NEWS LITE : LOTTERY TURNS PHYSICIAN INTO BALTIMORE BENEFACTOR.Dr. Laurent Pierre-Philippe could buy a mansion, a Ferrari and a trip to Tahiti with his $10 million Florida lottery The Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels. The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of game, is 18. jackpot. Instead, he'll save his ailing 20-year-old Baltimore health clinic. Pierre-Philippe, his wife and three sons were on their way to a New Year's Eve celebration at Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World in Orlando when they stopped at a convenience store to buy $100 worth of lottery tickets. He claimed his jackpot Thursday, which will be paid out over 20 years. ``I'm not interested in buying nice clothes or taking fancy trips,'' said Pierre-Philippe, an avid lottery player. ``I'm interested in doing what the Lord will allow me to do.'' The native of Haiti says his medical practice in a poor Baltimore neighborhood has suffered with the rise of managed health care. His lottery winnings will allow him to offer free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free to some patients at Community Medical Rehabilitation Center, especially stroke victims, arthritics and amputees. ``Everything I made from the clinic, I invested it back in,'' he said. ``That clinic is a diamond in the middle of the ghetto. But, to tell the truth, I didn't know how the business was going to survive, but now I see my dream in Baltimore won't be shot.'' He also plans to send some of his newfound wealth to Haiti to help build an airport and roads in his hometown, Port-de-Paix. ``Thank God I have what I already have, so I can use this money to stay in this community and help Haiti,'' said Pierre-Philippe, 54. His first expense will be paying to ship the Port-de-Paix library 1,000 books he collected. Gloved One seeks Scottish homestead Pop star Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson is visiting Scotland and looking at property to buy, a Scottish newspaper reported today. ``I love it here. I want to make this my home. The country is beautiful and the people are beautiful,'' The Sunday Mail quoted Jackson as saying. People in Jackson's entourage say Jackson wants his child - he and his wife, Debbie Rowe, are expecting - to live in the clean air of Scotland, the paper reported. One of the houses Jackson looked at was Glenmayne House, near Galashiels in southern Scotland, the newspaper said. Gumbel, Gates link up during MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company tour Considering his next career move, newly departed ``Today'' host Bryant Gumbel toured the MSNBC newsroom and met Microsoft mogul Bill Gates. MSNBC is a joint venture of the software giant and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , home of ``Today.'' The purpose of Gumbel's visit ``was to get more Internet savvy and to understand what we're doing, both at Microsoft and at MSNBC,'' Merrill Brown, MSNBC editor in chief, said Friday in California. Microsoft wouldn't say what Gumbel and Gates talked about Thursday. News reports have said Gates wants Gumbel to play a major role in the news venture. ``We did a little demo for him, we let him sit through the news meeting and he had stimulating things to say about the news and what we may or may not do about it,'' Brown said. `Preacher' role suits his life fine Being chosen to play a minister in ``The Preacher's Wife'' seemed like fate to actor Courtney B. Vance Courtney B. Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He formerly starred as a regular in the NBC television series as Ron Carver. Vance was born in Detroit, Michigan. , who embraced the Baptist church after his father's suicide. ``This role came to me at this particular time in my life for a reason,'' Vance says in the Jan. 20 People magazine. ``There's a higher power at work. He'll reveal to you what he wants you to do.'' Vance turned to prayer after his father killed himself in 1990, and the actor recently was baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church The Abyssinian Baptist Church is among the most famous of the many churches in Harlem, New York City. The church traces its roots to 1808, when black parishioners left the First Baptist Church of New York in protest over racially segregated seating. in Harlem, where he went to observe services to prepare for ``The Preacher's Wife.'' Actress never far from camera Marlee Matlin, who overcame deafness to win an Oscar, still finds it tough to find quality roles. Still, she won't complain about it. ``It's hard to find roles, period, regardless of whether I'm deaf or a woman,'' Matlin told the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 . ``My deafness is obviously an added difficulty, but you try to break whatever barriers you can.'' Matlin, who won an Academy Award for ``Children of a Lesser God,'' is starring in the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy film ``Dead Silence,'' a hostage drama about a deaf teacher trying to save a busload bus·load n. The number of passengers or the quantity of cargo that a bus can carry. Noun 1. busload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry of captive students. ``I'm frustrated about it,'' Matlin said of her casting difficulties, ``but I've managed to work - I haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Labors of a Hercules fan Eric Laughlin, 4, of Shadow Hills overcomes shyness Saturday in a chat with Laura Drane, playing an Amazon warrior, at a Burbank convention of fans of the TV shows ``Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ``Xena the Warrior Princess.'' Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (2) Marlee Matlin: Breaking barriers |
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