- Baltimore County Public Schools announced Tuesday, March 27, that S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer of the Houston Independent School District, has been selected as the countys new superintendent effective July 1, 2012.
(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.
(Baltimore Sun)- MILFORD MILL, Md. - It was the biggest jackpot for any single-drawing lottery, anywhere, any era: $656 million. One one of the three winning tickets was sold at a 7-11 store in Milford Mill, Maryland, a working class community in Baltimore County.
(Myfoxdc.com)- Until Saturday, it was just another 7-Eleven, tucked away among an African hair-braiding shop, a liquor store and a check-cashing outlet on busy Liberty Road in Baltimore County.
(Washington Post)- Baltimore County police are looking for help in identifying a man wanted in connection with six burglaries and attempted burglaries in the Nottingham area over the weekend. Police released a sketch of the person theyre looking for on Tuesday.
(msnbc.com)- S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer in the Houston school district, has been chosen as the next superintendent in Baltimore County.
(Baltimore Sun)- The Maryland Lottery has made history and one of its participants very rich! Last nights record-breaking $640 million jackpot was won by someone who bought a ticket moments before the game. The drawing was held Friday night, March 31, at 11:00 p.m.
(Examiner)- Dr. S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer for Houston public schools, has been named as the new superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, effective July 1. He will replace current superintendent Dr. Joe A.
(Dundalk Eagle)- TOWSON, Md. - Baltimore County police say a man has died after being struck by a car in Towson. Police say the accident occurred Saturday just before 2 a.m. near the intersection of York Road and Washington Avenue.
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- Relativitys reimagining of the Snow White tale led by Julia Roberts and Lily Collins is receiving lukewarm reviews from film critics.
(Hollywood Reporter)- If looks could kill, watching Mirror Mirror could be lethal. Lily Collins, as Snow White, is so bewitching in her dark-eyed loveliness that you wonder if shes some sort of special effect.
(Seattle Times)- This Friday marks the release of the first of two Snow White films coming out this year. Whether it wants to or not, Mirror Mirror will be the project that Snow White and the Huntsman—due out in June—will inevitably be compared to.
(MTV.com (blog))- Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, is giving us two Snow White movies in the next couple of months. The first one, called Mirror Mirror, stars Julia Roberts not as Snow White, of course, shes too old for that.
(cracks galore - MyNorthwest.com)- At the end of Mirror Mirror Snow White, played by Lily Collins, suddenly breaks into a Bollywood-style production number, accompanied by the seven dwarfs.
(Daily Breeze)- Mirror Mirror is the first of two Snow White spinoffs this year and without a doubt will be the fairest version of them all in young family-appeal (as opposed to the darker Snow White and the Huntsman, to be released June 1.
(Orange County Register)- While neither one ever held the title of Prince or Princess, the young stars of the Snow White remake Mirror Mirror are no strangers to upper class upbringings.
(omg! on Yahoo!)- Lily Collins surprised her dad, music star Phil Collins, when she revealed that she had recorded a song for her movie Mirror, Mirror.
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- Once again, Keith Olbermann is looking for a job.
(The Christian Science Monitor)- Keith Olbermann was gone, a new host had replaced him, and history seemed to have repeated itself with his dismissal from Current TV after less than a year.
(AP - msnbc.com)- NEW YORK (AP) -- Current TV says it will launch a six-hour morning talk block next Monday. Announced earlier this month, the morning slate will consist of live simulcasts of the radio programs The Bill Press Show and The Stephanie Miller Show.
(Yahoo Finance)- Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has been fired as lead anchor of Current TV, the New York Times reports. Just a year after he was hired, the network let him go reportedly because he failed to honor the terms of his five-year contract.
(omg! on Yahoo!)- The New York Times' Brian Stelter breaks the news that Current TV has let go Keith Olbermann, and will replace him starting tonight with Eliot Spitzer, denying Olbermann to give a send-off or special comment to his viewers.
(AlterNet)- Keith Olbermanns full statement in response to the termination of his contract by Current TV: Id like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. Editorially, Countdown had never been better.
(Politico.com)- Keith Olbermann responded to his firing by Current TV in a wholly expected matter: by Twitter.
(MSN)- Current TV announced Friday that it has severed its relationship with Keith Olbermann barely a year after he signed a five-year $50 million contract with the station.
(NBC Los Angeles)- Fabiani also represented Lance Armstrong amid a federal probe over allegations about performance-enhancing drugs. And Lehane has a relationship with Current co-founder Al Gore, serving as deputy campaign manager on Gore's ill-fated 2000 presidential bid.
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- WLKY.com Fans in Louisville are gearing up for Saturdays big game between the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville and making some last-minute predictions about its outcome.
(msnbc.com)- (CNN)-- The top-seeded University of Kentucky mens basketball team defeated Louisville on Saturday night to advance to the NCAA tournament championship game.
(CNN)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fans set couches on fire and flipped cars around the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four.
(Chicago Sun-Times)- No. 1 University of Kentucky defeated rival and fourth-seeded University of Louisville 69-61 in the first of two Final Four games to reach the national men's college championship game.
(Bloomberg)- Jubilance over the University of Kentuckys win over the University of Louisville quickly turned into scenes of coach-burning mayhem in key celebratory areas around campus.
(Lexington Herald-Leader)- Fans set couches on fire and flipped cars around the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
(Abc Local Web)- With the finish line of the Papa John's 10 Miler next door at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, several of the participants stopped by the adjacent practice fields to watch the University of Louisville football team's first full scrimmage of the spring.
(Courier-Journal)- NEW ORLEANS - University of Louisville forward Chane Behanan raised eyebrows and caused chuckles when he declared back in December that the Cardinals could go undefeated and should be ranked No. 1.
(Cincinnati.com)- NEW ORLEANS -- The University of Kentucky Wildcats will be playing for the national title after beating Louisville 69-61.
(WLWT 5)
- NEW ORLEANS -- Looking for those charming underdog stories? Go find the DVD from last year.
(msnbc.com)- DENVER — Over the last 14 months, Notre Dame and Connecticut have played seven times. Thats more time in the same room than many empty-nesters spend with their kids. And enough time to learn everything there is to know about each other.
(Chicago Tribune)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of fans swarmed streets near the University of Kentucky campus, setting couches and a car on fire, after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four.
(Washington Post)- WLKY.com Fans in Louisville are gearing up for Saturdays big game between the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville and making some last-minute predictions about its outcome.
(msnbc.com)- Coaches, players and fans had the Pepsi Center to play in Saturday as those at the womens Final Four are at the arena to mingle and get used to the court.
(Denver Post)- DENVER — In one semifinal at the N.C.A.A. women's Final Four, Baylor and Stanford will duel for the fourth time in their histories. In the other semifinal, Notre Dame and Connecticut will double that — in just the last two years.
(New York Times Blogs)- DENVER — Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw jokingly suggested Saturday it would be all right if junior All-Americans Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne left school early to play in the WNBA.
(San Jose Mercury News)- Smith is fouled for OSU on an alley-oop inbounds pass from Craft. Good hops. He makes both free throws and the lead is back to 13. Now the Jayhawks go to Robinson for the second straight trip, and this time he cashes in with a short bank shot.
(Wall Street Journal)- NEW ORLEANS — Kentucky owns the Bluegrass State.
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- By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Fans set couches on fire and flipped cars around the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four.
(msnbc.com)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Screaming, chanting fans swarmed the streets around the campuses of the University of Louisville and cross-state rival Kentucky after the Wildcats beat the Cardinals 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four.
(Washington Post)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Authorities say the Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry boiled over at a Kentucky dialysis clinic when one patient punched another during an argument about the teams. Police Lt.
(ESPN)- LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Theres a new location for No Kill Louisville Pet Food Bank. The non-profit animal rights group opened a new location at the corner of Frankfort and Mellwood over the weekend.
(Wave 3)- Louisville will be rooting for Kentucky a story about elderly dialysis patients who got into a fist fight over the rivalry back in Georgetown, Ky.
(YAHOO!)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Department of Defense says that a 20-year-old soldier from Kentucky has died in Afghanistan. According to a news release on Saturday, Spc. David W. Taylor, of Dixon, Ky., died on Thursday in Kandahar province.
(WLWT 5)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The door to the den at the Duncan house on Goldsmith Lane has a hole in it. It's been there for decades, a battle scar from the great Louisville-Kentucky Cold War of the 1970s and '80s.
(Collegebaseball.rivals.com)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville football team will play seven games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in 2012, including four of the last six contests of the season, according to the schedule released today by the BIG EAST Conference.
(Scout.com)- The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., reports that the former brake-parts factory and newly refurbished business incubator has been divided into 35 small temporary classrooms, a nurses station, administrative offices and a cafeteria.
(msnbc.com)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- With the showdown in New Orleans just two days away, Sports Illustrated released its Final Four covers. That has some fans asking, Wheres Louisville? I was in shock when I saw it, said UofL fan Jodee Nelson.
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- By NANCY ARMOUR AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kentucky owns the Bluegrass State.
(msnbc.com)- Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky will play for the national title Monday night after finally putting away pesky Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four tonight.
(NJ.com)- NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Kentucky took a bold step toward winning its first national basketball championship since 1998 by defeating bitter intrastate rival Louisville 69-61 in the semi-finals of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at the Superdome.
(Reuters)- By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Fans set couches on fire and flipped cars around the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four.
(msnbc.com)- Transcript of postgame interviews with Louisville Coach Rick Pitino and several of his players following the teams 69-61 loss to Kentucky in the national semifinals Saturday night at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
(nola.com)- LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Theres a new location for No Kill Louisville Pet Food Bank. The non-profit animal rights group opened a new location at the corner of Frankfort and Mellwood over the weekend.
(Wave 3)- NEW ORLEANS, March 31 (UPI) -- Anthony Davis scored 18 points Saturday and top-seeded Kentucky reached the NCAA Tournament title game with a 69-61 victory over intrastate rival Louisville. Davis also hauled down 14 rebounds and blocked five shots.
(United Press International)- (via SI Communications)NEW ORLEANS — In case Louisville needed further proof its entering this Final Four as the underdog, all the Cardinals would have to do is look at a magazine rack. The reason for the slight is actually fairly logical.
(YAHOO!)- NEW ORLEANS — Senior guard Darius Miller made the most of his moment. Freshman forward Kyle Wiltjer did the same in his cameo. Two guys who would likely start for any other team in the nation are bench players at Kentucky.
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- Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof tweeted the below pic of his Mega Millions lotto ticket — playing the numbers that Hurley and the island made famous: 4-8-15-16-23-42. "How could I resist?" he asked.
(Entertainment Weekly Online)- On Friday, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery was up to a staggering $640 million.
(SB Nation)- Canada - The Lotto Max winning numbers from Friday are 3, 11, 12, 19, 35, 45, 47 and Bonus 13. The TAG is 652231. Lotto Max currently has Canadas biggest jackpot at $20 million, according to Atlantic Lottery.
(Examiner)- Georgia Lottery players also won big. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball number was 23, lottery officials announced Saturday afternoon. Six Georgia players won $250,000 prizes, and 48 won $10,000 prizes.
(WSB-TV Atlanta)- lotto officials said. The winning numbers for the multistate game were 46-23-38-4-2 and a MEGA number of 23.
(BayInsider)- No one matched all six numbers in Saturday's Florida Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings, sending both games' jackpots higher. Saturday's Lotto numbers were 1, 12, 25, 33, 35 and 42, and the Xtra prize multiplier for $2 tickets was 3.
(Miami Herald)- The LOTTO 6/49 six main winning numbers for an estimated jackpot of $4,000,000.00 were: 33, 35, 36, 39, 48 and 49. The Bonus number was 42. Complete and exact match only.
(CNW Group)- $640 million is a lot of money. If youre having trouble envisioning how much money $640 million is, picture four Matt Kemps. Thats right, a Matt Kemp for every slot in the outfield with an extra Matt Kemp left over to pinch-run for one of them.
(SB Nation)- CHICAGO -- Lottery ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland each selected the winning numbers for the world record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said early Saturday.
(San Jose Mercury News)- The winning tickets in California matched five of the six numbers for the Mega Millions. Each ticket is worth $227,955, according to a California Lotto statement released Saturday.
(msnbc.com)
- Fans set couches on fire and flipped cars around the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the first game of the Final Four. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
(Abc Local Web)- (CNN)-- The top-seeded University of Kentucky mens basketball team defeated Louisville on Saturday night to advance to the NCAA tournament championship game.
(CNN)- NEW ORLEANS -- The University of Kentucky moves onto the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Championship with a 69-61 win over Louisville. The will face the winner of the Kansas/Ohio State game Monday night in New Orleans. Darius Miller made the most of his moment.
(WLKY.com)- NEW ORLEANS – The Battle of the Bluegrass goes to the Wildcats.
(Courier-Journal)- No. 1 University of Kentucky defeated rival and fourth-seeded University of Louisville 69-61 in the first of two Final Four games to reach the national men's college championship game.
(Bloomberg)- WLKY.com Fans in Louisville are gearing up for Saturdays big game between the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville and making some last-minute predictions about its outcome.
(msnbc.com)- NEW ORLEANS -- My assignment on the biggest day in Kentucky sports history is to answer maybe the biggest question on this day: How do you beat the University of Kentucky basketball team? Wait a minute.
(USA Today)- Jubilance over the University of Kentuckys win over the University of Louisville quickly turned into scenes of coach-burning mayhem in key celebratory areas around campus.
(Lexington Herald-Leader)- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of fans swarmed streets near the University of Kentucky campus, setting couches and a car on fire, after the Wildcats beat cross-state rival Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four.
(Washington Post)
- Keith Olbermann may have departed from Current, but the war between the two sides is just getting started.
(Huffington Post)- Once again, Keith Olbermann is looking for a job.
(The Christian Science Monitor)- Current TV, the progressive cable news network, announced Friday night that it has fired Cowntdown commentator Keith Olbermann.
(The Celebrity Cafe.com)- Keith Olbermanns latest fallout with his employer is playing out all over social media. The news came out Friday afternoon that Olbermann has been replaced at Current TV by former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer.
(YAHOO!)- Keith Olbermann, the famously fiery liberal anchor who left MSNBC in a huff just over a year ago to join the fledgling network, will be replaced as of tonight, reports the New York Times' Brian Stelter.
(Raw Story)- Well, that didnt take long.
(Salon)- U.S. television personality Keith Olbermann said via Twitter he plans to sue Current TV for remarks its founders made after his dismissal Friday. Olbermanns nightly commentary show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, premiered in June on Current TV.
(Hispanic Business)- A furious Keith Olbermann promised to sue Current TV and its founders, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, tonight, after it was announced Friday that he had been fired from the network and replaced by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
(The Business Insider)- The New York Times' Brian Stelter breaks the news that Current TV has let go Keith Olbermann, and will replace him starting tonight with Eliot Spitzer, denying Olbermann to give a send-off or special comment to his viewers.
(AlterNet)
- who have owned the 7-Eleven for 10 years and learned they would get a winning sellers bonus.
(msnbc.com)- Officials said the winning white ball numbers on the tickets should be 2 - 4 - 23 - 38 – 46. However they did not match the Mega Ball of 23.
(msnbc.com)- Winning tickets for Fridays drawing were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland. The winning numbers were: two, four, 23, 38 and 46. The Mega Ball was 23, and the Megaplier was 3.
(Dayton Daily News)- With the Mega Millions drawing held Friday night giving way to at least three big winners of a $640 million jackpot, Saturday night gave Virginia residents a chance at $60 million.
(Examiner)- Additionally, 40,423 players matched four of six numbers for a prize worth $150. A whopping 8.7 million players around the country won $2 by matching the Mega Ball. All winning players are encouraged to sign the back of their tickets or risk losing their prize.
(Examiner)- Kansas and Maryland who are holding a winning ticket and will split the record $640 million. While there were no jackpot winners in Ohio, there were 10 tickets sold in the state that matched all five numbers, but not the Mega Ball.
(Cleveland News - Fox 8)- At least two winning tickets — including the ticket sold in Red Bud — were quick picks, meaning a computer picked the numbers announced at the drawing Friday night in Atlanta: 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23.
(Chicago Tribune)- The three people will share the incredible $640 million prize and the winning numbers were 2-4-23-38-46, Mega Ball 23. Lottery officials first announced the winner in Maryland, who bought the ticket in Baltimore County, according to ABC News.
(The Celebrity Cafe.com)- The winning numbers in Friday nights drawing were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23. Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett said the last time a ticket from the state won a major national jackpot was in 2008, when a ticket sold for $24 million.
(Omaha World-Herald)
- (CNN)-- The top-seeded University of Kentucky mens basketball team defeated Louisville on Saturday night to advance to the NCAA tournament championship game.
(CNN)- NEW ORLEANS — Any team that wins a national championship has a moment — at least one — when it finds out about itself. The moment can come in the first round, when a low seed suddenly makes a game close.
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(Salon)- Basketball and football excellence seldom go hand in hand in college sports – at least not in the same academic year – and the teams playing in Saturday's NCAA Final Four in New Orleans are no exception.
(The Christian Science Monitor)- NEW ORLEANS - The million-dollar free throw in the NCAA tournament has been bumped in value to a little more than $1.5 million. Teams survive and advance, and they and their conferences subsequently collect.
(USA Today)- Basketball and football excellence seldom go hand in hand in college sports – at least not in the same academic year – and the teams playing in Saturday's NCAA Final Four in New Orleans are no exception.
(Alaska Dispatch)- Check back for more on the NCAA Basketball as it comes, and check out Bleacher Report's College Basketball Page to get your fill of college basketball.
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- Google Maps is exploring a brand new frontier with its next expansion: the Nintendo Entertainment System. Well, maybe not. But its a fantastic April Fools joke. Head over to the main page for the Internet giants maps tool.
(USA Today)- Ever wanted to make your next long-distance journey seem that little bit more epic? Well now you can, thanks to a new 8-bit version of Google Maps.
(PC World)- Google has done it again. Just in time for April Fools Day, Google has introduced Google Maps Quest, a retro 8-bit version of its mapping tool that is totally awesome.
(Huffington Post)- Legendary prankster Google is out with some early April Fools' tomfoolery ahead of schedule, teasing nostalgic gamers with an 8-bits version of its near-ubiquitous Maps application.
(Venturebeat.com)- And so it begins. April 1 means just one thing: the Web is full of April Fool's pranks played by the big guys. So much so it's hard to tell what's real news and what's a joke.
(TECH.BLORGE.com)- Users can click a new option that allows them to view the world in the 8-bit style reminiscent of older Nintendo Role-Playing Games like The Legends of Zelda, Pokemon, and Square Enixs Final Fantasy.
(Lismore Northern Star)- You can see for yourself right here on Google Maps! Click Here and you will see what we are talking about. The minimap of Final Fantasy has been implanted into the Street View as well.
(Examiner)- Googles 2012 April Fools prank was converting its Google Maps program to primitive 8-bit graphics. CNET reports the results were hilarious, if temporary. Us Versus Them In a prank, there is usually one or two people against everyone else.
(YAHOO!)- Cheating aside, it opted to try and convince people that it had created an 8-bit version of Google Maps.
(Pocket-lint.com)- Sorry sojourner, this volcanic craft is as real as Google's 8-bit Maps cartridge for NES. Kudos to Virgin, though, as the brand has smartly gone with a strong social push of the Vigin Volcanic hoax on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
(Venturebeat.com)
- Piers Morgan got into a furious fight with author and MSNBC contributor Touré on Friday over his interview with the brother of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman.
(Huffington Post)- Piers Morgans rant on Friday against African-American writer and commentator Touré made the CNN host look tone deaf. Allison Samuels on how the network lost the war of public opinion.
(Daily Beast)- It has been over a month since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman and justice is yet to be served.
(Global Grind)- London – Manchester City linchpin Yaya Toure has urged his team-mates to emulate Barcelona as they attempt to overhaul Manchester United in the Premier Leagues gripping title climax.
(Independent Online)- After leading the table for most of the season, City has slipped three points behind its cross-town rival with only eight games left.
(Adelaidenow)- Yaya Toure has admitted there is a lot of expectation on Manchester City to deliver success due to the amount of money that has been spent by the club and he is determined not to let the opportunity to win the Premier League slip away.
(Let's justify fees - SkySports)- Mid-ranking officers ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure in protest at not having adequate weaponry to tackle an alliance of nomadic and Islamist rebels boosted by heavy arms spilling out of Libya from last years war.
(msnbc.com)- Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure has gone on to admit that Carlos Tevez came back to City to make up for his mistake and to repay the club's fans.
(Bettor.com)- On tonights Piers Morgan Tonight, Piers got into it with MSNBCs Touré, who was extremely annoyed about the way Piers had handled his interview with George Zimmermans brother, Robert, the previous night.
(Gawker)
- Illinois winner used a quick pick — an automatically generated set of digits — to select the winning numbers at a convenience store in the small town of Red Bud, south of St. Louis, Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said.
(Toledo Blade)- The winning numbers were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23.
(Dayton Daily News)- The winning Mega Millions lottery numbers for tonights drawing may be on your ticket. While many brace for the historic results, many wonder where and how to play. Shockingly, a few states do not participate in the lotto craze.
(Examiner)- Giddiness swept through the town of German descent some 40 miles southeast of St.
(Chicago Sun-Times)- Three lucky people in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas matched all six numbers Friday night Lopez said. State lottery officials reported sales totaling about $250 million in the days before the winning Mega Millions jackpot.
(San Jose Mercury News)- If those are the numbers on your Mega Millions lottery ticket, youve won a jackpot worth an all-time record of at least $640 million.
(Morris County Daily Record)- CHICAGO, Illinois — Across the country, Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: an infinitesimally small chance to win what could end up being the single biggest lottery payout the world has ever seen.
(Everything Alabama Blog)- WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Mega Million lottery ticket holders in Maryland, Kansas and Illinois each selected the winning numbers for the largest jackpot in history, $640 million, lottery officials said Saturday, according to reports.
(Marketwatch)
- The Mega Millions lottery created a stir across the country, with people rushing to buy the $1 tickets in time for a shot at the humongous jackpot. In all, more than a billion tickets were sold.
(Reuters India)- (AP) - The Mega Millions winners - at least three of them - stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the worlds largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth.
(msnbc.com)- While some lottery winners live the good life, others go broke because theyre not used to the wealth, theyre swindled or theyre hassled for a part of the money.
(msnbc.com)- RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight.
(Toledo Blade)- Top news coming in to San Francisco is about the Mega Millions lottery winners. Sadly, there was nobody in San Francisco who was among them. Thousands of tickets, nevertheless, were sold around the San Francisco Bay Area as hopefuls tried their luck.
(Examiner)- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Congratulations, Mega Millions winners! Youve just won the biggest lottery in history! Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett! Not so fast, Richie Rich. Theres no doubt that youre now each a member of the 1 percent.
(Associated Press)- ATLANTA, March 31 (Reuters) - The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history of $640 million has at least three winners who bought tickets in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas, and officials were waiting on Saturday for the winners to come forward.
(CNBC)- "Its like a small town," she said. "Ill bet Ill know someone who knows the winner." Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified; the Mega Millions winner can claim the prize anonymously.
(Riverside Press Enterprise)- The three winning tickets will split the largest jackpot in US lottery history. If the winners opt to take cash rather than annual payouts, theyll share $462 million, before taxes.
(Pocono Record)- According to several academic studies, a majority of lottery winners turn out just fine. And some wind up happier, healthier and wealthier.
(Wall Street Journal)
- Kansas State has hired Bruce Weber to be its next mens basketball coach, Weber told ESPN.coms Andy Katz on Saturday.
(ESPN)- Kansas State has hired Bruce Weber as its basketball coach, turning to someone who once led Illinois to the national championship game to calm the waters in the wake of Frank Martins departure for South Carolina.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)- Kansas State has hired Bruce Weber as its basketball coach, turning to someone who once led Illinois to the national championship game to calm the waters in the wake of Frank Martin's departure for South Carolina.
(Pantagraph)- Kansas State has hired Bruce Weber to be its next mens basketball coach, Weber told ESPN.coms Andy Katz. Kansas State has hired Bruce Weber to be its next mens basketball coach, Weber told ESPN.coms Andy Katz Saturday.
(Abc Local Web)- coach Bruce Weber to replace Martin as the Wildcats' men's basketball coach, then he knocked this one out of the park. K-State is holding a 3 p.m. news conference today to announce the hiring.
(Wichita Eagle)- It didnt take long for Kansas State to find a new mens basketball coach and Bruce Weber apparently didnt have to search too hard for another job after being fired at Illinois.
(Chicago Tribune)- Manhattan, Kan (WIBW) -- Multiple outlets are reporting that former Illinois coach Bruce Weber will be the next basketball coach at Kansas State. Weber will replace Frank Martin, who left for South Carolina folowing the season.
(WIBW)- MANHATTAN — Bruce Weber, fired this month as Illinois basketball coach, will be introduced as Kansas State's new coach in a 3 p.m. news conference today, a source within the K-State athletic department said Saturday morning.
(Wichita Eagle)- Bruce Weber didnt stay unemployed long. Weber, who was fired by Illinois on March 9, was hired Saturday by Kansas State to replace Frank Martin as its basketball coach, according to ESPN.
(Sporting News)
- By JIM SUHR Associated Press RED BUD, Ill. (AP) - The Mega Millions winners - at least three of them - stayed out of sight.
(msnbc.com)- ST. LOUIS — Congratulations, Mega Millions winners! Youve just won the biggest lottery in history! Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett! Not so fast, Richie Rich. Theres no doubt that youre now each a member of the 1 percent.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)- RED BUD, Ill.
(Riverside Press Enterprise)- 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.
(Baltimore Sun)- Theres at least one Mega Millions lottery winner -- in Maryland-- but no Pennsylvania-purchased ticket won the top prize.
(PennLive.com)- Lottery ticket-holders in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland each selected the winning numbers and will split a $640 million jackpot that was believed to be the worlds largest such prize, a lottery official said today.
(Sun Sentinel)- No tickets purchased in California in the Mega Millions lottery had all six numbers to win the $640-million jackpot Friday, California Lottery spokesman Russ Lopez said after reviewing preliminary sales data.
(Los Angeles Times)- Congratulations on winning $640 million! You must be feeling great right about now, and my hunch is that you also are feeling a bit overwhelmed and anxious about what to do next. As a financial advisor, let me give you a bit of unsolicited advice.
(Huffington Post)- Top news coming in to San Francisco is about the Mega Millions lottery winners. Sadly, there was nobody in San Francisco who was among them. Thousands of tickets, nevertheless, were sold around the San Francisco Bay Area as hopefuls tried their luck.
(Examiner)- Even if you dont play MegaMillions, and even if you dont win the $640 million jackpot, you could still benefit if another South Carolinian wins. The lump-sum payout for the jackpot would be $462 million.
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- HELENA, Mont.
(ESPN)- By BETSY BLANEY and MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont.
(msnbc.com)- HELENA, Mont. -- The West Texas district attorney who prosecuted former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf in 2009 said Saturday that hell file a motion to revoke Leafs probation following his arrest in Montana.
(Huffington Post)- Former NFL quarterback and infamous NFL draft bust Ryan Leaf has been skating on very thin ice as far as his credibility is concerned, and he may have just fallen through.
(Bleacherreport.com)- HELENA, Mont.
(Indianapolis Star)- Authorities say former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been arrested in his Montana hometown on burglary and drug possession charges. HELENA, Mont.
(Abc Local Web)- Police in Montana say ex-NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf broke into an acquaintances home and stole a bottle of prescription painkillers. HELENA, Mont.
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- In all, more than a billion tickets were sold.
(msnbc.com)- Lotto fever reached a frenzied peak Friday, only to dash the dreams of California players as no ticket with all six Mega Millions numbers was sold in the state, a California Lottery spokesman said.
(Los Angeles Times)- 2-4-23-38-46, Mega Ball 23. If those are the numbers on your Mega Millions lottery ticket, youve won a jackpot worth a world record $640 million.
(WBIR)- 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.
(Baltimore Sun)- Across the country, Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: A chance at a $640 million Mega Millions lottery prize. The numbers drawn at 10 p.m. were 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23. EARLIER STORY: OMAHA, Neb.
(Quad-Cities Times)- Kansas and Maryland hit Friday night's record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. The winning numbers were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23.
(Detroit Free Press)- $640-million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said Saturday. Two businesses on Long Island sold second-place winning tickets worth a quarter-million dollars apiece.
(Newsday)- The winning tickets were sold in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland. They will split the estimated $640 million jackpot. The winning numbers were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23.
(Abington Mariner)- Even if no one in South Dakota matches all six numbers in the Mega Millions game that had the nation in a frenzy Friday, there is at least one local winner: the state, which will collect about a quarter of a million dollars from the single drawing.
(Rapid City Journal)
- Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy for 29-year-old Robert Wilkinson? The Canadian crooner is getting his six minutes of fame, as his drunken rendition of Queens Bohemian Rhapsody following a DUI arrest has gone viral.
(Reuters)- Alright, so youve seen the video of the drunk dude in the back of a cop car singing Queens Bohemian Rhapsody. Its a perfectly adequate version given the fact that his blood alcohol level is probably .38.
(Zap2it.com)- A video clip of a Canadian man being arrested on a drunk-driving charge in November has gone viral after the evidence that proved his crime was uploaded to YouTube by the accused himself.
(Contactmusic.com)- (CNN) - Weve seen a lot of memorable police dash cam videos over the years. But you cant blame us for rhapsodizing about this one, a suspect singing Bohemian Rhapsody almost flawlessly while under the influence of Queen.
(KSDK)- The Royal Mounted Police had arrested the inebriated Canadian man at around 4am in Edson, Alberta on Nov 27 last year.
(Daily Telegraph)- Amid the usual hashtag memes and news of the biggest lottery jackpot in the history of the world, the Twitter Trends for Canada and Canadian cities this morning contained this familiar title: Bohemian Rhapsody.
(CBC)- Scotland's Aberdeenshire coastline is home to some of Europe's last remaining wilderness areas of shifting sand dunes.
(Huffington Post)- EDSON, Alta. - The latest singing sensation on YouTube is an Alberta man who belts out the song Bohemian Rhapsody while riding in the back of an RCMP cruiser.
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- Spike Lee, a vocal Trayvon Martin supporter, has settled financially with a couple whose lives were radically disrupted by his recent Twitter activism.
(Los Angeles Times)- (CBS/AP) SANFORD, Fla.
(CBS News)- Spike Lee has reached a monetary settlement with an elderly couple whose address he incorrectly tweeted out in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
(Washington Post)- Spike Lee has agreed to give compensation to an elderly Florida couple whose address he published on the internet in connection with the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
(San Francisco Gate)- The director has used the social media service to call for justice in the Trayvon Martin case, but an attempt to tweet Martins shooters home address put a senior couple at risk.
(Hollywood Reporter)- Public apologies are so common these days that multiple websites have sprung up just to keep track of who is asking forgiveness of whom. Effectiveapologies.
(The Christian Science Monitor)- David and Elaine McClain told CNN a reporter came to their home Sunday looking for Zimmerman. The following day, they began receiving threatening letters. Elaine McClain said they left their home to escape the harassment.
(Washington Post)- This is a rush transcript from Hannity, March 29, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Another Obama mega-donor and supporters under fire. Now, first it was Bill Maher, now its Spike Lee.
(FOX News)- Spike Lee apologized on Twitter for retweeting what turned out to be the wrong address for George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed Flordida teen Trayvon Martin.
(TheWrap)- SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple who say they were forced to leave their home when a Twitter posting that the director helped spread listed their address as that of a man who shot an unarmed teenager.
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- Use the Random Number Generator to create random numbers based on your specifications. You can generate random numbers with the specific length or in the specified range selecting the lowest and highest values.
(CNet)- For example, you can use this class to integrate your application with a smart card, a hardware random number generator, or a hardware implementation of a particular cryptographic algorithm.
(Microsoft)- IF YOU ALREADY SUBMITTED A STORY, YOUR ENTRY COUNTS. THE FIRST STORY POSTED UNDER THIS BLOG ENTRY WILL BE ENTRY #7 AS FAR AS THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR IS CONCERNED FOR PICKING A WINNER.
(RELAUNCH: 'My Most Embarrassing Moment As A Tourist' Contest — Share Your Story And Win An I-tunes Gift Card! - USA Today)- Is the random number generator also working on free spins? -- Gerry J. A: Yes, its still at work when determining the results of free spins. The only difference is that a free spin is just that: free.
(Detroit Free Press)- If this or any other voting ends in a tie again, a random number generator will be used to determine the winner. Vote for your favorite airline between these two. The winner will advance to the next round of the final 8. The poll will remain open for 24 hours.
(Airline World Cup: Etihad Airways vs American Airlines part 2 - USA Today)- Only Jackson was a tad too low. Jackson said that he used a random number generator to come up with his predictions. "The economy and exogenous events are random," Jackson wrote me when he entered the contest a year ago.
(NJ.com)- A video roulette game uses a random number generator, with every spin of the video wheel being an independent trial. If the last number was 22 black, the chances are still 1 in 38 that the ensuing number will be 22 black.
(Citizen's Voice)- A press of a button and a random number generator determined who was first on the list to get into Gaston County's only magnet school. Just because an eighth-grader's name was among the first 145 didn't guarantee the student a spot at Highland School of Technology.
(Gaston Gazette)- A video roulette game uses a random number generator, and every spin of the video wheel is independent. If the last number was 22 black, the chances are still 1 in 38 that the ensuing number will be 22 black.
(Detroit Free Press)
- World famous DJ and recovering addict, Adam Goldstein, otherwise known ad DJ AM, was found dead on Friday at his New York apartment.
(Transworld News)- a spot once held by the late and legendary DJ AM. Whats cool about The Pauly D Project is that we get to see Pauly stripped of all the reality show hype when hes around his ailing father.
(CNN)- In 2008, we built applications for musicians Travis Barker and DJ-AM, which provided a mixtape in exchange for a tweet.
(socalTech.com)- Apparently the abysmal I Am Number Four was no roadblock for DJ Caruso's path up the budget ladder, as the Eagle Eye and Disturbia director has now signed on to make the blockbuster disaster flick Invertigo for Sony.
(Chud.com)- Afterwards, dance to music provided by the renowned DJ Q until 12 am. Saturday, March 31 at 8pm will feature the band "Go Hard" as well as popular poets. This evening's events will also go until 12 am with DJ Q.
(Examiner)- Caruso, who last directed I Am Number Four, also directed Eagle Eye and Disturbia. This project would return him to the sci-fi genre of his last film, and this time hes working from a script by Ehren Kruger and Bradley Cramp.
(Hollywood Reporter)- DJ Caruso is in negotiations for Sony Pictures Invertigo. The Disturbia and I am Number Four director is in talks to helm the movie written by Ehren Kruger (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon) and Bradley Camp, reports Deadline.
(Digital Spy)- Sony Pictures is in talks with DJ Caruso (I Am Number Four, Eagle Eye, Disturbia) to direct Invertigo, a drama written by Ehren Kruger (Transformers: Dark of the Moon).
(WorstPreviews.com)- Existing users include leading DJ, Pete Tong.
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- NEW ORLEANS — Rick Pitino understands what it's like to bring an underdog to the Final Four. It was 25 years ago, after all, that he led one of the biggest underdogs, Providence, to reach this level.
(NJ.com)- Among the other Final Four schools, Louisville ranks 11th in both sports combined, Kansas 17th and Kentucky 28th.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)- Gov. Steve Beshear and his family will travel to New Orleans for the NCAA Final Four, which begins with an historic matchup between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.
(msnbc.com)- As the Final Four begins in New Orleans, Atlanta basketball fans might wonder how to get tickets to next year's event at the Georgia Dome.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)- NEW ORLEANS — All week long in the run-up to the Final Four, the focal point for most people not from Ohio or Kansas has been Pitino-Calipari. Or Calipari-Pitino.
(Washington Post)- This years Final Four brings together an ensemble of big-name schools, all saddled with their typically big-time issues - a reminder that everything in college sports is not as pure as the NCAA and its student-athletes would like us to believe.
(msnbc.com)- For college basketball fans, the next few days are the best of the year. The Final Four and the NCAA Championship game are arguably best enjoyed with tasty food and drinks, plus a winning bet of course.
(Las Vegas Sun)- NEW ORLEANS — Folks on Bourbon Street and other rues are saying this might be the best Final Two in NCAA history. All four teams here are great, Ohio State guard Aaron Craft said Friday.
(Los Angeles Times)- Kentucky (36-2) is 109-46 in 53 appearances, with 15 Final Fours and championships in 1948, 49, 51, 58, 78, 96 and 98. Coach John Calipari is 36-13 in 14 NCAA tournaments with four Final Fours.
(MySanAntonio)
- Im not doing any competition anymore, unless its Americas Next Top Model.
(USA Today)- Freshly eliminated "American Idol" contestant Heejun Han wasted no time burning his bridges on his way out — claiming that guest mentor Sean (Diddy) Combs was "kinda drunk" during his training session.
(New York Daily News)- Heejun Han, 22, was eliminated from American Idol on Thursday night and he had some parting words about guest mentor Sean Diddy Combs.
(The Celebrity Cafe.com)- The American Idol judges gave Heejun Han a standing ovation Wednesday night, but when the public voted him at the bottom of the competition, even Jennifer Lopez couldnt convince the trio to save him.
(People)- Thursdays American Idol results show had its share of ups and downs. With performances by both Nicki Minaj and Scotty McCreery, Idol perfectly illustrated the vast array of taste in not just music but performers.
(The Christian Science Monitor)- American Idol cuts Heejun Han during Thursday nights live results show broadcast on Fox, determining the eleventh seasons Top 8 finalists. Whether the decision not to save Han was unanimous was not revealed. Its very quiet here in the studio.
(Reality TV World)- Heejun Han has kept America laughing since his first American Idol audition in Pittsburgh. In the beginning Heejuns sense of humor was interesting. We didnt know what he might say or do next.
(Examiner)- LOS ANGELES (AP) — It wasnt a laughing matter for Heejun Han on American Idol.
(Oregonian)
- LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Documentary filmmaker Lee Hirsch spent a year at three schools in Sioux City, Iowa, following five kids and families who have been impacted by bullying for his nonfiction movie Bully.
(Reuters India)- The new documentary Bully opens Friday, and it has an emotional impact that must be seen to be understood. The film hop scotches across the country looking at the situations of five different children that have suffered the effects of bullying.
(NPR News)- In the devastating trailer for Bully, a heartbreaking message flashes between the footage from Lee Hirschs documentary about the bullying epidemic amongst youths. It reads, simply, The problem is being ignored.
(Hollywood.com)- The documentary Bully, which opens today, shows Alex Libby being pushed, poked and ridiculed. At one point in the film he says, "They push me so far that I want to become the bully. It takes a hard, close look at the bullied and the bullies.
(msnbc.com)- AMC Entertainment Inc. AMC Entertainment Inc.
(The Business Journal)- I grew up about 20 minutes outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Plymouth. It's a totally different world from Ann Arbor, which is a very liberal college town. I went to a public school in Plymouth, which wasn't the greatest.
(Daily Beast)- While film audiences line up to see The Hunger Games and 21 Jump Street, I hope that there will be lines around the block and down the street to see another film that premieres this weekend, but I'll admit there's nothing entertaining about it.
(Daily Beast)
- GREEN BAY, Wis. — Representative Paul D.
(New York Times Blogs)- Wisconsin Republican Rep.
(Politico.com)- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney will get the endorsement of Rep. Paul Ryan, a key party leader on fiscal issues. Ryan made the announcement on Fox News Friday morning.
(YAHOO!)- U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, promises that his proposed budget will free America "from the crushing burden of debt now threatening its future." It would do no such thing.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog))- Right Turn spoke with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) after the big news of the morning.
(Washington Post)- Rep. Paul Ryan threw his support behind Mitt Romney on Friday, hailing him as the "best person to beat the president" and warning that the Republican primary needs to come to an end soon.
(Politico.com)- "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand." – U.S. Rep.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog))- Here is everything you need to know about how serious Washington is about the deficit.
(Atlantic Online)- Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan has backed Romney for President, saying on Fox News Fox and Friends that he is the best person to be President. Ryan went on to say Romney had the best chance to beating Barack Obama.
(GlobalPost)
- Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back Look. We know that youre aware the odds of winning Friday night's record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, or any Mega Millions jackpot, are astronomical.
(CNN (blog))- With the multistate Mega Millions jackpot set to reach a world-record $540 S.D., said he covers the odds of winning in lottery games with his students in an attempt to show them how unlikely it is to win big.
(Seattle Times)- The harsh reality is that the odds of winning the $540 million Mega Millions jackpot Friday night are slim. Very slim. By the numbers, you have a 1 in 175,711,536 chance of picking the winning numbers and scoring a record $540 million jackpot.
(Los Angeles Times)- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A world-record $540 million Mega Millions jackpot has lottery players lining up for tickets early Friday and many wondering if theres any way to guarantee becoming an overnight multimillionaire.
(WKRN)- As hundreds, thousands — maybe even millions — of people scramble about Friday to purchase a Mega Millions ticket consider the odds of winning.
(The Business Journal)- Mega Millions $540 Million Jackpot, Odds of Winning Lottery, Hopes for Overnight Riches, Lottery Winnings, Long Odds of Winning Lottery OMAHA, Neb.
(KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM)- The odds are always extremely long of winning, and people on the lower rungs of the income scale tend to play more. But the explosive rise in the Mega Millions jackpot may be changing that.
(Yahoo Finance)- An economist says this Mega Millions is actually "a good bet." The odds of winning the lottery are roughly 1 in 176 million.
(Time)- The previous record for the 42-state Mega Millions jackpot was $390 million in 2007, which was split by two winners in New Jersey and Georgia. Officials said the odds of winning Mega Millions is at 1 in 176 million.
(New York Post)
- ABC News has been parading Katie Couric around since she joined their team last year. Now, they're putting Katie's star power to the test by pitting her against her former colleagues, Matt Lauer and Anne Curry, at the "Today" show.
(Gaysocialites.com)- Katie Couric helped start and perpetuate morning televisions most epic winning streak. Now shell try to break it.
(PennLive.com)- NEW YORK (AP) -- Katie Couric will be an early riser all next week. ABC announced Thursday that the former Today show anchor will be guest-hosting Good Morning America, the rival wake-up show at Courics current workplace.
(Yahoo Finance)- Katie Couric is returning to mornings for one week, and Good Morning America has a sneak peek at what her guest-hosting stint will look like. Couric will be filling for Robin Roberts starting Monday, April 2. GMA announcement on Thursday.
(Huffington Post)- LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sorry Matt Lauer: Katie Couric is returning to morning television next week, but shell be paired with George Stephanopoulos.
(YAHOO!)- ABC really wants you to know that Katie Couric is guest hosting Good Morning America next week, starting on April 2 while Robin Roberts is on vacation.
(Entertainment Weekly Online)- Katie Couric will return to morning television on April 2 as the co-host of ABCs Good Morning America. The role is only temporary, though. Couric will be filling in for current anchor Robin Roberts, who is taking the week off.
(KFDA)- Katie Couric will return to the breakfast hour next week to host Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos.
(MSN)- (NewsCore)(FoxNews) - Surprise rippled through the Today show newsroom on the heels of Thursdays announcement that former NBC host Katie Couric will be anchoring with the enemy all next week.
(MyFox Philadelphia)- Katie Couric, who spent 15 years on NBCs Today show, will sit in for Robin Roberts on ABCs Good Morning America next week. Were thrilled to have Katie, Roberts said, announcing the news on air Thursday morning.
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- (CBS News) Interestingly enough, two starkly contrasting adaptations of the popular Grimm fairy tale Snow White are green- lighted for release this year. First in line is Tarsem Singhs Mirror, Mirror, which opened today.
(CBS News)- Mirror Mirror is a sumptuous fantasy for the eyes and a pinball game for the mind, as story elements collide and roll around bumping into each other.
(Denver Post)- Daft, dazzling in design but straining ever so hard to be hip, "Mirror Mirror" isn't your Uncle Walt's "Snow White." It's still kid-friendly, with lots of positive messages, especially for young girls.
(Post-Star)- The question, Whos the fairest of them all? is one of the most recognizable in existence -- but its not too often that you get to hear the original Pretty Woman ask it.
(Huffington Post)- Julia Roberts may no longer reside on the A-list, but shes too busy snacking on scenery in Mirror Mirror to care.
(Big Hollywood)- "I'm the most beautiful woman in the world," announces Queen Clementianna (Julia Roberts), just before she adds, "This is my story, not hers.
(Popmatters.com)- In Mirror Mirror, Snow White is an exiled princess who gains the help of seven rebellious bandit dwarves. She has to defeat the Queen, who is trying to marry the prince Snow White is in love with.
(YAHOO!)- Mirror Mirror is the first of two Snow White spinoffs this year and without a doubt will be the fairest version of them all in young family-appeal (as opposed to the darker Snow White and the Huntsman, to be released June 1.
(Orange County Register)- This Friday marks the release of the first of two Snow White films coming out this year. Whether it wants to or not, Mirror Mirror will be the project that Snow White and the Huntsman—due out in June—will inevitably be compared to.
(MTV.com (blog))
- Its ironic that Mega Millions had the first jackpot to break not only the $400 million barrier, but the half-billion mark as well. It might even be hiked again today. The drawing is set for 11 p.m.
(Philadelphia Daily News)- A ticket sold in Rapid City is worth $10,000 following the March 24 Powerball drawing. The ticket holder matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the games third prize. Winning numbers are 1, 15, 35, 37 and 47 and the Powerball is 8.
(Rapid City Journal)- Johannesburg, South Africa - National Lotterys Powerball winning numbers from Tuesday are 44, 8, 45, 11, 23 and Powerball 2. The evenings draw did not produce any jackpot winners, according to National Lottery.
(Examiner)- DES MOINES, Iowa --- Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at a Council Bluffs supermarket won a $1 million prize in Wednesday night's drawing. It's the third $1 million-winning Powerball ticket sold in Iowa in a little more than a month.
(Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)- What Would You Do FIRST with a Half-Bllion Dollars? Many Mega-Millions lottery players are hoping to have to answer that question.
(dbtechno.com)- Urbandale, IA - The Powerball winning numbers from Wednesday are 11, 16, 29, 50, 50 and Powerball 33. The jackpot for Tuesdays draw is estimated at $50 million on an annuity basis, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).
(Examiner)- Louise White, a vivacious 81-year-old of Newport, R.I., stepped forward today as the winner of $336.4 million, the third largest Powerball lottery in the history of the game. I want to say that Im very happy and Im very proud.
(ABC News)- Take it from former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, for example, who won more than $850,000 from the Powerball lottery in 2005: according to the ex-senator, the winner of the Mega Millions will want to get professional help to manage their new fortune.
(Politico.com)- LAWRENCEVILLE — Sometimes money is the best medicine. At least that's what a New Jersey couple thinks after they bought a winning $70 million Powerball lottery jackpot ticket at a pharmacy in Monmouth County.
(Atlantic City Press)- MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Powerball winner Randy Smiths charitable fund is giving another $600,000 to a recreation center project in Berkeley County.
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- TEMPE, Ariz. -- Veteran outfielder Bobby Abreu arrived at Angels camp Friday morning as usual and found his name in the starting lineup, batting sixth and playing left field for the Angels against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
(msnbc.com)- If Bobby Abreu was "on the verge" of being traded to the Cleveland Indians Thursday night, as was reported by CBSSports.
(Los Angeles Times)- Bobby Abreu could be traded to the Cleveland Indians, as reported Thursday by Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, in order for the Tribe to try to stabilize the teams uncertainty in left field.
(Bleacherreport.com)- Late last night several reports had Los Angeles Angels LF Bobby Abreu all but traded to the Indians, but this morning the deal has fallen apart, reports CBSSports.com insider Jon Heyman.
(The Inquisitr)- Honestly, Im glad the potential Bobby Abreu deal fell through.
(YAHOO!)- The trade that would send Bobby Abreu to the Cleveland Indians apparently has hit a snag and might not get completed. Baseball columnist Jon Heyman of cbssports.com tweeted that he was hearing (the) Abreu deal fell apart early Friday afternoon.
(YAHOO!)- TEMPE, Ariz. -- Forty-six at-bats and four hits into what can only be categorized as a miserable spring, Bobby Abreu got what Angels manager Mike Scioscia described as a mental day of rest on Thursday.
(Major League Baseball)- Reporting from Tempe, Ariz. -- Its not a good spring when youve had half as many closed-door meetings with the manager and general manager (two) as hits (four) in 12 games.
(Los Angeles Times)- TEMPE, Ariz. -- Bobby Abreu has a pretty good idea of just how much longer he wants to play this game. Three years, the 38-year-old Angel said Monday morning, indicating he doesnt want to retire until after his age-40 season. Thats what I want.
(Baltimore Orioles)- The Angels and Indians are seriously discussing a trade that would send veteran outfielder Bobby Abreu to Cleveland, but there appeared to be a complication or holdup late Thursday, reports CBSSports.com Insider Jon Heyman.
(CBS Sports)
- Cesar Chavez Day will be celebrated Saturday with a march in the remembrance of his work. Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee with Chavez, offered her thoughts on the labor leaders legacy.
(msnbc.com)- FLINT, MI—Hispanic activists from both the local and the national level will be honored in Flint on Saturday.
(MLive.com)- Chanting si se puede! around a few blocks in El Pasos Segundo Barrio this morning, about 120 elementary students from La Fe Preparatory School marched to honor and remember civil rights activist César Chávez.
(El Paso Times)- In another tribute to Cesar E. Chavez and the farm workers movement, the U.S. Labor Department on Monday named the auditorium at its Washington headquarters after the legendary California labor organizer.
(Los Angeles Times)- Saturday is the birthday of Cesar Chavez, who founded and led the massively influential United Farm Workers of America. In California, some government offices will be closed today (Friday) or Monday.
(Washington Post)- As a veteran civil rights attorney, I have often been struck about how quickly a leaders legacy disappears from one generation to the next.
(Burnt Orange Report)- Colorful dancers, lively mariachi music and local dignities will be featured as Give Always to Others and Company celebrates Californias farm labor activist, Cesar Chavez, at a concert this weekend at the Marion Beede Auditorium in Antioch.
(Contra Costa Times)- Two days before the state holiday that bears his grandfathers name, 26-year-old Anthony Chavez visited Pittsburg High School on Thursday to tell students about the legacy and hopeful future of Cesar Chavez.
(San Jose Mercury News)- WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H.
(News Room America)- The grandson of César Chavez, Anthony P. Chavez, will be visiting Anderson tonight for the 10th annual César Chavez march and Latino graduate scholarship event.
(Red Bluff Daily News)
- (CBS News) Great balls of fire! Jerry Lee Lewis, veteran rock-and-roll singer/songwriter who married his 13-year-old cousin in 1957, has said I do to another member of his extended family.
(CBS News)- Goodness gracious, Jerry Lee Lewis has gotten married again! The rock n roll legend, 76, tied the knot for the seventh time earlier this month, to a woman named Judith Brown, his rep tells CNN.
(People)- NATCHEZ — Jerry Lee Lewis wed for the seventh time in a ceremony this month in Mississippi, according to a newspaper report. The Natchez Democrat reports that Lewis, nicknamed The Killer, married Judith Brown on March 9.
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger)- I took enough pills for the whole damn town, drank enough whiskey to lift any ship off the ground." So sang Jerry Lee Lewis, with a throaty mixture of boastfulness and fatalism on one of his lesser-known singles in the mid-Seventies.
(Daily Telegraph)- Judith Ann Coghlan Lewis, 62, worked several years as Lewis' caretaker at his home in Nesbit, Miss., just south of Memphis — a job she said she was sent to do by her then-husband and one of Lewis' ex-wives, who were brother and sister.
(Cape Breton)- Jerry Lee Lewis is getting married for the seventh time, the National Enquirer reports, and once again, it involves one of his cousins.
(S spinner)- Veteran rocker Jerry Lee Lewis has wed for the seventh time. The 76-year-old Great Balls Of Fire singer exchanged vows with his caregiver Judith Brown in Natchez, Mississippi on March 9.
(ABC 4)- To beef up the sound, Suns owner Sam Phillips had brought in a hot new piano player by the name of Jerry Lee Lewis.
(Pioneer Press)- It is a fairly warm winter day in early 1957. Downtown Cumberland is not its usual busy self, but a crowd has gathered in front of the Cadillac Lounge on North Mechanic Street.
(Mineral Daily News-Tribune)- In addition to Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins were also present in the studio that historic evening. Holland recalled how he and some friends pranked Presley at another gig.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- Based on other averages in the U.S., youre about 8,000 times more likely to be murdered than winning the lottery, and about 20,000 times more likely to die in a car crash that hit the lucky numbers, Catalano said.
(msnbc.com)- The winning Mega Millions lottery numbers for tonights drawing may be on your ticket. While many brace for the historic results, many wonder where and how to play. Shockingly, a few states do not participate in the lotto craze.
(Examiner)- SACRAMENTO—The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the California Lotterys Daily Derby game were: 1st:6 Whirl Win-2nd:10 Solid Gold-3rd:3 Hot Shot, Race Time: 1:46.
(San Jose Mercury News)- The countdown for the historic $640 Million jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery is nearly over, with just minutes left until the winning numbers are revealed.
(International Business Times)- Tonight at 11:00 p.m. E.T., the winning numbers of a record-breaking $640 million lottery will be announced. The monster jackpot is causing a frenzy across the U.S.
(Time)- president and chief executive of the Georgia Lottery Corporation. If a single ticket matches all six winning numbers, the player would receive either a one-time payment or the full jackpot in 26 annual installment payments.
(Reuters India)- are far more likely than the chance of winning the big one.
(Los Angeles Times)- are the odds of winning the Mega Millions lottery. Theyre not good. You have about a 1 in 40 chance of winning something. Your odds of winning the big jackpot (by matching the five main numbers and the bonus number) are roughly 1 in 175 million.
(MSN Money)- Georgia Lottery President and CEO Margeret R Crow will be ready to announce the winning numbers at 11 p.m. Ticket sales end 15 minutes before the drawing. "I think people should definitely purchase at least one ticket," said Crow.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)- Hoping to match the March 30, 2012 Mega Millions winning numbers? Lottery results are showing the jackpot has reached a staggering $640,000,000 fueled by players buying online lottery tickets along with strong retail sales.
(Examiner)
- Keith Olbermann was gone, a new host had replaced him and history seemed to have repeated itself with his dismissal from Current TV after less than a year.
(AP - msnbc.com)- WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Keith Olbermann said via Twitter he plans to sue Current TV for remarks its founders made after his dismissal Friday.
(United Press International)- Current TV said Friday afternoon it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor, Keith Olbermann, scarcely a year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
(CNBC)- LOS ANGELES After barely a year, Current TV has sacked fiery host Keith Olbermann.
(CharlotteObserver.com)- Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV, the network announced Friday. He will be replaced by former New York governor and CNN host Eliot Spitzer.
(Huffington Post)- Fabiani also represented Lance Armstrong amid a federal probe over allegations about performance-enhancing drugs. And Lehane has a relationship with Current co-founder Al Gore, serving as deputy campaign manager on Gore's ill-fated 2000 presidential bid.
(YAHOO!)- It was just one short year ago when Keith Olbermann was fired from MSNBC and picked up by Al Gores Current TV. Today, it is clear Olbermann just cant seem to get along with anyone, anywhere and has been fired from Current TV effective immediately.
(Town Hall)- We created Current to give voice to those Americans who refuse to rely on corporate-controlled media and are seeking an authentic progressive outlet, the network, which was started by Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt in 2005, said in a statement.
(Entertainment Online)- Keith Olbermann is handling his split from Current TV as he usually handles such things: privately, with restraint and decorum. Kidding! Just kidding, of course.
(Forbes)
- March 30, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- With a record $540 million Mega Millions jackpot in play, Illinois picked the right week to become the first state in the nation to sell lottery tickets online.
(Abc Local Web)- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A world-record $540 million Mega Millions jackpot has lottery players lining up for tickets early Friday and many wondering if theres any way to guarantee becoming an overnight multimillionaire.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)- A record estimated $640 million lottery jackpot has led to long lines in Arizona to purchase a ticket. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was increased by $100 million Friday.
(AZCentral.com)- But at-home family members, too, are excluded. I also know that many employees say that the day they retire they will be buying their lottery tickets, Drucker said. State-sponsored lotteries go back to 16th-century England.
(NorthJersey.com)- He knows his chance of winning is a long shot, and that the money the country is spending on tickets could go elsewhere. He still couldnt help himself, and laughed as the apparent contradiction of his opinion and his actions.
(Miami Herald)- PHOENIX -- Two lottery tickets bought in the Valley are raising eyebrows. They were purchased by employees at Hughes Performance, a Phoenix company that specializes in rebuilding transmissions.
(AZFamily)- HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- Fridays Mega Millions jackpot drew throngs to a Southern California liquor store considered lucky by lottery players hoping to cash in on the record-breaking $640 million prize.
(Fresno Bee)- March 30, 2012 (INDIANAPOLIS) -- Hundreds of Indiana residents dreaming of lottery riches lined up across the state to get free tickets from the Hoosier Lottery for the $540 million Mega Millions jackpot.
(Abc Local Web)- A slew of studies in the past two decades has found that low-income people spend a greater portion of their income on lottery tickets than do high-income individuals, meaning lotteries are a regressive way to collect tax revenue.
(CNN)- If you are buying tickets for the Mega Millions lottery, how much are you spending on lottery tickets? E-mail us at money@huffingtonpost.com.
(Huffington Post)
- Keith Olbermann was gone, a new host had replaced him and history seemed to have repeated itself with his dismissal from Current TV after less than a year.
(AP - msnbc.com)- After barely a year, Current TV has sacked fiery host Keith Olbermann.
(Los Angeles Times)- Keith Olbermann unleashed a torrent of tweets after Current TV fired him on Friday, apologizing to his viewers, referencing internal grievances he has had with founder Al Gore and promising legal action against the company.
(YAHOO!)- Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV, the network announced Friday. He will be replaced by former New York governor and CNN host Eliot Spitzer.
(Huffington Post)- Keith Olbermanns latest fallout with his employer is playing out all over social media. The news came out Friday afternoon that Olbermann has been replaced at Current TV by former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer.
(YAHOO!)- Keith Olbermann was just fired from Current TV — and we hear that chances of him actually showing up to a slated appearance with old Sports Center cohost Dan Patrick at a panel in New York City next Thursday are not much higher than the lottery odds.
(Gawker)- WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Keith Olbermann said via Twitter he plans to sue Current TV for remarks its founders made after his dismissal Friday.
(United Press International)- Current TV said Friday afternoon it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor, Keith Olbermann, scarcely a year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
(CNBC)- It was just one short year ago when Keith Olbermann was fired from MSNBC and picked up by Al Gores Current TV. Today, it is clear Olbermann just cant seem to get along with anyone, anywhere and has been fired from Current TV effective immediately.
(Town Hall)
