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Lottery winner to give sis well used car

COLCHESTER, England, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A British teen who picked up a cool $2 million in lottery winnings says she'll share her bounty with her sister by giving her a hand-me-down Ford Fiesta.

Eloise Hutchinson, 19, says she'll buy a top-of-the-line Fiesta to replace the $1,000 beater she plans to give Sophie, 17, who doesn't drive, The (London) Sun reported Tuesday.

Hutchinson says she'll throw in driving lessons.

"That car cost me more to fix than you could believe," the 19-year-old said. "I've spent so much on it, I might as well give it to her for a first car. I'm not going to miss it."

For the record, Sophie Hutchinson asked for a Range Rover Sport.

Also on Eloise Hutchinson's shopping list is a five-bedroom house and a vacation to Jamaica with her boyfriend, The Sun said. She already bought an iPad and a new dress.

Hutchinson, who lives with her sister and mother in Colchester, struck pay dirt Dec. 30, but didn't realize her good fortune until New Year's Day.

"I asked [her boyfriend] to check my ticket," she said. "I thought I'd got four numbers but he told me I had all of them."

Man with unusual name arrested in Wis.

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said an unusually named man, Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, was arrested on charges including a probation violation.

Madison police said the 30-year-old man, who was born Jeffrey Drew Wilschke and had his name legally changed to Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop in October, was arrested Thursday by officers responding to reports of excessive drinking and drug use near Reynolds Park, The (Madison) Capitol-Times reported Tuesday.

Officers found Zopittybop-Bop-Bop walking near the park's tennis courts.

He was previously known to officers from an April 2011 arrest, when he was found walking in Peace Park with a loaded handgun in his backpack.

"A search of his property revealed a knife, marijuana and drug paraphernalia," police spokesman Howard Payne said.

Zopittybop-Bop-Bop was tentatively charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and a probation violation.

Rats joining occupy D.C. protesters

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- An explosion of rats has occurred in Washington at the two locations where Occupy D.C. protesters are camped out, health officials said.

Director Mohammad N. Akhter of the District of Columbia's Department of Health told the Washington Post that inspectors have seen the rodents running around at both protest camps.

In addition, numerous new burrows and nests have been found under the hay-stuffed pallets that occupiers are using for beds.

Both campsites had working kitchens operating until last week when health inspectors pointed out unsanitary conditions at the McPherson Square site.

"I am very supportive of their rights and ability to demonstrate but I have concerns about their personal safety," Akhter said.

He said he has ordered a citywide review of conditions at the camps.

The National Park Service has official jurisdiction over the two camps and will make the final decision about whether to evict protesters.

2-year-old gives police dad's hiding place

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a 2-year-old boy clued officers in to his wanted father's hiding spot in the attic.

St. Petersburg police said officers went to the home of Valdet Gjeloshi, who was wanted for violating his probation, Saturday afternoon and the mother of his child, Megan Merschen, told them Gjeloshi was not home, the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday.

However, Merschen admitted Gjeloshi was in the home when the 2-year-old child blurted out that his father was in the attic.

Gjeloshi, 29, was arrested and charged with violation of probation and resisting an officer without violence. Merschen, 25, was charged with obstruction.

Gjeloshi's father, Ismet Gjeloshi, 62, answered his son's phone Sunday and said the probation violation stemmed from a miscommunication about Gjeloshi's court date.