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Last week, Gawker drew our attention to one of the worst proposals of all time; a man chose to fake his own death before proposing to his girlfriend. Comedian Julia Weiss says that's the problem with proposals: they're all about knowing someone else's business. 

It's not so fun to be a financial institution these days. Just ask Bears Stearns, the former global investment bank. Or JPMorgan, the financial services firm that reported trading losses in the billions this month due to some risky moves.

The media omnipresence of Mormon GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has catapulted the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints back into the news.The Mormon Church, however, hasn’t needed Romney’s help in getting attention—or criticism—of late, specifically over their much-commented upo