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• Today in History

  Dec 26, 2012 | via Bend Bulletin 

  Highlight: In 1972, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88.

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• Harts_residents_among_state's_newest_millionaires0_1...

  Dec 23, 2012 | via Logan Banner 

  A Harts resident became one of West Virginia's newest millionaires Friday after they claimed a $1 million Powerball prize for matching five numbers from Wednesday night's drawing.

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• Lottery winner Jack Whittaker's losing ticket

  Dec 19, 2012 | via Lottery Post 

  Jack Whittaker, a 55-year-old contractor from Scott Depot, W.Va., had worked his way up from backcountry poverty to build a water-and-sewer-pipe business that employed over 100 people.

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• Residents miss out in Powerball, but state scores big

  Nov 30, 2012 | via Charleston Daily Mail 

  The state scored a big win in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, even though residents couldn't say the same.

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• West Virginians, we're sorry -- but you didn't win t...

  Nov 29, 2012 | via Charleston Daily Mail 

  The richest Powerball jackpot ever - and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history - has been won.

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• West Virginians get in on Powerball mania

  Nov 27, 2012 | via Charleston Gazette 

  For the first time in seven years, Foodland employee Ina McKenzie bought a Powerball ticket Tuesday to test her luck at a chance for $500 million, the largest Powerball jackpot in history.

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• Powerball sales surge in W.Va., jackpot $425M

  Nov 27, 2012 | via Charleston Gazette 

  Powerball ticket sales are surging in West Virginia as players buy chances to win the largest jackpot in the multistate game's history.

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