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Two dollars doesn't buy much anymore but Wednesday it bought millions of people a dream of winning big.
Debora Sweeter is among them.
She bought her Powerball ticket at the Exxon on Broadway.
The $550 million jackpot is the second largest in US history.
"I'm trying to win extra retirement money," said Sweeter. "This will be the best xmas my grandkids have ever seen."
Sweeter uses birthdays to pick her numbers while others like Karen Evans let the computer do a "quick pick."
"I just figure the odds are better if I let someone else pick them," said Evans.
The odds are truthfully terrible for everyone and that includes workplaces like the one where Ashley Ayers works.
Her coworkers are pooling money to buy more tickets.
"We've all agreed that if one of us wins we're gonna share the money together," said Ayers.
It's a dream of winning everyone who plays shares.
$550 million would buy plenty of cars and homes and remove the worries of retirement for Sweeter.
"I just retired this year and I'm finding out it ain't as easy as i thought it was going to be," said Sweeter.
Debora Sweeter is among them.
She bought her Powerball ticket at the Exxon on Broadway.
The $550 million jackpot is the second largest in US history.
"I'm trying to win extra retirement money," said Sweeter. "This will be the best xmas my grandkids have ever seen."
Sweeter uses birthdays to pick her numbers while others like Karen Evans let the computer do a "quick pick."
"I just figure the odds are better if I let someone else pick them," said Evans.
The odds are truthfully terrible for everyone and that includes workplaces like the one where Ashley Ayers works.
Her coworkers are pooling money to buy more tickets.
"We've all agreed that if one of us wins we're gonna share the money together," said Ayers.
It's a dream of winning everyone who plays shares.
$550 million would buy plenty of cars and homes and remove the worries of retirement for Sweeter.
"I just retired this year and I'm finding out it ain't as easy as i thought it was going to be," said Sweeter.
Wednesday, November 28 2012, 10:35 PM CST
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Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast
May 17, 2013 23:53 GMT
FORT THOMAS, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans.
The father of 26-year-old Michael Robert Bradford of Fort Thomas said his son was smart, good in different sports and about to become a father.
Gary "Moose" Bradford, also of Fort Thomas, told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/12i0nVO ) he found about his son's death from Michael Bradford's wife, Sasha, on Thursday afternoon. He said he was in total disbelief.
The couple's first child is due in a few weeks.
Two American soldiers were killed along with four American civilian contractors with DynCorp International, based in Falls Church, Va.
Other survivors include his mother, Linda Bradford of Johnson City, Tenn.
Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.nky.com
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