PA. LOTTERY Couple overcome initial shock, and claim Powerball winnings

The winning husband and wife live in Cranberry Township.
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Nearly two weeks after buying one of two winning Powerball tickets, a western Pennsylvania couple came forward Tuesday to claim their share of the jackpot, choosing a lump sum of $73.6 million in cash over the 30-year $130.6 million annuity.
Scott Calligan, 40, an account representative at GE Betz, and his wife, Marian, 39, a retired radiation technician, planned to invest a large portion of their winnings in a family trust and a foundation for charitable giving, says a statement issued by Gov. Ed Rendell's office.
Rendell presented an oversized check to the couple at a news conference in Harrisburg.
The evening of the July 9 drawing, Marian Calligan asked her husband to buy a ticket.
A big pot
"I said to him, 'It's going to be a big pot. Why don't you buy one?"' said Calligan, who left her job three years ago to become a stay-at-home mom for the couple's daughter and son, now 8 and 5, respectively.
He ended up buying a winning ticket -- one of two sold for the fourth-largest jackpot handed out by Powerball -- at a 7-Eleven on Route 19 in Cranberry Township, where the couple lives, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.
When the winning numbers flashed across the screen, the couple went through "shock and denial," Marian Calligan said.
"We didn't jump up and down or anything," Scott Calligan said. "We just sort of looked at the TV and looked at the ticket and looked at the TV and looked at the ticket."
On Tuesday afternoon, the Calligans took the ticket to the Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters in Middletown, about 10 miles south of Harrisburg, after consulting with a financial adviser and a lawyer.
Under the bed
At first, the Calligans said, they put the ticket under the bed, but later transferred it to a safety deposit box on their lawyer's advice. So far, they have not purchased anything substantial and planned to continue shopping at discount stores and looking for sales, they said.
"I talked to him about an hour on Sunday and he didn't give any hint of anything going on," said college student Dan Binder, 20, who lives down the street.
He said he often saw the couple outside working in the garden as the children played in the driveway. Scott sometimes chipped golf balls in the yard, he said.
"He's a pretty good golfer. His clubs weren't anything special, but I'm sure that will change," Binder said.
Jim Lash, the store's owner, will receive a $400,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
A Missouri couple immediately claimed their half of the prize from a ticket they bought at a store in Hermann, Mo.
The combined jackpot was for $261.3 million.
Both couples had a choice of an annuity or lump sum.
The winning numbers were 19, 21, 26, 31, 51 and Powerball 40.