Sure, AOL is a money machine. But even the online giant needs an extra boost to the bottom line once in a while. Heres why:

Pay off the settlement to Tim McVeigh
Severance for CompuServe employees
Need to raise money to buy Netscape
Steve Case is jealous of Larry Ellisons fighter jet
Have to pay the fee to the guys who creamed Bill Gates in Belgium
AOL programmers are all requesting interns
Need money to pay James Earl Jones to record a new version of Youve got mail
Hiring bouncers for the chat rooms
El Nino
Because they can