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Couple From Hell Wins Lottery On Halloween

A couple from Hell won $115,001 in lottery in the Fantasy 5 drawing held Wednesday, which is Halloween.

John and Sue Wilson, who live in the unincorporated town 45 miles west of Detroit, received the windfall from the Michigan Lottery.

Canadian Mailman In Sex Party Entanglement

Canadian court ended hearings this Wednesday of what observers see as a case that pits freedom of expression with safeguarding children.

For refusing to carry what it deems to be sexually explicit pamphlets, Canada Post was sued by the Sex Party, the country's only accredited sex-related political party.

Millionaire Republican Wins Lottery Third Time In A Row

Millionaire Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, (R-Wis.), is probably the luckiest man in the House after winning a third time in the state lottery.

Already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, Sensenbrenner won a $250,000 jackpot on a $2 ticket in the District of Columbia lottery in 1997.

Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Suspended For A Gun Doodle

An eighth-grader suspended for drawing a picture of a gun on an assignment paper has had his sentence reduced after his parents protested the district's response.

Paula Mosteller told the Associated Press she could not believe her son received a suspension for a drawing. "I just can't believe that there wasn't another way to resolve this," she said. She and her husband, Ben Mosteller, were able to get the suspension reduced from five to three days after meeting with school officials.

Woman Faces Criminal Trial After Leaving Lipstick Kiss On $2 Million Painting

A Cambodian-born French woman who left a smudge of lip stick on a white canvas painting she is suspected of kissing faces criminal prosecution.

The woman, who is herself a painter, stands accused of "damage to a work of art," by kissing it and leaving her lipstick on an otherwise bone white canvas. The painting, valued at $2 million, was on exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon.