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Today's forecast (Rain. High near 50. Breezy, with a north wind between 21 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph.) definitely belongs to a Monday. Some news to start the week:
* Oops: An embarrassing error on Google Maps has been blamed for Nicaragua’s accidental invasion of Costa Rica. Last week, Nicaraguan troops crossed the border, took down a Costa Rican flag and defiantly raised their own flag on Costa Rican turf.
But the troops’ commander, Eden Pastora, told a Costa Rican newspaper, La Nacion, that his invasion was not his fault, because Google Maps mistakenly said the territory belonged to Nicaragua.
* Happy Endings: An adult bookstore in Michigan that offers pornographic movies and sex toys has also sold a winning lottery ticket worth $128 million.
Uptown Bookstore in Highland Park, Mich., sold Saturday's only winning Powerball ticket, according to the station.
...The winner has not yet come forward. According to Powerball rules in Michigan, winners cannot remain anonymous when they claim their win.
* Ante Up, USGC: The Japanese Coast Guard might have the U.S. Coast Guard beat in at least one respect: choreography. In this amazing video posted on YouTube, you can witness Japanese Coast Guardsmen dressed like school girls performing a flawlessly executed dance routine during sea and anchor detail.
* Over at the Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT fundraiser, the Marines (the few, the proud, the impoverished) have put as much money as the rest of the services combined. Ouch. Or Oorah, depending on your affinities.
* Oops: An embarrassing error on Google Maps has been blamed for Nicaragua’s accidental invasion of Costa Rica. Last week, Nicaraguan troops crossed the border, took down a Costa Rican flag and defiantly raised their own flag on Costa Rican turf.
But the troops’ commander, Eden Pastora, told a Costa Rican newspaper, La Nacion, that his invasion was not his fault, because Google Maps mistakenly said the territory belonged to Nicaragua.
* Happy Endings: An adult bookstore in Michigan that offers pornographic movies and sex toys has also sold a winning lottery ticket worth $128 million.
Uptown Bookstore in Highland Park, Mich., sold Saturday's only winning Powerball ticket, according to the station.
...The winner has not yet come forward. According to Powerball rules in Michigan, winners cannot remain anonymous when they claim their win.
* Ante Up, USGC: The Japanese Coast Guard might have the U.S. Coast Guard beat in at least one respect: choreography. In this amazing video posted on YouTube, you can witness Japanese Coast Guardsmen dressed like school girls performing a flawlessly executed dance routine during sea and anchor detail.
* Over at the Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT fundraiser, the Marines (the few, the proud, the impoverished) have put as much money as the rest of the services combined. Ouch. Or Oorah, depending on your affinities.