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AP – An Ohio autoworker who bought a winning Powerball ticket for his Detroit co-workers has won a lottery jackpot before.
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1 of 14 sharing Powerball jackpot won $100K before
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Football scholars say that in recent years, a lot of international games have been decided by last-second, sudden-death penalty kicks. Just in time for the start of the World Cup next week, Weekend Edition math guy Keith Devlin tells host Scott Simon why.
Hundreds of voters were turned away from U.K. polling stations amid long lines. Crowds staged sit-ins and tried to block officials from taking ballot boxes after they were prevented from voting in London, Sheffield, Birmingham and elsewhere.
The crisis could mean fewer U.S. jobs, and taxpayers could wind up footing part of the bailout bill. It’s also a reminder of America’s own ballooning debt.
Reuters – The six-meter high red, blue and gold ball recently painted on the side of the Alwyn alpha rig is the largest Total logo in the world — a sign of Big Oil’s growing focus on its heartlands.
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Oil groups turn focus back to traditional fields
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AP – Spain’s government announced a 90 percent cut in hiring of civil servants as part of an austerity plan designed to chip away at a ballooning budget deficit.
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Spain slashes hiring to cut deficit
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Reuters – The ballooning U.S. budget deficit and growing mountains of federal debt will increase pressures on the Fed to hold interest rates low and make it harder to avoid inflation, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday.
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Fed’s Hoenig: Fiscal strains pressuring Fed
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PC World – Stock markets globally continued to fall this week over a range of concerns, from fears of debt default in Greece to concerns over unemployment in the U.S. and the strength of the global economic recovery.
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Wall Street Beat: Markets Fall Despite Strong Tech Earnings
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The much-heralded peace agreement that ended a decades-old conflict between North and South Sudan is unraveling, according to U.S. lawmakers. They are accusing President Obama of dropping the ball on Sudan despite his campaign promise to make it a priority.



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