. Women are marching on the 28th in every State in America. ‘Expect us’.

Lower-Class: how you can ensure you know how you are F'd with Obama or McCain. Listen to what others are saying!

Greg Rubar has waited tables at D’Amico’s Italian Market Cafe in Houston for 16 years. But his car was flooded during a thunderstorm weeks ago and so he had been taking taxis to work and borrowing the restaurant’s catering truck from the owners. But on...

Who would have ever thought DJing was such a lucrative gig? Well, it's probably not so lucrative for everyone... Unless you happen to be Jersey Shore's DJ Pauly D. He allegedly makes $40,000 per DJing gig. And he does 3-6 a week. You do the math.

D .C. United will put its four-game winning ..... defeating the Philadelphia Union 1-0 at PPL Park. D .C. now returns to the pitch for a second straight ..... Bulls within touching distance of first-place D .C. United. "I think it speaks to the character …

Moody's Investors Service is readying a downgrade for British banks, according to media reports Thursday.

… Saturday, as he was tagged for three runs and four hits in 5 1/3 frames, dropping him to 5-5 to go along with a 4.04 ERA. This will be Samardzija's first start versus the D 'Backs. Chicago took four of seven from Arizona last season.

Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Joe Saunders was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a strained left shoulder.The move, retroactive to June 17, came one day after Saunders was scratched from his scheduled start against the Cubs after he was unable to get loose in the bullpen

The first significant deal on draft night saw the New York Islanders acquire veteran defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Anaheim ducks in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2013.Visnovsky totaled six goals and 27 points in 68 games for the Ducks in 2011-12, his second full campaign with

Josh Collmenter and four other pitchers filled in for scheduled starter Joe Saunders, pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.

An Air Force captain who died in the Vietnam War has been buried with full military honors after his remains were positively identified 43 years after his plane went down in Laos.

U. K . consumers returned to the high street in May ..... days have seen some glimmers of hope for the U. K . economy, with an improved CBI industrial trends ..... 30-month low," said Howard Archer, chief U. K . and euro-zone economist for IHS Global Insight …

… country and Germany, as well as one to the U. K . Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy ..... At the same time, Statnett and the U. K .'s National Grid PLC (NG.LN) have ..... interconnector between Norway and the U. K . which is scheduled for completion in 2020 …