It took Ron England 30 years to gather 1 million pennies. It might take him that long to cash them in.

England amassed $10,000 worth of pennies in his garage in the Los Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30 years ago.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin collectors nor the local bank will cash in his stash--at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of these pennies," England told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor the bet with a meal in Paris. "I don't remember making the wager," Russ England told the Daily News. "Am I still good for it? I'm not going to answer that question."

CANDID CAMERA, PART 1: Gregory Bradford had a pretty rough night. Conked in the head at a bar, he was taken to a Denver hospital. Then things got worse.

Two hospital workers took a photograph of Bradford's genitals while he lay unconscious in the emergency room, Bradford's attorney said. According to Bradford, a hospital employee used a digital camera that Bradford had also used to take pictures of his friends at the bar.

"They disrobe him and put him on display. People are coming in and out [of the emergency room[ to see him," the attorney said. "Then somebody gets the bright idea to take a photo of him and leave the photo on the camera. They left the picture of him to humiliate him."

CANDID CAMERA, PART 2: When some cheerleaders returned from a camp in Boulder, Colo., they had their pictures developed. What they got back was shocking.

A man had secretly swiped the cheerleaders' cameras and took photos of his genitals.

The man who used the camera was careful not to take pictures showing his face, but the photos included him placing his genitals on the girls' personal items, including drinking cups, bottles and food.

"It was ... quite a shock that in the very room she was in he would do these things to himself," said Barb Helzer, mother of one of the girls. "I'm just appalled."

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Edited by RedEye staff (ritaredeye@tribune.com)