A young man in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province thought his luck was up after he lost his wallet on December 12th near his home and realized it contained a lottery ticket that he had an especially good feeling about.

Instead of brooding about his loss, though, the man, Bozai (not his real name) bought another ticket with the same numbers on December 13th and waited for the lottery results.

His hunch was good and Bozai was suddenly 5.71 million yuan (that's over $830,000 US dollars) richer.

Knowing that he might be able to double his fortune he contacted the lottery centre and told them about the missing identical ticket in case someone else tried to collect the money and scoured the neighborhood again with his family for the lost wallet.

Incredibly he found it on December 15th where it had been tossed near a street corner and while Bozai's cash was gone, the second winning ticket remained, making him more than 10 million yuan wealthier.

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A parking lot exclusively for women drivers will open early next year at a shopping centre in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province.

This women's parking lot, located underneath a shopping centre, will be free of charge during the first several months, according to a report in the Hebei Youth Daily.

The shopping center parking lot will offer wider than usual parking spaces, bright colors, such as pink and light purple, and cute cartoon pictures to decorate the parking lot.
Female parking guides are also being specially trained to direct drivers when they park their vehicles.

Such public facilities for women only are no longer an exception around the world. For example, Japanese women enjoy women only subway cars and Russian women take pink taxis specifically for them.

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A British judge said a woman who admitted to violating an order banning her from excessive screaming during sex will likely be spared jail time.

Caroline Cartwright, 48, of Washington, England, admitted in Newcastle Crown Court to violating an antisocial-behavior order by having noisy sexual romps with her husband, Steve, on April 18, 22 and 26 of this year, The Sun newspaper reported.

Sunderland Magistrates court imposed the order in April after neighbors and passersby lodged more than 250 complaints about Cartwright's "shouting and screaming."

"I'm certainly not going to pass an immediate custodial sentence but I am going to order a pre-sentence report," Judge Bolton said. "This is certainly not the usual sort of antisocial behavior we see before the court", he added.

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Scores of New Yorkers and tourists seeking a fresh start in 2010 came to Times Square yesterday to put their bad memories through the shredder at the third annual 'Good Riddance Day'.

Ben Winnick of Simsbury, Conn., shredded a newspaper story about the New York Giants' 41-9 loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers, which ended the Giants' playoff hopes.

"Hopefully, next season will be better," he said.

Roxanne Rodriguez of Manhattan shredded a piece of paper with "Writer's block" written on it. She intends to buckle down and write a musical.

"This is going to be the year I'm going to be dedicated and focused, and I will get something down on the page every day," she promised.

The winner of a $250 prize for most creative item shredded was 12-year-old Alissa Yankelevits of Los Angeles, who is visiting her grandparents in New York. She shredded the memory of a counselor on a school trip who was later featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."

"I just spent a week with him," Alissa said. "It was really terrifying because I just found that out," she said.