1.
$336.4 million Powerball jackpot unclaimed
CHICAGO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An Illinois memorabilia collector says he jumped at the chance to pay $2,075 for a doodle drawn by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
Wayne Berzon pf Northbrook said despite the hefty price attached to the doodle created by the U.S. senator for a National Doodle Day held by Neurofibromatosis Inc. in May 2007, his online auction win was well worth the cost, the Chicago Tribune reported Sunday.
"I'm not sure I would sell it for any price," the financial consultant said. "I mean, how many times can you put up a piece of original artwork by a president of the United States who also happens to have made history? It's a wonderful conversation piece."
The soon-to-be 44th president of the United States created the drawing for the charity, which raises money for tumor research.
The Tribune said the top Democrat's drawing features the rudimentary likenesses of U.S. Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Odd News Stories | |
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Hollywood's Paramount Pictures says director Michael Bay is to helm a fourth Transformers movie to be released in 2014.
|
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
|
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Texas police said they arrested an 18-year-old woman who led them on a chase while wearing nothing but a pair of cowboy boots.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
