Donald Trump picked Joan Rivers as the winner, over Annie Duke, a professional poker player.

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My dentist is a bigger celebrity than Annie Duke, and nobody has ever heard of him either.

The Obama Administration rolled out its much-awaited foreclosure-prevention plan on Wednesday nicknamed “The Ponzi Policy”, saying if it could work for Bernie Madoff, it could work for the United States.  

The plan asks those facing foreclosure to simply send a check for a thousand dollars to the first name on the list, “Fannie Mae”, then place their name at the bottom of the list, and ask 275 million friends to do the same. 

NEW YORK  —  A colossal snake about the length of a school bus slithered about South America's rainforests some 60 million years ago, according to an analysis of the skeletal remains of what is now considered the largest snake ever identified.

The gigantic ancient snake was 43 feet long, weighed 2,500 pounds and ate crocodiles for breakfast. 

According to scientists the snake still exists, but has changed its name to Wall Street. 

 Mortgage rates fell sharply Monday, as investors reacted to the government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Perhaps the government should also consider a takeover of Exxon-Mobil and Chevron-Texaco. 

 The government's historic bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday will be good news to the flagging housing industry.  John McCain said he supports the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  After all, an improvement in the housing market will help McCain obtain that much needed eighth home.

However, Freddie was blamed for pinching the Fannie.