By LINSEY DAVIS | Good Morning America – 8 hrs ago Americans across the country are gearing up for the traditional hurry-up-and-wait, hours-of-your-life-you'll-never-get-back gridlock, as millions of travelers hit the road to escape for the first big holiday weekend of the year. Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer, and this year is no [...] ...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) market. Global demand for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is projected to reach 49 million tons by the year 2017. While improving infrastructure and housing conditions in the developing countries continue to sustain the demand for PVC, growth in the long term heavily depends [...] ...
NEW YORK (AP) — When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history. Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details about her life in the records being released by the U.S. National Archives [...] ...
Mega MillionsThe already record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot has surged again — to an unprecedented $640 million. The Mega Millions game is played in 40 states, along with Washington, DC and the U.S. Virgin Islands. #IfIWonTheMegaMillions has been trending on Twitter this week, with players offering ideas on how they'd spend the record-breaking jackpot. As we [...] ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Lottery ticket lines swelled Friday as players drawn by a record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot cast aside concerns about odds to take a chance at becoming an overnight millionaire. From Arizona, where a café worker reported selling $2,600 worth of tickets to one buyer, to Wisconsin, where a retired soldier [...] ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Lottery ticket lines swelled Friday as the record Mega Millions jackpot grew to $640 million, thanks to players who cast aside concerns about long odds and opened their wallets for a chance at becoming an overnight millionaire. A café worker in Arizona reported selling $2,600 worth of tickets to one buyer, [...] ...
OMAHA, Neb. - A world-record $540 million Mega Millions jackpot has lottery players lining up for tickets early Friday and many wondering if there's any way to guarantee becoming an overnight multimillionaire. The answer: Not unless you already are one and own a magic wand. The jackpot is so large, someone with enough money could [...] ...
By RYAN OWENS and KEVIN DOLAK | Good Morning America – 6 hrs ago Lines have been snaking around stores from coast to coast all week with customers looking to cash in on what has now become the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, tonight's $540 million Mega Millions drawing. A now eye-popping 400 million tickets have [...] ...
A Mega Millions contestant buys his ticket in New York, March 29, 2012. (Richard Drew/AP) The Mega Millions lottery jackpot stands at a record $500 million, and some people on Twitter are declaring what they'd do with the money if they won Friday's drawing. Using the hashtag #IfIWonTheMegaMillions, many—as you might expect—said they'd never work [...] ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lottery fever spread across the United States on Wednesday with people in more than 40 states buying tickets for the Mega Millions jackpot that has reached an all-time record of $500 million, officials said. The cash prize, which officials said could be the biggest in the world, was reached after nobody [...] ...
(AP/Charlie Litchfield) The multi-state Mega Millions lottery climbed to a record $476 million jackpot heading into this Friday's drawing. The jackpot went up yet again after no one picked the correct six winning numbers in Tuesday's draw. Several contestants came close on Tuesday, with the AP reporting that 47 players matched 5 of the 6 [...] ...
By KEVIN DOLAK and SUSANNA KIM | Good Morning America – 17 hrs ago The winning numbers for the $356 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the third-largest prize in the game's history, were 9, 19, 34, 44, 51 and Mega Ball 24, but they did not produce a winner, officials said. The lack of winner from Tuesday [...] ...