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Woman Mortgages Away Everything to Nigerian Scammers

This would be funny if it weren't so sad. Sweet Home, Oregon woman Janella Spears, surprisingly not related to Britney, fell victim to the oldest scam on the Internet. We are all familiar with the Nigerian e-mail scam that attempts to extort money from would-be victims with promises of millions of dollars if we would just send a nominal transaction fee via untraceable sources. Well, not all of ...

Jerry Yang Steps Down as Yahoo! CEO, Remains Chief Yahoo!

Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! is stepping down from his post as CEO and returning to his job as Chief Yahoo!... whatever that means. Yang was tapped by the board of directors last year to step in at the helm of the floundering company as part of a massive reorganization. Yang and the board both feel that the time is right to find a successor. Yahoo! is in a much better position than it was ...