Mega Millions Winners Will Each Get $19,129,571

01/04/2011 15:33

Mahar said she paused before deciding to call her supervisor at work Kristin Baldwin, who was a fellow winner. "It was late. What if it wasn't real? I didn't know what to do." "I called my boss and said I hope you were in the pool this week because I think we won," Mahar said. When asked if she was married, Mahar said with a laugh, "Not yet." Leon Peck, one of the oldest winners, is known as the office prankster. He thought the late night call telling him they had won was payback for air yeezy the jokes he always played on the others. Mahar said the group hasn't made any decision yet on whether they will share with their friends who opted out of the pool. The new millionaires aren't going crazy with their bonanza. On the top Mahar's wish list is a new dishwasher. Barth is getting new tires and will put away money for his son to go to college. "I just want to fly somewhere in first class," said Hilton. Kutey had the most extravagant plans. "My wife and I are going to every Disney park there is," he said. “Having spent more than a decade wearing the shoe on the other foot with the European Commission, the filing of a formal antitrust complaint is not something we take lightly,” he wrote. He added, “This is the first time Microsoft Corporation has ever taken this step. More so than most, we recognize the importance of ensuring that competition laws remain balanced and that technology innovation moves forward.” This year could be pivotal for Google as antitrust officials increase their scrutiny and a new chief executive, co-founder Larry Page, takes the helm later this month. The Justice Department is on the verge of deciding whether to greenlight an acquisition proposed by Google to buy a travel search technology firm — a deal that has sparked complaints from companies, including Expedia and Travelocity, who worry that Google will wipe them out once it enters the airline flight search business. Microsoft has also pushed the Justice Department to block the deal since its Bing search engine offers a travel search function. Critics of Google’s attempt to digitize all books won a major victory last week when a federal judge blocked the company’s class-action settlement with publishers and authors over the fate of out-of-print books that Google wants to put online and commercialize. As part of the decision, the judge cited concerns that the settlement would leave too much power in the hands of Google. The tech firm also faces concern on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers have called for hearings on whether Google is abusing its dominance. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, said in March that examining Google’s position in the search market would be one of his priorities in the new congressional session.