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A bronze Egyptian sculpture from a Cleveland man's garden that he almost let an antique dealer take for $3,000 a few years ago has sold at auction for $118,000.
The latest victim of Japan's recession is round, sweet and famous for being shockingly expensive.
In October, Rocky Fernandez was told he might not live to Christmas. Suffering from kidney cancer that had spread to his lungs, his doctor wanted to prescribe him Sutent, a relatively new cancer drug. But Fernandez hit a roadblock.
Sitting in new Yankee Stadium on the first day fans came to the $1.5 billion ballpark, managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner admitted some tickets might be overpriced given the recession but insisted the team read the market correctly for most of them.
Officials in one eastern Pennsylvania school district are red-faced after making a costly mistake on eBay.
While much of Japan is grappling with deepening economic turmoil, the country's dapper prime minister has come under fire for enjoying a lavish nightlife.
A Tyler man accused of growing marijuana in an alleged cost-saving move is jailed on felony possession charges. Bond is $15,000 for 55-year-old John Daniel Miller III, who remained in the Smith County Jail late Tuesday.
A new variety of premium grapes debuted in Japan on Monday, with a single bunch fetching as much as $910.
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country.
First, Crown Princess Masako feasted on a 13-dish special Mexican menu in her honor. Then it was shark fin soup and roast duck at a top Chinese restaurant. Then came a sumptuous French meal featuring black truffles.
Each Christmas season since 1984 Gilberto Carrillo's family has wrapped thousands of Mexican tamales by hand, but this year he must charge customers more than ever for the tasty holiday favorite.
It doesn't rival the Pentagon's $600 toilet seat, but the Justice Department can fork over a mean $4 meatball.
A woman who auctioned a painting that belonged to her grandmother, hoping to get a few thousand dollars to pay for her daughter's college tuition, was stunned when the picture fetched $600,000.
A pocket protector would be pointless for this diamond-encrusted, $170,000 fountain pen that will never be used. "You do not put ink in that pen. It's like owning a Ferrari that you don't want to drive," said owner Al Parrish, a Charleston Southern University professor.
Lacey Washut's prized porker fetched a pretty penny, but the price may not pan out lest it break the bank. During an auction at the Central Wyoming Fair, C & Y Transportation bid $200 per pound for the 255-pound pig — a whopping $51,000.
Guard pleads guilty to Vandalizing Pricey PaintingExcerpt: A former security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art has pleaded guilty to slashing a $1.2 million painting with a key. Timur Serebrykov, 28, of Greenfield, will be sentenced April 7 on one count of institutional vandalism.
Google Analytics Blog: Urchin Software Beta Now PublicToday we're happy to announce that the Urchin Software from Google beta is now available for download at urchin.com. Urchin Software from Google is a web analytics product similar in scope to Google Analytics, except you install and manage the software on your own servers.
John Edwards 'embarassed' by pricey haircutAs a gusty spring wind tousled his neatly trimmed locks Friday, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said he's embarrassed about his now famous $400 haircut.
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer on Apple iPhone: I Don't Want My Kids To Have OneWhile speaking at the "Blacks at Microsoft" annual company minority student day, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer said: "[Apple iPhone] is little pricey to me.
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