People certainly are throwing around $10,000 a lot these days — or at least throwing around talk about $10,000.
Mitt Romney
In Saturday’s GOP presidential debate, Romney tried to bet Rick Perry $10,000 over Perry’s assertion that Romney edited his book to cover up his position on health care reform (See story below).
Lindsay Lohan
The actress reportedly had her purse snatched Saturday in Hawaii and lost nearly $10,000 in cash. But at least she got back the purse — a $5,000 Chanel model.
Gambler turned victim
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A 62-year-old Chinatown man told police last week that he was robbed of $10,000 he’d won at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind.
The Buffalo Bills wide receiver was fined $10,000 by the NFL after celebrating a touchdown against the Jets last month with a mock gunshot to his leg, a reference to the Jets’ Plaxico Burress, who served 20 months in prison on a weapons charge after actually shooting himself in the leg.
@Pistol_Pete82
A California man, known only by his Twitter handle, according to a USA Today story, stands to win $10,000 if the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts finish the season 0-16 ($10 on 1,000-to-1 odds). The Colts are 0-13 after Sunday’s 24-10 loss to Baltimore.
Salmon P. Chase
He’s the guy on the $10,000 bill. Treasury secretary during President Abraham Lincoln’s administration, he was instrumental in forming the system upon which modern U.S. paper currency is based but hasn’t really made news since 1969, when the Treasury and Federal Reserve stopped producing bills of more than $100 in value.