And all four railroads: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in federal financial disclosure forms, has set his personal fortune at $10 billion, though some have doubted earlier accounts of his wealth.
Trump, R-Lehman Bros., stands by his accounting of his fantastic fortune; he owns hotels on Atlantic and Ventnor avenues and Marvin Gardens and is just waiting for Mitt Romney to roll an 8, 9 or 11.
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave: A hotel has opened in Japan where the receptionists, concierge and other staff are robots who can check you in, take your luggage and let you into your room using facial recognition technology.
The robots are so lifelike, when you stiff the robot bellboy looking for a tip he later spits in the meal you ordered from room service.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1951, the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger was first published by Little, Brown and Co.
Little, Brown and Co. currently is preparing to publish a recently discovered early draft of “Catcher in the Rye,” set decades after Holden Caulfield’s angst-ridden teenage years, where he is a well-adjusted, successful anthropologist at the natural history museum. But his angst-ridden teenage son think’s he’s a “phony.”
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