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That's A Hit: Maryland Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship' That's A Hit: Maryland Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship'
That's A Hit: Maryland Man Turns $3 Lottery Win Into $30K Top Prize Playing 'Battleship' What started as a slow day for a loyal Maryland Lottery player turned into an unexpected cash windfall for a Prince George's County man when he reinvested his meager winnings and turned them into a five-figure jackpot. Bowie resident Jorge Baez nearly sank his own battleship, but took one last shot, and sure enough, landed himself a $30,000 top-prize playing a FAST PLAY ticket. The retired contractor picked up $20 worth of scratchers on the day of his lucky win, only winning $3, though he made the most of those dollars, using them to purchase a FAST PLAY BATTLESHIP ticket at the Hampton Mal…

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by Zak Failla
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Don't Miss Maryland Marketing Strategist, Cousin On 'Amazing Race' Don't Miss Maryland Marketing Strategist, Cousin On 'Amazing Race'
Don't Miss Maryland Marketing Strategist, Cousin On 'Amazing Race' A marketing strategist from Maryland is teaming up with her cousin for the new season of The Amazing Race. Kishori Turner, a 26-year-old senior marketing strategist from Gaithersburg, and her cousin, Karishma Cordero, a 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, are among the new season’s 13 teams to compete in a race around the Americas for $1 million, the pair announced in a shared post on Instagram on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The full Season 36 cast was announced on Entertainment Weekly. “Surprise!” reads the post. “We’ve been holding in this secret for over a year now and we’re SO excited to f…

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by Valerie Musson
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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey child services worker who was busted on child porn charges at Newark Airport nearly a year ago also tried to traffic a minor for prostitution, federal authorities said they've learned. Trent Collier, a 56-year-old onetime "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last October when images of child pornography were found on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "One image depicts a fully nude prepubescent boy and fully nude prepubescent girl on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Tried Sneaking 30 Pounds Of Cocaine Through MD Airport In Electric Wheelchair: Feds NJ Man Tried Sneaking 30 Pounds Of Cocaine Through MD Airport In Electric Wheelchair: Feds
NJ Man Tried Sneaking 30 Pounds Of Cocaine Through MD Airport In Electric Wheelchair: Feds A high-rolling New Jersey man was dealt a bad hand after being busted by federal officials in a Maryland airport attempting to traffic more than 30 pounds of cocaine into the country. Union City, NJ resident Gabriel Ruiz, 34, was arrested by members of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department when investigators called his bluff and seized cocaine that was concealed inside his electric wheelchair at the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport. Ruiz was busted on Monday, June 20, and charged with state felony narcotics importation and possession charges on…

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by Zak Failla