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• One Lucky Powerball Winner In Florida

  Sunday | via CBS Local 

  It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

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• 1 ticket wins $590.5 million in Powerball

  Friday May 17 | via Philly.com 

  One ticket sold in Florida has won the Powerball jackpot, with a final annuity value of $590.5 million, short of the advertised estimate of $600 million.

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• No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million

  Thursday May 16 | via WTVF Nashville 

  28, 2012, file photo shows a customer at a 7-Eleven convenience store with a Powerball ticket in Tampa, Fla.

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• Bigger Lottery Jackpots Means More Money For S.C.

  Wednesday May 15 | via WLTX-TV Columbia 

  "It is wonderful and we have been able to do that because we have had these larger jackpots in Mega Millions and Powerball, we do really well with those tickets, whether we win the big jackpot or not," Paula Harper Bethea, executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery.

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• Officials estimate Powerball jackpot at $360M

  Tuesday May 14 | via WXOW-TV La Crosse 

  Two men who left Minnesota to join the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia were sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday, getting reduced sentences for their cooperation with the government's... Two men who left Minnesota to join the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia were sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday, getting ... (more)

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• Back-to-back jackpot drawings over $100 million

  Tuesday Apr 30 | via WPDE 

  South Carolinians can play for a chance at a $114 million Mega MillionsA jackpot Tuesday night and try for the $165 million PowerballA top prize Wednesday night.

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• Mega Millions numbers for April 19; Michigan ticket ...

  Saturday Apr 20 | via MLive.com 

  No one matched the Mega Millions numbers on April 19, increasing the next jackpot to $92 million.

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• 1 winning ticket for Saturday's $338M Powerball jack...

  Mar 25, 2013 | via The Windsor Star 

  A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said.

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• Marine base shooting victim was goofy, churchgoing

  Mar 24, 2013 | via KMPH-TV Fresno 

  A woman and two of her sons are improving at hospitals after they were seriously injured when a flight information billboard fell on them at an airport in Alabama.

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• One Jackpot Winner

  Mar 23, 2013 | via Seattle Times 

  One of the tickets sold in New Jersey for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won the $320 million jackpot.

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