$130 Million Ponzi Scheme Rattles West African Nation of Benin

Longtime Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, one of the most powerful and popular figures in the General Assembly, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he took more than $245,000 in bribes to use his position and influence to do favors for a grocery chain.

“The billionaires behind the hate.” This long and revealing article by Jane Mayer for the New Yorker details the ongoing onslaught against the Obama administration and the U.S. government being waged by the billionaire owners of Koch Industries, whose combined fortune of $35 billion dollars is only exceeded by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

LOS ANGELES - The owner of an RV dealership sued by Taylor Lautner over a customized vehicle challenged the "Twilight " star Monday to a push-up contest to resolve their dispute instead of a court of law.

Madagascar's exiled former president has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for ordering the killing of opposition supporters.

Big surprise, the world's most useless socialite Paris Hilton is arrested on drug possession charges, again.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's super-yacht Eclipse named as world's largest boat by the Superyacht Index from SuperYacht Times. The index lists the Eclipse at 62.5 meters (533.1 feet).

Report reveals that Americans are making due with less and don't have the money to put into stock funds, and many are taking money out of their investments to pay for basic necessities like food, clothing and shelter.

A six-bedroom penthouse at London's posh One Hyde Park development has just sold for a record-breaking £140 million, or about $220 million, making it the most expensive piece of residential real estate in the world.

Atlanta software entrepreneur Larry Dean finally sells his $40 million, 32,000 sq. ft. Xanadu-like mansion, once the biggest home in metropolitan Atlanta, to Tyler Perry for the bargain price of $7.6 million.

While his people starve, Kim Jong-il struts around in $1200 handcrafted suits and italian leather shoes while sipping Martell Cognac from crystal snifters.

Southern rapper Birdman is showing off the kind of toy a few million dollars can buy: the Bugatti Veyron. The European sports car is not only one of the most expensive things you can buy on four wheels, but it's also the fastest street car on the planet.