Skyler Bartels spent three days of his Spring Break at Wal-Mart. Really living there. Eating, sleeping, checking out the DVDs, never leaving. The plan was to spend his entire spring break there. Under the radar. Some kids go to Cancun. Skyler Bartels, a Drake University sophomore from Harvard, Neb., went to the garden and patio department. Read More
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Just in time for spring, the government infused a little color into the $10-bill Thursday. The new bill � featuring shades of orange, yellow and red � joined colorized versions of the $20 bill and the $50 bill as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing attempts to stay ahead of counterfeiters and ever-more sophisticated copying machines. The Federal Reserve on Thursday began shipping the first of 800 million of the new $10 bills to commercial banks. In the next few days, those bills will start showing up in cash registers around the country.
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Toni Becker, wife of semo.net's founding-owner Brian Becker, has released a song from her upcoming CD, Storybook. The song, Duty Calls, is a tribute to the men and women of our military who have done so much to protect our country over the years and specifically since 9/11. Since posting the song on MySpace.com last week, she has been receiving emails and bulletins from soldiers all over the world thanking her for the message in the song. If you know of someone in the military, consider sending them an email with the following link: http://myspace.com/ToniBecker to encourage them that you support their committment. By permission from Toni Becker, the song's lyrics are posted below and you are welcome to forward
