10 Unusual Jobs That Pay Surprisingly Well. [gallery2012] We all know that most doctors, lawyers, and CEOs make good money--but you may be surprised to learn that funeral service managers , hot dog vendors, and ice cream testers can also pull in a pretty penny.
To compile our 2013 list of 10 unusual jobs that pay surprisingly well, I combed through BLS data and scanned the pages of Odd Jobs : How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy . Odd Jobs is a book by Abigail Gehring that features over a hundred jobs that don't require you to sit in an office eight hours a day, five days a week. Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver Brags on Twitter, Joins Other 'Crime-Braggers' Booth babes need not apply.
Online Music Campaign Takes Aim at Dating Violence. Seven bands across the U.S. have released original songs online as part of a new nationwide campaign to raise awareness of teen dating violence.
The PAVE (Preventing Abuse and Violence Through Education) the Way Project is a partnership between Verizon Wireless and Cornerstone, a domestic violence agency based in Minnesota. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four teens will experience abuse in his or her dating relationship by age 18. The Pave project was started to help address that issue by promoting healthy relationships — through pop music. The artists are competing to win a chance to perform on a recording of a new song written by Grammy award winner Salvador Santana, collaborating alongside his father: 10-time Grammy winner Carlos Santana. The artists are all between the ages of 13 to 20. For many kids who feel they can't talk to parents or a grown-up, music is a good first start. What to Expect When Your Kid Becomes a Meme. There's no parenting textbook that will entirely prepare you to raise a child.
So, when your child goes viral on the Internet, even grown adults have no control over what gets shared. How do you protect your kid and remain a good parent? At the web culture conference ROFLcon, the parents behind Success Kid and David After the Dentist discussed with moderator and Arizona State assistant professor Alice Daer what it's like to raise a child — while managing his brand. "I knew on the way home that it was a really special picture, and I was excited that I got it," says Laney Griner about the image of her then 11-month-old son, Sammy, holding a clenched fist and wearing a smug grin. Griner, who is a photographer, posted the image on Flickr and Facebook to share with family. 10 Types of Douchebags Chicks Always Fall For and Why (Plus Their.
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Mills Kelly encourages his students to deceive thousands of people on the Web. This has angered many, but the experiment helps reveal the shifting nature of the truth on the Internet. lisaquinn565.wordpress A woman opens an old steamer trunk and discovers tantalizing clues that a long-dead relative may actually have been a serial killer, stalking the streets of New York in the closing years of the nineteenth century.
A beer enthusiast is presented by his neighbor with the original recipe for Brown's Ale, salvaged decades before from the wreckage of the old brewery--the very building where the Star-Spangled Banner was sewn in 1813. Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a break—on child support. Desmond Hatchett (YouTube) And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support.
Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV. The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when Hatchett is making only minimum wage. Some of the moms receive as little as $1.49 a month. The oldest child is 14 years old. Can a Kid Be a Psychopath? Behind the Wiccan Yoga 'Sex' Coven. Granny 'Drug Kingpin' Busted in Oklahoma. ABC News' Alex Perez reports: Silver haired and sweet faced, Darlene Mayes looks like many grannies but according to police, she is one of Oklahoma's biggest drug kingpins.
Her operation went up in smoke this week, when police entered her home and found 4 pounds of pot and $276,000 cash. Police found $15,000 bundles of cash stashed away in the home. Mayes initially told police the money was part of her retirement fund. Police also say she was packing a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver. Investigators say her alleged pot-dealing network spanned four states, from Tulsa, Okla., to Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. Police believe she supplied up to 40 percent of the marijuana in that area. As the mastermind, police believe she had a network of dealers, including her son Jerry who was also arrested. Law enforcement expert Brad Garrett says harmless looking seniors can sometimes be the most efficient drug dealers.
In Tennessee, an elderly couple was busted for selling prescription drugs.