GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US... I'M AMY AUBERT.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
MACON POLICE RELEASED A SURVEILLANCE PHOTO OF A MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A FATAL SHOOTING THIS MORNING.
POLICE SPOKESWOMAN JAMI GAUDET SAYS 30-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO FELTON WAS SHOT JUST BEFORE 5 A-M.. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING OFF AFTER AN ARGUMENT AT A CONVIENCE STORE.
IT HAPPENED ON PIO NONO AVENUE.
GAUDET SAYS FELTON DROVE TO A GAS STATION OVER 5 MILES AWAY ON HARTLEY BRIDGE ROAD.. WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN IN THIS PICTURE.
HE HAD DREADLOCKS AND WAS WEARING A RED SHIRT WITH HORIZONTAL STRIPES AND LIGHT BLUE PANTS.
GAUDET SAYS THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN DROVE OFF IN A BURGUNDY FORD EXPEDITION S-U-V WITH ANOTHER MAN AND TWO WOMEN INSIDE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE CASE... CALL THE MACON REGIONAL CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-877-68-CRIME... AGAIN THAT NUMBER... 1-877-68-CRIME.
IT WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST LOTTERY JACKPOT.. AND WINNERS ARE ALREADY COMING FORWARD TO CLAIM THEIR PIECES OF THE PRIZE.
DUARTE GERALDINO HAS THE LATEST ON THE MEGA MILLIONS PAYOUT.
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[NATS of machine]
OUT OF NEARLY ONE AND HALF BILLION MEGA MILLIONS TICKETS - THREE HAD *THE* LUCKY COMBINATION.
[FRID514 a Mega Million drawing]
00:00:38-42 "Tonight's winning numbers are 46,23, 38, 4,2, and the gold mega ball is 23"
THE WINNERS WILL SPLIT THE RECORD SETTING 640 MILLION DOLLAR JACKPOT.
THE TICKETS PURCHASED IN ILLINOIS, KANSAS AND AT THIS 7-11 IN BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND ARE EACH WORTH 213 MILLION BEFORE TAXES.
DESPITE MEGA MILLIONS FEVER - THE MARYLAND WINNER DID SOMETHING AMAZING.
[SATU067 or SATU057 Stephen Martino Dir. Maryland Lottery]
00:00:22-29 "It was a quick-pick and there was only one ticket purchased by the player at that time."
[FRID343] "NATS 00:00:07-- HERE YOU GO thank you good luck?"
LAZARO RAMOS IS A SECOND PRIZE WINNER. THE 28-YEAR-OLD CALIFORNIA MAN IS A GUATEMALAN IMMIGRANT AND SAYS HE AND HIS BROTHER PLAN TO USE THE MONEY TO OPEN A RESTAURANT IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY.
BRIDGE: THERE WERE 161 SECOND PRIZE WINNERS .
EACH OF THEM TAKES HOME A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
. CALIFORNIA LEADS THE PACK WITH 29
NEW YORK HAS 17
AND ILLINOIS HAS A DOZEN
[SATU094 Michael Jones
Illinois Lottery Superintendent]1:1:28--35 One of those 12 people played the multiplier for an extra dollar and because they played with an extra dollar they won a million dollars. "
WITH SO MANY TICKETS SOLD THERE ARE SOME 100 MILLION MEGA LOSERS .. LIKE ELLA JOHNSON WHO WAS ALREADY PRACTICING HER VICTORY DANCE.
[Ella Johnson/Lottery Player 00:00:48-- 56 number 8, 18, 23 87 (screams ) I won..]
WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE TRIO WHO WILL CLAIM THE WORLD'S LARGEST JACKPOT AND WE MAY NEVER..
IN MARYLAND AND KANSAS THE MEGA MILLIONS WINNERS CAN ANONYMOUSLY CLAIM THEIR PRIZE.. BUT IN ILLINOIS THE LUCKY PLAYER HAS TO AGREE TO MAKE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE E TO COLLECT ALL THOSE MILLIONS...
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IF NO ONE HAD WON THIS TIME.. THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WOULD HAVE SOARED TO NEARLY ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
WHILE NO ONE IN THE PEACH STATE MATCHED ALL SIX WINNING NUMBERS... A HANDFUL OF GEORGIANS WOKE UP A LITTLE BIT RICHER TODAY.
A GEORGIA LOTTERY SPOKESWOMAN SAID THAT SIX GEORGIA PLAYERS WON 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYOUTS... BY MATCHING THE DRAWING'S FIVE WHITE BALLS.
ANOTHER 48 GEORGIANS TOOK HOME 10 THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZES... THEY MATCHED 4 OF THE 5 WHITE BALLS.. PLUS THE MEGA BALL.
OFFICIALS SAY STORES ACROSS THE PEACH STATE SOLD 28 POINT 7 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TICKETS FOR LAST NIGHT'S DRAWING.
PEOPLE IN GRIFFIN... GEORGIA CONTINUE TO MOURN THE DEATH OF ONE OF THIER OWN.. WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OVERSEAS.
20-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHNATHON DAVIS WAS KILLED THURSDAY IN AFGHANISTAN BY ENEMY FIRE.
THE PASTOR OF GRIFFIN FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD SAYS THE CHURCH WILL DEDICATE THEIR EASTER PROGRAM TO THE FALLEN SOLDIER.
THE A-J-C REPORTS THAT DAVIS WAS ABLE TO TALK TO HIS PARENTS SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED.
A FAMILY FRIEND SAYS DAVIS' WIFE WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT... AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A FATHER.
DAVIS WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION AT FORT BRAGG IN NORTH CAROLINA.
HOME DEPOT SAYS THEIR GEORIGA DISTRIBUTION PLANT NEAR ATHENS WILL CLOSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE FACILITY IN JACKSON COUNTY EMPLOYS 300 WORKERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR HOME DEPOT SAYS THEY ARE CLOSING THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD PLANT BECAUSE IT ISN'T AS MODERN AS THEIR OTHER PLANTS.
OFFICIALS IN JACKSON COUNTY REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DENT IN THEIR ECONOMY.
THEY SAY RETAILER BED.. BATH AND BEYOND IS PLANNING TO HIRE 400 WORKERS FOR A NEW PLANT SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE AREA BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER GETTING A GIANT CHOCOLATE BUNNY ON EASTER MORNING... OR PERHAPS A COLORFUL BASKET FILLED WITH JELLY BEANS AND SWEETS.
BUT THIS YEAR... ONE WOMAN IS HELPING OUT THE EASTER BUNNY... TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD IN CENTRAL GEROGIA... WAKES UP TO A SURPRISE.
AUSTIN LEWIS TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BUNNY'S HELPER'S WORKSHOP.
IT'S A STORY THAT COME STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
<< WHEN KATIE JONES LOOKS AT THESE FURRY BUNNIES.... IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: when I was in my early-20s, my husband gave me my first easter basket.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: Oh I started crying. Cause my husband he brought me the easter basket, but I only liked orange jelly beans, so he bought several bags of jellybeans and picked out all the orange ones
SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY OF THESE GROWING UP.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: When I was little I grew up in a children's home and I remembered you know being elementary school and all the kids talking about their easter baskets about the easter bunny and I never had that experience.
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JONES DOESN'T HAVE A FURRY TAIL OR LONG EARS....
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIZATION... SHE PROBABLY GIVES THE BUNNY A RUN HIS MONEY.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: We set up an assembly line all of the children five and over get a new testament bible, they get a stuffed bunny, they get a chocolate rabbit and then theY get about four of five gifts.
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SHE AND HER TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS...MAKE SURE EACH BASKET HAS ALL THE EASTER FIXINGS...
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AND GETS WRAPPED... SO EVERYONE FROM THE LITTLEST BELIEVERS... TO THE BIG KIDS... GETS A BASKET AT THE CHILDREN'S HOME.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: they need to know that someone cares for them and it's tough to be at at school as a child and you hear the other children have the tooth fairy, the easter bunny and all the childhood joys and they don't get to experience those.
BUT NOW...THANKS TO CENTRAL GEORGIA'S EASTER BUNNY....260 KIDS WILL NEVER KNOW THAT FEELING.
Katie Jones, Founder, Baskets of Joy: hhhm, that just would have made a difference.
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IN ABOUT A WEEK... THE EASTER BUNNY WILL LEAVE TRAILS IN YARDS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... SENDING KIDS ON AN EASTER MORNING EGG HUNT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GET YOUR KIDS INVOLVED... WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.
THE BUNNY PLANS TO HOP TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN WARNER ROBINS... BYRON... AND FORSYTH.
FOR A LIST OF EGG HUNTS IN YOUR AREA... JUST HEAD ON OVER TO OUR HOMEPAGE... THAT'S AT 13WMAZ DOT COM... AND UNDER THE DON'T MISS TAB ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE... YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF EGG HUNTS IN YOUR AREA.
SOME PEOPLE IN PEACH COUNTY CLEANED UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES TODAY AS PART OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN-UP.
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VOLUNTEERS PUT ON THEIR GLOVES... AND VESTS... AND LOADED UP ON GARBAGE BAGS AS THEY HEADED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO PICK UP TRASH.
KEEP PEACH COUNTY CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL WORKED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SPRUCING UP THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
THEY ALSO TAUGHT THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT LITTERING.
Dorothy Crumbly, "We just want to clean-up the debris and have people get some pride in their community and I think if they see us out cleaning up their own community they will want to come out and help us clean-up"
Andrew Day, "First off it educate the problem pollution and stuff like that and it also makes people want to be apart of cleaning that up"
THE GROUP TARGETED TWO FORT VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS... TABOR HEIGHTS AND THE GANO COMMUNITY.
PROTESTORS AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS SAY THEY WON'T STOP MARCHING UNTIL THERE IS AN ARREST IN THE CASE OF 17-YEAR-OLD TRAYVON MARTIN.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED TODAY OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SANFORD FLORIDA.
MARTIN WAS SHOT... IN FEBRUARY BY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH VOLUNTEER... GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
ZIMMERMAN SAYS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
POLICE HAVE NOT ARRESTED ZIMMERMAN... SAYING HE WAS ACTING WITHIN THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW.
TODAY... DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE MARCH... REVEREND AL SHARPTON SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE LAW.
"Those that pay and want to invest in the Stand Your Ground law: we will make sure that they know we are not supporting them. That has nothing to do with local; county. That has to do with the fact that there are those that want to stand by this law.
THE CASE HAS SPARKED PROTEST ACROSS THE NATION.
TODAY PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD... MASSACHUSETTS HELD A MARCH IN HONOR OF THE TEEN.
THIS WEDNESDAY... A LOCAL ORGANIZATION WILL HOLD A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL HONORING THE LIVES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND TRAYVON MARTIN.
IT'S SET TO START AT 6 P-M AT WASHINGTON PARK... IN MACON.
MITT ROMNEY SAYS HE BELIEVES HE CAN WIN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.. BEFORE THE G-O-P CONVENTION IN AUGUST.
THE FORMER MASCHUSETTS GOVERNOR SPENT HIS SATURDAY IN WISCONSIN.... CAMPAIGNING AHEAD OF THEIR PRIMARY ON TUESDAY.
ROMNEY IS LEADING POLLS IN THE STATE.
HE SAYS A WIN IN WISCONSIN WOULD HELP HIM CLAIM THE NOMINATION.
I've got a ways to go before I've got 1144 delegates so I'm not counting the delegates before they hatch, but I'm going to keep working very hard and hope I get a good strong sendoff from Wisconsin. I've got a good boost from the folks in Illinois. And if I can get that boost also from Wisconsin I think we'll be on a path that'll get me the nomination well before the convention. Sure hope so."
IF ROMNEY -- OR ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES -- DON'T GET THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES NEEDED TO WIN THE RACE, THERE COULD BE A CONTESTED CONVENTION.
THAT MEANS THE DELEGATES ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR FOR THE NOMINEE.
OFFICIALS IN COLORADO SUSPENDED THEIR SEARCH FOR A WOMAN MISSING IN A WILDFIRE... AFTER RESCUERS FOUND HUMAN REMAINS IN HER BURNED HOME.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY DON'T YET KNOW IF THE REMAINS ARE THOSE OF ANN APPEL.
HER FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING ON MONDAY.
IF THE REMAINS ARE THOSE OF APPEL... SHE WOULD BE THE THIRD PERSON TO DIE IN THE WILDFIRES THAT HAVE SCORCHED NEARLY 6 SQUARE MILES IN SOUTHWEST DENVER.
RESCUERS FOUND AN ELDERLY COUPLE DEAD EARLIER THIS WEEK.
FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE FLAMES.. SAYING 90 PERCENT OF IT IS CONTAINED.
A STATE CONTROLLED BURN APPARENTLY SPARKED THE BLAZE THAT STARTED ON MONDAY... STRONG WINDS HELP SPEAD THE FIRE.
BIRDS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA GOT A LITTLE MAKEOVER... ON THE FEEDERS THEY MIGHT CALL HOME.
DOZENS OF FOLKS CAME OUT WITH BIRD HOUSES THE PAINTED... BUILT... AND SPRUCED UP... ON THEIR OWN.
IT WAS A PART OF THE SILENT BIRDHOUSE AUCTION IN BYRON.
THE THIRTY SEVEN FEEDERS FEATURED A BIRD BATH AND BREAKFAST... A CHURCH... AND EVEN A GRINCH LOOK-A-LIKE BIRDHOUSE.
THE ARTISTS SAY THEY WENT OUT ON A LIMB... TO CREATE BIRD HOUSES... UNIQUE TO CENTRAL GEORGIA.
Allan Carey, Byron: "I just kinda decorated it like, um, you know, put the train on the side and the crossing sign on the front, and just a little loading dock, and it turned out okay."
THE LAST DAY THE PUBLIC CAN BID ON THE BIRDHOUSES IS MAY 4TH.
THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE BATTLE OF BYRON AND THE COW AND CALF ART GALLERY.
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THIS IS A PICTURE OF JAELIN.. GETTING SPRING STARTED BY SPLASHING AROUND IN HER POOL.
AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF GRACEN ENJOYING HER ROCKING HORSE.
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