The line is open. A final happy note:

* DOUBLE JACKPOT: The Arkansas Lottery Commission notes that a single gambler, Billy Bealer of Pine Bluff, had bought two big winning tickets in the last two weeks — a $1 ticket purchased at the 28th Street Citgo in Pine Bluff won him $250,000 and a $20 instant ticket at the Shell Food Mart 5 was worth $1 million. Odds of this happening to you? Astronomical.

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