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'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize 'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize
'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize A Long Island woman discussed the shock she experienced when she realized she won a $3 million lottery prize. Josephine Julich, of East Northport, claimed a top prize from the New York Lottery’s "X Series 50X" scratch-off game, NY Lottery just announced. "Winning this jackpot felt like an out-of-body experience," she told NY Lottery after claiming the prize. Julich received her prize as a single, lump-sum payment of $1,640,520 after required withholdings, the lottery said. NY Lottery said Julich plans to use the funds for "retirement, her children, to have some fun, and for charitable cau…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Ursuline School Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause Ursuline School Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause
Ursuline School Holds Pajama Drive For A Good Cause It was out with the uniforms and in with the pajamas for an all-girls Catholic school in Westchester who collected clothes for the homeless. Students at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle once again participated teamed with the Pajama Program to collect more than 700 pajamas and 100 new books. The donated items were sent to Cardinal McCloskey Community Services in Valhalla, where they will be distributed to the homeless in area shelters. The books and pajamas were distributed on Friday morning. This is the second year that the school has teamed with the organization to help outfit children…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution
Hudson Valley Scam Veterans' Charity Must Dissolve, Pay Restitution A Hudson Valley veterans' charity is shutting its doors after allegedly illegally stealing thousands of dollars in raffle ticket donations without ever hosting a raffle. Recently appointed Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced on Tuesday that her office has reached an agreement with the Wounded Warriors Foundation of Orange County, which must immediately dissolve and pay $4,200 in restitution to the consumers it defrauded. According to Underwood, The Wounded Warriors Foundation of Orange County, Inc. – which is not affiliated with the national Wounded Warrior Project – sold raffle ti…

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by Zak Failla