Miceli

Miceli, 43, had died after being held in a cell in the parish jail, bound to a metal bed by five-point leather restraints.

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She was arrested after an altercation with hospital staffers; Miceli thought they were trying to discharge her too soon, court records show.

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When Miceli received his check, it was early March 2009, right around the time the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered record losses.

For some high-rollers fantasy football is no game, and it's big business Gene Wang 2010

But doctors who had treated Miceli the day she died encouraged her father, Mike Miceli, to look more closely into his daughter's death.

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But less than a thousand gutsy souls are willing to put up the kind of cash that Miceli and his dad, a financial adviser, invested in a competition over which, despite their football expertise, they have so little control.

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"I'm a financial adviser now, and that's what my dad's done for the last 30 years, so he wasn't going to let me touch any of that money at that moment," Miceli said.

For some high-rollers fantasy football is no game, and it's big business Gene Wang 2010

Williams's performance dropped Miceli from first place to third, and his prize shrank from $300,000 to $30,000.

For some high-rollers fantasy football is no game, and it's big business Gene Wang 2010

Alex Miceli, who has previously ripped Woods '"selfishness" and "gutlessness" on air, said the injury may be Woods' fault for trying to play hurt.

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While many Americans were panicking about their retirement accounts and scrambling to pay mortgage or rent, Miceli was $30,000 richer, thanks to his football foresight and $1,800 investment.

For some high-rollers fantasy football is no game, and it's big business Gene Wang 2010

Minyard declined to discuss the Miceli autopsy or other cases in which McGarry's findings have been challenged.

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