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DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials estimate Powerball jackpot at $590.5M. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery official: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla for record Powerball jackpot of more than $590M. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Hot Lotto" game were: 12-13-14-37-42, Hot Ball: 16 (twelve, thirteen, fourteen, thirty-seven, forty-two; Hot Ball: sixteen) Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials estimate Powerball jackpot at $590.5M. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Amount of loans each bank provides, in billions, as of September. Boston $63.8 New York $103.3 Pittsburgh $72.5 Atlanta $164.3 Cincinnati $62.9 Indianapolis $30.7 Chicago $35.5 Des Moines $63.9 Dallas $68.0 Topeka $37.4 San Francisco $263.0 Seattle $46.3 SOURCE: Third-quarter SEC filings

TODAY: John McCain returns to Iowa, a potential November battleground in which he finished fourth in January caucuses, for a town meeting in Des Moines. ON THE WEB: The Post's Dan Balz talks to Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) about the primaries; the video is at www.washingtonpost.com/posttalk.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials: Winning numbers in $600M drawing are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery official: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla for record Powerball jackpot of more than $590M. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has grown by an estimated $236 million since the last drawing on Wednesday. The last jackpot was won on March 30, so it's been growing for...

Martha McFarland, 90, a registered nurse and a member of First United Methodist Church in Hyattsville, died of respiratory failure May 31 at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly. She was a resident of Hyattsville. Her son, John P. McFarland, confirmed her death. Martha Anne McVey was a native of Des Moines and a 1943 graduate of the Iowa Methodist School of Nursing. In 1951, she moved to the Washington area and spent several years as a nurse in doctors' offices. Her husband of 56 years, Donald L. McFarland, died in...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials: Winning numbers in $600M drawing are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Hot Lotto" game were: 04-08-11-13-23, Hot Ball: 2 (four, eight, eleven, thirteen, twenty-three; Hot Ball: two) Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has grown by an estimated $236 million since the last drawing on Wednesday. The last jackpot was won on March 30, so it's been growing for...

In the years ahead, Steve Case expects there to be much more dice rolling in Las Vegas. Not by gamblers in the casinos, but by outside investors betting on the city's start-ups. "Some of the things that are happening in Las Vegas... are remarkable," said Case, chief executive of Washington-based Revolution LLC and chairman of Startup America . Case outlined his predictions during a media call on Monday, forecasting what he calls the imminent "Rise...

DES MOINES, Iowa — President Obama bid an emotional farewell to the campaign trail here Monday night, returning on the eve of the 2012 election to the Midwest town that launched his first run to the White House. "This is where our movement for change began. Right here," Obama told the crowd of 20,000 standing outside on a cold, clear evening on Locust Street a few blocks from the state capitol. It was a night when stump speeches were revised for personal reflections, when attacks on Republican...