Former Michigan rail worker claims $337M Powerball prize. Donald Lawson says the first thing he bought after winning the third-largest Powerball jackpot ever was a pack of bubble gum.
Lawson, a 44-year-old Lapeer resident, said Friday at a news conference in which he claimed the $337 million prize that it wasn't long before he quit his job as a railroad engineer. Lawson, a self-described "hillbilly" who grew up in Fort Smith, Ark., said he also told several family members to retire. Standing alongside three family members, Lawson described the moment he learned his life was about to change, when he checked the ticket he bought at a local Sunoco gas station for the Aug. 15 drawing.
"I started reading backwards, and lost my breath," Lawson said. Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Launches Foundation Against Bullying. Remember Karen Klein, the bullied bus monitor from Greece, New York, who made international headlines earlier this year after a video showing middle school children harassing her went viral (read her story here)?
After a modest Internet campaign that was launched in her support churned in a whopping $702,684 (the goal was $5,000), the former public school district employee has big plans for a portion of her new-found fortune. Karen Klein (Photo Credit: FILE) While she could very easily hold onto every penny of the money that was raised in her favor, the bus monitor has decided to pour $100,000 into anti-bullying initiatives. To facilitate this goal, she has created the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation. Ronald Reagan's Letter To Seventh Grader: Former President's Response To Middle Schooler's 'Disaster Relief Request' (PHOTO) In the years since it was first started, Shaun Usher's blog Letters of Note has brought fans more than 750 missives from famous figures past and present.
Earlier today, Usher tweeted a tongue-in-cheek letter sent by former president Ronald Reagan to a seventh grader in 1984. (He explained in a later tweet that it's from the book "Reagan: A Life In Letters. ") In response to the middle schooler's inquiry -- "Today my mother declared my bedroom a disaster area. I would like to request federal funds to hire a crew to clean up my room.
" -- Reagan answered by first apologizing for a delay in responding (he had been in China) and then going on to provide a thorough analysis of Andy's predicament. Read the letter in full here: Tanishq Abraham, 9-Year-Old College Student, Is Interested In 'The Fate Of The Universe' Sacramento boy, Tanishq Abraham, is not your typical 9-year-old.
"I like particle physics, anti-matter, the fate of the universe and the Big Bang," he says. Tanishq, who attends American River College in California, will be featured tonight on the first episode of "Prodigies," a new YouTube show which "showcases the brightest and most talented phenoms from across the country as they challenge themselves to reach new heights. " 14-Year-Old Boy Shoots Armed Intruder in Phoenix While Babysitting His Younger Siblings. Police cars surround the scene of the would-be crime (Photo: Fox 10 News) (The Blaze/AP) — A 14-year-old boy shot and nearly killed an intruder who broke into his Phoenix home and pulled a gun on him while he was watching his three younger siblings, police said Saturday.
The teen and his siblings, ages 8, 10 and 12, were at home alone when a woman rang the doorbell on Friday. A common enough occurrence, the boy still chose not to open the door because he didn’t recognize the woman. Hero mayor runs into burning house to rescue neighbor. Dad punishes kid by making her hold sign on street. Previously dismissed radio signals were credible transmissions from Earhart. Earhart's plane went down in 1937 and her disappearance has been a mystery ever since.AP Dozens of previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from Amelia Earhart, according to a new study of the alleged post-loss signals from Earhart's plane.
The transmissions started riding the air waves just hours after Earhart sent her last inflight message. The study, presented on Friday at a three day conference by researchers of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), sheds new light on what may have happened to the legendary aviator 75 years ago. The researchers plan to start a high-tech underwater search for pieces of her aircraft next July. "Amelia Earhart did not simply vanish on July 2, 1937. PHOTOS: Jars Hint at Amelia Earhart Castaway Presence "When the search failed, all of the reported post-loss radio signals were categorically dismissed as bogus and have been largely ignored ever since," he added.
“We are on the line 157 337. Dawn Loggins, Student, Heading To Harvard After Being Homeless, Abandoned By Parents. When facing homelessness, bullying, and being abandoned by family, many people might be tempted to give up hope.
But for 18-year-old Dawn Loggins, who was just accepted into Harvard University, this was not the case. “When I was younger, I looked around at my family and I saw the neglect, the drug abuse, the bad choices and I saw my family living from paycheck to paycheck, and I just made a decision that I was not going to end up like my parents,” Loggins told WBTV. But her conditions only worsened after her parents abandoned her and she had to go live with her grandmother. “When I lived with my grandma there was trash all over the house,” Loggins told WBTV. “She never really explained to me like that it was important to shower — it was important to take care of yourself, so I would go months at a time without showering.
More often than not, the teenager lacked basic supplies for her schooling — something her Burns High School guidance counselor Robyn Putnam thankfully noticed. “Yes.