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March 30, 2012 | | DON’T BET ON IT Enticed by the now $640 million jackpot? Buying a Mega Millions ticket? It’s your money down the drain. You’re more likely to become president, give birth to identical triplets—or be killed by a vending machine. The Daily Beast’s Andrew Carter rounds up 15 things that are more likely to happen to you than winning the Mega Millions jackpot. SMEAR CAMPAIGNS President Obama’s former adviser to Russia, Michael McFaul, said on Thursday that journalists working for Russian state television hacked his phone and email. McFaul, in Moscow to meet with human-rights activist Lev Ponomarev, called the actions of NTV “wild,” despite the channel having denied any wrongdoing. “This doesn’t happen in the United States, this doesn’t happen in England, in Germany, in China—only here, and only with you,” McFaul told journalists. He accused the journalists of reading his schedule to pursue him. ACCUSATIONS The funeral director who prepared Trayvon Martin’s body said Friday there was “no physical signs like there had been a scuffle” on the teenager—a key part of George Zimmerman’s claim that he shot and killed Trayvon in self-defense. “The hands—I didn’t see any knuckles, bruises or what have you,” said Richard Kurtz. Recently released surveillance footage shows that Zimmerman was unharmed 40 minutes after Trayvon’s death. Meanwhile, the New York Daily News reported that Zimmerman was fired from a job as a security guard because he was “too aggressive.” FULL DISCLOSURE The government is “hiding evidence” from the defense team in the case of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier’s attorney said Friday. John Henry Browne said that the Army is trying to cover up the facts in the case of Bales, who is accused of killing 17 Afghans in a shooting rampage earlier this month. Browne said that the government has withheld files related to the case, and in a statement his defense team said the prosecution is wasting time “while potential witnesses scatter.” Bales, who has been charged with 17 murder counts, is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ON THE LAM What a “martyr.” Osama bin Laden apparently didn’t have such a bad experience on the run, since he had time to father four children, and owned five houses that he moved among, according to The New York Times, which cited a testimony given by bin Laden’s youngest wife to Pakistani investigators. The 30-year-old Amal Ahmad Abdul Fateh's police report offers the most detailed account yet of bin Laden’s nine-year-long hiding, though questions persist about how he was able to remain undetected, and whether he got substantial help from the Pakistanis. | | 
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