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Today in the news: Mega Millions jackpot reaches new record

 
updated: 3/29/2012 5:05 PM

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There were no big winners in Tuesday's Mega Millions multi-state lottery, and the jackpot for Friday is already at an estimated $500 million. The record Mega Millions pot is $390 million, which was won in 2007. Experts say the odds of winning are 176 million to 1.

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"I think the individual mandate is gone, based on the questioning. It sure looks like there are at least five votes to get rid of ... the individual mandate." - CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, talking on the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court health care hearings. The hearings concluded this afternoon.

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