Fortune smiles on family a little down on its luck

Fortune smiles on family a little down on its luck: "Fortune smiles on family a little down on its luck
Friday, October 21, 2005
MARK LARABEE

SALEM -- Elizabeth Howard stopped at a Portland market Wednesday to buy a loaf of bread. She said she dug into her wallet and came up with 90 cents -- 40 cents shy of what she needed.

Thursday morning she and her husband, Samuel Howard, clung to each other in disbelief as they signed papers at the Oregon Lottery office. They were holding a Megabucks ticket worth $2.6 million after correctly picking the six numbers."