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Dareus White buys a Powerball ticket at Cigarettes and More on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Pineville, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

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$1.4 billion Powerball prize is a combination of interest rates, sales, math — and luck
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Fri,10/06/23-11:52AM , 52 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At $1.4 billion, the Powerball jackpot on the line Saturday night is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize, due to higher interest rates,
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Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest their crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Sun,09/17/23-12:45AM , 149 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to
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AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on Teacher Death Teens - fate of the young killers of a high school teacher.

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Iowa teen gets life with possibility of parole after 35 years for Spanish teacher's beating death
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Wed,07/05/23-11:11PM , 69 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first of two Iowa teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating their high school Spanish teacher to death
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AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on Spring Flood.

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Mississippi River crests at Davenport, testing barriers
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Sun,04/30/23-11:24PM , 58 Reads
BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) — Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch.
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