A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in the drawing of a $324 million Powerball jackpot. Picture: AP Source: AP
BRUCE Springsteen may sing about the poor lot of some people in his native New Jersey but someone there just became $324 million richer.
While the Boss tours Australia (he played another three-hour set last night), it was announced that the sole winning ticket in a massive Powerball jackpot was sold in New Jersey. But others in the Garden State are not so lucky – scientists want their toe nail clippings to determine if they have been exposed to toxic hexavalent chromium.
Bruce Springsteen performs in a concert at Rod Laver Arena on March 24, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. Picture: Blair Hamish Source: Herald Sun
In other news, an alleged cannibal known as "Black Jesus" has escaped a PNG prison, the Pope appeared at St Peter's Square for Palm Sunday, Pervez Musharraf is back in Pakistan and faces threats of death and imprisonment, Syria's opposition leader has quit, a skydiving instructor and a student have died in a jump in the US and rescuers are rushing to save pilot whales stranded on a Cape Town beach.
A rescue volunteer pours water over a whale as a woman, left, covers its blow hole at Noordhoek beach near the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Picture: Schalk van Zuydam Source: AP
Also, a teenager cut up his mum because he was more interested in dissection than her life, a woman who jumped from an Indian hotel fearing rape says she called for help for more than an hour, tens of thousands of people have protested against gay marriage in Paris, police found no traces of radiation at the UK home of dead Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, Cyprus is making a late bid to avoid bankruptcy, a newspaper regrets comparing Angela Merkel to Hitler, a seal pup has shown up in a forest 6km inland, and a wrongly convicted man who was freed after 23 years in jail suffered a heart attack on his second day of freedom.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Paris against France's gay marriage law in an attempt to block legislation that will allow homosexual couples to marry and adopt children . Picture: AFP Source: AFP
While Springsteen's Rod Laver Arena show was very energetic, actress Tilda Swinton has been sleeping in a glass box at a museum for her latest performance. Meanwhile, Kristen Stewart embraced the slime-throwing at the Kids Choice Awards, a Kate Middleton impersonator has bought herself a fake baby bump, Minnie Mouse has a new Lanvin look and NCIS star Pauley Perrette has been accused of bizarre behaviour by her ex.
Kristen Stewart accepts the award for favourite movie actress and some slime from Sandra Bullock and Neil Patrick Harris. Picture: John Shearer Source: AP
In sport, Mark Webber is furious at his teammate Sebastian Vettel for ignoring team orders to effectively steal a win from him, the Australian cricket team made history (and not in a good way), Ferrari also had a bad day, Fiji defended their Hong Kong Sevens crown, Italian bad boy Mario Balotelli believes more people like him now, England captain Steven Gerrard says fans are entitled to boo Rio Ferdinand, South Africa won their one-day series against Pakistan and Spain says their era of soccer dominance is far from over.
Mark Webber was not pleased to be in second place on the podium behind his teammate Sebastian Vettel. Picture: Clive Mason Source: Getty Images
