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An attempt to corner the Virginia Lottery 20 years ago paid off for a group from Australia
ReporterImagine if you could guarantee a win in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing. The odds make that virtually impossible, but a drawing two decades ago was a different story. In 1992, the Virginia lottery was just a few years old, and a $27 million jackpot...Tags: Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries, Services and Shopping, L. Douglas Wilder, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Roanoke County Professor takes class from campus to the high seas
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThis semester you might not find one longtime professor on the Hollins University Campus. That's because Dr. Ed Lynch has spent time cruising the sea on a Celebrity Cruise Liner, but this wasn't a vacation. "They hire people to give lectures to the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Travel, Science, Tourism and Leisure
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Virginia woman sentenced for international sex crime
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) --
A 39-year-old Virginia woman who traveled to Australia to have sex with a boy she met online has
been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
The U.S. attorney's office says Barbara Renee Case was sentenced Friday in...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Sex, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sunswift Eve is a solar car for everyone, maybe [w/video]
Autoblog.comFiled under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Solar Sydney's University of New South Wales Sunswift team has worked on a number of solar-powered cars in the past, enough that they call themselves "Australia's premier solar car racing team." The team is headed... -
Rugby-British & Irish Lions team to face Australia in first test
ReutersBRISBANE, June 20 (Reuters) - British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland named the following team for Saturday's first test against Australia on Thursday: Team - 15-Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), 14-Alex Cuthbert (Wales), 13-Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland), 12-...Tags: Wales, Maitland, Republic of Ireland, England, Adam Jones (football)
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China June flash HSBC PMI hits nine month low on weak demand
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity weakened to a nine-month low in June as demand faltered, a preliminary survey showed, heightening risks that a second quarter slowdown could be sharper than expected and raising the heat on the central bank...Tags: Beijing (China), China, HSBC Holdings plc, Industrial Production, Manufacturing and Engineering
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI, Fed policy plan
Reuters* MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 2.8 pct to 9-month low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" PMI hit 9-month lows * Asian credit market spreads widen 23 points By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian shares...Tags: China, HSBC Holdings plc, Foreign Exchange Market, Gymnastics, Nikkei
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Deportes Summary
ReutersFUTBOL-Brasil vence 2-0 a México, queda a un paso de semis Copa Confederaciones FORTALEZA, Brasil (Reuters) - La selección de fútbol de Brasil disfrutó el miércoles de una gran actuación de su estrella Neymar y quedó a un paso de las semifinales...Tags: Venus Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder, Marc Gasol, Los Angeles Clippers, Bolivia
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks brace for fall, China data eyed
Reuters* Nikkei futures, Australian stock futures down after Wall St fall * Bernanke confirms market fears of a stimulus withdrawal this year * Dollar higher as U.S. Treasury yields jump By Ian Chua SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian stock markets were braced...Tags: Emerging Market, Central Bank, Ben Bernanke, China, Asia
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US-ARTS Summary
ReutersDirector Costa-Gavras: European cinema could not survive without state protection By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Filmmaking could not exist in Europe without the support of governments, veteran director Costa-Gavras told an audience at the Los...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Gianfranco Ravasi, Patsy Cline, Police Arrests, Frederick Weller
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CORRECTED-HIGHLIGHTS-Q2 ThomsonReuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey - by economy
Reuters(Corrects final paragraph to show Singapore's previous reading was 61, not 63) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Optimism among Asia's top companies gathered momentum in the second quarter despite lingering concerns about the global economy and rising costs,...Tags: China, Toshiba Corporation, Singapore, Hitachi Ltd., Economy, Business and Finance
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Dollar shines as U.S. yields jump on Fed stance
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held firm in Asia on Thursday, having posted its best one-day gain in over a month after the Federal Reserve confirmed that it would begin to dial down stimulus this year if the economy continued to recover as it...Tags: Employment Opportunities, ING Group, Money and Monetary Policy, Government, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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