Powerball jackpot quickly jumps to $550M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot jumped to $550 million on Thursday — the third largest lottery in history — as dreamers in all but the seven states where the game isn’t played snatched up tickets for the minuscule chance at a life on easy street. Read More ...
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Sailor dead, 5 injured
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor was killed and five were injured during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, a Navy spokesman said today. Read More ...
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WWII sailor’s diary found, given to family
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A recycling worker’s love of reading saved a World War II sailor’s journal for the man’s family. Read More ...
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NJ vet gets back dog tag he lost in World War II
By KATIE ZEZIMA
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Carol Wilkins leaned over the side of her father’s wheelchair and handed him the small red box, a heart-shaped cutout revealing its contents: a weathered, bent silver dog tag. Read More ...
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News briefs from across Tennessee
State offering teacher bonuses
to recruit talent
NASHVILLE (AP) — The state Department of Education has rolled out a new package of incentives to help bring the best teachers to Tennessee’s worst schools. Read More ...
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Ky. school rolls out ‘smart bus’
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky school district says it has rolled out the first “smart bus” in the state. Read More ...
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Study shows distracted driving deaths underreported
By JOAN LOWY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele’s last words were over a cellphone to a friend: “I’m going to crash!” The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital without regaining consciousness.
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