After hearing a June 8 Lotto drawing had a $4. 6 million unclaimed prize, a couple decides to check their own stash of lottery tickets. Richard and Leslie Crosby went through their unchecked tickets and found the winning ticket, verifying it at 11:17 p. m. , less than an hour before the prize payout was set to expire.

A cheating husband was exposed after his wife's parrot imitated him calling out another woman's name. Frank Ficker, 50 was having an affair with a woman named Uta. His romantic trysts were observed and apparently "recorded" by the family's pet parrot, Hugo.

That includes six tickets that each won $250,000. Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot grows to an estimated $147 million for the Friday, October 28, 2005 drawing.

Croatian soccer fans donate blood this week to get tickets for the national team's decisive World Cup qualifying game against Sweden, reports Reuters quoting Vecernji List daily. The game's organizers have reserved 300 tickets for the donors. But the number of volunteer blood donors in Zagreb is beyond their expectation. According to Reuters, students skip classes to queue in the hospital. Employees throng at the hospital during lunch breaks.

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been accused of missing a court appearance on speeding and reckless driving charges. A warrant for his arrest has been issued in connection with the matter. Rodman was charged after he was clocked allegedly going 98 mph on Interstate 70, on July 26, near Frisco. Rodman was taking part in the 3,000-mile Bullrun USA 2005 charity auto rally at the time.