Child Finds $1,300 in Thrift Store Book
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MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Rhiannon Barnes may be the luckiest 15-month-old ever. Or maybe her baby sitter is the fortunate one. While playing with a thrift store book bought earlier in the day for 25 cents, Rhiannon uncovered $1,300 in cash stuck between the pages.
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A collector's treasure trove of more than 6 million songs -- on vinyl and CDs, in genres from rock and jazz to country and Broadway -- goes up for auction. Bidding starts at $3 million.
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A rare signed first edition Harry Potter book sells for Â£19,700 at Christie's auction house in London.
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What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the ownerâs ideology.
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Spendthrift toddler hits the internet A three-year-old Lincolnshire computer whizz bought a Â£9k car on eBay while his mum's back was turned, the BBC reports.â¦
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Madonna's daughter has written a story which is featured in a Christmas charity fund-raising book. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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LYNDHURST, Ohio - A retiree turned in more than 1 million pennies at a coin-counting machine Tuesday, getting $10,480.13 back for 3 1/2 decades of thrift.
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A convenience store owner in one of Dallas' poorest neighborhoods was amazed when she started seeing children from the elementary school across the street buying candy and chips with &#36;100 bills.
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DALLASTOWN, Pa. - Bree Thornton made quite a find on a Florida beach as she was picking up trash. The 15-year-old came across a 20-pound brick of pot, about the size of a shoebox.
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The theft follows a simple pattern. A little girl asks a customer in a shop for help reaching something on a shelf, and while he or she is distracted another child steals a wallet or cash from their pocket or bag.
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Someone actually paid $28,000 (plus $9.95 shipping and handling) on eBay for a 10-year-old, framed grilled cheese sandwich said by its seller, Diane Duyser of Florida, to have the image of the Virgin Mary on it.
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Moved by a stream of images and their own worries, children collect teddy bears, letters, and $1 per pillow on your bed.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish teenager who shoplifted a winning lottery ticket that could be worth as much as $1 million has discovered the truth in that old adage 'crime doesn't pay'.    The 15-year-old boy stole the scrape-off lottery ticket from a grocery store outside the northeastern Swedish town of Oernskoeldsvik last week, local media reported Tuesday...
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A Swedish teenager who shoplifted a winning lottery ticket that could be worth as much as $1 million has discovered the truth in that old adage 'crime doesn't pay.' The 15-year-old boy stole the scrape-off ...
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Thomas Glennon, 11, has 4,000 tokens. He's saving them up to earn a stuffed Bart Simpson, lava lamp, or some other treat. And lest you think Glennon has earned these tokens at an amusement park, think again: They are rewards from the Sylvan Learning center in Norwood, where the fourth-grader is enrolled for reading assistance.
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By Courtney Cutright, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 9--American Cancer Society Discovery Shop volunteers Margot Realmuto and Bobbi Cobough uncovered a local treasure last month while sorting through donated items at the nonprofit resale store in Moneta.
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A 6-month-old boy who was in a car when a thief stole it was found unharmed Thursday, about 25 miles from where the vehicle vanished the previous evening, authorities said.