Democrat Dean Florez says in a letter Wednesday to the California Lottery that such an offer would entice more people to buy lottery tickets. He argues that would raise more money for schools because they are funded partially by the
New guidelines released on Thursday by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) prohibit drug makers from giving out pens, as well as other "non-educational" items such as mugs, to healthcare providers and their staffs. As part of its
Monserrat Morilles, 26, surprised subway riders all week stripping to skimpy underwear, but she refused tips. She said she was protesting a lack of tolerance in Chile, one of Latin America's most conservative societies where the first generation since the
It was her father, a tailor-turned-cocoa planter, who gave her first sewing machine, a model dating back to 1952. And for the last five years, this sewing-school graduate has been turning out eye-catching outfits made from the jute sacks used
An officer cleaning the car at a patrol station Wednesday discovered the nearly 50 pounds of cocaine carefully hidden in hydraulically controlled compartments. "These compartments have recently been more and more popular with drug operations," said Deputy Chief Julian Bernal,
The Anaheim man set a Guiness World Record on Wednesday for "Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours" by sitting in 39,250 seats. He began the task Monday morning, and he's still going, hoping to rest his tush in each of
Their findings, presented at a meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain, add to recent research showing that obese women are more likely to be infertile. "We felt that it was possible that male
It's new in Israel and the world," Aya Alon Kaufman of the Gan Oranim hall in Tel Aviv said on Israel's Channel 10 television. "It's very convenient ... guests can give a gift even if they forget their chequebooks." She
The ECB said the number of fake euro notes seized by authorities had jumped more than 15 percent in the first six months of the year. A total of 312,000 dodgy notes were taken out of circulation in the first
WINNSBORO, Texas - An apparently intoxicated suspect chatted with a burglary victim long enough for officers to arrive and arrest him, authorities said.
The German government says it is not being pressured by the White House to keep U.S. Sen. Barack Obama from speaking at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate.
Since late June, about 10,000 liters of milk have been received at the European Commission's main sorting office, some arriving by private courier, addressed to EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel. Nearly all of it comes from Germany, with a
Muslim clerics married Irin Biswas, 18, to Safikul Islam, who is employed as a labour supervisor in Kuwait. The entire village in Murshidabad, West Bengal, watched as the clerics put a mobile phone on speaker mode, enabling them to hear
Experienced MIT Grad For Hire!" read 48-year-old Joshua Persky's advertisement as he paraded around midtown Manhattan, a key location for commercial banks and investment houses. He was also just blocks away from where he worked for two years as a
Yidis Medina was found guilty last month of taking illegal favors from government officials in return for voting for the constitutional amendment that permitted the 2006 re-election. Monthly men's magazine SoHo showed a curvaceous Medina posing nude while in jail,
