"I'm praying that someone finds the ticket, brings it forward and gets rewarded - and from there we all live happily ever after, " she said.

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"I'm frustrated doubly, " said Matt Wagner, a 31-year-old Blue Jackets season-ticket holder who also blogs about the team at the website JacketsCannon.com.

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But as a leader in Congress, as someone who's going to be in Iowa today, and as somebody who's a part of a Republican ticket led by Mitt Romney, this is an issue, I'm sure they know -- if they don't, they should know -- is on the minds of people not only across the state of Iowa, but across the country.

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