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TIW 6-8-10 FL Midday

Winning Numbers: 454 & 6172

            
047, 154, 910, 948, 975, 781, 236, 508
4605, 9463, 0129, 3516, 3879, 5947, 5307
8140, 8243, 8295, 8906, 1427, 6207, 7168

 

047, 158, 269, 370, 481, 592, 603, 714, 825, 936

910, 021, 132, 243, 354, 465, 576, 687, 798, 809

975, 086, 197, 208, 319, 420, 531, 642, 753, 864

0140, 1140, 2140, 3140, 4140, 5140, 6140, 7140, 8140, 9140

8140, 8141, 8142, 8143, 8144, 8145, 8146, 8147, 8148, 8149

0120, 0121, 0122, 0123, 0124, 0125, 0126, 0127, 0128, 0129

0129, 1129, 2129, 3129, 4129, 5129, 6129, 7129, 8129, 9129

0879, 1879, 2879, 3879, 4879, 5879, 6879, 7879, 8879, 9879

3870, 3871, 3872, 3873, 3874, 3875, 3876, 3877, 3878, 3879

 

 

59, 65, 42, 04, 10 and/or 97 pairs

Friday, June 4, 2010
Davenport to play with Huber

Associated Press

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Lindsay Davenport is coming out of retirement to play doubles at a WTA Tour event near San Diego.

 

Tournament officials said Friday that Davenport has accepted a wild card to play with fellow American Liezel Huber at the Mercury Insurance Open July 31-Aug. 8 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.

 

Davenport hasn't played in a tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open, where she reached the third round in singles and doubles.

 

She was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2001, 2004 and 2005, and is a three-time major champion.

 

Davenport and Huber played together at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals in doubles.

 

Davenport won singles titles at La Costa in 1998 and 2004, and also twice won the doubles. The La Costa tournament marks the return of women's pro tennis to Carlsbad after a two-year absence.

Updated: June 8, 2010, 11:02 AM ET

Izzo linked to Cleveland job

ESPN.com news services

 

Tom Izzo insisted recently that he has no interest in coaching in the NBA until he wins at least one more NCAA title at Michigan State.

 

But that stance might not stop the Cleveland Cavaliers from trying to hire Izzo as their next coach.

 

The Cavaliers -- fresh off dismissing coach Mike Brown and parting ways with general manager Danny Ferry -- have formally extended an offer to Izzo to replace Brown, sources confirmed to ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard on Monday.

 

The Cavaliers did not confirm or deny the report, declining comment Sunday night. The News-Herald in northern Ohio first reported the Cavs' offer to Izzo.

 

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert reiterated in an e-mail to The Associated Press the team's policy is to not comment on "any rumor about potential new hires, trades, free agent signing, etc."

Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis denied to the AP that the Cavs have offered Izzo a contract but confirmed the team is interested in the Spartans' coach.

"There is not a contract offer on the table," Hollis said in a telephone interview with the AP. "Last week, there was talk that Chicago and New Jersey were interested. If I was anywhere but at Michigan State, I would be interested in Tom, too, because he's the best coach in college basketball."

A source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that Izzo told Michigan State that he hasn't been offered a contract and a lot of the reports have been blown out of proportion.

However, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Monday that Gilbert discussed the framework of a deal, worth about $6 million a season for up to five years, with perks such as using one of his private jets.

Izzo has chosen not to confirm or deny the reports.

"I've taken the no-comment-on-all-of-it policy, which is a little bit unlike Tom Izzo," he said Monday night in an interview with WILS radio in Lansing, Mich. "But I've been very consistent with that. And maybe to close it up, I would just say there are so many things out there that are so far-fetched right now.

"I'm the Michigan State coach and that's what I'm going to do right now. Who knows what the future brings? But it sure isn't at all like it's maybe being speculated."

Izzo didn't respond to messages from the AP by phone and text.

This is hardly the first time Izzo has been linked to the Cleveland job. Gilbert is a Michigan State graduate and a longtime Izzo admirer who, according to NBA coaching sources, also investigated the feasibility of hiring Izzo in the summer of 2005, when the Cavs also flirted with Larry Brown before hiring Mike Brown.

 

Izzo is believed to be on the short list of candidates preferred by Gilbert, who didn't ask Hollis for permission to talk to Izzo.

"That's not normal protocol when you're talking about pro teams going after college coaches," Hollis said. "Dan is a great Spartan and I have a lot of respect for him with what he's done in the NBA and with his business."

Hollis said he talked to Izzo on Monday and several times over the weekend, insisting that wasn't unusual because they have been friends for more than two decades. Izzo was the best man at Hollis' wedding and the two were roommates when starting careers at Michigan State.

"I know Dan and Tom talk and that Dan has reached out to talk to Tom in the past," Hollis said. "The only other thing I can tell you at this point is there is a strong interest from the Cleveland Cavaliers in Tom Izzo."

Yet it figures to take more than a shared allegiance to a university or even Gilbert's reputation as one of the NBA's biggest spenders to tempt Izzo, given that the Cavaliers have no assurances that they can re-sign LeBron James this summer.

 

Izzo tried to quell the inevitable speculation about joining the Cavs in a recent interview with ESPN.com, saying: "I don't have an interest [in the NBA] until I win another championship."

 

He did appear to offer some hope of a future jump to the pros when he told Katz that "I'll never say never." Yet Izzo quickly added: "My name always comes up [for NBA jobs], but that doesn't mean they've talked to you."

 

Speaking specifically about the Cavaliers' interest in 2005, Izzo insisted: "There was so much made that Dan Gilbert is from Michigan, but that was more manufactured because I didn't meet with them."

 

ESPN.com reported last week that Gilbert has not abandoned hope of hiring a big-name coach despite the fact that Jeff Van Gundy has informed interested teams such as the New Jersey Nets and Cleveland that he intends to stay in television as an ESPN/ABC analyst for at least one more season before returning to coaching.

 

Charlotte's Larry Brown and Kentucky coach John Calipari -- who is friendly with James and sat near Cleveland's bench during its Game 5 home loss to Boston in the second round of the NBA playoffs -- are two more marquee names that have been mentioned as potential Cavs candidates. ESPN's Byron Scott and Milwaukee Bucks assistant Kelvin Sampson, meanwhile, are already under consideration in Cleveland, sources say.

 

Izzo hasn't seriously considered a move to the NBA since the summer of 2000, when the Atlanta Hawks pursued him hard after Michigan State won its only title in the Izzo era. The Spartans, though, have made six trips to the Final Four in the past 12 seasons, establishing Izzo as an East Lansing legend.

 

Izzo is under contract at Michigan State through 2016 and earns an estimated $3 million annually. There's little doubt Gilbert could double that salary, but the Cavs will remain a franchise in flux until they have a commitment from James that he's re-signing. Interest in Izzo could thus prove to be futile, similar to Cleveland's reported hopes of pursuing Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson or Duke's Mike Krzyzewski.

 

"I'm not worried," Hollis insisted. "But Tom has to make the decision that is best for his immediate family."

Gilbert said last week after Ferry's departure that he hopes to have a new coach in place by the start of free agency July 1, but he also acknowledged that filling the job so quickly might not be possible.

Police: Dutchman confesses to killing Lima woman

By FRANKLIN BRICENO, Associated Press Writer

Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Writer

1 hr 24 mins ago

LIMA, Peru – Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room, a police spokesman said.

 

Peru's chief police spokesman, Col. Abel Gamarra, told The Associated Press that Van der Sloot admitted under questioning Monday that he killed 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30.

 

Several Peruvian media reported that Van der Sloot killed Flores in a rage after learning she had looked up information about his past on his laptop without his permission. They did not name their sources for the information.

 

The newspaper La Republica said that he tearfully confessed, in the presence of a prosecutor and a state-appointed attorney, to grabbing Flores by the neck and hitting her because she had viewed photos and videos about the Aruba case on his computer while he was out buying coffee.

 

Gamarra would not provide details of the confession. Nor would the chief of Peru's criminal police, Gen. Cesar Guardia, when the AP reached him by telephone. Guardia said only police director Gen. Miguel Hidalgo could authorize the information to be divulged. Hidalgo's cell phone rang unanswered.

 

Asked about the Van der Sloot confession, a brother of the victim, Enrique Flores, told the AP "we are not going to make any comment. This is in the hands of the police, of the justice system."

 

Van der Sloot's confession came on his third full day in Peruvian police custody, on the eve of a planned trip to the hotel in which he was to participate in a reconstruction of the events leading to Flores' slaying, Gamarra said.

 

Flores, a business student, was found beaten to death, her neck broken, in the 22-year-old Dutchman's hotel room. Police said the two met playing poker at a casino.

 

Video from hotel security cameras shows the two entering Van der Sloot's hotel room together at 5 a.m. Saturday and Van der Sloot leaving alone four hours later with his bags. Police say Van der Sloot also left the hotel briefly at 8:10 a.m. and returned with two cups of coffee and bread purchased across the street at a supermarket.

 

Gamarra said the case would now be turned over to prosecutors to present formal charges and Van der Sloot will be assigned to a prison while he awaits trial. Murder convictions carry a maximum of 35 years in prison in Peru and it was not immediately clear if a confession could lead to a reduced sentence.

GM recalling 1.5M vehicles over fire concerns

By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer

11 mins ago

WASHINGTON – General Motors Co. said Tuesday it was recalling about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to address a problem with a heated windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire, its second recall over the issue in two years.

The recall affects several pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, crossovers and passenger car models from the 2006 to 2009 model years. GM conducted a similar recall in 2008 but came across new reports of fires in vehicles that had been fixed.

GM said it would disable the heated washer fluid system module that could lead to fires. The Detroit automaker will pay owners and those leasing vehicles $100 each since the feature is being disabled.

GM said it was aware of five fires but there had been no injuries or crashes reported. Nearly 1.4 million vehicles are in the U.S. and more than 100,000 vehicles are in Canada, Mexico and other international markets.

"While our analysis shows the number of incidents is very small compared with the number of vehicles on the road, we want our customers to have complete peace of mind," said Jeff Boyer, GM's executive director of safety.

The recall covers the 2006-2009 model year Buick Lucerne, Cadillac DTS, and Hummer H2; 2008-2009 Buick Enclave and Cadillac CTS; 2007-2009 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV and Escalade EXT; 2007-2009 Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado, Suburban and Tahoe; 2007-2009 GMC Acadia, Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XL; 2007-2009 Saturn Outlook; and 2009 Chevrolet Traverse.

The auto company said customers will begin to receive recall letters later this month but can contact their dealer to make an appointment to have the heated washer system removed. Dealers will remove the heated washer fluid module and reroute washer fluid hoses.

GM said the technology was available from only one supplier, Microheat Inc., of Farmington Hills, Mich., which went out of business, preventing GM from working with another supplier on an improved design.

GM recalled more than 900,000 vehicles because of the heated washer fluid system in August 2008 because a short circuit on the circuit board could overheat the ground wire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened an investigation in February 2008 into 2007 Yukon and Tahoe vehicles over potential engine compartment fires.

The government closed its investigation after the 2008 recall but GM later came across fires in vehicles that had been fixed under the previous recall, prompting the latest safety action.

Owners can contact Buick at (866) 608-8080, Cadillac at (866) 982-2339, Chevrolet at (800) 630-2438, Saturn at (800) 972-8876, GMC at (866) 996-9463 and Hummer at (800) 732-5493.

"History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly, it is not a sufficient condition."

- Milton Friedman -

In 2007, there were 42,495 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults and adolescents diagnosed in the U.S., with 74 percent of those for males.

- Provided by The World Almanac 2010 -

"They must find it difficult...Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority."

- G. Massey, Egyptologist -

If you are one who goes with the status quo, don't watch this.

This is melt your heart, mother or not.

Sony Ericsson WTA Singles Rankings

As of June 7th, 2010

1 (1)     WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 8475.00 15 500.00 .00 .00

2 (2)     WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 6506.00 17 280.00 .00 1.00

3 (3)     WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 5970.00 25 500.00 .00 130.00

4 (4)     JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 5780.00 21 900.00 .00 120.00

5 (5)      DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 5570.00 20 900.00 .00 60.00

6 (17)    SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA 4990.00 27 2000.00 30.00 60.00

7 (7)      STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 4905.00 20 1400.00 .00 60.00

8 (8)      RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA POL 4010.00 22 100.00 .00 60.00

9 (10)    CLIJSTERS, KIM BEL 3890.00 11 .00 .00 .00

10 (15)  PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 3450.00 25 280.00 .00 130.00

11 (12)  LI, NA CHN 3395.00 19 160.00 200.00 1.00

12 (14)  BARTOLI, MARION FRA 3246.00 20 160.00 .00 1.00

13 (20)  PETROVA, NADIA RUS 3195.00 22 500.00 .00 1.00

14 (18)  PEER, SHAHAR ISR 3175.00 26 280.00 .00 125.00

15 (11)  AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 3170.00 19

As of June 7th, 2010

1 (2)            WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 10160.00 7

1 (2)            WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 10160.00 7

3 (1)            HUBER, LIEZEL USA 8530.00 23

4 (4)       BLACK, CARA ZIM 7715.00 22

5 (5)       MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP 7470.00 21

6 (6)       LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA ESP 7470.00 19 

7 (7)       STUBBS, RENNAE AUS 6145.00 17 

8 (8)       STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 6060.00 14 

9 (10)     DULKO, GISELA ARG 5420.00 18 

10 (12)   PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 5110.00 20 

11 (9)     PETROVA, NADIA RUS 4860.00 18 

12 (13)   KLEYBANOVA, ALISA RUS 4465.00 20 

13 (28)   SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO 4300.00 13 

14 (24)   PESCHKE, KVETA CZE 4170.00 10 

15 (17)   KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 3990.00 19 

 IN THE NEWS:  provided by The Free Dictionary

To Up Fat Burn, Skip Eating before Workout Though many professional athletes eat before training, new research suggests that working out on an emptier stomach may actually help people burn more fat. In a recent study, European researchers found that cyclists who trained without eating first burned significantly more fat than those who ate. Another study, published in April, found that those who did not eat before working out burned a higher proportion of fat to carbohydrates than those who did, despite the fact that they performed worse in intensive cycling sessions than participants who ate before the workouts.

Monday 6-7-10 Monday

414, 008, 714, 218, 412, 712, 763, 967, 189

951, 040, 553, 678, 829, 007, 011, 231, 394

438, 596, 526, 115, 344, 599, 333, 444, 555

7115, 2315, 3157, 3948, 5034, 7945, 8769

2219, 1885, 8501, 5980, 8982, 8520, 4552