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OR Lottery

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ These Oregon lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 1PM' game

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 1PM" game were:

GOP attempt to change Nebraska's electoral vote system fails

JournalStar.com 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to reinstate a winner-take-all system for Nebraska's five presidential electoral votes has failed in the Legislature, thwarting a Republican attempt to increase the chances of their 2016 presidential nominee winning all five of the…

Study outlines university's economic impact on Missouri

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — The University of Missouri boosts the state's economic output by 25 percent, according to a report commissioned by a school advocacy group released as lawmakers consider the university's appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year's budget. Joseph Haslag, a professor of economics and director of the MU Economic & Policy Analysis Research Center and co-author of the report, said the study was intended to estimate the long-term impact on the state's economy if the university didn't exist... Читать дальше...



Stephen Hawking, a Russian billionaire, and Mark Zuckerberg want to send tiny spaceships to Alpha Centauri

Vox 

But how? Lasers.

Alpha Centauri, the second closest star to Earth, is 4.37 light-years away. That's a tantalizingly close neighbor in an observable universe some 93 billion light-years wide. As we run out of objects to explore in our own solar system, it's among the most tempting places to visit.

Still, even our most ambitious spacecraft could never reach it in our lifetimes. The spacecraft New Horizons, which flew by Pluto last year, flies at around 33,000 miles per hour. That... Читать дальше...

LETTER: Supervisor congratulates opponent

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

I’d like to congratulate Dean Peterson on his election for supervisor on the Monroe County Board, District 13. I wish him the best.

Bath's Watson handed two-week ban

BBC 

Bath and England full-back Anthony Watson is banned for two weeks after admitting two RFU charges in the loss to Saracens.

CSX Corp. reports revenue miss, earnings in line with consensus

MarketWatch.com 

CSX Corp. on Tuesday reported earnings in line with expectations but a 14% dip in revenues that the railway blamed on lower shipping volumes. The company said it earned $356 million, or 37 cents a share, in the first quarter, down from $442 million, or 45 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter was down 14% to $2.62 billion, from $3 billion a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected the company to report earnings of 37 cents a share on sales of $2.68 billion.... Читать дальше...

U2's Bono urges lawmakers to view aid as national security

McClatchy DC Bureau 

U2 front man Bono brought his star power to Capitol Hill Tuesday as he called on members of Congress to take swift action to deal with the global refugee crisis and violent extremism. … Click to Continue »

(2nd LD) N. Korea showing signs of mobile ballistic missile launch: CNN

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

(ATTN: UPDAETES with Pentagon comment in paras 5-6) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is showing signs of preparations to conduct its first launch of a mobile ballistic missile that could potentially reach part of the Uni

Man who promised Pharrell show, scammed women gets 2 years

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who bilked people out of more than $1 million by falsely claiming he could help book a Pharrell concert for a South Korean steel company and targeted women in online dating scams has been sentenced…





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