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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7330974" data-attributes="member: 92282">A 29-year-old Missouri convenience store clerk has stepped forward as  the winner of the $258.5 million Powerball jackpot.  Chris Shaw was introduced at Missouri Lottery headquarters Thursday  as the winner of the Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing.<img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/wiqcg0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(Orlin Wagner / AP)                                                                                                                                                       Shaw bought the winning ticket Wednesday at the Break Time  store where he works in the central Missouri town of Marshall.  Lottery officials say Shaw will have to choose between a one-time  cash lump sum of nearly $125 million, or a 29-year, 30-installment  annuity.Shaw said he had just $28.96 in his  bank account and recently bought a 1998 Ford Ranger from a friend who  agreed to let him pay off the $1,000 price $100 at a time. Now, he said,  he no longer has to worry about how he'll pay his friend.<img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/ap_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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