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Charity Turns Down Share of $3M Lottery Jackpot
A New York charity says it has turned down a share of a $3 million lottery jackpot because accepting the money could send the wrong message to gambling addicts.
The Lighthouse Mission, which helps feed 3,000 hungry Long Island residents a week, had been chosen to share an anonymous donor's jackpot last month. The donor gave the winning ticket to the True North Community Church, which said it would share the money with other charities.
The mission's pastor, James Ryan, says he appreciates the offer but had to turn it down because his organization counsels against addictions, including gambling. He did not say what the mission's share of the prize would have been.
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Mom Posed as Daughter to Be Cheerleader
A 33-year-old woman is accused of stealing her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading squad.
Wendy Brown is charged with felony identity theft after enrolling in a Wisconsin high school as her daughter.
The criminal complaint says Brown admitted to telling school officials she was 15 because she wanted to get her high school diploma and join the cheerleading squad.
She allegedly attended practices, received a cheerleader's locker and went to a pool party at the coach's house.
The complaint says Brown has a history of identity theft. Her daughter lives in Nevada with Brown's mother.
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Parkinson's medication caused child porn habit, judge rules
A former headmaster who had thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court after a judge ruled the drug he had taken to treat his Parkinson's disease was responsible for his crime.
Philip Carmichael said the drugs he was taking caused him to become hyper-sexually active.
The 58-year-old from Wantage, who had 8,000 images and videos on his computer, including one of a nine-year-old girl before he started taking the drugs, was given an absolute discharge despite pleading guilty to the offences.
Judge Mary-Jane Mowat said his case was "wholly exceptional" because it was clear the pills he was taking had caused his hypersexuality.
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You mean I have to actually pay for it.

£5,700 bill for phone sex bill
A hotel guest who spent 27 HOURS calling a premium sex hotline couldn't pay his incredible £5,700 bill when he checked out.
Police in Germany have said that the culprit known as Anthony M, 22, is the same man wanted in Hannover since February, when he checked into a local hotel and "forgot" to pay the bill upon leaving.
The Hannover hotel is still owed hundreds of euros, reported German newspaper Bild.
But Anthony, from Leverkusen, explained: "I was sitting in my hotel at night and suddenly became horny, so I called a sex hotline.

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Woman jailed for writing bad check for car
A Goldsboro, N.C. woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly writing a bad check to a dealership in April for a new car
Terri Harrison Robbins, 48, wrote a check of $24,072.47 to Toyota of Goldsboro for a 2008 Toyota Camry in early April, Goldsboro police said. The check was returned because the bank account on which it was drawn was closed.
On April 9, police issued an arrest warrant for Robbins, charging her with obtaining property by false pretenses. Investigator Nelson Viera recovered the Camry and returned it to the dealership