Winning $202 million Powerball ticket sold in Iowa

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- There was just one lucky winner in Wednesday night's $202 million powerball jackpot.

But unless you bought your ticket in Iowa, it wasn't you.

One person in New York City did match five of the numbers for a $2 million win.

And another person in New York State was one of five people nationwide to win $1 million.

So check your tickets for these winning numbers: 13- 26- 39- 41- 42- and the Powerball 10.

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Vase used as doorstop on Long Island sells for $1.3 million

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- A rare Ming Dynasty vase that had been used as a doorstop in a New York home has sold for $1.3 million at auction.

The blue and white moon flask was auctioned Wednesday at Sotheby's sale of Chinese works of art. Its presale estimate was $600,000 to $900,000.

The piece had been in the same family collection for decades. The auction house said the family decided to sell it after seeing a similar piece in a Sotheby's advertisement.

They had the vase on a wooden stand that was used as a doorstop in their Long Island home.

The owner did not wish to be identified.

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Winning $201 million Powerball ticket sold in NY

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- If you bought a Powerball ticket in New York state for Wednesday's $201 million drawing, you're going to want to check it.

A single winning ticket for the multi-state lottery was sold somewhere in the state.

The exact location of the sale is not yet known.

The winning numbers are 8, 18, 38, 46 and 56. The Powerball is 31.

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Mets agree to minority stake sale for $200 million

  NEW YORK -- The New York Mets have agreed to sell less than 49 percent of the club for approximately $200 million to David Einhorn, president of Greenlight Capital Inc., sources close to the deal tell ESPN's Karl Ravech.

The sale will not include a stake in SNY, the television network owned by the Mets, the sources said.

Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon, who became ensnared in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed by a court trustee seeking to recover money for Madoff's other victims.

The Mets received a loan from Major League Baseball in November to help cover expenses.

Wilpon has said the team is "bleeding cash" and could lose $70 million this season. He told Sports Illustrated for its May 30 issue that he fears he could lose the Mets if the trustee for victims of Madoff's Ponzi scheme wins the lawsuit against the team and Wilpon's other interests.

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has been mediating talks between Wilpon and the trustee, Irving Picard.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Connecticut police make massive $6 million drug bust

  Eyewitness NewsWINDSOR LOCKS (WABC) -- Police in Connecticut seized $6 million worth of cocaine in a massive drug bust.

Undercover narcotic agents learned about a planned drug delivery in the town of Windsor Locks Wednesday.

Officers disrupted the exchange and found 220 pounds of cocaine.

They arrested a 37-year-old man from the Bronx.

It's one of the largest drug busts in state history.

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