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No one claimed the estimated $325 million Powerball jackpot Saturday, setting up the possibility of a record $425 million winner in the multi-state lottery Wednesday.

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The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34.

Obviously, no one picked it. The jackpot was the fourth largest in the game's history.

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A Florida woman was caught on camera riding a manatee and was arrested Saturday on a charge of violating the Sunshine State’s Manatee Sanctuary Act.

Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, 53, mounted the endangered marine mammal September 30.

  • Woman Rides Manatee
  • Cute Manatee

She turned herself in to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in Florida shortly after authorities released pictures of her atop the creature, according to reports.

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For Brandi Cochran, the legal price this holiday season is most definitely right.

The Price is Right model first earned $777,000 in court this week, after winning a lawsuit she filed in 2010 because she alleged producers were mocking her pregnancy-based weight gain, referring to her as "wide load" and other cruel terms.

But that sum was nothing compared to the punitive damages that were awarded to Brandi yesterday.

producers made comments about her pregnancy, including calling her derogatory terms such as “wide load.”

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Brandi Cochran, Price is Right Models

Once the jury heard further testimony and determined the comments directed at Cochran were malicious as well as negligent, they chose to punish Price is Right executives for these intentionally hurtful insults.

To the tune of $7 million.

Wow. It sure looks like Brandi Cochran, and anyone on her Christmas list, has something to be thankful for today.

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Close to 19 months after the Osama Bin Laden death photo that rocked the world, new details have emerged regarding this terrorist's burial at sea.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press obtained numerous emails yesterday that - though heavily blacked out - indicated no sailors watched the water-based ceremony from the USS Carl Vinson and Islamic procedures were followed throughout.

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Bin Laden, of course, was gunned down on May 1, 2011, by a Navy SEAL team at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Lindsey Stone, a Massachusetts woman, has been placed on unpaid leave from her job after posting a photo to her Facebook page from the Tomb of the Unknowns.

See it here and see why:

Tomb of the Unknowns Facebook Photo

The picture shows Stone, an employee at LIFE (Living Independently Forever) in Hyannis, giving the middle finger and miming a loud yell at the D.C. landmark.

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Bangor, Maine TV news anchors Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio resigned live on air last night, stunning the audience and their managers alike.

The pair matter-of-factly announced at the end of their newscast on WVII that it would be their last. They offered no details - on the air, anyway:

The duo later told the Bangor Daily News that they were frustrated with management.

“I wanted to know I was doing the best job I could and was being honest and ethical as a journalist, and I thought there were times when I wasn’t able to do that,” said Consiglio.

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Jill Kelley is an unlikely figure to be involved in a major government scandal, but was instrumental in exposing the Paula Broadwell-David Petraeus affair.

How did the 37-year-old mother of three end up in that position?

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  • Paula Broadwell People Cover

Kelley, an event planner, had e-mailed the mayor of Tampa, Fla., mayor before, according to People's new cover story, but never under these circumstances.

On November 14, she e-mailed Mayor Bob Buckhorn about news crews camped outside her home.

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A horrific collision in Hong Kong Monday resulted in the deaths of two visiting chefs from Heston Blumenthal's famous British restaurant, The Fat Duck.

Lotus PR identified the late Fat Duck chefs as Jorge Ivan Arango Herrera and Carl Magnus Lindgren. The chefs' taxi driver also died in the tragic crash.

Fat Duck

"They were both senior members and great and dear friends," according to a statement.

The restaurant added, "Two uniquely talented young chefs that were loved by everyone who worked with them. They will be sadly and deeply missed."

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A Singapore cabbie has received commendation and a reward after returning $900,000 in cash he found in the backseat of his cab to its owners.

Yes, nine hundred grand in cash. That is one loaded passenger ... and one honest cab driver.

Honest Cabbie

Sia Ka Tian, 70, who has worked as a taxi driver in the Asian city-state for more than 30 years, said he had no desire to keep the mysterious windfall.

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Walmart shoppers planning their annual stampede on Black Friday will find they have new company in the early morning hours: striking workers with picket signs!

Walmart Black Friday Stampede

Walmart is notorious for resisting unionization attempts and allegedly retaliating against those who demand better pay, health care, and more hours.

As such, workers are planning to strike or conduct some other form of protest outside at least 1,000 locations across the United States on Black Friday.

This should add a new dimension of chaos to an already harrowing day at the chain.

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