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Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...
CNN - The winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot are: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11. Saturday's jackpot is a record $600 million. It marks the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot split by winners in Arizona and Missouri in November. The jackpot has a cash value of $376.9 million. The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. ...
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Chatwood leads Rockies past Giants 10-2
Tyler Chatwood threw into the sixth inning and Wilin Rosario hit a two-run homer off Tim Lincecum in the Colorado Rockies' 10-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Saturday ...
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Rookie Pettibone puts unbeaten record on line in finale
Dusty Baker has had enough. For whatever reason, his Reds struggle to win when they travel to Philadelphia. In fact, when the two teams take the field for the rubber match on Sunday, he'll seek his first series win on the road against the Phillies in his time as the Reds' manager. "First thing, we have to beat these Phillies," Baker said. "I'm tired of them beating ...
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Trib reporter’s Iraq stories win top Pa. press award
Tribune-Review investigative reporter Carl Prine received a Best of Show award on Friday from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors for "Rules of engagement," his investigation into the deaths of two deaf, unarmed teenage brothers by American soldiers in ...
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Cabrera Alonso lead Padres over Nationals
San Diego Padres' Yonder Alonso, right, is greeted at the plate by Mark Kotsay after hitting a home run against the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory ...
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68-year-old Daniel Gallatin killed in the crash May 7th
A woman is now facing a homicide by vehicle charge after a crash that killed a volunteer firefighter, and investigators say she was texting while ...
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Power still searching for first victory at home
Tampa Bay's Adrian McPherson's seven touchdowns led the Storm to a 62-34 win over the Pittsburgh Power tonight at CONSOL Energy Center in front of 4,625. McPherson was 20-22 for 240 passing and six touchdowns and added 29 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground. McPherson's ...
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Hounds play to a draw against Dayton
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds fall to the Dayton Dutch Lions at Highmark Stadium Saturday night. A game summary was provided by the team in the following ...
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White Sox outslugged by Angels 12-9
Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Donnie Veal, left, talks with catcher Hector Gimenez after hitting Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout with a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels won 12-9. (AP Photo/Mark J. ...
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Coach K return to US team no longer ruled out
Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out a return as coach of the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.Though the Duke coach had repeatedly said he wouldn't be back after last summer, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo says they spoke about a week ago and there has been "movement" toward a return.Krzyzewski told Sports Illustrated in a story Saturday that "there's ...
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Devon Alexander tops Lee Purdy in non-title bout
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander earned a convincing victory over Lee Purdy at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday night in a non-title bout.Referee David Fields stopped the fight on the advice of Purdy's corner at the end of the seventh round.Alexander (25-1, 14 KOs), from St. Louis, was supposed to be making his first defense of his title, but Purdy (20-4-1, 13 KOs) ...
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Two men arrested for slaying of Knoxville man
Shields, Fooks and Griffin were inside a Knoxville home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday, and Griffin wanted to buy heroin, according to a police complaint. Shields and Fooks drew guns, and Shields took some money from Griffin, police ...
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IRS ignored biggest groups
The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller Tea Party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation was under way. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, big-budget organizations on ...
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Campaign makes push for organ donations
Of 118,022 people nationwide on the waiting list for transplants, 81.5 percent are waiting for kidneys, according to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, the federally established agency that oversees the nation's transplant waiting list. In Pennsylvania, 78 percent of 8,363 people on the waiting list need ...
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$6M in Centax payouts planned
According to court documents, more than $23.5 million sat in bank accounts as of October for Centax-related collections and for collections by Centax spinoff Don Wilkinson Agency Inc., which also ceased to operate. The exact amount collected and owed to local taxing bodies may never be known because of the sheer volume and the disorganization of the records, Cordaro ...
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Munhall officer brought compassion calm to job
Retired Munhall police Officer Thomas Hilla always told his comrades that once they made an arrest and did their job, they had to let the rest of it ...
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Driver killed in single-vehicle crash
A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman said Saturday. Police fired eight shots at the intruder, who ...
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McCarthy throws shutout for 1st victory of year
MIAMI - Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, tied his career high with four hits and drove in four runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Miami Marlins 9-2 Friday night.Eric Chavez homered and also had four hits, and Gerardo Parra and Martin Prado had three hits apiece for Arizona, which had 16 hits in all and won its third straight game.Trevor Cahill (3-4) won for the third time in four ...
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The race for Pittsburgh mayor Now comes the ground game
As the 2013 race to become Pittsburgh's next mayor draws to a close, it is almost time for voters to kick back and reflect. With about 48 hours left, the wholesale campaigns will end with a solid pounding of television ads, last-minute mailers and robo-calls to those who have ...
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Ganassi foursome endures trying day at Indy
The crew of Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, pushes the car back to the garage area as rain halted track activity on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Powerball mania Jackpot hits $600 million
That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Mo., convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball ...
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McMurray and Stenhouse race into All-Star Race
Drivers exit Turn 4 approaching the start line to begin the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Showdown auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Saturday, May 18, ...
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Pirates hold ceremony for Honorary Bat Girl
Email PITTSBURGH -- When Maria Heddleston found out she was going to be honored by the Pirates for her perseverance through breast cancer, her 7-year-old son John didn't give his mother any congratulations. "He said, 'Do I get to meet Andrew McCutchen?" Heddleston recalled, laughing. The Pirates held a pregame ceremony on Saturday for Heddleston, their winner of MLB's ...
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Hughes returns to Pirates with improved delivery
Email PITTSBURGH -- Fellow passengers on a commuter flight to Pittsburgh late Friday night may have been a bit freaked out. Jared Hughes, the soft-spoken Pirates reliever with the hard edge on the mound, was watching the Bucs-Astros game and getting his game-face on. The connecting flight had been delayed, but the 4-4 game at PNC Park appeared to be heading into extra innings. "I had to ...
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Phils get their fill of Arroyo Reds in shutout
CIN@PHI: Utley makes a nice stop on a grounder PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies' offense was not great during the past week as the team won four of five games, but it got the job done. Saturday, though, it was non-existent. Powered by a three-run homer from Ryan Hanigan, a four-hit day by Joey Votto -- who reached base six times -- and 7 2/3 innings of shutout work by Bronson Arroyo, the ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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