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Poll: 3 in 10 men would quit sex for cash

LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A poll of British men has found 30 percent would give up sex for life for about $2 million, and 1 percent would give it up for a lifetime supply of alcohol.

The survey was conducted by condom-maker Durex and the women's magazine, Company, the Mirror reported.

Of the undisclosed number of men polled, 9 percent they would be willing to give up sex if they never had to work again, and 3 percent they had faked enjoyment during sex, the report said.

Asked if they absolutely had to sleep with another man, 4 percent indicated soccer star David Beckham. Curiously, when asked about female celebrities, Beckham's wife, Victoria -- formerly Posh Spice of the Spice Girls -- ranked at less than 1 percent.

Durex spokeswoman Ruth Gresty said she was surprised at some of the findings.

"What has become of the red-blooded male?" she said.

Retiree wins $254 million lottery prize

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A St. Louis-area octogenarian has claimed a $254 million Powerball jackpot.

Retired electrician James Wilson II, 84, said he plans to split the massive Powerball winnings equally between himself, his wife, Shirley, and the couple's three sons, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday.

Wilson said the ticket was the first he purchased in several months.

"I figured if I could get a couple of numbers I'd be lucky," Wilson said. "It turned out a little better than that."

"I was absolutely astonished," he said. "I couldn't believe it, and still don't."

One of the Wilson's sons, James, said the family has not yet decided whether to take the money in a lump sum that would amount to $120.5 million after taxes or spread the payments out over 29 years.

The winning numbers were 9, 19, 29, 42, 53 and the Powerball was 17.

The payout is the largest ever seen by the Missouri Lottery and the seventh-largest ever for the Powerball game, which is played in 29 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

Over-confident eagle blacks out Juneau

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The latest power failure in Juneau, Alaska, has been blamed on a now-dead eagle who couldn't clear power lines with a deer's head in its talons.

Alaska Electric Light & Power spokeswoman Gayle Wood said about 10,000 people lost power Sunday morning for about 45 minutes because of the bald eagle's find.

"This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill," Wood told the Juneau Empire.

She said repair crews found the electrocuted eagle not far from the deer head at the scene of the broken cable.

"You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario," Wood said.

Eight-foot snake found frozen in Ohio

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Residents of Middletown, Ohio, are baffled as to the origin of an 8-foot red tail boa constrictor found frozen solid near the Great Miami River.

The snake was found by four employees of McGraw-Kokosing Inc., who were working clearing storm debris on company property.

Worker Chris Miller told the Middletown Journal it wasn't clear where the snake had come from or how long it had been there but he said it was "fresh-looking."

Similar snakes were stolen several months ago from tattoo artist Edward Morris, but after seeing a picture of the frozen one, said it wasn't his.

He speculated the snake probably had been released in the last few days and was looking for a warm place to burrow and hibernate.

The workers who found it are debating whether to have a pair of boots made, several wallets, or whether to have it stuffed and mounted, the newspaper said.