Zephyrhills Man Wins 590 Million Powerball Jackpot
Zephyrhills residents await winner details two weeks after a 590 million Powerball ticket sold at a Publix sparked speculation. The city, 30 miles northeast of Tampa, hosts a small downtown and a sprawling retail area where the ticket was purchased. Meanwhile in New York a federal case pits the government against Apple over e book price fixing with Judge Denise Cote ready to hear arguments in Manhattan.
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Fla
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Florida
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New York
Steve Jobs
Apple Inc
U.S
Denise Cote
Manhattan
Justice Department
Apple
Amazon.com
Lebanese Frontline Flares as Syria War Crosses Border
Beiruts reports say Hezbollah and Syrian rebels clashed in Lebanon in their worst fighting yet. Syria's foreign minister refused UN Red Cross aid access to Qusair as civilians suffer amid weeks of siege. The Red Cross warns wounded lack medical care while sectarian tensions rise.
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Hezbollah
Lebanon
Syria
U.N
Red Cross
Qusair
Court Rules Egypt Parliament Illegally Elected
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled the interim parliament and a 100 member panel that drafted the constitution were illegally elected. It kept the Shura Council in place until lower house elections, with the constitution remaining in effect. The ruling heightens tensions between Islamists and the judiciary as street clashes loom.
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Egypt
Supreme Constitutional Court
Shura Council
China boosts nuclear arms as SIPRI notes modest year change
SIPRI says China increased warheads to about 250 from 240 in 2012 while India and Pakistan added around 10 each. The U S and Russia continued disarmament under START, with reductions to 7,700 and 8,500 respectively, as major powers pursue new delivery systems and modernization.
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China
India
Pakistan
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI
Pillip Schell
U.S
Russia
France
Britain
Shannon Kile
United
Kingdom
Israel
Puffins in Decline Along Maine Gulf Hinder Survival
Comical puffins along the Gulf of Maine show droughtlike weight loss and rising emaciation with fledgling survival plunging at Maine’s two largest colonies. Scientists link shifting fish stocks and warming seas to distress, while NOAA researchers study broader seabird impacts.
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Maine
United States
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Gulf
Massachusetts
Bermuda
Rebecca Holberton
University of Maine
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole
Mass
North Atlantic
Russia
Matinicus Rock
Steve Kress
National Audubon Society
Kress
Bulger murder trial to begin this week
The James Whitey Bulger murder trial opens with jury selection amid public fascination. Prosecutors will call former associates Stephen Flemmi John Martorano and Kevin Weeks as witnesses to portray Bulger’s violent past and alleged 19 murders while defense challenges their credibility as government witnesses.
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James “Whitey
Bulger
Dick Lehr
Whitey
America
Lehr
Robin Hood
FBI
John Connolly Jr
Santa Monica
Calif
James Bulger
J.W. Carney Jr
Hank Brennan
Schumer bets Senate immigration bill to pass by July 4
Sen Schumer says a bipartisan immigration bill could clear the Senate by July 4 with as many as 70 supporters. House Republicans push a step by step, split approach, warning the Senate plan may not pass in their chamber.
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Senate
Washington
House
U.S
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D-N.y
America
House Judiciary Committee
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John Boehner
Ohio
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