Bad headline, good story January 4, 2009

Headline: Conn. man’s last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow

OK, so it could be worse, but it reads funny [funnily?].

Charlotte Peters’ husband bought a lottery ticket on Nov. 1 and died later that day. And just recently, she decided to check those lottery numbers before chucking the tickets.

Had she not checked the numbers, her bag of trash would have been worth $10 million.

Take a lesson from this bittersweet story. Check your pockets.