With the multistate Mega Millions jackpot set to reach a world-record $540 million Friday, lottery players across the country are wondering if there’s a way to guarantee becoming an overnight multimillionaire.
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Odds of winning record lottery jackpot 1 in 176 M
The Christian Science Monitor – T.J. Lane, the teenager held as a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Cleveland-area high school on Monday, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday, where a judge determined that he will remain in custody pending trial. Whether the 17-year-old will face trial as a juvenile or an adult will be determined next month, but Ohio is a state where minors charged with serious crimes are routinely transferred to adult court.
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Ohio school shooting: State likely to seek adult trial for teen suspect
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The Christian Science Monitor – As attacks on allied forces in Afghanistan continued Sunday in the wake of Quran burnings by American troops, US officials reaffirmed their commitment to the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and to preventing Al Qaeda advances in the country.
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US officials urge ‘stay the course’ in wake of Afghan violence
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The Christian Science Monitor – Senior Pentagon officials are making no secret of the fact that despite the apparent stepped-up drumbeat to war with Iran, they believe a strike on the country is ânot prudentâ right now.
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US military officials urge caution on attacking Iran
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The Christian Science Monitor – Long a mainstay of the drug war, undercover agents have found a new calling in netting so-called âlone wolfâ terrorists, including playing a major role in the case of Amine Al Khalifi, the Moroccan man arrested on Friday after he allegedly set into motion a plot to blow himself up inside the US Capitol in hopes of killing at least 30 people.
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US Capitol suicide bomb plot foiled: How to catch a ‘lone wolf’
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The Christian Science Monitor – Mitt Romneyâs win in the Maine caucuses, announced Saturday evening, gives an added boost to what already was a good day for him. Earlier, he won the CPAC straw poll vote of conservative activists.
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Maine caucus win gives Romney new momentum
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The Christian Science Monitor – Mitt Romney has three big things going for him in todayâs Republican caucuses in Nevada: Momentum (and fund-raising chops) from his big win in Floridaâs primary election Tuesday. A fractured and therefore ineffectual tea party movement. And a lot of Mormon coreligionists.
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Mitt Romney favored in Nevada caucuses: Three big reasons why
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The Christian Science Monitor – Any casual reader of Jack London will get a stab of recognition from the portrayal in the movie âThe Greyâ of battered survivors defending with flaming torches against snarling, snapping wolves.
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‘The Grey’: Is film’s portrayal of wolves as man-killers too dramatic?
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