An Iowa man was on cloud nine when he discovered that he's the "idiot" who hasn't claimed an $800,000 Powerball lottery prize. According to Iowa Lottery staffers, Ed O'Neill of Clinton had purchased the ticket for a Jan. 6 Powerball drawing but didn't think it necessary to check the results until a co-worker pointed out an article in the local newspaper which mentioned of a person who had failed to claim a hefty Powerball lottery prize. O'Neill, 58, who works for the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, said he was talking to a receptionist at the Chamber who cursorily showed him an article saying, "'Read this article about the idiot that hasn't claimed his ticket. '"

A New Jersey accountant is operating out of bars during tax season rather than out of his office. Carmine Sodora, the founder of Tavern Tax, says the bar environment is more personal and comfortable and that his business is sure to grow because of the change of scene. "People think accountants are supposed to be 60-year-old gentlemen in pinstriped suits that sit in a big office behind oak desks telling you what to do," Sodora said, according to the New York Times.

A Chinese Airline was fined after it sold airline tickets for prices as low as 1 yuan or 13 cents. The discounted flights usually sell for 910 yuan or $116 including taxes. An official from the Jinan Price Buearu said airlines are restricted from offering dicounts for more than 45 percent on the government-set price.

The municipal administration of the Indian city of Bihar has hired a new force to collect overdue taxes from shop owners. The new force is not armed with any weapons, rather the team of 20 eunuchs will collect the municipal taxes while dancing and singing on the beat of a drum. Eunuchs, who are generally males with partial genitals, form a pretty distinctive society in India. They often make a living on tips for dancing at weddings and blessing newborn babies, and are believed to be stubborn and don't take no for an answer.

A former bureaucrat has been appointed, at a cost to taxpayers of $1,500 a day, to oversee and make all the financial decisions at the Duffern-Peel Catholic school board. Norbert Hartmann was named to the post by Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne. She said his salary, which is paid by the already impoverished Dufferin-Peel schools, is on-par with what was paid to previous supervisors who have been sent to balance the budgets of rebellious school boards. The two-member special assistance teams examining the mass of cuts being made in Toronto public and Catholic schools are also earning $1,500 a day, said a spokesperson for Wynne.