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NewsGirlfriend gets the good newsCNHI News Service TOWN OF LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Paul Schneider had just gotten off the phone with his girlfriend when he called her back with some breaking news. “She was teasing me and said, ‘so you hung up the phone with me to scratch your scratch offs?’” Schneider said. “And I said, ‘It’s a good thing I did because I won a million dollars.’” Schneider, 47, was introduced this week as New York State Lottery’s newest millionaire. 'Horrible winter' not what you might think
A puddle reflects a pedestrian crossing the street in downtown Traverse City, Mich. A lack of snow is causing some cross-country skiing events to be canceled. (Photo by Keith King/The Record-Eagle) CNHI News Service Joplin’s tourism bureau again taking heat over mapCNHI News Service JOPLIN, Mo. — The Weather Channel is the latest voice to criticize the Joplin Convention and Visitors Bureau for linking the community to “disaster tourism.” The bureau said it was only interested in assisting visitors to the community, which was devastated by a tornado last May. Mayor Mike Woolston said Joplin does not intend to make money off “disaster tourism,” but that it will not turn away anyone who wants to see the recovery effort. 
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