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Man finds out about $3M lottery jackpot, month after draw    

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A UTAH man who decided to take two trips to Idaho to buy Mega Millions tickets ended up winning $3 million — but he didn’t know until a month later.

J. Refugio Gonzalez Almeida told Idaho Lottery officials he regularly drives to Malad to buy lottery tick­ets, and he ended up making two trips in one weekend to make sure he had enough tickets for the July 4 Mega Millions drawing, when the jackpot was about $400 million.

“Playing the Lottery is my hobby. When I didn’t win the jackpot on that Friday, I thought ‘I need a ticket for the 4th of July,’ so I drove back to Malad on Saturday,” he said. “I bought all the games, including Mega Millions.

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I had a lot tickets.” Almeida said he didn’t return to Malad to check his tickets until a month later. “I had $2, $8, not a lot. And then they scanned this one and told me I had to take it to the Lottery Com­mission.

So here I am,” Almeida told officials. Almeida’s ticket matched the first five numbers, earning a $1 million prize that was transformed into $3 million when the Megaplier number for the drawing came up 3.

The winner said he plans to invest his prize money. “I am taking this right to the bank and depositing it,” he said. -upi.com

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Talented dog jumps across backs of 56 people to break world record

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 An Alberta baseball team hosted a Guinness World Record attempt involving an Australian shepherd jumping across the backs of 56 people.

The Edmonton Riverhawks, an amateur summer collegiate team in the West Coast League, hosted the record attempt for the most jumps between people by a dog in one minute during a June 14 game.

Chardonnay, a 4-year-old Australian shepherd belonging to dog trainer Jennifer Fraser, bounded across the backs of 56 fans arranged in a straight line in the outfield.

The record’s rules set a time limit of one minute, but Chardonnay managed to set the record in just 16 seconds.

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Fraser said she trained Chardonnay to jump onto her back a few years ago, and her trick repertoire has since expanded.

“Jumping across backs is just one of her many skills,” Fraser said.

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Stuck parrot rescued from third-floor balcony in San Francisco

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 Firefighters and an animal control officer in San Francisco came to the rescue of a wild parrot that got its head stuck between panes of glass on a third-floor balcony.

San Francisco Animal Care & Control said on social media that Officer Mullen responded alongside the San Francisco Fire Department on Sunday when a parrot was spotted with its head stuck between two panes of glass on the balcony of an under-construction building.

Firefighters went to the roof of a building and lowered a ladder to the balcony, where they were able to slide the bird upward to free its head.

“They wrapped the bird in a towel and handed it off to Officer Mullen, who checked out the bird,” the post said. “Thankfully they were fine: their wings, legs and neck were all OK, so Officer Mullen released the bird.”

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The parrot made its way to a nearby tree to rest on a branch. UPI.com

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