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OT: The News Thread

CAW boss Ken Lewenza is leaving his post, and won't run for the leadership of their new merged union.
Did KB'S union offer him a job?
 
Paul White, from Ham Lake, Minnesota, is one of three Powerball winners who will split the $448 million jackpot. He says that he ran around his office screaming after he realized he had won, and plans on buying a used Acura from Craigslist.
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blacksheep said:
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Some people have simple things to make themselves happy, I guess.

http://www.auto123.com/en/news/wash...t-his-1991-626-restored-by-mazda?artid=158420

Affectionately called “Bentley” by Morris, the old Japanese sedan has ran into its fair share of troubles over the years, yet their bond remains strong.

Mazda representatives contacted his agent and said they could have the 626 refurbished and fitted with modern extras like a navigation system and CD player, but “nothing too lavish,” Morris apparently said.
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But what I don't understand is, you've just won $448M. Even with the after-tax amount the U.S. would pay you, you buy a USED one???
Why not a NEW one?
 
Warren Buffet drives a beat up old Cadillac and packs a bagged lunch for himself at work each day. Just because one has wealth does not mean that one is materialistic.
 
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MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge said Thursday that his decision to grant creditor protection to the insolvent railway company at the centre of the deadly derailment disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que., is the best way for victims to be compensated.

However, after secured creditors are paid their due, there might be little money left for the families of the 47 people killed in the July 6 train crash and for the community whose downtown core was left devastated by fire.

Timothy Dunn, bankruptcy lawyer and partner at Toronto's Minden Gross law firm, told QMI Agency that he expects Quebec citizens will be stuck paying a significant amount of the costs of clearing millions of litres of spilled oil from Lac-Megantic's downtown.

The company estimated cleanup costs at roughly $200 million.

"As it stands the taxpayers will likely be on the hook," he said.
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This is absolutely criminal. Claim bankruptcy, and your responsibility is gone.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
Warren Buffet drives a beat up old Cadillac and packs a bagged lunch for himself at work each day. Just because one has wealth does not mean that one is materialistic.
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I don't think going for a new Acura is being materialistic.
Changing his mind and buying a Bugatti Veyron with his winnings would be...
 
Why would he buy a new car when he wants an old one? It's his money. He can spend it however he wishes. I think it's commendable he's not planning on being frivolous just because he has a lot of it.
 
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In what could be the nicest (and strangest) story you’ll read all day, a group of thieves who lifted several computers from a Los Angeles office building returned the stolen goods after realizing that they had just ripped off a support center for survivors of sexual assault.

The burglars felt so bad about stealing from the nonprofit that they even included a note of apology, explaining [sic]: “We had no idea what we were takeing. Here your stuff back we hope that you guys can continue to make a difference in peoples live. God bless.”

Less than 24 hours after having her nonprofit ransacked, San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services Executive Director Candy Stallings received a phone call from police, alerting her to more “suspicious activity” going down around her office. But when she arrived on the scene, “All my stuff was in front of the door,” Stallings told NBC News. “There was a shopping cart, and there were the PCs that were taken, there was the laptop — everything was there.”

Tucked inside one of the returned laptops was the note.
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Even common thieves can have hearts...
 
JaysCyYoung said:
Why would he buy a new car when he wants an old one? It's his money. He can spend it however he wishes. I think it's commendable he's not planning on being frivolous just because he has a lot of it.
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Suit yourself. But I don't think going new makes him materialistic at all. Presumably, he couldn't have afforded the new one before the Powerball win - hence the hunt on Craig's List.
But now that he has won...
 
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