news from the farside.(briefs)

EX-PAT TRUCKER WINS FLORIDA LOTTERY An ex-pat British trucker has just retired. And now, with plenty of time on his hands, he is thinking about new homes, swimming pools boats and scuba diving. Florida resident Lindsay Randall isn't worried about how he is going to pay for all those luxuries, as he has just won a tasty $3.8 million on the Florida lottery. Randall, 49, was the first of three winners who shared the jackpot of $20million to redeem his ticket. He could have received his winnings over 30 years in annual instalments of $222,222, but opted to take his money in a lump sum, despite incurring a higher tax penalty of almost 50% of his winnings. He plans to build a new …