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The following is an interesting thought. It would be cool if colleges came with some sort of job guarantee or at least a rebate. Sadly not so much. If only I thought about suing when I have the chance:

A New York City woman who says she can’t find a job is suing the college where she earned a bachelor’s degree.

Trina Thompson filed a lawsuit last week against Monroe College in Bronx Supreme Court. The 27-year-old is seeking the $70,000 she spent on tuition.

Thompson says she’s been unable to find gainful employment since she received her information technology degree in April. -WCBS

The Wall Street Journal has a ridiculous tale of a man

FOWLERVILLE, Mich. — At the Fowlerville Family Fair here, John Fletcher wrapped himself in more than 12,000 firecrackers and got ready to set them all off.

He tucked his ponytail under his protective suit, grasped a cigarette lighter with his left hand and planted his feet in a hydraulic bucket crane. As about a hundred people looked on, he gave the order to raise the bucket. “I started to cry a little bit when I put my goggles on and saw the crowd,” Mr. Fletcher recalls. He admits he was scared.

Mr. Fletcher, who is 47 years old, has performed his act as “Ghengis [sic] John the Human Firecracker” dozens of times over more than 10 years. He estimates that he has ignited more than 300,000 firecrackers attached to the get-ups he creates to protect himself. Each year, he tries to make the act a bit more exciting for the crowd — using more firecrackers or, as he did this year, more powerful ones.

Before putting on his exploding suit, Mr. Fletcher strapped on his body armor, made of five layers of compressed leather, and took a swig from a two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew. Four friends draped the $200 suit on Mr. Fletcher’s scarecrow frame. He had forgotten to put in his earplugs. “I’ve done it so many times, it’s not going to make a difference,” he said. – Wall Street Journal