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Powerball Jackpot Climbs Higher Monday

Your chances at winning the Powerball haven’t gone up, but the prize at the end of that unlikely scenario just climbed, again.

The winner of the largest Powerball jackpot in history will walk away with $1.4 billion. The cash option would mean $868 million, according to lottery officials. >>>read more.

‘Nothing Will Be Normal Again’: Plane Crash Survivor

The new year can only be better than the one Ken Gemmell has endured.

The Gaithersburg husband and father is seeking normalcy in 2016 after his wife and two young sons were killed Dec. 8, 2014, when a private plane crashed into their house. Gemmell survived because he had left for work, dropping his daughter, Arabelle, off at school along the way.

“The shock of what my house looked like still haunts me to this day,” Gemmell recently told WTOP. >>>read more

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‘Real Housewives of Potomac’: Stars in the Making

• Next show in Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise looks at life in the exclusive enclave of Potomac; it debuts Jan. 17.

Selfie Stick Voyeur Pleads Guilty

• A Bethesda man pleaded guilty Monday to taking photos and filming a woman who lived upstairs; he claimed it was surveillance.

Freddie Gray Murder Trial Postponed

• The day jury selection was to begin in trial for Officer Caesar Goodson, the Maryland Court of Appeals stopped proceedings.

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