With crude oil crossing the $142/record mark on Friday, one newspaper took a close-up look at how oil affects traders, fishermen, pre-school kids, Hummer owners, high school chicks and everyone else in bet

Bear Stearns swag keeps getting cooler, but so does ALF. [DealBreaker]

You can't handle the pump! [TimSykes]

Fuel efficient cars that aren't hybrids. [MainStreet]

People who cried publicly and others who should have. [Portfolio]

Devo sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toy. [Consumerist]

How to get 'Ducktales' rich. [Long or Short Capital]

Americans go to Mexico for cheaper gas. [FunnyBusiness]

Mozilo, will you be my sweetheart? [LoL Fed]

Wendy's will give out free burgers in Jersey City tomorrow. [NJ.com]

The Banker BullSh*t generator. [ChristianBaxter]

Google's strange offer letter to their new CFO. Don't tell us your secrets, please, we're begging you. [Footnoted]

Lifestyles of the super rich. Extreme! [CNBC slideshow]

Mozilo isn't bronze, he's orange! Get it right. [DealBreaker]

Yahoo is really just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic now. [Wall $treet Folly]

If O.J. Mayo gets drafted by Minnesota his nickname should definitely be 'The Mayo Clinic'. [SportsBiz]

What's the best keyboard for bankers? [Wall Street Oasis]

The Dow is down for the millennium. [Crossing Wall Street]

How to save the airlines: first class oral sex. [DealBreaker]

The life of a Wall Streeter made into an opera. [1-2 Knockout]

Hottie Anne Hathaway's Ex-bf arrested for fraud. Looks like she gave him that no-job for nothing. [HuffPo] and [Gawker]

The Love Contract: contractually allowed cheating contingent upon putting out not happening enough. [Long or Short Capital]

Fill out your brackets: who killed the economy? [Portfolio]

Peak oil truths and consequences.[MoneyAndMarkets]

Be ready. Today Fed to hint at no more rate cuts. This in turn will lead to rising dollar and falling oil. More about this

15 of the Best Blogs for New Investors or Traders. We didn't make the cut but I think we were at number 16

Refacing Government Tender. Drawing on money (pics)

How and why Mazda destroyed $100 million worth of cars

Tom Brady is nailing a $33 million a year hottie. And you?

I think people are still underestimating Corning. You buy a new tv they profit. Easy money

First Solar (FSLR) to report today. Priced to perfection

Don't have hedge fund cash. Try investing in a 13-0/30 fund

The story of a Wall Street short seller

The Nine Worst Business Stories of the Last 50 years

The team behind LonelyGirl15 raises $5 Million in Series A funding. Big names involved

Whisky Business: The Many Myths of Jack Daniels

I was completely wrong about Google. Look at these frickin options after their earnings. Could have made 45K from 1K

Meet the man that cost businesses billions of dollars

The Bear Sterns Fraud?

NBC wants to come back to iTunes but has to make up an excuse as to why the left in the first place.

My dream has always been to buy a sports team. The dream's starting to get out of reach unless I want to buy the Raptors. The Yankees are now worth $1.3 Billion. Check out all the new values.

You need to raise money? There are many ways but I suggest you don't raise money by making a calendar if you are a middle aged women.

I had no idea why Travis Barker was worth millions and used to have a hot wife. After watching his little remix on the drums if think I figured out why people like so much. The man has some mad skills

Why male sex hormones may be fueling turmoil in the market

The 73 Biggest Brains in Business

Now THIS is how you spend your hard earned money. NY businessman pays $1.5 million for 15 minute film of Marilyn Monroe blowing an unseen man. Nobody is sure the indentity of the man but the FBI spent years trying to prove it was Kennedy. And yes the FBI confirmed it was real.

Investment advice of the day: Invest in the technology that will save humanity. Of course I said this in the 70's and was wrong. As long as others buy into it that's all that matters.

Guy goes fishing 1.5 miles offshore and catches this?

I'm not sure if this is inside information or not but Monsanto is about to be sued in a class action suit. Don't know ANY details, just know many people hate Monsanto

How to pay off your 19 cent Amex bill

Don't F with New York baseball. Great story

What Warren Buffet thinks

Somebody has WAYYYY too much extra time at the office

I'm a little late on this one but how are deals like this Lehman Bros "creative financing" move still allowed to happen? Ridiculous

The data below shows that once is drops below 20, going long the market usually pays off. (The CBOE Volatility Index, a.k.a. the "Investor Fear Gauge"aka VIX, measures the market's expectation for 30 day volatility. A value over 30 indicates high volatility and uncertainty while a value under 20 indicates a more stable market) Combine this data with the less volatile summer and I think a good entry point may be near.

Avg Historical Dow Performance after VIX crosses below 20 (based on 136 occurances since 1986):

• 1 week later: up 0.1%
• 1 month later: up .73%
• 3 months later: up 2.05%
• 6 months later: up 5.29%
• 1 year later: up 10.49%

<--- Nothing says "I am going to be rich" like this Senior photo

Wall Street firms and investment banks borrowed $34 billion every day last week

One of the creepiest stories of the year
Looks like Yahoo is going to refuse the MS offer. Say bye bye to all their talent, they'll accept Google's offers, I promise

It looks like the Obama train is slowing down. The tide is turning

Japan is dying

What Happens Behind the scenes. How advertisers and moviemakers fool you

Grains Gone Wild

Kraft's $100 million idea

Working on Vacation

Josie Maran never looks bad, especially in a bikini