Woody Allen on Learning from Mistakes

In 1969, Woody Allen directed his first movie, Take the Money and Run. It was critically acclaimed, and throughout the next three decades Allen became ...

Dave Barry's Life Lessons

Here are a few lessons that humor columnist Dave Barry says took him 50 years to learn.

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative ...

"Jeopardy's" Ken Jennings Preps to Manage Money

In his record breaking run on "Jeopardy," Ken Jennings won more than $2.5 million. He has shown he can handle facts, but can he handle money? ...

Graffiti Artist Dies Leaving His Mark

Peter Berry wanted to leave a mark. So he became a graffiti artist—a tagger—with the nickname Kiser. He was gifted, by all accounts, and was ...

Firefighter Red Adair on Hell

Paul "Red" Adair was the oil field firefighter first made famous by a 1968 John Wayne movie The Hellfighters. After the first Gulf War, he led ...

Woman Uses Valuable Coin for Parking

When we possess something of great value, we generally safeguard it. Through a series of errors, a South African woman failed to properly care for a collection ...

Boxer Mike Tyson Squandered Fortune

Minimum amount boxer Mike Tyson earned in the nine years before filing for bankruptcy in August 2003: $300,000,000.

Counterfeiter Misused Artistic Talents

As a counterfeiter, Emanuel Ninger is legendary. When arrested on March 28, 1896, The New York Times reported that a search of the suspect turned up $244.25 ...

Sin Is Like Shopping with a $1 Million Bill

A woman named Alice Pike tried to use a fake $1 million dollar bill to shop at Walmart. Two questions came to mind: "There isn't really a $1 ...

New Age Intellectual Finds Christ

Mary Poplin, professor of education and Dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University, attended a Methodist church as a child, ...