The Detroit man whose determination to walk more than 20 miles a day to get to and from work inspired an online campaign that raised more than $350,000 for him abruptly moved on Tuesday after telling police that he did not feel safe with his newfound fortune...
North Carolina Powerball Winner Claims Third of $564 Million Prize
Marie Holmes, 26, a single mother of four children ages 9 months to 7-years old, is the state's biggest Powerball winner.
The $564.1 million jackpot, which has a cash value of $381 million, is the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The jackpot had increased over two months without a winner, starting at $40 million ...
How Powerball Winner Marie Holmes Celebrated Her $188M Win
... Holmes accepted a check yesterday for $188 million from North Carolina Education Lottery officials.After taxes are taken out of her lump-sum payment of $127 million, Holmes will take home $87.9 million.
“I still don’t believe it,” Holmes said. “I don’t know when I’m actually going to believe it.”
Holmes says she plans to travel, put away money for her children’s education and use the money to continue her own education in nursing.
She also plans to donate money to her church and to organizations associated with cerebral palsy, the neurological disorder that afflicts her 7-year-old son ...
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