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Friday, May 17, 2013  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.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $360 million in a matter of weeks, a jump that's propelled it to be the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in history

Monday, May 13, 2013  Local fundraisers are asking for an extension to raise money for a turf field at Jamesville-DeWitt High School.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The ex-boyfriend of a Herkimer County woman who was found dead in her car last week in Maryland, is the prime suspect in her murder. Ryan Matthias, 43, was arrested Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina, accused of driving 1000 miles round-trip to murder Deborah Castellano.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Spring is upon us and to many people throughout the area, this means coming to the regional market in Syracuse. Those out at the farmer's market this year can see and shop in a new one and a half million dollar addition called "Building F."

Monday, May 06, 2013  A woman believed to be formerly from Ilion was found killed in Columbia, Maryland, on Saturday morning.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  More than one hundred taxpayers crowded into the Holiday Inn in the Town of Salina to hear what might be in store for interstate 81. Five separate options are being considered.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  NBC says it's planning a 12-day-long, around-the-clock competition show to air this fall.

Monday, April 08, 2013  More than one thousand business and community leaders packed the Oncenter in Syracuse Monday to hear about reinventing the local economy by embracing change.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to sobering scenes of social unrest around the world.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The father accused of helping his sons con a man out of lottery ticket worth $5 million was arraigned Wednesday morning in Onondaga County Court.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A study of Fort Drum's economic impact on a three-county area of northern New York finds the Army post pumped more than $1.4 billion into the region during the last fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Time Warner Cable customers in 10 upstate towns and villages will be refunded $2.2 million under a settlement with New York.