A Powerball ticket worth $224.2 million was sold at a convenience store in St. Louis, Missouri Lottery officials said Thursday. The ticket for Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a QuikTrip. No winner has yet come forward. The jackpot is the largest ever won in Missouri and the seventh-largest in Powerball history. "If you buy Powerball tickets at this location, please check your tickets carefully," Missouri Lottery spokesman Gary Gonder said. "If you find you have the winning ticket, sign the back of it and take it to a Missouri Lottery office." ...
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 US trade pact causes row in Peru |
Peru's decision to sign a free-trade agreement with the US has provoked a domestic political row, with critics calling for the deal to be blocked. The deal, signed by President Alejandro Toledo in Washington, is politically sensitive, coming in the middle of presidential elections in Peru. Ollanta Humala, who is currently leading after the first ballot, urged Peru's Congress to block the deal. Supporters say it will boost trade, but critics warn it will threaten jobs. Mr Humala, the ex-army officer who is the frontrunner with 31% of votes counted so far, said he was not opposed to a deal in principle. But he said the agreement was wrong for Peru in its current form and should be redrafted. ...
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| China official says no timetable on Vatican ties |
China has no timetable for re-establishing ties with the Vatican, a religious official was quoted as saying, throwing into doubt earlier reports that the two sides could have diplomatic relations by the 2008 Olympics.Qi Xiaofei, deputy head of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, made the remarks on Wednesday in Hangzhou where the World Buddhist Forum, China's first international religious meeting since the Communists swept to power in 1949, got under way on Thursday. Ties between China, whose Catholics must worship in state-backed churches, and the Vatican were cut in 1951. The Vatican has formal relations with Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing considers a breakaway province...
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| US envoy says North Korea boycotts nuclear talks |
The chief U.S. envoy to multilateral talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs said on Thursday Pyongyang was boycotting the discussions, but urged patience for the stalled process.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill held no substantive discussions with North Korean nuclear envoy Kim Kye-gwan in Tokyo this week when the two were in the Japanese capital for a private security forum — dashing hopes for renewed progress in the six-party nuclear talks. The other chief envoys in the talks were also in Tokyo, with most attending the same forum. ...
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| Mudslides Strike Northern California After Storm Dumps 6 Inches of Rain; Man Missing |
Heavy rain triggered mudslides across northern California on Wednesday, forcing evacuations, closing roads and possibly burying an elderly man in his backyard. Mudslides caused by more heavy rain in the already soaked region were reported all along the San Francisco Bay area, with Sonoma, Marin and Santa Cruz counties hit hardest. The latest storm dumped up to 6 inches of rain over 24 hours. Rescuers in Mill Valley were searching for a 73-year-old man who was reported missing after leaving his house early in the morning. He had gone outside when a 12-foot wall of mud swept down a steep hillside about 3 a.m. ...
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| Ex-FEMA chief won’t work in Louisiana parish. Fired after Katrina chaos, Michael Brown rejects offer to be paid consultant. |
Under mounting criticism, former FEMA chief Michael Brown said Wednesday that he will not serve as a paid consultant to St. Bernard Parish, a New Orleans suburb hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Brown, whose name became synonymous with government ineptitude after Hurricane Katrina, had planned to meet with officials in the parish Thursday to help them navigate the recovery process. He canceled his trip after residents protested. Brown made the decision after meeting in Orlando, Fla., with parish President Henry “Junior” Rodriguez, where both were attending a national hurricane preparedness conference. “I talked to Junior Rodriguez tonight,” Brown said Wednesday by telephone, “and I told Junior, ‘My offer still stands. If you need advice, I can continue to do that free of charge for you. But why should I come down there and stir up controversy?”’ Well at least he’s an expert at screwing up, so maybe that is why they wanted him. Have to keep up Government tradition...
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