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• The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same name.
• The winner has 60 days to claim the lump-sum cash option, estimated around $376.9 million, at the Florida Lottery's office in Tallahassee. No one had come forward as of Sunday afternoon.
• "It never happens this quickly," lottery spokesman David Bishop said. "If they know they won, they're going to contact their attorney or an accountant first so they can get their affairs in order."
• The winner wasn't Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot.
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Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria, more than 70 wounded in fighting near border
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state-media said Monday. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group have been killed in the clashes.
• The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the country's civil war, said that in addition to the deaths more than 100 Hezbollah members have been wounded in the fighting around the town of Qusair. If confirmed, it would be a blow to the Shiite group that has come under harsh criticism in Lebanon for its involvement in Syria's civil war.
• Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman cited "sources close to the militant group" for the death toll but declined to reveal their identity. The Observatory relies on a wide network of activists in the ground in Syria.
• For weeks, fighting has raged around Qusair, located in the central province of Homs. The regime launched a push Sunday to regain control of the town, which has been in rebel hands since early last year.
• Before Sunday's offensive, Qusair had been ringed by regime troops and fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, an Assad ally, for several weeks.
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AP IMPACT: Thousands of military sex abuse victims seek VA health care, disability benefits
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for in (Continued on page 21)
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