Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers


	Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

Rashid Malik

12-29-2008 11:18 AM

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12-30-2008 10:09 AM

oldbogus

What? Her mattress was full?

A cracker box is better than the stock market!

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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it - an envelope stuffed with $10,000.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081227/D95B99U80.html"><P>
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"We just thought, 'This is someone's money,'" she said. "We would never feel good about spending it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081227/D95B99U80.html"><P>
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