Free Money Index 11

Friend of America's poor? Chavez shuts off free oil (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
CARACAS — Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the U.S., the company announced Monday.

Drivers can enjoy free tolls, free weight-loss book (Montgomery Advertiser)
Commuters will get a chance to drop some pounds and save a little money today when free tolls and a complimentary weight loss book will be offered at Wetumpka Emerald Mountain and Millbrook Montgomery Expressways from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Madoff Remains Free as Judge Considers Prison Request (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff, awaiting trial for securities fraud, remained free on bail while a federal judge considered a request by prosecutors to send him to prison for mailing $1 million of valuables in violation of an asset freeze.

Madoff Remains Free While Judge Considers Request for Prison (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff remained free on bail while a federal judge considered a request by prosecutors that he be imprisoned for transferring $1 million of valuables in violation of an asset freeze order.

Venezuela halts program that gives free heating oil to U.S. poor (The Charlotte Observer)
(By TYLER BRIDGES, McClatchy Newspapers) Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the U.S., the company announced Monday. The program has been a public relations bonanza for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a socialist who frequently attacks capitalism and the U.S. Chavez repeatedly has ...

Jim Jones Says He's 'Lucky' To Be Free After Alleged Fight With Jay-Z Associate (MTV Asia)
Following an alleged fight with a member of Ne-Yo's entourage, Jim Jones said Monday morning (January 5) he's fortunate to be a free man. "I guess I got lucky," Jones said after coming out of Manhattan's 18th Precinct.

Free wedding is offered as prize (BBC News)
A prize draw for a free wedding is being offered by a Leicestershire council to couples in the county.

Sun offers free GlassFish education (The Register)
Repeats download model The secret to business according to Sun Microsystems' chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is to first build volume and then figure out how to make money from the audience you've created.…