Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said.

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Lotto winners Stan and Pat Cable are still renting their £65-a-week council house - 17 months after pocketing £3.9million [$6.2 million]. The couple have no plans to move from their beloved home of 28 years and can't kick the habit of living on a tight budget.

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Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it. "We won the big one," it read.

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The chances of winning the lottery rely on a lot of prayer and the immutable laws of statistics, but one such lucky soul bagged a jackpot, and couldn't even give the winnings away.

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In a sign of the times, the Florida Lottery is set to dole out the first of its free gas prizes. Five people will win free gas for life -- or $52,000 in cash if they prefer. Fifty people will get free gas for a year -- $2,600 worth of prepaid gas cards.

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