German Defense Minister, Peter Struck, told the Deutsche Welle that "using [unemployed] civilians instead of soldiers would save money," when exercising war games. According to the report, military exercises can take up to 400 people, to act as civilians, enemies, and non-combatants.

A mother sells her forehead as advertising space on eBay in order to pay for her son's education. Goldenpalace. com, an Internet gambling company in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, met Smith's $10,000 asking price.

Someone has reportedly bid $351,100 to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the so-called "Oracle of Omaha. "There were 110 bids in the eBay auction, which started at $25,000 on June 23.

Linda Marks is a Florida psychic who has recently gained notoriety, not for her success as a psychic, but for her lengthy rap sheet. Marks was previously sued by over a dozen former clients who say she stiffed them out of over $1 million when they visited her Delray Beach business. She and her husband, James, pleaded guilty in December 2002 to reporting their car stolen to defraud their insurance company. They were placed on five years' probation.

Donald Trump isn't above doing laundry - especially if it belongs to someone else. As part of a charity effort, the real estate mogul spent part of Wednesday in the laundry room of the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue cleaning socks, shirts and slacks.