not arizona. the lines closest to the border are almost as ohe lines in primm - but the drive is twice as long. as for the lines - they've been up and down. there's not much of a line now - but thirty minutes ago. it was three times this size. lesley had some good ideas on how to spend the money responsibly and experts say it starts with taking the payout over 30 years instead of the lump some. majority of the people i spoke to say they'd take the lump sum. if you do - the cash payout is about 930 million before taxes. the only way you could possibly earn close to the 1.5 billion is by spreading it over the 30 years - but i guess most people want they're money....now. "i'd take the one lumps sum

and i can invest it. you could buy bigger things with it real quick and not have the money. but i think if you're smart with it and invest the money, there's a lot more things you can do. live tag: alright, the countdown begins...i'll check back in with you guys in about 20 minutes! back to you in the studio. before going to white hills.... michael burton went all the way nas he rolled up... he tweeted this picture of no lines! it took michael two hours.. to get from las vegas.. to inside the gas station.... with a ticket in his hand. it took some people..... who drove to primm... only -43- minutes away.. so much longer.... to get there ticket. action news reporter lesley marin tweeted out her winning ticket.. and we'd like to see yours. just attack your picture to an email and send it to icontribute@ktnv.com .. or use social media. just be sure to include the hashtag 'ic13.' we'll have

madness in a few minutes.. when we touch base again with lesley and michael. we're following some breaking news: the public utilities commission has voted to uphold a controversial solar rate hike.. and a lot of people aren't happy about it. hundreds of people who feel cheated out of their investment rallied earlier today.. demanding a reversal on the rulling. they were joined by actor mark ruffalo. we got this picture from a viewer.. as ruffalo joined the protestors outside the p-u-c building. action news reporter bryan callahan is there live right now with more on the outcome of that meeting. bryan. 5+ hours of public comment today from mostly from opponents of the solar rate hike the chairman of the puc spoke up defending the previous decision. paul thomsen puc chairman no verbatim available just minutes after making that statement the commission did not like the motion to freeze

that move raises the bass service charge for solar panel users while also reducing the rate their reimbursed for excess energy there arrays produce. hundreds of people spoke before the commission, most were former employees of solar companies that have now shut down operation in the state. others are homeowners who say they will be negatively impact did by the rate change and were listening. daniel harris las vegas solar user no verbatim available a few people as they rushed out of the meeting could be overheard saying the fight isn't over. reporting live bryan callahan channel 13 action news. staying updated..... on breaking news we've been

neighbors identify the man.... at the center of a standoff... they say... ricardo martinez surrendered peacefully.... after more than.... -5- hours action news reporter.... mahsa saeidi is here with an interview.... you'll seen only on action news. mahsa we are told martinez was the black sheep of the family... living here with his mom and brothers... it appears amdisagreement this morning pushed him over the edge.. while police were trying to end thismpeacefully outside... marinez was online inside posting to facebook. i didn't threaten anybody..i didn't ask for this ...inaudible...tell them don't come in here. 7 neighbors identify the man inside as ricardo martinez. on this facebook video he is seen holding a gun. he expresses that he's upset because his mother attempted to file a restraining order against him. he says he's going out with a bang but again it appears

down and end this peacefully. we were one of the first crews even on roofs... doing everything they can to cover one another. jasmine correa has kniwn martinez for six years and says he's a wonderful person he was letting all of his family know that is not herewhat he was going to do to himself because of this horrible situationthat he was put in and what he was going crash near summerlin parkway and rampart. state troopers say a woman was killed when her vehicle strayed out of her lane. she then over-corrected.. hit and median and was ejected from the vehicle. investigators say she was not wearing a seatbelt.. and speed also played a role in the crash. the victim's name has not been

new at 6.. ccsd officials are talking about breaking-up the district into smaller precincts. now.. they're asking for input from parents and community leaders. a town hall meeting will be held tomorrow evening at 5:30 at las vegas city hall. the clark county school district is one of the largest in the country. state lawmakers passed a and the entire process could take up to 2-years. new gun lock.. that includes some special technology to protect your family. plus.. powerball madness. ad lib lines the stage is set for the drawing..

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involved.... in an early morning crash!!! it happened.... during a search for a stolen car. this is near.... sahara and decatur. the suspect ran.... but not for long. that person is in police custody. no officers were hurt... and... the car has only... minor damage. coming up.. temperatures are plunging back east.. and it's causing a lot of problems like broken pipes and ice hanging from powerlines and buildings. we'll show you how they got this cleaned up. coming up... in contact -13- tonight... changes coming..... to twitter. why your tweets could be used... for advertising.. and... don't forget... contact 13's call for action is ready to help you.... with a consumer problem. just contact one of our volunteers... any weekday... between 11 a-m and 1 p-m. our hotline number is 702-368- 2255. (ad lib-primm) take a look at this..

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water is off.... in part of montgomery county, pennslyvania.... after a water main erupted. the large spray reached the powerlines.. and froze! look at the icicles! it took about 30 minutes to stop the spray. right now.. we're about 45 minutes away from the deadline for powerbal ticket sales.. and these are two of the lines. on the left is primm.. where we're hearing the wait

and on the right.. a picture of a line at a powerball vendor in kingman, arizona. we're hearing that line is starting to get longer.. as we approach the cutoff. we have team coverage of the race to get a ticket. we'll get to action news reporter michael burton in white hills, arizona in a moment. first.. let's get back to action news reporter lesley marin with the latest from primm. lesley. its safe to say... those lines....

california border stores have a majority of nevada residents. with no state lottery here... those wanting to play... are forced to make the drive out of state. but... how much money are nevadans giving... the state of california? action news reporter.... marissa kynaston.... crunched those numbers. nevada is one of five states without a lottery system-- forcing those who want to play-- across state lines for powerball tickets. some people head to arizona-- but most make the drive to california-- funneling more revenue into that state. the director of gaming research at unlv says-- that's millions of dollars leaving the state of nevada. sot david schwartz well if we had a lottery, obviously people wouldn't be crossing state

it begs the question-- how much money are nevada residents giving to the state of california? the california lottery does not track sales by city or even county-- show math chart so we reached out to the primm valley lotto store-- but they were unable to confirm their ticket sales. according to the new york times-- that store sold 13 million dollars worth of lottery tickets back in 2009. and safe to say-- a majority of their customers are nevada residents. in california-- about a third of powerball sales go to the state's education system-- so theoritically-- thats four million dollars being pumped into california schools-- just from that one border store location. and that's millions of dollars that could be used right here in nevada schools-- if our state were to follow california-- and choose to allocate a portion of sales-- to public education. take sot david schwartz it's hard to say where the funding would go, it might go into general fund like gaming money does marissa tag even if there was support for the lottery in the state of nevada-- it could

to give you some perspective of how massive this jackpot is.. the three highest previous jackpots were all under 600 million dollars. 590-point 5 million in 2013.. 587-point 5 million in 2012 and 564-point-1 million in february of last year... the most recent jackpot was 144- point-1 million this past november. the odds of winning tonight? 1 in 292 million....201 thousand..338. good luck! several low pressure areas will skirt the west coast in the next several days

amount of moisture but the rain won't make it to las vegas. any moisture that is there will get squeezed out by the sierra in california and won't be much more than some thick cloud cover for las vegas and southern nevada. the good thing with this pattern is that temperatures will generally start to warm up as climatologically the temperatures moderate towards the end of january. highs for the next several days will be in the mid and upper 50s with friday looking to be the warmest day for a little while. clouds on saturday will cool things off and some clouds could contain a sprinkle or two friday night into saturday and saturday night into sunday. another more potent looking storm will push in for monday night into tuesday with another chance for some light rain. dynamics with these storms are weak at best and won't cause much of an interruption to the weather as normal for las vegas. now... to the latest consumer news...

twitter plans to turn your tweets... into advertisements. according to media company... "digiday"... twitter... will soon be collecting... user tweets about products... and... using them... in their advertising campaigns. twitter promises to message you.... for permission... before using a tweet... in any ads.

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an arizona company has a "game changing" gun alarm. the lock..... goes over the trigger and has a motion sensor built in... if the gun is disturbed..... a loud sound goes off. we designed it over a period of a year and a half studying guns from different shops all different kinds of guns that we worked with.)) the thinking here...

gun... a parent or adult could hear the alarm.... and intervene. the makers are calling it.... the insyte one. the base model starts.... at -1- hundred 50 bucks... a higher end one with a camera... and g-p-s tracking runs.... about 3 hundred. new at six.. texas senator ted cruz is getting a some key nevada support in his run for the white house. state attorney general adam laxalt announced today he's endorsing cruz for the republican presidential nomination. next on action new....s live at 6:30.. we'll have the latest on the fight over solar energy.... here in nevada. the battle getting so big... a hollywood heavyweight has even joined in. and.. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail where the frontrunners are starting to feel the heat from the rest of the pack.

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testimony today. more outrage tonight in the battle.... over the pubic utilities decision.... on solar energy. some new polling shows some seismic changes in the republican and democratic presidential races. we'll show you what they're saying about ted cruz and bernie sanders. after more than -20- years, the rams are moving back to l.a. but... they aren't the only team.... that could be on the move. could the san diego chargers...

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