Feb. 4, 1902: Lucky Lindy
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Today is the birthday of history's most famous -- and infamous -- aviator. Compiled by Tony Long.
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By Edited by Katie Stirling  THANKS to Claire Collins, of Ayr, who wins my weekly tenner with this daft picture.  If you have a funny internet image, why not share it with us? Please include your full postal address.  (c) 2006 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep.
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By Lindell Kay, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun.
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How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an overseas Olympics?
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1931 &#151; Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia A's, was named the American League MVP.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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Does Lady Luck rule the investing world?
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If May 22 was a night to rejoice in the Pacific Northwest, then June 28 represented a chance for another round of celebrations. Portland and Seattle, the consensus winners of the 2007 lottery, also appeared to be big-time winners when the dust settled from the NBA draft.
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By Emma D. Sapong, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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Don't roll the dice until you read this.
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The all-time-high rollover jackpot of the Finnish national lottery, or Lotto as it is known, found a single lucky recipient in the coastal city of Kokkola in Western Finland.
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Queue submissions being scarce, I suggest we all submit limericks for consideration.  Mod up your favorites.    I'm no poet, so I'll submit a favorite of my childhood:    There was a young woman named Bright,  Who traveled much faster than light    She set out one day  In a relative way    And returned on the previous night.    I'm afraid I don't remember the author.
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The world's first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.
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By Kris Hundley, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Sep.
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By Terry Lee Goodrich, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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1932 &#151; Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.