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No legitimate claim to $10 million California gold find, firm says  Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 01:24 PM PST By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The currency firm representing a California couple who found $10 million worth of rare Gold Rush-era coins buried on their property says no valid claim to the collection has emerged, despite rumors that the stash was swiped in a 1901 heist. A sale of the treasure trove, which includes 1,400 gold pieces in nearly mint condition, will proceed as planned, said coin expert David McCarthy of currency firm Kagin's. "To my knowledge, no legitimate claims have surfaced, and I don't think that any will," McCarthy told Reuters. ... Full Story	Top
Trash and stink rise after Rio Carnival due to garbage strike  Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 11:47 AM PST By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - If the hangovers many are nursing after their annual Carnival celebrations weren't enough, residents of Rio de Janeiro awoke Wednesday to smelly streets, mounting household garbage and heaps of party refuse uncollected for a fifth consecutive day. The result of a trash collectors' strike timed to coincide with the festival, which officially ended Wednesday, the growing garbage backlog is a fetid after note to revelry that this year drew as many as 5 million people to the streets of Brazil's second-biggest city. ... Full Story	Top
Ohio driver finds $12,000 stash of marijuana in spare tire  Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 11:09 AM PST An Ohio woman took the car she bought seven months ago to a dealership to replace a flat tire this week and learned she has been driving around with eight pounds of marijuana in the spare. Mechanics at the dealership in Amherst, Ohio, west of Cleveland made the discovery when they installed the spare tire and heard a "loud thumping" as the woman drove away, police said on Wednesday. They found marijuana worth about $12,000 wrapped in plastic that had been stashed in the tire, according to Chief Deputy Dennis Cavanaugh of the Lorain County, Ohio Sheriff Department. Cavanaugh said the woman has not been charged with any crime, and investigators were trying to trace the marijuana back to parts suppliers or vehicle transport firms. Full Story	Top

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