If Steve Ballmer seems a little less frantic and energetic lately, there’s a good reason for it: Microsoft (MSFT) missteps have cost him a healthy chunk of his bonus. According to Reuters, Microsoft’s CEO saw his bonus cut by 9% year-over-year “for flat sales of Windows and his failure to ensure that the company provided a choice of browser to some European customers.” While no one should weep for Ballmer over losing money, this year’s bonus cut is significant because it’s the third consecutive year that he has failed to reach his maximum bonus, Reuters notes.
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As part of perhaps the most spectacular walk-of-shame ever, an underwear-clad lover escaped from a third floor bedroom as the returning husband confronted his cheating wife on a balcony.
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Newly released police files say Josh Powell had an affair with a Utah woman just months before his wife disappeared.
- Navy Dolphin Finds Rare 130-Year-Old Torpedo
A Navy dolphin training to look for mines off the coast of San Diego found a museum-worthy 19th-century torpedo on the seafloor, military officials said.
- Kids rescued from rubble at Okla. elementary
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb.
- BREAKING: Subway Just as Unhealthy as McDonald’s!
If you watched the London Olympics last summer, you saw a parade of top athletes touting the nutritional qualities of their favorite eatery: Subway. Watching Apolo Ohno or Robert Griffin III bite into a veggie footlong with avocado or hearing that Subway is “the official training restaurant of athletes everywhere,” you might get the idea that the food served at the chain isn’t that bad for you—that it’s even healthy.
- 18-foot-8-inch python caught in South Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Wildlife officials say a Burmese python nearly 19 feet long has been captured in South Florida.
- Nearly 19 Feet! Longest Burmese Python Captured in Florida
Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 — so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size.
- Taylor Swift thinks Justin Bieber is just as gross as we all do [GIF]
Taylor Swift, 23, wants Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez to get a room.
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