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$45K Offered for Killer of Sacred White Buffalo

Lakota Sioux calf skinned before first birthday celebration

(Newser) - A heartless hunter killed and skinned a rare white buffalo calf, and the Indians who believe the young animal was sacred are offering $45,000 for the killer's capture. White buffaloes are believed to occur once in several million births, and they're revered by the Lakota Sioux and...

FBI Offers $25K Reward for Missing NH Girl

Celina Cass hasn't been seen since Monday

(Newser) - The FBI says it isn't giving up the search for 11-year-old Celina Cass of New Hampshire , who hasn't been since Monday night. The agency offered a $25,000 reward today, on top of a $5,000 reward offered by a private citizen, for information leading to the girl,...

Feds Won't Pay bin Laden Bounty

Nobody to receive $25M reward

(Newser) - Nobody is going to receive the $25 million bounty attached to Osama bin Laden, government officials say. The raid that killed bin Laden was the result of electronic intelligence, not information provided by human informants, so the money offered under the Rewards for Justice program will go unclaimed, officials tell...

NY Reps: Give 9/11 Victims bin Laden Reward Money

Anthony Weiner and Jerry Nadler introduce bill

(Newser) - If no one is going to collect the federal government's Osama bin Laden reward money, two New York congressmen want bin Laden's victims to get it. “If the bounty isn’t paid," then “families and groups who helped deal with survivors of 9/11” should benefit,...

Who Snagged the $27M Reward for bin Laden?

Probably no one, but we may never know

(Newser) - Until Sunday, Osama bin Laden topped the FBI's most-wanted list—and there was a sizable reward offered for information leading to his capture. The State Department offered $25 million, with two air travel associations adding an additional $1 million each. So did anyone collect? Annie Lowrey explains on Slate...

Feds Update Bin Laden Mug
 Feds Update Bin Laden Mug 
Jan 14, 2010 8:50 PM CST

Feds Update Bin Laden Mug

Digital effects used to make 'aged progressed' pics

(Newser) - Using digital technology, the FBI has a new idea of what Osama bin Laden might look like today. The “aged progressed” images show the 52-year-old al-Qaeda chief—dressed in both Western and tradition Arab styles—grayer, with more wrinkles and facial lines. One thing that’s the same: the...

Israeli Town Will Pay $1M for Mermaid Pic

Tourists swarm town after mythical(?) creature siting

(Newser) - Mermaid fever has hit the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam: Several eyewitnesses recently reported spotting the mythical creature—described as a cross between a girl and a dolphin—frolicking off the coast at sunset. Whether that’s true or not, tourists have been flocking to Kiryat Yam in hopes of...

$5K Reward for Sea Lion Killer
 $5K Reward for Sea Lion Killer 
Feb 17, 2009 7:15 PM CST

$5K Reward for Sea Lion Killer

(Newser) - An animal rescue group in California is offering a $5,000 reward to catch whoever is shooting sea lions along the Los Angeles coast. Four of the animals have been shot since the start of the year, the LA Times reports. Fisherman occasionally kill the creatures to keep them away...

Microsoft Offers $250K to Catch Worm Creators

(Newser) - Microsoft has offered a $250,000 bounty for the creators of the dreaded Conficker worm, which has infected 10 million computers worldwide, PC Magazine reports. The software giant is working with security firms and domain name administrator ICANN to find the culprits, whose virus exploits a vulnerability in Windows. Microsoft...

Man Finds $140K, Gives It Back
 Man Finds $140K, Gives It Back 
Apr 10, 2008 5:26 PM CDT

Man Finds $140K, Gives It Back

Money troubles don't stop conscience from winning out

(Newser) - When Eli Estrada found $140,000 in unmarked bills sitting in the middle of the road, he thought he was rich. “That’s just your first reaction,” Estrada tells the Los Angeles Times, “but it’s not yours, and you feel nervous… like you did something wrong....

Kerry Takes $1M Swift Boat Challenge

Senator vows to face Texas billionaire and blast allegations

(Newser) - John Kerry accepted a $1 million challenge today to back his military record against claims by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the AP reports. The former Dem nom answered an open challenge by oilman T. Boone Pickens, a key funder of the group that claimed Kerry fudged his military...

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