AOL Digs for Gold


According to an AP report, AOL is preparing to dig for gold and platinum bars in Medfield, MA. AOL won a $12.8 million judgment against uber-spammer Davis Wolfgand Hawke in 2005. Unable to contact Hawke, AOL has persuaded a judge to allow it to excavate property belonging to Hawke's parents. AOL believes Hawke buried his spamming-gotten gains near the property. AOL has indicated it will try not to disturb Hawke's parents during the excavations.

This is not the first time AOL has gone after spammers' hidden assets. In 2003 AOL was awarded a Hummer H2, $75,000 in cash and $20,000 in gold bars. In 2004, AOL won a spammer's Porsche Boxster worth approximately $45,000. In each case, AOL later raffled off the booty in a subscriber contest. There is no word on whether this loot, if found, will be similarly raffled.

On the day of this somewhat whimsical news, Time Warner stock rose .03 per share to close at $16.08. Even bizarre publicity can be good.

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