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Winning $580M Powerball tix purchased in Arizona, Missouri

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -

Powerball officials say the record jackpot has been won.

Early Thursday morning officials confirmed that two winning tickets were sold: One in Arizona and one in Missouri. An additional 8,924,123 players won smaller prizes.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.

A lottery official

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'Haggler Bandit' nabbed in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A man known as the "Haggler Bandit" and wanted for nearly half a dozen California bank robberies was caught in Memphis.

Kevin McKinley, 31, is responsible for five bank robberies in Los Angeles, Monrovia and Pasadena, Calif., in August, police said.

He was tracked to his sister's house in metro Memphis, arrested,

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Hi-tech holiday crime fighting

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The Memphis Police Department is using some high-tech tools to fight crime around city shopping centers.

Officers are using Skycop surveillance cameras and mobile watchtowers called Skytowers to watch over parking lots at malls and shopping centers around Memphis.

"When we put one of these systems up the crime

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Defendants in schools case mull options

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A Republican lawmaker who spearheaded an effort by six Memphis suburbs to start public school systems says the parties are mulling their next options after a federal judge ruled against the action.

U.S. District Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays, Jr., issued a 65-page ruling Tuesday evening saying that the state law that

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FedEx helps Sandy victims with food bank donations

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -

FedEx Office is helping the victims of Superstorm Sandy by donating $1 to New York and New Jersey food banks for each Pack and Ship transaction through Dec. 2.

According to the company, each dollar donated will provide five warm meals through the Food Bank For New York City or $10 worth of groceries

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