Interesting Articles...

[henche]

Just to make sure I understand, there's 1% CB on gas but 23.9% APR that gets charged as soon as you swipe, so basically all the card offers is 22.9% APR for the first month on gas purchases?

No, because the 1% is on the whole amount while the interest is annual.

[aygart]

No, because the 1% is on the whole amount while the interest is annual.

isn't that what APR means?

[CountValentine]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/man-skips-out-on-family-seder-to-go-to-casino--wins--1-million-170150961.html

...and what should we learn from this? 

[aygart]

...and what should we learn from this? 

maybe that the seder he missed was one not worth attending anyhow?
Either way, we cannot claim to fully understand Hashem's ways. Just learn what you can and go on.

[avrumy22]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/man-skips-out-on-family-seder-to-go-to-casino--wins--1-million-170150961.html

did he at least give maaser?

[12HRS]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/el-al-pilots-nearly-try-landing-with-wheels-up/

From FT

[AJK]

http://nypost.com/2014/04/23/the-130k-around-the-world-flight-for-the-super-rich/

[Joe4007]

http://nypost.com/2014/04/23/the-130k-around-the-world-flight-for-the-super-rich/

How many miles for this? 

[Moshe123]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/flight-delayed-your-pilot-really-can-make-up-the-time-in-the-air/

[AJK]

How many miles for this? 

The person who sent it to me asked the same thing

[Achas Veachas]

http://boingboing.net/2014/04/24/making-a-planetary-scale-sandw.html

[CountValentine]

http://www.nbcnews.com/#/storyline/new-saints/pope-benedict-attends-canonization-embraces-francis-n90661

[CountValentine]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-struck-killed-teen-sues-family-article-1.1770602

[henche]

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/228646/clarification-of-a-local-baltimore-issue.html

[MarkS]

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/228646/clarification-of-a-local-baltimore-issue.html

There's a thread on this http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=40632.0

[henche]

http://matthewcaseywilliams.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/the-most-affordable-places-in-the-us-to-raise-your-committed-jewish-family/

(BOS is 8th most expensive, but the author notes that at least it doesn't put you in as much debt as going to school there)

[churnbabychurn]

http://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2014/04/yungerman-takes-private-jet-to-get-out-of-erev-shabbos-traffic-jam.html#comments

[Freddie]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/one-therapist-4-million-in-2012-medicare-billing.html?_r=0

What a chevraman, eh? This Brooklyn physical therapist does 4 million a year in medicare billing.

[churnbabychurn]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/one-therapist-4-million-in-2012-medicare-billing.html?_r=0

What a chevraman, eh? This Brooklyn physical therapist does 4 million a year in medicare billing.

“The billing of some of these outliers — the thousands of hours of care that was provided — is it feasible to even bill that much service in a calendar year?” said Justin Moore, the vice president for public policy at the American Physical Therapy Association, which is doing its own analysis of the Medicare data and also noted the disproportionate number of high billers from Brooklyn.

[AJK]

If you didn't,  you should read the whole article. It's written in a pretty deceptive manner - - the guy actually has 24 therapists and three or four offices. Not as outrageous as they make it seem at first brush.

Typical melodramatic media.