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The $400 miliion Powerball jackpot tops the list of lottery payouts in this convenience store in the Minneapolis skyway system, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Jackpots like Wednesday's anticipated $400 million Powerball can grant a lot of wishes. Should a winner have but one chance to blow all that money on a single purchase and ignore the cautious advice of accountants and money managers, real estate listings, auction houses and even simple web searches are full of ideas to separate someone and their newfound wealth.(AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Phoenix Suns forward Channing Frye, front, pulls in loose ball in front of Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Phoenix Suns center Miles Plumlee, front, hangs from rim after dunking, while Denver Nuggets center J.J. Hickson watches during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Phoenix Suns guard Gerald Green, right, flies over Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried to dunk during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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National Edition News cover for February 19, 2014 - Siberian shale find fuels Russia’s fracking future: A worker adjusts a valve wheel on pipework at an oil plant operated by Salym Petroleum in Salym, Khanty-Mansi autonomous region, Russia, on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Gazprom Neft and Shell have begun exploring for tight oil in Siberia within their Salym Petroleum Development project, while state-run competitor OAO Rosneft has brought in Exxon Mobil Corp., Statoil ASA and Eni SpA to develop shale and offshore projects. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Between snow days, official holidays and the government shutdown, federal employees have worked a normal business day less than 75 percent of the time since Oct. 1, marking a startlingly chaotic beginning to the fiscal year.
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Pumped up: Salym Petroleum Development workers soon could be drilling for shale, or tight, oil. A venture between Gazprom Neft and Shell have announced plans to drill the first horizontal appraisal well in Russia. (Associated Press)
