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By Theunis Bates - AOL News(April 23) -- When Chris Shaw finished his shift at the Break Time convenience store in the town of Marshall, Mo., things weren't looking good. He had just $28.96 in his bank account, was facing a mountain of bills and couldn't afford to fix his two missing front teeth. So he decided to pick up a lottery ticket on his way out of the store -- something he hardly ever did. But that chance purchase would win him the largest cash prize ever in the Missouri Lottery's 24-year history -- a Powerball jackpot worth $258.5 million. Shaw, who was earning just $7.25 an hour and has three children, said ...
Can the BBC Survive? Broadcaster Alters Its Voice in the Digital Age
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyAs America recovers from its agonizing scrimmage over health care, the United Kingdom is embroiled in its own version of a national identity crisis: Where does Britain's publicly financed, bellwether broadcaster -- the BBC -- fit in a competitive, digital age? Most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the British Broadcasting Corp. They've heard those erudite-sounding British voices offering news from far away places like Sri Lanka on National Public Radio. Or they've watched some of the BBC's most popular television exports, including such comedies as "The Office" or the ...
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