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this is about as far as i ve ever seen anybody go, giving me a nice new england snowstorm. in his ninth trip of the year to the mideast, senator kerry issiis trying to lay out a framework for peace. a deadline is may but u.s. officials are concerned that may not happen. this friday the 13th could be really lucky for someone. today s mega millions drawing is $400 million, the fifth largest jackpot ever. to pump up its jack pots to compete with powerball, mega millions recently lowered the odds of winning and increased the number of states where tickets are sold. and we just got this video in moments ago of prince harry and the wounded warrior teams. yes, they arrived at the south pole. this started out as a charity race pitting the u.k. against the u.s. and the commonwealth, but harsh weather conditions forced organizers to cancel the race but it turned into a team effort to reach the end together. you can see the sun was shining for the finish.
i feel this pressure off my shoulders that you carry every day with you. i have two kids. am i going to be able to pay for them to go to college? am i going to be able to take care of them if they have health issues. all of these things. this morning on world news now rich relief. the world meets america s newest millionaire. we have new details about who is taking home one of the jack pots from new jersey. also ahead. my main goal for this whole project is to find the real paul. the decades-old mystery of a missing baby. why this man believed that little boy was him. in an abc news exclusive, barbara walters sits down with the man in the middle of the heartbreaking mix-up. then forget about laying on the beach. how about hovering high above it. the newest vacation sensation.
the only way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more tickets. but the more everyone buys, the less likely you are to win. because a lot of people buy tickets, it actually makes the tickets a bad bet. reporter: search for lotteries that have smaller jack pots and also smaller frenzies. in those lotteries stay away from common lucky numbers, 3, 7, 11. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. we can only dream. just the thought. let s buy 750 million tickets. that s wise. the chances. that will bring us to the facebook question of the day. what would you do with $425 million big ones? log on to wnnfans.com. share your dreams with us. it is nice to dream when the lotto gets this big. we know we would get $5 million after taxes. what would you do with $5 million? lilt more, little more, little more. donate it to the fiscal cliff. oh, yeah. i m sure most folks would do