Trash Man to Keep Job Despite Big Win
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An overnight millionaire is sticking with his night job of picking up trash in New York City. Sergio Martini, 50, and his wife, Elena, 44, won $10.3 million in Powerball, a lottery shared by several states and based in Iowa. Although his wife quit her health food store job, Sergio will stay with the New York Sanitation Department for 2 1/2 more years so he can collect a pension. The Brewster, N.Y., couple were about to file for bankruptcy when Martini bought the winning ticket for the Jan. 4 drawing at a Connecticut store.
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