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Dateline Florida
By TIMES WIRES
Published February 1, 2007
ALL THE MORE REASON TO HIDE ON A DESERT ISLAND More proof that good guys finish last: A registered sex offender with arrests dating back to 1993 has beaten out all those law-abiding hopefuls waiting in gas station Lotto lines. According to a recent story on the Web site for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Edward R. Cowal was the sole winner of the $14-million lottery drawing Jan. 13. He bought the ticket at a Cumberland Farms in Jensen Beach and opted to take a lump sum settlement of nearly $8-million before taxes. An attorney picked up the winning check for him, saying that Cowal wants "absolute confidentiality." Since 1993, Cowal has been arrested for alleged crimes including lewd and lascivious or indecent assault on a child and aggravated assault. His mobile home, near the Martin-St. Lucie County line, is now up for sale for $120,000. Guilty until proved innocent? A U.S. magistrate judge denied a request for bail Wednesday from the man authorities believe is the Band-Aid Bandit, saying he is "guilty as heck." Rafael Rondon's lawyer, Daniel Hernandez, told U.S. Magistrate Thomas Wilson his client deserved bail because he had no criminal record before his arrest. Wilson responded by saying the evidence against Rondon was overwhelming. "From everything I've heard, he's guilty as heck," Wilson said. "I haven't heard anything suggesting otherwise." Rondon and co-defendant Emeregildo Roman are expected to go to trial in April on bank robbery and gun charges. Castaway the dolphin just wasn't ready to be cast aside The dolphin experts may have been ready for Castaway, above, to leave, but she wasn't. The 10-foot pregnant dolphin that experts tried to release Tuesday, swam back to shore - three times, according to the Associated Press. She had stranded Nov. 11 and was recovering at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota before being declared healthy for release off Fort Pierce. But Castaway kept returning to the beach. Finally, the experts gave up. She was being transported to the Marine Mammal Conservancy in the Florida Keys. 15-year-old blows them away A teen saxophonist's music sounds heavenly. "When I play, I feel like I'm not in this world anymore," says B.K. Jackson.
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