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4 Fantasy 5 players share $58,228 top prize

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $58,228.92 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. The winning tickets were bought in Tarpon Springs, Miami, Homestead and St. Petersburg, lottery officials reported. The 371 tickets matching four numbers won $101.00 each. Another 12,091 tickets matching three numbers won $8.50 each, ...

Highlights from around the Capitol

A deal on a Texas budget is finally done. Now the Legislature must withstand one final and furious week without sinking a compromise that restores nearly $4 billion to public schools and puts more water in the pipeline amid a historic drought. Gov. Rick Perry must also like this bargain, ...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

Obama agenda seems to be weathering IRS targeting of conservative groups, other controversies WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence ...

Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.  Sutton sold a million dollar powerball ticket on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the only person at ...

Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million

Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has ...

4 Fantasy 5 players win $51,304.76 top prize

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $51,304.76, the Florida Lottery said Friday. The winning tickets were bought Sarasota, Melbourne, Jacksonville and Miramar, lottery officials reported. The 298 tickets matching four numbers won $111 each. Another 9,124 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 88,730 tickets won ...

Dave Welch, owner of Selma Road Market, sells a Powerball lottery ticket in January 2012. File photo by Bill Lackey

California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million. California has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since it started selling them ...

AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT

Story County sheriff hospitalized with illness NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Story County Sheriff Paul H. Fitzgerald is being treated for a serious condition that can cause temporary paralysis. The sheriff's office announced in a news release Thursday that Fitzgerald has been hospitalized for treatment of Guillain-Barre (gee-YAHN' bah-RAY') syndrome. The ...

NC Lottery

These North Carolina lotteries were drawn Thursday: Cash 5 01-04-09-16-25 (one, four, nine, sixteen, twenty-five) Estimated jackpot: $107,000 Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $190 million Pick 3 Evening 4-0-6 (four, zero, six) Pick 3 Midday 5-3-1 (five, three, one) Pick 4 Evening 1-0-9-0 (one, zero, nine, zero) Pick 4 Midday 2-1-7-2 ...

Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $11 million

The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $11 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Thursday. A total of 17 tickets matched five numbers to win $7,020.50 each; 1,768 tickets matched four numbers for $75 each; and 38,960 ...

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