Your Path to Wealth

Forget the get-rich-quick offers that you often hear and read about. If you want to be wealthy in your lifetime – be one of the Nouveau Riche (new money) – then you have to have a great idea and some capital. Apart from that, you must have a taste for adventure, which you […]

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Forget the get-rich-quick offers that you often hear and read about. If you want to be wealthy in your lifetime – be one of the Nouveau Riche (new money) – then you have to have a great idea and some capital. Apart from that, you must have a taste for adventure, which you apparently already have if you are willing to go for obviously high-risk get-rich-quick-schemes.

If you have the capital (or at least know how to get it) and have the adventurous nature to go with it, this article from the CNN business magazine will tip you off on ten great business ideas or ventures that could turn you into Nouveau Riche if they pay off.

The business ideas set forth in the article are very specific. This is no standard feel-good or “inspirational” crap (pardon the term; no offense meant). This is the real and practical guide to becoming rich. The ideas mentioned are specific, with actual examples of people who got rich through them. Start reading now if you want to be one of the Nouveau Riche in time – i.e. before you die.

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Singer Miley Cyrus in Dodgy Pic Scandal

Raunchy photos of teenage superstar Miley Cyrus have reportedly been placed online. But, fans are questioning whether the pictures are of a look-alike of the Hannah Montana star. The photos allegedly show the 15-year-old daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus pulling down her white singlet to reveal a lacy green bra. In another […]

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042108_miley_cyrus2.jpg Raunchy photos of teenage superstar Miley Cyrus have reportedly been placed online. But, fans are questioning whether the pictures are of a look-alike of the Hannah Montana star. The photos allegedly show the 15-year-old daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus pulling down her white singlet to reveal a lacy green bra. In another shot, Cyrus flaunts her bare midriff while draped over a young male. Another shot shows her cuddling up to the same guy. Cyrus is a wholesome role model to millions of America’s youngest fans. It was reported as well that photos of Cyrus posing in a bikini and in her underwear were posted on her MySpace page six months ago. Fans questioned whether the latest batch of photos really were of the star. Some people think that someone is just jealous of Miley and set her up. What do you think, fake or real?

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Obama, Clinton Make Pitches in Pennsylvania

Sen. Barack Obama, in what observers say his most negative advertising of the primary season, cast his opponent as a compromised Washington insider. Sen. Hillary Clinton, responded by suggesting Obama’s message has become old-fashioned politics, asking Democrats to look harder at the two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. As always, the two candidates […]

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clintonobama.jpg Sen. Barack Obama, in what observers say his most negative advertising of the primary season, cast his opponent as a compromised Washington insider. Sen. Hillary Clinton, responded by suggesting Obama’s message has become old-fashioned politics, asking Democrats to look harder at the two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. As always, the two candidates criticized each other as Tuesday’s primary in delegate-rich Pennsylvania loomed. Polls show Clinton leading Obama but he was closing the gap. Obama, hoping to lock up the nomination, outspent Clinton 2-to-1 on television advertising in Pennsylvania, with commercials challenging her healthcare plan and hinting she was beholding to special interests.

At a campaign stop Sunday in Bethlehem, Pa., Clinton reminded voters of Obama’s being defensive during last week’s debate about recent gaffes and incendiary remarks made by his former pastor. “It’s no wonder my opponent has been so negative these last few days of this campaign,” she said, “because I think you saw the difference between us.” There will always be a difference, and that would somehow help the people decide who to vote for.

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World’s Oldest Tree Discovered

The world’s oldest living tree, a 9,550-year-old spruce, has been discovered in Sweden’s Dalarna province, a university professor said. Umea University Professor Leif Kullman said the discovery was made under the crown of a spruce on Fulu Mountain in central Sweden where scientists found four “generations” of spruce remains in the form of cones […]

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oldsprucetree.jpg The world’s oldest living tree, a 9,550-year-old spruce, has been discovered in Sweden’s Dalarna province, a university professor said. Umea University Professor Leif Kullman said the discovery was made under the crown of a spruce on Fulu Mountain in central Sweden where scientists found four “generations” of spruce remains in the form of cones and wood produced from higher ground. Researchers said the old tree survived cooler summer conditions during the past 10,000 years and, more recently, a gradual warming, by its ability to push out another trunk as older ones die. Other very old trees, including three 375-, 5,660- and 9,000-years-old were also discovered. Since spruce trees can multiply with root penetrating branches, they can produce exact copies, or clones, researchers said. The trees’ ages were determined in a process called carbon-14 dating at a U.S. laboratory. Spruce trees are known to have long life and this 9,500 year old spruce discovery made it more amazing how this tress survived that long.

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Students Arrested for Selling Heroin

Hartford residents Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, and Alimahad A. Isa, 21, were arrested on the University of Connecticut campus Tuesday, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Thursday. Police officials said that they found the bags of heroin in a laptop computer case in the vehicle Alimahad drove. Stephen told police he used drug money “to […]

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heroin.jpg Hartford residents Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, and Alimahad A. Isa, 21, were arrested on the University of Connecticut campus Tuesday, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Thursday. Police officials said that they found the bags of heroin in a laptop computer case in the vehicle Alimahad drove. Stephen told police he used drug money “to make money to help pay for college.” Both students were charged with conspiracy to sell heroin, conspiracy to possess heroin, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of heroin with intent to sell.
Statewide Narcotics Task Force officials said they arrested the students after receiving a tip about Laurencin being involved in drug sales. Laurencin reportedly was being held on $200,000 bail and is set to appear in court May 12. Isa was held on $25,000 bail and is due back in court April 30.

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