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Goodwill finds donor
It took some fancy footwork, but a Goodwill store in Illinois has found the owner of US$7,500 in cash mistakenly donated with old shoes. A newcomer to the US from Bulgaria found the money this month on her first day at the Goodwill store in Glen Carbon. Teodora Petrova turned over the money to management.Goodwill found the family through hints on scraps of paper left in the box. The donor apparently also called the Goodwill office, figuring he was the source of the cash.
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S Koreans on visa-free trip
The first of many South Korean tourists arrived in Hawaii under a new program that allows them to enter the US without visas. About 800,000 Koreans visit the US each year, and that number could double next year because of the new program, said Austin Kang, co-chair of the Korean Visa Waiver Committee. In Hawaii, the number of South Korean tourists could double to 80,000 next year and quadruple to 160,000 by 2010, Kang said on Monday. “Korea has been one of the strongest allies to the United States in the fight against communism, so Korea deserves this visa waiver,” he said. The program requires visitors to obtain a new passport with an embedded smart chip, which US security officials use to track foreigners whenever they use their passport during their stay. Anyone who gets this kind of passport is eligible to visit for up to 90 days.
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Warden killed in crash
A helicopter crash in Arkansas killed a state conservation officer who was patroling for violators of a ban on deer hunting at night. Sergeant Monty Carmikle, 45, died when the helicopter went down about 1am on Sunday, said Keith Stephens, spokesman for the state’s Game and Fish Commission. Pilot Jerry Fryar was taken to a hospital but his injuries were not considered life-threatening. The two men were the only ones aboard the helicopter. The cause of the crash was not known, Stephens said.
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Perfume maker sues Prince
A perfume company is claiming Prince and his music publisher failed to honor a contract to help market a fragrance named for the album 3121. The breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed on Monday by Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc in New York. The company says it licensed Prince’s name, likeness and the album title 3121 to market its fragrance. Revelations says it spent US$2.5 million and agreed to pay Universal half of net profits from sales of the perfume. But it claims Universal and Prince have not participated in various promotions since the frangrance launch in July last year. Universal spokesman Peter LoFrumento calls the claims “completely without merit.” Prince’s music studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, did not answer several calls.
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