Jackpot: Mega Millions winner buys ticket in Baltimore Co.

By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun Somebody walked into a Baltimore County 7-Eleven Friday evening and spent $1 on a Mega Millions ticket with randomly selected numbers. It turned out to be a winner of a record-breaking $640 million jackpot.

AP MILFORD MILL, Md. (AP) – As the media descended on the 7-Eleven on a busy thoroughfare in Baltimore County, envious Mega Millions players had two questions: Who won, and why wasn't it me? TV cameras, reporters and photographers roamed inside and out

The Baltimore County school board is expected to vote to approve S. Dallas Dance, a Houston school administrator, as its next superintendent at a special meeting Tuesday, April 10 at 6 pm in the school board offices on Charles Street.

By Liz Bowie and Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun As the clock ticked toward midnight Monday, school boards in Howard and Baltimore County were scrambling to make job offers to their next superintendents. The timing was not a coincidence.

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