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Judge Wins Nearly $300 Million in Florida Lottery, While Brother Gets Only $7

A Pennsylvania judge won $291.4 million while on vacation in the Florida Keys this week, while his brother won a slightly less impressive prize in the same drawing: a measly seven bucks. James Stocklas, 67, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was wrapping up a month-long fishing trip with friends and relatives when he and a couple buddies stopped at a convenience store Tuesday to buy a bag of ice and some lottery tickets, the Florida Lottery said.

Judge Wins Nearly $300 Million in Florida Lottery, While Brother Gets Only $7

A Pennsylvania judge won $291.4 million while on vacation in the Florida Keys this week, while his brother won a slightly less impressive prize in the same drawing: a measly seven bucks. James Stocklas, 67, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was wrapping up a month-long fishing trip with friends and relatives when he and a couple buddies stopped at a convenience store Tuesday to buy a bag of ice and some lottery tickets, the Florida Lottery said.

Washington Public Schools Are Criminally Underfunded, But Governor…

Yesterday, Democratic Governor Jay Inslee made a big deal out of vetoing a series of obscure bills because lawmakers didn’t send him a supplemental budget. But his office won’t say whether it will veto a bill that stands for everything the Democratic Party opposes: the reeestablishment of charter schools in Washington state.

Washington Public Schools Are Criminally Underfunded, But Governor…

Yesterday, Democratic Governor Jay Inslee made a big deal out of vetoing a series of obscure bills because lawmakers didn’t send him a supplemental budget. But his office won’t say whether it will veto a bill that stands for everything the Democratic Party opposes: the reeestablishment of charter schools in Washington state.

Couple Uses Lottery Scam to Steal Thousands From Woman in Ventura

A man and woman were accused of scamming a victim out of $8,000 using an elaborate lottery scheme, Ventura police said Friday, March 11, 2016. A man and woman were accused of using an elaborate lottery scheme to scam a woman who only speaks Spanish out of $8,000 in Ventura, and police were searching for the suspected thieves Friday after they were caught on surveillance footage.

Couple Uses Lottery Scam to Steal Thousands From Woman in Ventura

A man and woman were accused of scamming a victim out of $8,000 using an elaborate lottery scheme, Ventura police said Friday, March 11, 2016. A man and woman were accused of using an elaborate lottery scheme to scam a woman who only speaks Spanish out of $8,000 in Ventura, and police were searching for the suspected thieves Friday after they were caught on surveillance footage.