Money Honey Cashes In
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
WRITING WRONGS Bartiromo • <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/maria-bartiromo-book-sold-crown-auction-about-half-million
" target="_blank">Ladywad: Sources tell the New York Observer CNBC "Money Honey" (Cash Gash if you're nasty) Maria Bartiromo scored a $500,000 book deal with Crown. It's no $5 mil, but then again Todd Thomson doesn't own Crown.
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• Granny got ganja: The 69-year-old actress who played Mary Anne on Gilligan's Island is busted for driving around with a backseat full of Mary Jane.
• Consider this his Obama endorsement: Hammerpanted funnyman Sinbad says presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's near-death experience in bullet-riddled Bosnia is bullshit.
• What a steal: What better way to advertise your failing hedge fund than to buy an ad spot on the cutting edge Fox Business Network? Especially now that it's so affordable.
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