$590 million Powerball jackpot 1 winning ticket sold in Florida

Oakland Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A Powerball Lottery ticket is dispensed from a machine in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue ...

Konig Wins 7th Stage Van Garderen Retains Tour Of California Lead

CBS 5 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

DANVILLE (CBS/AP) -- Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day. Konig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile ...

Gwynn ejected for arguing about players ejection

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SAN DIEGO -; Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn was ejected from San Diego State's game Saturday for arguing with the umpires following the ejection of one of his players that was then ...

1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball

ABC News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...

2 Powerball tickets in CA have 5 of 6 numbers

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Lottery officials said late Saturday that tickets sold in San Jose and Taft matched five of the six numbers in the near-record jackpot estimated at about $600 ...

Chavez scores as Earthquakes draw with Rapids 1-1

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -; Marvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday ...

Lincecums wobbly start sinks Giants

San Francisco Giants - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SF@COL: Lincecum slips off mound resulting in a balk DENVER -- Pitching and defense, which turned the Giants into champions, continued to make them look like chumps. San Francisco's free fall continued with Saturday night's 10-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Tim Lincecum surrendered six runs in five innings and committed a third-inning throwing error that enabled the Rockies to ...

Zito looking to rebound in finale vs. Rockies

San Francisco Giants - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The clock is ticking for Juan Nicasio. Despite a 3-1 record, the Rockies right-hander hasn't performed up to snuff through the first six weeks of the season, unable to pitch longer than six innings in any of his eight outings so far while his ERA has ballooned to 5.13. All the struggles have Nicasio's spot in the Colorado starting rotation hanging in jeopardy as Jeff Francis gets ...

Cashner looks to force split against Nats in finale

San Diego Padres - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Since moving to the starting rotation at the end of April, Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner has been on quite a roll. In five starts this season, Cashner is 2-2 with a 2.51 ERA, allowing four runs or less in four of the starts. He'll try for that same kind of success in Sunday's series finale against the Nationals at Petco Park. While the right-hander didn't factor into the ...

Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home

NBC Los Angeles - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A mini Yorkie, Walter, was reunited with his owner Tricia O'Kelley on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Walter was taken by dognappers who demanded $1,000 for his safe return. Someone in a white sports car dropped him off on his street in Los ...

Bus strikes kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Sun-Sentinel - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A woman's airport visit to greet an arriving traveler turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...

MLB Colorado 10 San Francisco 2

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Troy Tulowitzki went 4-for-5 with two RBI Saturday, sparking a 14-hit attack in Colorado's 10-2 win over San Francisco. Rosario cracked a two-run homer and added a run-scoring single ...

Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush

Wave 3 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...

Report steel tendons left exposed on Bay Bridge

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO -; Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to rust and corrosion ...

1 of 2 fires north of LA contained

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -; One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second ...

Wildfire season in Southern California JPL and Chapman monitor danger

Examiner - Sunday 19th May, 2013

satellites , scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena and Chapman University in Orange are gaining insight into factors that create ...

6 Arrested-officer injured at San Francisco State University www.privateofficer.com

Private Officer News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

– Six people were arrested and one police officer was taken to the hospital Thursday after San Francisco State police tried to clear out a ...

Sharp CEO California is what I know

San Diego Union-Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

May 14, 2013-SAN DIEGO, CA Sarah Cleary, right, a Sharp Rees-Stealy licensed vocational nurse at the Sorrento Mesa clinic takes measurements of 11-month-old Lili Ayson, center, during a visit with her father, Jeremy Ayson, left, of Mira ...

Winning numbers drawn in $590.5 million Powerball jackpot

ABC 3340 - Saturday 18th May, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials ...

Elbert throws 13 pitches in Double-A rehab start

Los Angeles Dodgers - Saturday 18th May, 2013

ATLANTA -- Scott Elbert allowed one run on two hits in one inning Saturday night as he continued his rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga. Elbert started and threw 13 pitches after already making three relief appearances with Class A Rancho Cucamonga. He allowed a single and RBI double to the first two batters he faced, then retired the next three hitters. Elbert is returning from a pair ...

Magill battles for rotation spot in series finale

Los Angeles Dodgers - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Matt Magill's stay in the Dodgers' starting rotation could be short-lived if he doesn't pitch well in Sunday's series finale against the Braves at Turner Field. With Ted Lilly set to be activated from the disabled list while the Dodgers are in Milwaukee, beginning Monday, the veteran lefty could return to the starting rotation if Magill has a poor outing. "We'll ...

Fremont Silicon Valley-Area Hub Becomes Factory Town

CBS 5 - Saturday 18th May, 2013

FREMONT (CBS/AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops ...