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| 3 winners in 2 states hit $448M Powerball jackpot - Chicago Tribune Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:31 AM PDT Three tickets matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing and will split a $448 million jackpot, authorities said on Thursday. The Multi-State Lottery Association said two of the winning tickets were sold in New Jersey, while the third was in Minnesota. The numbers drawn on Wednesday night were 5, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32. No one had stepped forward as of early Thursday morning to claim their share of the jackpot. The New Jersey tickets were sold at a Super Stop & Shop supermarket in South Brunswick and an Acme Markets store in Little Egg Harbor, said Judith Drucker, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Lottery. "It's nice. It's good for whoever won," said Stop & Shop store manager Howard Witzgall, noting the winner's identity remained a mystery. The Minnesota ticket was purchased at a store in Anoka County, which includes the northern part of Minneapolis-St.Paul, according to the Minnesota State Lottery. Lottery officials there will not know which retailer sold the ticket until the winning prize is claimed. Powerball officials had said the jackpot stood at about $425 million on Wednesday afternoon but swelled to $448 million by the time of the nationally televised drawing at 11 p.m. EDT. The odds of winning the jackpot were about one in 175 million. The largest jackpot in history stands at $656 million, won in the Mega Millions lottery in March 2012. That prize was split among winners in Maryland, Kansas and Illinois. The biggest single-winner Powerball jackpot, $590.5 million, was claimed in June by an 84-year-old Florida woman who opted for a lump-sum payment of nearly $371 million rather than the 30-year option. Powerball tickets are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Five states - Kansas, Maryland, Delaware, North Dakota and Ohio - allow the winners to remain anonymous, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Reuters |
| Dallas-area shooting spree leaves 4 dead, another 4 wounded - CBS News Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:46 AM PDT Updated 11:23 a.m. ET DALLAS Four people were killed and four others were wounded Wednesday night in two separate but related shootings, one of which may have involved an explosive device, not far apart in Dallas and a nearby suburb, police said. The suspect has been identified as Erbie Bowser, who identifies himself on his Facebook page as a former Dallas Mavericks dancer, CBS Dallas station KTVT-TV reports. Bowser was arrested at the second crime scene in DeSoto, Texas, outside Dallas. Charges against the suspect are still pending. Family members said that Bowser was looking for his ex-girlfriend at both of the houses. The first shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. at a Dallas home. Two people there were shot and killed, and two more people were wounded, Dallas police Sgt. Warren Mitchell told media outlets. The gunman then moved about 7 miles to another home in DeSoto, Mitchell said. There, at around 10:45 p.m., he tossed what police believe may be some type of explosive device into the home, police told KTVT-TV, before opening fire again. At a Thursday morning press conference, DeSoto police said they couldn't confirm what the device was pending an investigation by the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In the DeSoto house, another two people were killed and two others wounded, DeSoto police Cpl. Melissa Franks said Neighbors of the DeSoto home described the loud boom from the explosive device. "We thought it was coming from upstairs because the kids are always upstairs making noise," said Tommy Johnson. "I went up and asked, 'Did y'all hear anything?' and one of my daughters said it came from outside, so I peeped out the front, and that's when I saw a bunch of officers walking down the sidewalk about 10 houses up." Franks said police took Bowser into custody without incident at the house where the second shooting occurred. She said no charges had been filed yet. Victims that survived the Dallas shooting were taken to Parkland Hospital and Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Their current conditions are not known. The conditions of the two surviving DeSoto victims - an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy - are also not known. They were transported to Children's Medical Center of Dallas. |
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