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Apr.17
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Friday, 17 Apr 2009
Call Of Shame - Vote Now

In this week's list of lame-o's, one of last week's nominees moves up to winner. But first, the new crop of nominees. Vote for your own choice below.

BK WHOPPER

Lawyers for bankrupt Lehman Brothers want to get paid a whopping $55 million for three months work. That's a record for BK attorneys. One of the attorneys, from the firm of Weil Gotshal, reportedly charged $950 an hour for 795 hours, proof that the lawyers always win.

TRYPE!

Ebay unable to make Skype mesh with its core business, may spin it off as an IPO, even though no one has figured out how to make the free internet phone service pay, pal.

ZERO CREDIBILITY

The New York Daily News reports that the New York Port Authority's rebuilding of Ground Zero won't be completed until 2037. That's 28 years from now, 36 years after 9/11. Even Rome was built more quickly than that.

THAT'S A STRETCH!

A Yankees fan sues police for refusing to let him go to the bathroom during the singing of "God Bless America" last summer during the seventh inning stretch. The old Yankees ballpark has a "no movement" policy during the song. But police say they ejected the man from the game not because he needed to go to the bathroom, but because he had potty mouth.

OFF THE WALL-ET

A much hyped auction of potentially $20 million in Michael Jackson memorabilia goes...Bad...after Jackson sues. In a settlement, the auction house still gets to show people the merchandise, including the bejeweled white glove, but it can't sell the stuff.

DOMI-NOSE!

Domino's Pizza faces a PR nightmare after two employees post a cheesy video on YouTube showing them fouling food with mucus.

THE WINNER IS: SUN MICRO

Sun Microsystems earlier rejected a takeover offer from IBM , only to come crawling back this week. But Big Blue may no longer be interested, making the chances of another white knight for Sun...Microscopic.

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