(UPI) Sometimes winning a six-figure lottery ticket is about being at the right place at the right time, as a South Carolina man found out earlier this month, collecting $200,000 in a scratch-off game.

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(UPI) An anonymous Maryland woman won a $50,000 Powerball prize after her boyfriend encouraged her to play lottery games.

"He always says, 'Just play. It's only a couple of bucks,'" the winner told Maryland Lottery.

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(UPI) A Nigerian woman broke a world record for the longest interviewing marathon after hosting 90 people over 55 hours, 24 seconds.

Clara Chizoba Kronborg hosts a talk show on YouTube called "Women's World Show." She ...Read More

(UPI) A wildlife rescuer in South Carolina came to the rescue of an alligator found to have been trapped in a drainage pipe for nearly six months.

Matt Kraycar of K&K Wildlife Services said he was summoned by Port ...Read More

(UPI) Firefighters called in a search and rescue team for help recovering a poodle who found himself trapped under the kitchen in a home "of non-standard construction."

The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said ...Read More

(UPI) Three cows escaped from their farm in Kansas and led police on a chase "for quite a while."

The Shawnee Police Department posted photos to Facebook showing the three cows evading officers this week in Shawnee.

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