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Awesome job Rush. I'm drafting a letter to send to my two great Senators, here in NY, asking them to accept Rush's challenge, and showing their support by putting their money where their mouths are and matching the high bid.

Leslie Willmann's daughters want to remain anonymous. You see, their mother often does wacky things. Not felonious acts, but the kind of things some folks only talk about doing. Willmann, 44, actually does those things – like selling advertising space on her dentures through the online auction site eBay. She had 11 bids as of Friday, with five days left. The top bid was $819.99; she's holding out for a couple thousand dollars more. You can see Willmann's choppers on eBay.com by searching "ad space teeth." "It kind of started out as a joke, and it's taken off," said Willmann,...

Last Update: 10/01/2005 22:07 Tsunami 'wave rat' sells domain name, gives cash to Chabad By Reuters TORONTO - A Canadian student dubbed the "wave rat" for offering the domain name tsunamirelief.com for $50,000 on the online auction site eBay has sold it and donated the money to a Jewish charity's relief efforts, the gaming company that bought it said Monday. Josh Kaplan, 20, branded a "wave rat" by the New York Post, which suggested he was trying to profit from the disaster, sold the domain name to the Montreal-based internet gambling company for $10,000. The entire amount was given directly...