NEWS LITE : MILLIONAIRE GARBAGE MAN N.Y. LOTTERY WINNER TO KEEP SANITATION JOB.Even with his $10 million jackpot, Sergio Martini is still doing a job some people wouldn't do for a million bucks. ``I'm not the kind of guy to stay home and do nothing,'' the 12-year New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. garbage man said Monday, working hatless in 15-degree wind chill wind chill, the cooling effect of wind and temperature combined, expressed in terms of the effect produced by a lower, windless temperature, also called wind chill factor, wind chill temperature, wind chill equivalent temperature, wind chill index, wind chill during a shift that started at midnight. ``I feel more energetic now since winning,'' Martini added, tapping dripping coffee cups out of the bottom of a litter basket. ``I only have to work one job now.'' The 50-year-old father of four won a $10.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Thursday. He will get about $370,000 a year for 20 years. Up until last week, Martini had worked double shifts for the city Sanitation Department Noun 1. sanitation department - the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh and drove his brother's taxi to pay the bills. He quit the taxi job a day after winning the lottery. But Martini, who according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the city makes a base salary of about $40,000 and a total of around $70,000 with overtime, insisted he will stay on the garbage beat for at least 2-1/2 more years to qualify for his pension. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , he said, ``I've got to find a hobby or something.'' ``We were so poor, so many things to do, living day by day,'' he said. Now he is planning to pay off his bills, buy three new cars from his 23-year-old car-saleswoman daughter, and set up trust funds for her and his three sons, 18-year-old twins and an 11-year-old. There is one luxury Martini has in mind: ``a real vacation,'' his first in 25 years, since he and his wife, Elena, took their honeymoon in Italy. ?5Film studios giving Jewell more attention Suspicion brought unwelcome attention to Richard Jewell For other persons named Richard Jewell, see Richard Jewell (disambiguation). Richard A. Jewell (December 17 1962 – August 29 2007) was a central figure of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. . Now the former security guard is embracing the limelight, considering a movie deal for his story as the Olympic Park
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Daily Variety, citing unidentified sources, reported Monday that Jewell is considering offers from three studios, with bids in the mid-six-figure range. The entertainment industry newspaper said Jewell is leaning toward a studio called Fox 2000 and a deal that also includes the rights to the Vanity Fair magazine article ``American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell.'' None of the participants would comment to Daily Variety. Jewell was for months suspected by federal authorities of planting the pipe bomb that killed a woman and injured more than 100 people at the Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in Atlanta. The resulting media attention ended only when officials formally said he was no longer under investigation. Comic's sad truth has no punch line Rodney Dangerfield has kept 'em laughing for decades, but that doesn't mean he's a happy person. ``I have never been happy. My whole life has been a downer down·er n. A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. ,'' he told the Orange County Register, with no punch line. Dangerfield dabbled dab·ble v. dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles v.tr. To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: "The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold" in stand-up comedy, but his act didn't catch on until he was in his 40s, when he began using the ``no respect'' bit. Things are looking up now: Dangerfield has a new movie, ``Meet Wally Sparks,'' has stopped drinking, is taking anti-depressants and has been happily married for three years.``Things are going well, and I enjoy it when people are entertained by my act,'' he said. ``That's all I want; I have enough money. I just want to make people laugh. That's my goal in life.'' ``It won't make me a happy man, but it will be enough.'' Cereal yanks boxes with Miss Universe Special K boxes featuring Miss Universe Alicia Machado will be discontinued in her native Venezuela because of controversy surrounding her weight, Kellogg's announced Monday in Caracas. The cereal boxes show the beauty sitting on an inflatable globe above the slogan ``nothing to hide.'' The 5-foot-10-inch Machado, 19, whose reign runs until May, was 118 pounds when she won the title last spring. In September she admitted to an 11-pound gain, but now reports say she's bulked up to 170 pounds. Special K buyers who stocked up on the product in hopes of keeping trim figures are now demTanding their money back. There's talk that Machado has an eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. , and Donald Trump, who runs the Miss Universe pageant, has called her ``an eating machine.'' But he's opposed to taking her crown: ``She'd be destroyed if they take it away.'' He also noted that her appearance on the next pageant would probably snare snare (snar) a wire loop for removing polyps and tumors by encircling them at the base and closing the loop. snare n. high TV ratings because of interest in seeing her new self. Pitt condemns film as diabolical mess Brad Pitt is dumping on his latest movie, ``Devil's Own,'' even before its release, saying the final product has little relation to the script he signed to do. The star, who reportedly got $10 million for it, said that when the film started shooting, only 20 new pages of script were ready. ``It was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking . . . that I've ever seen,'' said Pitt, who stars with Harrison Ford. ``We had nothing. The movie was the complete victim of this drowning studio head (the since-ousted Columbia CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mark Canton) who said . . . `I don't care what you have, shoot something.' '' Pitt said he tried to get out of it, but was told it would cost him $63 million. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Richard Jewell: In demand (2) He won $10.3 million, but Sergio Martini still hauls trash in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Associated Press (3) DANGERFIELD (4) PITT |
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