Jet back issues from June 1996:
NAACP Fund holds Awards Gala Dinner in nation's capital. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Power, politics, and pageantry. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Awards Gala Dinner was all that ...and a little more.Held in the nation's capital, the black-tie affair was attended by more than 500 guests, some of whom have proven themselves to be among the nation's ...
Andrew Young and bride Carolyn wed again in Atlanta. (former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and his wife, Carolyn, couldn't agree on what to call their marriage ceremony at Atlanta's Union Baptist Church because they wed in Cape Town, South Africa, two months ago (Jet, April 15) with Archbishop Desmond Tutu presiding.However, their ...
Janet Cooke's life story to become movie. (former Washington Post reporter)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... TriStar Pictures recently bought the movie rights to the life of former Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke.Cooke was at the center of controversy in the early 1980s when she won a Pulitzer Prize for her story about an 8-year-old heroin addict. She returned the Pulitzer after she ...
Why interracial marriages are increasing.
Jun 03, 1996 ... Love is blind. So, it's often been said. And, apparently it has become increasingly color blind as well because interracial marriages are on the rise, according to the Current Population Survey (CPS).Between 1970 and 1994, the number of interracial married couples increased from ...
Pentecostal Bishop David L. Ellis dies in Detroit. (Michigan)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Noted Bishop David L. Ellis, pastor of Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. in Detroit, MI, recently died. He was 60.A second generation pentecostal, Bishop Ellis left his home in Chicago at age 26 and assumed the pastorate of New Bethel Temple. Its name was later ...
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, legendary blues man, dies at 61.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Johnny "Guitar" Watson, one of rhythm and blues' most influential musicians, recently died when he suffered a heart attack while performing in a Japanese blues club. He was 61.Watson was in Yokohama, which is 18 miles south of Tokyo, when he collapsed during his performance, ...
Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria and political activist, dies after extended illness at 91.(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria and a traditional chief of the Ibo, recently died after a long illness. He was 91.A politician, scholar, poet and journalist, Dr. Azikiwe was widely known as "Zik of Africa." He helped to end the Biafran civil war that submerged his ...
Rev. William E. Summers III, broadcasting pioneer, dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... The Rev. William E. Summers III, the first Black president of a state broadcast association in the United States, recently died at his Louisville home. He was 77.Summers was the first Black to co-own a radio station in Kentucky. He began his career in radio as a disc jockey at WLOU ...
Joseph E. Gardner. (Chicago, Illinois, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Joseph E. Gardner, 50, a second-term commissioner of Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District who ran for mayor of Chicago last year, of cancer at his apartment in Chicago .... Lillian S. Blackwell, 85, a civil rights activist in Fairfax County who successfully sued to ban ...
Lillian S. Blackwell. (civil-rights activist)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Joseph E. Gardner, 50, a second-term commissioner of Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District who ran for mayor of Chicago last year, of cancer at his apartment in Chicago .... Lillian S. Blackwell, 85, a civil rights activist in Fairfax County who successfully sued to ban ...
Fortunatas Paul "FIP" Ricard. (trumpet player)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Joseph E. Gardner, 50, a second-term commissioner of Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District who ran for mayor of Chicago last year, of cancer at his apartment in Chicago .... Lillian S. Blackwell, 85, a civil rights activist in Fairfax County who successfully sued to ban ...
Morgan Freeman: June 1, 1937. (birthdate of actor)(This Week in Black History)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Morgan Freeman, stage and film star, was born on this day in Memphis, TN. He's been called the greatest actor in America by veteran film critic Pauline Kael. One of his most noted roles was the wise chauffeur Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy, a role for which he received a best actor Oscar ...
Vice Adm. J. Paul Reason becomes first black four-star admiral in the Navy.
Jun 03, 1996 ... Vice Adm. J. Paul Reason recently made history when he became the first Black promoted to the rank of four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy.A native of Washington, D.C., Reason was nominated by President Bill Clinton for promotion to admiral and assignment as commander in chief of the ...
Task force report calls for nationwide effort to aid black males in America. (W.K. Kellogg Foundation's National Task Force on African American Men and Boys)
Jun 03, 1996 ... A new report recently released in the nation's capital is calling on all Americans, no matter the race or socioeconomic background, to join together to find solutions to the complex problems facing the nation's Black males.The report, "Repairing the Breach", was prepared by W.K. ...
Ethiopian Jew prepares to take seat as 1st black in Israeli parliament. (Addisu Messele)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Fifteen years after being airlifted from Ethiopia to Israel during a daring rescue, Addisu Messele will become the first Black Israeli elected to that country's parliament.Messele, who is considered a sure bet to win a seat in parliament during the elections later this month, said ...
Three blacks among 12 Nieman Fellows at Harvard. (journalists Felicia R. Lee, Myra Ming, Marjorie Valbrun)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Three Black women were among the 12 American journalists named to the 59th class of the Nieman Fellows at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.The Nieman fellowships, established in 1938, are the oldest mid-career fellowships for journalists. They are awarded to working ...
Carl Rowan's Project Excellence gives $3.8 mil. in scholarships to 108 black college-bound students. (journalist Carl T. Rowan, Washington, D.C.)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Nearly $4 million dollars recently was distributed to 108 Black Washington, D.C., area high school seniors to help them obtain their college education.The full and partial scholarships, which totaled $3.8 million, were given by Project Excellence, a foundation founded by Pulitzer ...
Seattle Mayor Norman Rice lashes out against rumors of homosexual affair. (Washington State)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Seattle Mayor Norman Rice, who is seeking to become the state of Washington's first Black governor, recently held a press conference to denounce rumors repeated on a talk radio show that he was shot while having sex with a male aide."These attacks are designed to hurt me and my ...
LaToya Jackson files for divorce from husband Jack Gordon; claims he beat her, threatened to kill her.(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Entertainer LaToya Jackson recently filed for divorce and received a protective order against her husband and agent, Jack Gordon, amid claims that he beat her and threatened to kill her, the Associated Press (AP) newswire service reported.Jackson, 39, ...
O.J. Simpson denies that recent trip to England was a public relations maneuver.
Jun 03, 1996 ... O.J. Simpson called his recent visit to England "terrific" and denied accusations the trip was an attempt to rebuild his shattered image."I don't care what anybody thinks," he told reporters who met him at the Kennedy Airport in New York after returning from his trip. "I have my ...
Home HIV test set approved by FDA. (Confide HIV Testing Service, Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first home HIV test kit that allows people to take their own blood samples and get the results by phone.Called the Confide HIV Testing Service, the test kit system was developed and is being marketed by Direct Access Diagnostics, a ...
White teen is convicted in '93 bombing of Utah college dorm room of black students. (Robert Allen Little, Dixie College)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... A Utah federal jury has convicted a White teen of setting off a pipe bomb that severely damaged the dormitory room of two Black athletes at Dixie College in St. George, UT, in 1993.Robert Allen Little, who was 16 at the time of the bombing, also was convicted of tacking a ...
Fourth black Tennessee church destroyed by fire. (Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Tigrett, Tennessee)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Fire recently destroyed a Black church in Tennessee and investigators believe it is linked to arson, which ruined three other Black churches.The fire at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Tigrett, the fourth fire in the past 16 months, has not yet been ruled an arson, the USA Today ...
Magic Johnson retires again saying it's on his own terms this time. (basketball player)
Jun 03, 1996 ... For the third time in five years Earvin "Magic" Johnson retired from the Los Angeles Lakers. But this time the NBA superstar says it's for good, and it's on his own terms.In November of 1991, Johnson stunned the world when he announced his retirement after he was diagnosed with the ...
Cleveland slugger Albert Belle ordered to seek counseling after he threw ball at photographer. (Cleveland Indians outfielder)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Cleveland Indians hard-hitting outfielder Albert Belle recently was ordered to seek professional counseling after he threw a baseball at a photographer during a workout."Albert Belle has a problem and the American League has a problem," noted American League President Gene Budig in ...
Lennox Lewis settles suit to face Mike Tyson. (World Boxing Council)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... After negotiations with promoter Don King, Lennox Lewis and his team agreed to let World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Mike Tyson fight as planned with World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Bruce Seldon in July, provided that Lewis is Tyson's next opponent.The ...
Gary Payton named NBA Defensive Player of the Year. (National Basketball Association)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Gary Payton of the Seattle Supersonics was recently named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year, the first guard to win the award in eight years.A panel of sportswriters gave the six-year veteran 56 out of a possible 113 votes.Payton, nicknamed "The Glove" because of ...
Walter Payton leads cast of College Football Hall of Fame inductees in South Bend, Indiana.(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Before Walter Payton rushed into the NFL record books as the league's all-time leading rusher, he practiced his craft at the traditionally Black institution Jackson State University (JSU) in Jackson, MS.Payton, who ran for 3,563 yards for JSU from 1971 to 1974, leads the list of ...
Gail Devers story tells how sprinter overcame illness to win Olympic gold.(Cover Story)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Olympic track and field hopeful Gail Devers was a woman who had everything - a loving family and friends, a new husband and a promising track career.But then tragedy struck. She was stricken with Graves Disease, a horrifying ailment in which the thyroid gland is enlarged and short ...
Michael Jordan becomes 4-time NBA Most Valuable Player. (National Basketball Association)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... For the fourth time in his illustrious professional basketball career, Michael Jordan was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player.The panel of basketball and broadcast writers selected the Chicago Bulls superstar guard with 96.5 percent of the vote, the highest vote total ever. ...
Outfielder Justice's shoulder surgery to end his season. (David Justice of Atlanta Braves)(Brief Article)
Jun 03, 1996 ... The defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves will have to do without one of the heroes from the last year's Series for the rest of the season.Outfielder David Justice, one of the team's top hitters, decided to undergo surgery for a dislocated right shoulder and is expected to ...
Kathleen Bradley, 'Price is Right' model, juggles motherhood and TV career.(Interview)
Jun 03, 1996 ... Kathleen Bradley is seen everyday by 17 million people as one of the beautiful models on the TV game show, "The Price Is Right."Ms. Bradley made history five years ago when she became the first Black model on the popular game show which stars Bob Barker. With her beauty, style and ...
At House hearings Black Caucus cites urgency for end to Dixie church fires. (Congressional Black Caucus hearing on mysterious firebombings of black churches in the southeastern US)
Jun 10, 1996 ... At a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing, Capitol Hill's ranking Black lawmaker angrily warned, "Mr. Chairman, we cannot permit these firebombings to continue."Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Donald H. Payne of New Jersey minced no words in deploring the federal ...
Art dealer Thurlow Tibbs donates major collection of African-American art to Corcoran Gallery in D.C.
Jun 10, 1996 ... The Corcoran Gallery of Art recently held a ceremony to accept a donation--estimated to be worth between $1-$2 million--from Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. of the nationally recognized Evans-Tibbs Collection and its archives of African-American art.The collection, which will be housed at ...
National Park Service to take over management of Rev. King's tomb. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Jun 10, 1996 ... The family of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recently agreed to turn over management of the civil rights leader's tomb to the National Park Service."This is an important step in the continuing development of the historic site, and particularly, of The King Center," said ...
Black, Native American high school students denied diplomas for wearing ethnic dress at graduation. (Muskogee High School in Muskogee, OK)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Two Black high school students in Muskogee, OK, who wore a multicolored African tribal cloth with their graduation gowns and an American Indian who hung an eagle feather from her mortarboard were recently denied their diplomas.The school district said they violated a policy against ...
June 7, 1892. (on this date an act of segregation aboard a Louisiana train led to Plessy v. Ferguson, the infamous case that gave rise to the Jim Crow laws of the South)(This Week in Black History)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... On this day, the coachman of a Louisiana train ordered a passenger to vacate his first-class seat and move to the segregated "colored" car. Homer Plessy refused and was arrested under the Louisiana Separate Car Act of the 1890s. He maintained his innocence up to the Supreme Court. In the ...
Homeless student, 18, who studied on the subway gets scholarship to Cornell University. (Camara Barrett, who immigrated from Jamaica to New York, NY, is admitted to Cornell as a pre-med student)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... For 18-year-old Camara Barrett, his ticket to ride the subway landed him a scholarship to Cornell University.The homeless New York City youth said he decided that education would be his ticket out of poverty. So after classes at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, he rode the ...
Frank Brown. (named the first black police chief of the East Point Police Dept. in East Point, GA)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Frank Brown, a major at the East Point Police Department in East Point, GA, has been appointed the city's first Black police chief. A 29-year veteran of the police ...
Atlanta Life names Charles Cornelius president and CEO. (Atlanta Life Insurance Co. in Atlanta, GA)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Charles Henry Cornelius has been named president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Life Insurance Co. in Atlanta, GA.He succeeds Don M. Royster Sr. who resigned as CEO last September after serving in that position for three years.Cornelius, who has 19 years of ...
New business award named for Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. (Pres Clinton announces award honoring late Commerce Secretary that recognizes good corporate citizenship)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... President Clinton recently announced that a new award in recognition of good corporate citizens was being established in memory of the late Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who was killed earlier this year in a plane crash in Croatia.The award, which is modeled on the late former ...
Pentagon puzzled by blacks' lack of interest in joining the military. (Pentagon survey of 16- to 20-year-olds shows that young black males' interest in joining the military is at its lowest point in 21 years)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Pentagon officials are baffled by results of a recent study which revealed that young Black males, interest in joining the military is at its lowest since they began tracking it 21 years ago.In Pentagon surveys of 16- to 21-year-olds, the percentage of Black males who expressed ...
Celebrities who have overcome obstacles.
Jun 10, 1996 ... The rise to star status isn't always as glamorous as many would envision. Actors James Earl Jones, Halle Berry and Danny Glover, singers Teddy Pendergrass and Seal and basketball player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf are just a few celebrities who have overcome obstacles in their personal lives in order ...
Larry Demery sentenced to life in James Jordan murder case. (father of basketball star Michael Jordan)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Larry Martin Demery, the man who testified against his partner in the James Jordan murder case, recently received the same sentence as his partner--life in prison. He was sentenced at the Robeson County Courthouse in Lumberton, NC.The jury deliberated for about two hours before ...
Man who carjacked Queen Latifah's BMW sentenced to 18 years. (Ricardo Rodriguez, convicted for carjacking rap singer/actress)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... One of the two men who car-jacked rapper/actress Queen Latifah's $67,000 BMW at gunpoint was sentenced to 18 years in prison.Ricardo Rodriguez, 19, was convicted of robbery and grand larceny, but he was acquitted of attempted murder and assault in the shooting of Latifahts ...
Maryland police squad stops black drivers more: AP study. (Associated Press)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Black drivers are being stopped for drugs at least four times more often than Whites by a special Maryland state police squad that patrols stretches of Interstate 95, the East Coast's main north-south transportation venue.The finding, the result of a computer analysis of car ...
Rodman rebounds from near-bankruptcy: report. (Chicago Bulls player Dennis Rodman)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... NBA rebounding champion Dennis Rodman was borderline bankrupt before he joined the Chicago Bulls last year, the-June issue of Smart Money magazine reported.The magazine revealed that Rodman, who has led the league in rebounds for the last five seasons, was more than $1 million in ...
Jordan, Pippen and Hardaway lead stars selected to All-NBA First team. (Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls and Penny Hardaway of the Orlando Magic make 1995-96 season selections)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan and forward Scottie Pippen and Orlando Magic guard Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway are among the superstars named to the All-NBA first team for the 1995-96 season.They are joined by Utah Jazz power forward Karl Malone and San Antonio Spurs center David ...
Braves' outfielder Justice faces lengthy shoulder rehab. (Atlanta Braves player David Justice undergoes surgery to repair shoulder ligaments but will be ready for spring training in 1997)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... It appears that Atlanta Braves outfielder David Justice will be ready for spring training next year-that's the word from the Braves' team doctor after the star outfielder underwent surgery for three hours to repair ligaments in his right shoulder.Justice, 31, recently aggravated ...
Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, and Kevin Mambo among winners at Daytime Emmy Awards. (1996)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Montel Williams and actor Kevin Mambo were among the winners at the recent 23rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York.The talk show queen won an Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show for "The Oprah Winfrey Show." This was the ...
Muhammad Ali sues movie, telephone companies for using his photo on credit card. (former heavyweight boxing champ sues Forever Films and Amerivox for using his picture without his permission)(Brief Article)
Jun 10, 1996 ... Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali recently filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a Los Angeles-based film production company, Forever Films, for allegedly allowing a Nevada-based telephone company, Amerivox, to use his picture on a telephone credit card without his permission, ...
Vanessa Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger star in thriller 'Eraser.' (movie)(Cover Story)
Jun 10, 1996 ... The action-packed film Eraser, which is set for release June 21, details the lives of people who have been stripped of the identity and thrust into a strange new life where their previous existence is nothing but a memory. Reidentified by false names, they can never contact anyone who knew ...
City of Tulsa, OK, finally recognizes suffering of blacks in 1921 race riot.
Jun 17, 1996 ... The race riot that Tulsa, OK, once tried to forget was finally commemorated with the dedication of a memorial and a ceremony in a church that had to be rebuilt after burning to the ground in the violence 75 years ago.The riot in 1921 erupted after White mobs called for the lynching ...
Maryland public school withdraws invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas to attend awards ceremony.
Jun 17, 1996 ... After receiving complaints from parents who threatened to protest, the Prince George's County (M13) public school superintendent decided to cancel an appearance by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who had been invited to an awards ceremony at one of the county's magnet schools. ...
Seattle talk radio host fired for airing rumor about Mayor Rice having sex with male aide.(Mike Siegel of KVI slandered Seattle, WA, mayor Norm Rice)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... A Seattle radio talkshow host who repeated an unfounded rumor that Mayor Norm Rice had sex with a male aide recently was fired. "Hot-talk" host Mike Siegel was released by KVI Radio for making "damaging" statements which have affected the reputation of parent company Fisher Broadcasting, the ...
Black diplomats who speak Russian recall first American trade fair in Russia at party.
Jun 17, 1996 ... A Black diplomat, 37 years ago, served as a guide at the first U. S. trade fair held in Russia. He was so impressed that he became an expert on the country.Exploring the relationships of numerous American Blacks who migrated to Russia, William B. Davis traveled throughout Russia ...
Professors say University of California should not ban affirmative action.(American Association of University Professors report)
Jun 17, 1996 ... After a five-month investigation, The American Assrociation of University Professors called the University of California (UC) Regents ban of affirmative action "ill-advised" and driven by "political motivation rather than educational concerns."The report, based on interviews with ...
D.C. student wins national French contest for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year.(Christian Augustus Washington wins National Annual French Competition)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... An 11-year-old Washington, D.C., student recently won the National Annual French Competition, Le Grand Concurs de Francais Fles 1996, for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year.Christian Augustus Washington, a sixth-grader at J.O. Wilson Elementary School, won in the Division 2A ...
'Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk' big winner at Tonys.(1996 Tony Awards)
Jun 17, 1996 ... The Broadway musical Bring In `Da Noise, Bring In `Da Funk made lots of noise when it brought home four awards during the recent 60th Annual Tony Awards ceremony at the Majestic Theatre in New York. The musical, which follows the history of Blacks from slavery to present as it tells the ...
John Wesley Work III: June 15, 1901. (composer, historian and teacher born on this day)(This Week in Black History)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... June 15, 1901--John Wesley Work III, composer, historian and educator, was born in Tullahoma, TN, on this day. Mr. Work was educated at Fisk University, Columbia University, Yale University and the Julliard School of Music. He began teaching at Fisk University in 1927, where he ...
Xavier University of Louisiana sends most black graduates to med schools for third straight year.(university in New Orleans, LA, has most black graduates going to medical school of all US colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans recently topped all other colleges and universities in the United States for a third straight year in the number of Black graduates accepted to medical schools.In 1995, 81 Xavier students were accepted to medical schools, according to ...
Father and son doctoral graduates.(Bobby L. Livingston and his son Ephraim D. Livingston both receive doctorates)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... * Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr., pastor of Mount Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., is congratulated by his wife, Linda Romanski Livingston, their 8-month-old daughter, Angela Lynn-Ellen, and his mother-in-law, Mildred Romanski (r), after receiving a Doctor of Ministry degree ...
Black manager files $2 million suit against retired persons group for age and race discrimination.(American Association of Retired Persons)
Jun 17, 1996 ... A 56-year-old Black manager is suing the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for allegedly discriminating against him because of his age and race.Otis Gabriel, former manager of employee relations, said his current position as manager of special projects is a "phase-out ...
Retired 'Jet' photographer Maurice Sorrell and wife Beatrice celebrate 50th wedding anniversary.(photojournalist)(Brief Article)
Jun 17, 1996 ... For their 50th wedding anniversary celebration, two retired Washington personalities decided to invite thetr friends to enjoy the get-together.Former JET White House photographer Maurice Sorrell, a lively 82 years, and his radiant bride, Beatrice, a public health nurse for more ...
D.C. nurse wins $19.3 million powerball jackpot.(Washington DC)
Jun 17, 1996 ... For the second time in less than a month, the Powerball grand prize winner is a Washington, D.C.-area resident.Pauline Cappel, who won the $19.3 million grand prize recently, said, "I couldn't believe it. I never thought I would win anything like this."Cappel, who is ...