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As if traveling wasn't expensive enough
The new U.S. passport laws have been a headache for many Americans hoping to travel to Mexico or Canada. Now, a congressional inquiry reveals all those shiny new passports may have been sprinkled with a little price gouging. Americans may have been overcharged by as much as $100 million a year. Each passport may have cost $14 more than it costs to produce. And now a couple of senators are calling for the government to account for those charges.
11/02/07 03:25 AM PT Posted on November 2, 2007 3:25 AM PTGet your strange creature fix with 'The Hobbit' movies
If you didn't have enough of strange creatures and fantastic worlds with the Lord of the Rings movie saga, two movies based on the trilogy's prelude book, "The Hobbit," will soon be in production. Peter Jackson, who directed the Lord of the Rings films, is going to be the executive producer and Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will direct. He is the guy who recently directed "Pan's Labyrinth." The Lord of the Rings trilogy picked up about $3 billion in box office receipts worldwide.
04/25/08 09:01 AM PT Posted by Lori Stassi on April 25, 2008 9:01 AM PTLatest Posts
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I've just listened to Mr. Stein's concern for the poor working man. No doubt he drove his Bronco to the station to make his plea for the common man. Honestly, Ben Stein weeping for the common man's fate? After my sides stopped hurting from laughing ...
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