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Midday 5-19-09 Evening

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"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men."

- Blaise Pascal -

 

** Updated **

Midday & Evening

** until 2 hits fall out of each group for at least 1 state**

(The Carolinas)

Group 1: 324, 344, 424, 324, 344, 424, 327, 374, 724

Group 2: 051, 010, 150, 057, 070, 750, 053, 030, 350

Group 3: 475, 456, 576, 479, 496, 976, 479, 496, 976

Group 4: 556, 565, 655, 557, 575, 755, 558, 585, 855

Group 5: 506, 564, 604, 502, 524, 204, 507, 574, 704

Group 6: 425, 454, 524, 424, 444, 424, 427, 474, 724

Group 7: 768, 782, 862, 768, 782, 862, 765, 752, 562

Group 8: 778, 783, 873, 779, 793, 973, 776, 763, 673

Group 9: 516, 567, 617, 513, 537, 317, 510, 507, 017

Group X: 970, 908, 078, 979, 998, 978, 971, 918, 178

  

"Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints."

- Psalms 149:1 -

Sunday 5-17-09

752, 754, 230, 176, 237, 234, 324, 528, 098

704, 096, 746, 097, 065, 656, 507, 205, 533

352, 186, 189, 430, 666, 555, 444, 999, 888

6984, 0656, 0011, 1010, 1234, 5432, 8917

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Safina: I deserve women's top ranking
Associated Press

MADRID -- Dinara Safina may just be the most underappreciated No. 1 in women's tennis.

 

Why is that?

 

"I guess they're jealous that I'm so young and No. 1," Safina said at the Madrid Open on Friday. "I don't know. I really don't know."

 

Safina beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to set up a Madrid Open final against Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki, who advanced after a 7-6 (1), 6-3 victory over Amelie Mauresmo.

 

 

 

Safina will make it five weeks as the best women's player following the tournament in the Spanish capital -- despite having never won a Grand Slam tournament.

 

Safina, who will be the top seed at this month's French Open, doesn't believe the major events should be the only benchmark.

 

"To become No. 1 it's not just winning the Grand Slams, it's how you compete the whole year," the 23-year-old Russian said. "I won last year four tournaments ... I beat almost all the top-10 players so I think I deserve that spot."

 

Jelena Jankovic, another who rose to No. 1 without a Grand Slam win, endorsed that overall thinking.

 

"She's in this moment No. 1 and that's all that matters," Jankovic said. "What everybody else is saying it doesn't matter, everyone has their opinions and everyone can talk all they want but not everyone can say they're No. 1.

 

"I finished last year No. 1 and I didn't steal that, it didn't fall from the sky -- I earned it."

 

Serena Williams, who beat Safina in the Australian Open final, said this month that she was the true No. 1.

 

"Yes, I didn't win a Grand Slam but I was in two finals and in one semifinal in one year. Many people can't achieve that in a career," Safina said. "Overall, I think I'm where I should be for the consistency of my whole year."

 

She has reached 11 finals in her past 19 tournaments, and won her 10th career title last weekend in Rome.

 

Although the women's game has names such as Serena and Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic, it has lost major stars Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters to retirement, and Maria Sharapova has been out for more than a year because of a shoulder injury.

 

The women's tour doesn't have the big-name rivalries like Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer and consistent performances from its top five as the men do, where third-ranked Andy Murray and No. 4 Novak Djokovic have lived for some time.

 

At Madrid, Wozniacki was the only other seeded player to reach the semifinals.

 

Since Henin's exit last year, five different players have been No. 1.

 

"[When] Amelie Mauresmo became No. 1 she hadn't won a Grand Slam and nobody told her anything," Safina said. "I don't know why people tell me and Jankovic that we should have won a Grand Slam.

 

"It's overall how you compete. I still have time to win a Grand Slam. I think that will come."

 

Jankovic offered a more blunt reply.

 

"I don't have anything to prove to anybody," the Serbian player said.

Midday 5-16-09 Evening

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Midday 5-16-09 Evening

** until 5-18-09 **

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Saturday 5-16-09

166, 567, 328, 186, 476, 467, 426, 118, 260, 189

544, 188, 813, 543, 445, 553, 669, 687, 786, 570

065, 686, 783, 430, 656, 666, 222, 444, 2317

3217, 5556, 0001, 0011, 7722, 3388

"All of our final resolutions are made in a state of mind which is not going to last."

- Marcel Proust -

Midday 5-15-09 Midday

** until 5-18-09 **

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Midday 5-15-09 Evening

** until 5-18-09 **

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126, 326, 526, 726, 926, 026, 226, 426, 626, 826

160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 016, 216, 416, 616, 816

419, 439, 459, 479, 499, 111, 222, 333, 555, 777

666, 999

Midday 5-13-09 Evening

**until 5-14-09 **

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Monday 5-11-09

362, 752, 964, 086, 986, 222, 999, 666, 888

037, 071, 507, 309, 907, 440, 254, 313, 264

187, 681, 596, 150, 482, 712, 830, 007, 696

283, 560, 078, 401, 1010, 1100, 7639, 6948

Peel ’n’ weep: Stamps go up 2 cents Monday

WASHINGTON - Peel it and weep: It'll cost an extra 2 cents to mail a letter starting Monday.

The price of a first-class stamp will climb to 44 cents, though people who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate.

It's the third year in a row that rates have gone up in May under a new system that allows annual increases as long as they don't exceed the rate of inflation for the year before.

While the increase will bring in added income, the post office continues to struggle financially as more and more lucrative first-class mail is diverted to the Internet, and the recession discourages businesses from sending their usual volume of advertising.

The Postal Service, which does not get a taxpayer subsidy for its operations, lost $2.8 billion last year and is $2.3 billion in the hole just halfway through this year.

Postmaster General John Potter has asked Congress for permission to reduce mail delivery to five days-a-week. The agency is offering early retirement to workers, consolidating excess capacity in mail processing and transportation networks, realigning carrier routes, halting construction of new facilities, freezing officer and executive salaries at 2008 pay levels, and reducing travel budgets.

Even so, the rate increase is unlikely to cover the losses and the possibility remains that the post office could run out of money before the end of the budget year, Sept. 30.

The post office could have cited extraordinary circumstances and asked the independent Postal Regulatory Commission for larger increases, but officials worried that would only result in a greater decline in mail volume and greater losses.

Potter has sought congressional changes in how the post office prepays for retiree health care, to cut its annual costs by $2 billion.

While the new 44-cent rate covers the first ounce of first-class mail, the price for each additional ounce will remain unchanged at 17-cents.

Postal officials estimate the increase will cost the average household $3 a year.

Other changes taking effect Monday:

• The postcard stamp increases by a penny to 28 cents.
• The first ounce of a large envelope increases 5 cents to 88 cents.
• The first ounce of a parcel increases 5 cents to $1.22.
• New international postcard and letter prices are, for one ounce, 75 cents to Canada; 79 cents to Mexico; and 98 cents elsewhere.

Most Postal Service shipping services prices were adjusted in January and will not change in May.