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☆ These valuable pennies are worth up to $200,000—and they might be in your pocket
▼ + stars: | 2019-07-18 | by ( Minda Zetlin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Most pennies are worth 1 cent, but to coin collectors, some are worth more than their weight in gold. While most pennies are only worth a few bucks, highly coveted ones might be sitting in your pocket or stuck somewhere in your couch cushions. 1943 Bronze Lincoln(Image: Heritage Auctions, HA.com)Only a handful of these bronze pennies have been discovered, including the one found by Lutes. "The most valuable Lincoln cent sold privately in 2010 for $1.7 million," said Stone. The doubling on the 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse is especially prominent in the words "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST," he said.

A few weeks after we moved in, I decided to try a cleaning service. That afternoon, I came home from work to a sparkling clean house that smelled great and instantly put me in a good mood. Lost time means lost dollars, so to me and my husband, a cleaning service is well worth the money. Although I am generally a frugal person, a cleaning service is something I refuse to save money on. Hiring Lisa has showed me that it's worth it to spend money on services that bring convenience and sanity to my life.

☆ San Francisco has a 'Poop Patrol' to deal with its feces problem, and workers make more than $184,000 a year in salary and benefits
▼ + stars: | 2018-08-23 | by ( Aria Bendix | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Employees of San Francisco's "Poop Patrol" are set to earn $71,760 a year, plus an additional $112,918 in benefits, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn San Francisco, you can earn more than $184,000 a year in salary and benefits for cleaning up feces. As members of the city's "Poop Patrol," workers are entitled to $71,760 a year, plus an additional $112,918 in benefits, such as healthcare and retirement savings, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. As San Francisco faces a shortage of affordable housing, it has struggled to accommodate its more than 7,400 homeless residents. The city's feces problem is a visible reminder of the gap between its rich and poor.

Persons: London Breed Organizations: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Department of Public, San Francisco, London, NBC Locations: San, Francisco, —, San Francisco

☆ Fandom is trying to build the Bleacher Report of entertainment
▼ + stars: | 2018-03-03 | by ( Mike Shields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now seen as a largely successful deal — Bleacher Report frequently tops category giant ESPN when it comes to social media interactions — at the time there were plenty of skeptics. Jacobs sees an opportunity to re-run the same Bleacher Report playbook in the entertainment category. And it's also hired a slew of professional writers and video producers from companies such as Variety, YouTube and yes, Bleacher Report. "In a way, we'd already done the heaviest lifting a media company has to do, which is to build scale," said CEO Craig Palmer. "For the first six to eight years, we just scaled and scaled and scaled and scaled thanks to our users.

Persons: –, Jon Miller, Walker Jacobs, Mike Freeman, Howard Beck, Jacobs, Jimmy Wales, Craig Palmer, it's, comScore, who's, Harry Potter, we'd, Walker, What's, Palmer Organizations: News Corp, AOL, Turner, ESPN, New York Times, Wikia, Variety, YouTube, TPG, Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix, nab, Gillette

With the help of refugee hospital workers, he built a makeshift photo studio using hospital bed sheets and other materials available. Photographer Pieter ten Hoopen Pieter ten HoopenThe studio quickly became a sensation. The photos span several generations – some of the subjects were born at the refugee camp, some have been there for decades. It was a haven from the hustling and bustling of the camp hospital. Ten Hoopen used tilt-shift lenses, which are normally used with the large-format cameras used in classic photography.

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