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Safes, Cash Wash Up on Japan Shores After Tsunami

OFUNATO, Japan - There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month's tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building. Any one could hold someone's life savings. Safes are washing up along the tsunami-battered...

Cops: Man Bought Printer From Walmart to Make Fake Money

For many shoppers, a trip to Walmart can be a way to save money. But for Douglas Brian Osborne, it was allegedly a way to make money -- using a printer to counterfeit $600 in funny money. Investigators in Gainesville, Fla., say Osborne purchased a printer from the Lake City megastore on March 10 and promptly attempted...

Cops: Man Demolishes Neighbor's Home Over $80 Debt

A Colorado man accused of causing $250,000 worth of damage to his neighbor's property over an $80 debt may now have to pay a debt to society. Jack Herbst, 63, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony criminal mischief and booked into the El Paso County Jail on $10,000 bond after allegedly going on a rampage through...

Pop Stars, Lobbyists Turn Away From Gadhafi's 'Dirty Money'

The name Moammar Gadhafi has become so poisonous that everyone from singer Nelly Furtado and the London School of Economics to high-powered PR firms and lobbyists are trying to erase past dealings with him. Furtado said she plans to give away to charity the $1 million she earned for performing in private for the Gadhafi...

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Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given socio-economic context or country.

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