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Mystery surrounds Idaho winner of $190 million
1 January 1970, 1:00 am

Holly Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Source: MSNBC.com: Most Viewed

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A member of the "Band of Brothers" who fought in some of World War II's fiercest European battles, Ed Mauser kept his service in the Army unit a secret, even from some of his family.

Source: Oldest living member of 'Band of Brothers' dies

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A network of spies run by Duane R. Clarridge shows how private citizens can exploit the chaos of rivalries inside the government to carry out their agenda

Source: NYT: Ex-spy with agenda operates private CIA

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Nearly 150 years after Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant fought in northern Virginia, a conflict over the battlefield is taking shape in a courtroom.

Source: Civil War site is now a battlefield for Wal-Mart

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Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died at age 96.

Source: Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, 96, dies at Calif. home

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A woman who raised a child kidnapped in 1987 from a hospital surrenders to authorities, days after a widely publicized reunion between the biological mother and the daughter taken from her as a baby.

Source: Suspect in 1987 baby-stealing case is being held

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A North Carolina woman who the FBI says confessed to raising a child she snatched from a New York hospital more than two decades ago was ordered held without bail Monday.

Source: No bail for woman in '87 baby-stealing case

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An Alabama law firm has filed a lawsuit claiming that Taco Bell is using false advertising when it refers to using "seasoned ground beef" or "seasoned beef."

Source: Alabama law firm to Taco Bell: That's not beef

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After a decade of multibillion-dollar losses, U.S. airlines appear to be on course to prosper for years to come for a simple reason: They are flying less.

Source: Airlines' path for profits: Fly less, charge more

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President Barack Obama called for sweeping bipartisan "investments" in science, education and infrastructure in his State of the Union address Tuesday night — all without increasing government spending.

Source: Obama urges cooperation and innovation