Woman uses $20 bill printed in 1934

What a Dickinson business manager thought was a worthless counterfeit $20 bill turned out to be worth more than even face value. A woman who came into the UPS Store paid with a $20 bill that had been printed in 1934. Store manager Nancy Kostelecky said the bill is in pristine condition.

The woman who paid with the bill was unsure where she got it. Kostelecky said it’s a mystery where it came from and why it had not been in circulation. She ended up buying it from the woman.

Dickinson Police Detective Chris Coates did some checking and says similar bills are selling on eBay for up to $134.

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Randy Joubert and Gary Nesbit were delivering a green leather sofa as deliverymen for Dow Furniture when the customer in Bremen asked if they were brothers. It wasn’t the first time they had been asked that question, but this time something clicked in Joubert’s mind.

Nesbit has been employed by Dow Furniture for about seven years. Joubert started working there in July. “I see this guy who kind of resembles me,” Joubert said. “Co-workers would get us confused.” After the delivery of the green leather sofa, and a month and a half of people asking if they were related, Joubert decided to ask Nesbit a few personal questions. Joubert asked Nesbit if he was adopted, and the date of his birthday. “As soon as he said his birthday I knew,” Joubert said. Joubert, 36, tried to prepare Nesbit, 35, for a shocking revelation. He asked Nesbit for information from his birth certificate. “Were your parents Wilfred and Joan Pomroy,” Joubert asked. They were. Nesbit said he was blown away by the discovery. “I went home, my mind was frazzled. I couldn’t sleep.”

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A formerly blind grandmother has regained her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye. Sharron Thornton, 60, was blind for nine years after contracting Stevens-Johnsons syndrome, a rare disease that scarred her cornea. But doctors in Miami, Florida, made history after extracting her canine and drilling an optical cylinder lens into it. Ms Thornton is the first person ever to have her “eye tooth” taken out, reshaped and inserted in this type of surgery.

She said: “We take sight for granted, not realising that it can be lost at any moment. This truly is a miracle.” The tooth and the lens were implanted under her skin for two months so they could bond. They were then implanted in the centre of her eye, after a series of procedures to prepare the socket. Once bandages were removed, she was able to recognise objects and faces within a few hours. Two weeks later she was able to read newspapers. “Through the work of the team, patients in the United States now have access to this complex surgical technique,” said Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Eduardo Alfonso. “I’m looking forward to seeing my seven youngest grandchildren for the first time,” she said.

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For many lonely hearts, finding love is a tall order - particularly if you measure a towering 8ft 1in. World’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen, is looking for love. Women used to run scared from Mr Kosen, but now he is hoping his new-found fame will help bring him love for the first time.

Mr Kosen, who also has the largest hands (more than 10in) and feet (14in) on the planet, said his size had put women off - he has never had a girlfriend. The 27-year-old, who is visiting London, said: “The first thing I want to do is have a car that I can fit in but more than that I want to get married.

Women were usually scared of me.” One of the difficulties of being so tall is getting clothes which fit. He had to have a 9ft, 9in bed specially crafted. “The other thing is that ceilings are low and I have to bend down through doorways.”

But his towering height does have its upsides. “I can see people from a long distance. The other thing is at home they use my height to change the light bulbs and hang the curtains, things like that.” Medical problems ruled out a lucrative career in basketball and he now works occasionally as a farmer. Mr Kosen, who sometimes uses crutches, said he had always dreamed of travel and had two seats to himself on the flight to Britain.

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TV host’s gaffe

A news presenter has stunned viewers by appearing to swear live on air during an evening bulletin. Ernie Anastos made the gaffe while chatting to weatherman Nick Gregory. He told him “it takes a tough man to make a tender forecast,” before apparently adding: “Keep f*****g that chicken.” ‘I Really Don’t Think He Meant To Say That!’ Co-host Dari Alexander looked stunned but the pair struggled on with the broadcast.

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