■ A Missouri couple have used their record lottery winnings to improve their hometown. Mark and Cindy Hill have spent chunks of their $293 million fortune on the town of Camden Point buying it a new firehouse and baseball field, refurbishing the town’s waste-water system, and topping up the high school scholarship fund.The Hills’ gifts amounted to 25 years of […]
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“Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.” – Wendell Berry
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“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde
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“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” ― Walt Disney
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“For every person who has ever lived there will come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.” – Pam Brov
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“The days are too short even for love; how can there ever be time for quarreling?” – Margaret Gatty
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Some addicts hooked on opioids such as OxyContin and Percocet turn to heroin when they lose access to prescription pills. Heroin, far cheaper than pills, is available through networks that source it from Mexico and Colombia.
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“The only way to let your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Paul Valery
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