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While celebrating a lottery win, two Kansas brothers blow up their home.

Lottery Winners Blew Up Their Home

Two Kansas brothers were lucky -- then, not so lucky -- and then fortunate again, after they both survived an explosion that destroyed their house. The Wichita Eagle reports that two brothers were partying together to celebrate a $75,000 winning lottery ticket, when they accidentally blew up their Wichita home. Neither of the brother's names has been reported.

 

David Lee Gage, Kansas Man Convicted Of Craigslist Rape, Found Dead

A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised on Craigslist's former "erotic services" section apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

David Lee Gage, 52, of Wichita, was found dead at the Sedgwick County Jail early Monday after another inmate who was headed to breakfast looked through the window to Gage's cell and saw his motionless body, said Maj. Glenn Kurtz of the county sheriff's office.

 

Cruise joins Diaz in 'Wichita'

Duo to star in 20th Century Fox action comedy -- Tom Cruise is zeroing in on the 20th Century Fox action comedy "Wichita" as his next star vehicle.

 

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