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Javier Bardem Has To Shut Down His Family Restaurant!

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This is a huge bummer!

Javier Bardem, the best part of any movie he's in, has had to close down his family restaurant La Bardemcilla because of economic woes, including "two years of prolonged losses."

Here's what he said:

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O.J. Simpson Owes Half-A-Million In Taxes!

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Apparently the government can reach in your pocket and take ca$h even if you're behind bars!

O.J. Simpson was just hit with his third tax lien in the last 12 months!

Just because you're in jail, doesn't mean the world stops moving.

O.J. has been hit with a $179,435.07 lien for 2007 to 2010, the new lien of $17,015.99 owed from 2011 and on top of that he still owes

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McDonald's Profits Are Back Up!

Filed under: Business BlitzFast Food

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McDonald's profits are finally back up in the fourth quarter ever since their sales slumped a little a few months back.

How'd they bring their numbers back up??

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Al Gore Is REALLY Happy The Solar Industry Is Growing!

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If there is one person that is super happy to hear the National Solar Jobs Census report was released, it is this guy!

Al Gore took to his blog and could not hide his excitement for what the new report's numbers are.

Here's what he wrote:

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McDonald's Sales Drop First Time In Almost A Decade!

Filed under: Business BlitzHealthFast Food

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McDonald's has always been a fast food powerhouse! A titan of industry!

But their sales actually fell in October!

That's the first monthly drop in almost a decade!

Global sales at restaurants open at least a year fell 1.8% in October. The last time something like this happened was 2003.

The weakened economy, and more competition are to blame for the drop.

Though we feel it could be something else too…

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Bacon Shortage An Overstatement Though Prices May Rise

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Okay, so we may have slightly overreacted when we said the world would run really low on bacon soon.

There really won't be a huge shortage with people lined up outside supermarkets just for a chance to get some bacon or anything like that.

A farm bureau economist said:

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Does Earth Have Enough Wind Power For The Whole World?

Filed under: Tech TalkEnvironment

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Wouldn't it be great if the Earth just naturally gave us everything we needed to run all our electronics and helped us to stop polluting so much?

Well two new studies have found that the Earth does actually have enough wind to power the whole world!

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