While someone in Massachusetts made history with a $758.7 million Powerball jackpot last night, two people bought $1 million tickets in Maryland and Virginia.

Photo by mofo Howdy, District Of! Today, the Washington Post notes a story about District schools czar Michelle Rhee, who told a national trade magazine that some of the hundreds of teachers fired in October budget reductions had sexually and physically abused their students. Now, this might sound like an odd justification for budget reductions. One would think that any time a teacher molests a child, that teacher’s employment is immediately jeopardized. But the problems…

Just a little straight up feel good PR from grocer Giant Food. The company sent out word today that it donated the $100,000 commission it received from the D.C. Lottery as a result of selling that winning $144 million Powerball jackpot ticket to the Capital Area Food Bank. The winning ticket came from the relatively new Giant on Alabama Avenue in Southeast. The Food Bank plans to use the money to support the renovation…

We still don’t know his name, but The Washington Post and WTOP now have more details on the Southeast D.C. man who formally claimed the $144 million Powerball jackpot today. He’s 82 years old, a lifelong D.C. resident, and a widower with 10 children and 47 grandchildren and great grandchildren. A lawyer for the winner informed D.C. lottery officials today that he has opted to take the lump sum payment of $79.6 million, which…