What is the best known blog site where anyone can post articles and get paid if many people read them?

I'm interested in publishing some articles on a blog where they'll get read widely. I've heard that some sites even pay people if their blog entries get enough interest. I'm mainly interested in getting read, but getting paid would be an added bonus!

Squidoo Lens had been known to pay people. I'm going to check them out myself!

cracked.com recently started doing that-if you sign up and request to get access into the writers forum you will be able to post ideas for the next possible cracked article, and you'll get recognition and pay, i believe

Contact the Sunday Sport in UK they publish all types of rubbish allegedly