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Winners Claim Powerball Jackpot Let’s start with some good news. A group of sixteen employees at Ocean County’s vehicle maintenance department hit it big on the Powerball lottery. Ocean County was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and many of the winners lived in homes that suffered damage. From Newshour, here are some outtakes from the press conference in which some of the lucky winners described the experience. + If you won the lottery, would you keep your job? To some people, that might seem like a silly question. But according to a recent poll, two-thirds of people say they’d keep working even if they won the lottery. + The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan says the numbers show that more vacation doesn’t always mean happier workers. I think I’d rather read this article on a beach somewhere. Egypt’s State of Emergency “It is hard to imagine a more catastrophic outcome to the six-week stand-off that has pitted supporters of the ousted Islamist president, Muhammad Morsi, against the government installed by an army-led coup.” The Economist sums up the mood after a brutal crackdown on protestors in Egypt. + Interim VP Mohamed ElBaradei has resigned in protest as security forces killed more than 150 protesters and returned Egypt to a state of of virtual marshall law. + Reuters: First came the tear gas, the bulldozers and the flames. Then came the bullets and the blood. + InFocus: Photographs of the deadly crackdown in Egypt. FDA to Probe Ambien The FDA is taking a closer look at some popular sleep medications. The issue is not whether the prescriptions are good at helping people to fall asleep, but rather their impact on people once they wake up. “The effects of common prescription sleep aids like Ambien can persist well into the next day. Of particular concern is whether people who take the drugs before bed can drive safely the next morning.” Tweet Makes Apple Stock Soar You thought that the next big jump in Apple‘s stock would come with the release of a new iPhone.



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