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Local stories of the year (Abilene Reporter-News)As 2008 dwindles, it's time to take a look back. Hundreds and hundreds of news stories affected, to a greater or lesser degree, the lives of people in Abilene and the Big Country this year. Here are some we particularly remember, in roughly chronological order. More Ohio player wins $207M Mega Millions jackpot (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)Visit WVEC.com for the top stories in Norfolk, VA and Hampton roads. The site includes top headlines, weather, sports, and video on demand. More Daybreak: Dec. 13, 2008 (The Signal)By Signal Staff Posted: Dec. 12, 2008 10:09 p.m. First Word "You get to cut your own tree, which is kind of rare now." -- Nancy Roatcap, owner of Nancy's Ranch ( click here for story) More Guardian America editor speaks at local forum (The Charleston Gazette)CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Keeping pressure on elected officials is what politics is all about.That was a message delivered by Morgantown native Michael Tomasky, editor of Guardian America, when he spoke to the first conference of the West Virginia Center on Budg... More Virginia man wins $1.1 million lottery Cash 5 top prize by playing same numbers 11 times (Sun-Sentinel)HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A Hampton man has won the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 top prize of $100,000, and won it, and won it. Lottery officials said the man won $1.1 million after playing the same numbers on 11 tickets for the same drawing. Each winning ticket gives the man $100,000. More Economic woes hit casinos (MSNBC)Casinos, lottery agencies and racetracks are losing money as gamblers play it safe, laying to rest once and for all the old nostrum that gambling is a recession-proof industry. More Daybreak: Dec. 14, 2008 (The Signal)By The Associated Press Posted: Dec. 13, 2008 9:08 p.m. "The question is, ‘Shouldn't we be stopping the hate instead of fueling the anger?'" - James Richardson See Letters to The Editor More $207 million jackpot for Mega Millions Friday (NBC 12 Richmond)RICHMOND, VA (NBC12) - The jackpot now at $207 million is up for grabs in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $170 million prize matched all five numbers and the mega ball. More Baby decisions - adding to the world's woes? (BBC News)As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account? More Lotteries: Lottery System Lotteries: Tn Lottery Lotteries: Maryland Lottery Mega Millions Lotteries: Michigan Lottery Mega Millions Lotteries: Tennessee Lottery Lotteries: Hoosier Lotto Lotteries: California Mega Millions Results Lotteries: Va Mega Millions Lotteries: Mega Million Ca Lotteries: Ga Lottery |
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Daybreak: Dec. 13, 2008 (The Signal)
Local stories of the year (Abilene Reporter-News)
Virginia man wins $1.1 million lottery Cash 5 top prize by playing same numbers 11 times (Sun-Sentinel)
Guardian America editor speaks at local forum (The Charleston Gazette)
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