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Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510 million.

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Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510 million.

Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510 million.
Report: Hammonasset Beach State Park could disappear, crops like maple syrup, apples and shellfish could be destroyed.
Report: Hammonasset Beach State Park could disappear, crops like maple syrup, apples and shellfish could be destroyed.
A few things to help you get organized on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.
Five things to help you get organized on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
Join Patch for a live lunch chat on college prep with Mark Greenstein of Ivy Bound-Test Prep starting at noon on July 31.
Join Patch for a live lunch chat on college prep with Mark Greenstein of Ivy Bound-Test Prep starting at noon on July 31.
The latest published report on nepotism in our state government says as many as 30 summer jobs this year went to the children of state workers, jobs that were never advertised.
The latest published report on nepotism in our state government says as many as 30 summer jobs this year went to the children of state workers, jobs that were never advertised.
Five things to help you get organized on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.
Five things to help you get organized on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.
Registration begins at 1 p.m. at the Grange Pool, with a rain date at Wednesday.
In a story this weekend the Hartford Courant accuses the state police of sharing details of the horrific Sandy Hook shootings with other police groups while failing to issue an official report on the massacre.
In a story this weekend the Hartford Courant accuses the state police of sharing details of the horrific Sandy Hook shootings with other police groups while failing to issue an official report on the massacre.
This week in Glastonbury there's an iPad workshop, a production of Annie and the final entry in the 2013 Summer Concert Series.
The recent heat wave saw an algae bloom in the lake.
This week in East Hampton and Portland there's a folk/blues concert, a walk through a historic mine, and a Catch-22 book discussion.
Greyhounds — those speedy dogs bred for racing — are heading to prison in a new program for inmates.
Meetings of East Hampton boards, commissions and committees for the week of July 29.