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Grasso Pay
Outraged over New York Stock Exchange Chairman Dick Grasso's $140 million paycheck for this year, Senators and Congressmen in Washington are vowing to make some big changes... starting with a bill calling for a $140 million pay raise for themselves.


New reports say Grasso actually decided to turn down an additional $48 million in bonuses earlier this year. Grasso says it was the right thing to do for the Exchange, and it'll probably look good at a sentencing hearing.


In addition to his salary, Grasso also gets a full-time car and driver, use of a private plane and bodyguards, paid memberships in various clubs, and "first dibs" on all the stuff Martha Stewart and the Enron guys forgot to clean out of their lockers.


Ben & J. Lo No-Go
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have decided to postpone their wedding, and fans are taking the news pretty hard... because this means they'll have more time to make another movie together.