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  • Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida

    (Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on ...

  • Cystic fibrosis drug helping Wisconsin brother sister

    Charles Heup and his sister, Paula, review old family photos from when they were children. They are at Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in Plymouth, where he is ...

  • Scammers using Affordable Care Act to pry out information

    Scammers are trying to lure consumers into giving up their personal information by claiming they have been selected to be among the first to receive insurance cards through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. In reality, the scammers just want enough information to commit identity theft. "They're blatant ploys to steal your financial information and loot your bank ...

  • $600 million jackpot prompts rush on Powerball tickets

    Gary's Beer and Liquor in Oak Creek has been spitting out Powerball tickets for days. Store clerk Andrew Deptula said the store has a history of producing ...

  • Big buzz over Powerball jackpot

    The chances of winning are low -- 1 in 175 million. But should you strike it big with the Powerball drawing, financial advisor and CPA Mike Arnow says there's three things you should ...

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Sunshine

Sunshine

The title of Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller that marks the third collaboration of director Danny Boyle, writer Alex Garland, and producer Andrew Macdonald, is wonderfully misleading. The word sunshine suggests warmth, happiness, and comfort, but throughout the film it is intense, all-consu ... ...

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  • Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

    CNN - The winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot are: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11. Saturday's jackpot is a record $600 million. It marks the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot split by winners in Arizona and Missouri in November. The jackpot has a cash value of $376.9 million. The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. ...

  • Milwaukee police investigate 2 northwest side shootings

    Milwaukee police were investigating two shootings that happened about two miles apart on the city's northwest side Saturday morning. In the first, a 47-year-old man was shot while sitting with a friend in the 4700 block of N. 76th Street. Police said a black SUV pulled in front of the pair and a suspect shot the victim once before exiting the vehicle to demand the victim's cellphone. ...

  • Charitys investment a prescription for profits for drug maker

    What happens when a disease-fighting charity dives into venture capitalism? In the first case of its kind, the results include one of the planet's most expensive pills, huge sales projections for a drug company and windfalls for executives who sold stock in the glow of enthusiastic news releases about the drug. Kalydeco is a breakthrough drug designed from knowledge of the genetic roots ...

  • Jeff Bianchi bullpen get job done in Brewers victory

    MLB: Power rankings St. Louis – Jeff Bianchi made the most of a rare opportunity on Saturday night. Starting at second base in place of the slumping Rickie Weeks, Bianchi delivered a clutch two-out, two-run single to center in the top of the 10th inning to spark a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It was just the second start of the season for the ...

  • Campaign aims to improve perceptions about public housing

    A new national campaign aimed at improving the perceptions about public housing has been launched and features a Milwaukee resident as an example of someone who is succeeding. ...

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