(news.yahoo.com) Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the first season of “Survivor,” was found guilty Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings.

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Jonathan just graduated last Friday from the Marines’ boot camp in San Diego, CA. Jeff Leeper from the Quincy area was also at boot camp at the same time and was in Jonathan’s Platoon. We were at the MCRD (Marine Corps Recruitment Depot) on Thursday for family day and Friday for graduation. Jonathan was the highest shooter in his platoon with a score of 235 out of 250. The highest score in the company (511 recruits) was 237. Jonathan was also promoted to Private First Class (Pfc.) for being an Eagle Scout.

The January 20, 2006 issue of the Chevron, the MCRD’s newspaper, lists all 511 recruits from Golf Company that graduated with Jonathan and Leeper.

Congratulations and thank you to all that serve our country!

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(zdnet.com) The rumors have been flying around that Google will introduce a low-cost PC sold through mass market retailers like Wal-Mart. According to the sources-said report from the Los Angeles Times, the PC would run Google’s Linux-flavored operating system and be tuned for online services. And, it would cost far less than a share of Google. As my colleague David Berlind speculated months ago, a Google PC is not a new or unexpected concept:

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(msn.com) Making New Year’s resolutions is easy. You’ve probably made hundreds. Now count how many you’ve actually kept.

When it comes to your money there are 10 resolutions that you need to start now and can’t afford to give up. The secret of success: Don’t skip the first five. These goals build on each other.

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