Ga. truck driver claims half of &#36;390M
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A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history. "I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southern drawl. The other winning ticket in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at a liquor store in New Jersey, and the holder did not immediately come forward.
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The state police have agreed to pay &#36;5 million to settle allegations that commanders failed to rein in a rogue trooper who was sexually assaulting women.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two men hauling more than 40,000 pounds of Jawbreaker candies also had some not-so-sweet freight, the Minnesota State Patrol said: nearly 1 1/2 tons of marijuana.
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Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer received a raise that will push his salary to over &#36;2 million per year.
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A Georgia county is suing to recover $2  million in cleanup costs and other expenses from the owners of  a crematory where 334 corpses were found dumped in the woods,  buried in pits and stacked in storage sheds.
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General Motors Corp.&#39;s real estate unit is selling half its interest in nine shopping malls to a Virginia developer.
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A train conductor won an &#36;8.5 million settlement from a railroad after claiming that a 2002 collision between his commuter train and a freight train worsened his alcoholism.
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A Georgia man who drove home with a  friend's headless body after a truck accident then went to bed  while the remains dangled out the window faces charges  including vehicular homicide and drunk driving, police said on  Monday.
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A longtime pastor charged with embezzling &#36;500,000 in parish funds allegedly spent the money on vacations, cars and gifts to friends, including a church worker who was given a BMW and whose mortgage, taxes and utilities were paid.
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Analysts have estimated the medium-duty truck unit, which includes the GMC TopKick and Chevrolet Kodiak, to be worth about $500 million.
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Edward V. Sanchez, a truck driver for Halliburton, had just passed under a bridge near Baghdad on April 9, 2004, when another truck in his convoy hit a mine and "all hell broke loose."
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. reported Wednesday it earned $950 million for the last three months of 2006, its first quarterly profit in two years.
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With just 78 cents in his savings account and &#36;44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down &#36;1 on a lottery ticket. Good thing he wasn't pinching pennies: He won a &#36;149 million lottery jackpot.
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A federal investigator said Monday that the driver of a tour bus that crashed over the weekend, killing 14 people, apparently had been driving all night without backup.
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ALBANY, Ore. - Rick Pyburn was sick and tired of lead-footed motorists speeding past his home. Already, he had lost five chickens to hit-and-run drivers passing by at speeds well above posted limits.
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Braves second baseman Marcus Giles asked for &#36;2.7 million in salary arbitration Tuesday, and the team offered &#36;2.05 million.
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The federal agency that enforces laws against employment discrimination collected a record &#36;420 million for aggrieved workers last year, when the number of complaints filed with the government was down slightly from the previous 12 months.