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Updated: May 14, 2010, 1:18 PM ET

Hawks won't re-sign coach Woodson

ESPN.com news services

The Atlanta Hawks have let coach Mike Woodson go after advancing to their third straight playoffs.

Woodson's contract had expired Monday, and the Hawks decided to go in a new direction for their coach.

Woodson's Hawks had advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the second consecutive season, winning 53 games in the regular season, beating the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games before being swept by the Magic, as Orlando recorded the largest margin of victory in any four-game sweep in NBA postseason history.

The Hawks won 47 games last season, and had improved on their record every season since Woodson's first with the team in 2004-05, when they won just 13.

But Woodson's Hawks were 11-18 in the postseason.

**** TIW4 Testing DC ****

Winning Numbers: 4568 & 0475

1523, 0159, 2740, 9375, 9860, 3016, 3926
8712, 8419, 8403, 8025, 7146, 5426, 6758
1608, 2163, 0742, 3876, 3952, 8215, 8305
9710, 9413, 9428, 9206, 7145, 6405, 5769

 

This one has so much going on, I may have to watch for a week and see how it goes:

 

0419, 1419, 2419, 3419, 4419, 5419, 6419, 7419, 8419, 9419

0964, 1964, 2964, 3964, 4964, 5964, 6964, 7964, 8964, 9964

2740, 2741, 2742, 2743, 2744, 2745, 2746, 2747, 2748, 2749

7290, 7291, 7292, 7293, 7294, 7295, 7296, 7297, 7298, 7299

0740, 0741, 0742, 0743, 0744, 0745, 0746, 0747, 0748, 0749

0295, 1295, 2295, 3295, 4295, 5295, 6295, 7295, 8295, 9295

7140, 7141, 7142, 7143, 7144, 7145, 7146, 7147, 7148, 7149

2690, 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694, 2695, 2696, 2697, 2698, 2699

6750, 6751, 6752, 6753, 6754, 6755, 6756, 6757, 6758, 6759

1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209

 

The lines that are bolded are my favorites, just because their pairs

were more uniform, but in the lottery, you know sometimes anything

goes.

**** TIW4 Testing Delaware ****

Winning Numbers: 3436 & 4702

0387, 9031, 8259, 1723, 1649, 7904, 7184
6208, 6501, 6597, 6983, 2054, 3584, 4236
7369, 5738, 6415, 8943, 8025, 9572, 9862
0476, 0178, 0159, 0563, 4712, 3162, 2430

2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059

0570, 1570, 2570, 3570, 4570, 5570, 6570, 7570, 8570, 9570

I will be watching this in DE for the next 4 -7 days.

TIW SC 5-13-10 Midday

Winning Numbers: 673 & 9312

073, 167, 210, 279, 236, 391, 458, 609
6174, 5618, 7035, 8401, 8925, 4562, 4872
9067, 9368, 9354, 9571, 0632, 1372, 2019

236, 347, 458, 569, 670, 781, 892, 903, 014, 125

0632, 1632, 2632, 3632, 4632, 5632, 6632, 7632, 8632, 9632

0630, 0631, 0632, 0633, 0634, 0635, 0636, 0637, 0638, 0639

 

81 and/or 36 pair

Ala. girl jumps to death; bullying investigated

Ala. teen also had hard time getting over death of sister

The Associated Press

updated 7:07 p.m. ET, Thurs., May 13, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A 15-year-old high school student who jumped to her death from an interstate overpass complained of bullying at school and never got over the death of her sister in a freak accident, factors the coroner said Thursday likely played a role in her suicide.

 

Chilton County Coroner Randall Yeargan said Alex Moore of Jemison left her rural home early Wednesday and walked to an overpass above Interstate 65. Several drivers on the highway saw her plunge, Yeargan said.

 

The death was ruled a suicide, Yeargan said, and investigators are trying to determine how much of a role bullying played. The teen's father said the girl expressed anger and grief over her sister's death in a suicide note, but did not mention bullying.

 

The coroner said Moore clearly was having a hard time at Jemison High School, located in a farming community in central Alabama about 40 miles south of Birmingham.

 

"The word we're getting is that she had been harassed or bullied by other kids. You know, kids are cruel. She wasn't in the 'in' crowd," he said. "And, she was having considerable problems with the loss of her sister. That may have played as much a role in it as the bullying."

 

The teen's father, Jim Moore, said in an interview with The Associated Press that relatives didn't know the extent of the bullying and teasing Alex had endured until after messages from classmates began appearing on Facebook pages following her death. She talked of teasing, bullying on the school bus and some boys "messing with her stuff" recently, he said, but it didn't seem to be a major problem.

 

"She was a good kid, a Christian girl. She loved animals," he said. "(But) she was overweight, she didn't have a lot of friends and wasn't in the 'in' clique."

 

The Chilton County school superintendent's office referred questions to Jemison High School Principal Alan Thompson, who didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.

 

'Made fun of daily'
Jim Moore said Alex's older sister, 25-year-old Lesley Anne Moore, died about two years ago after stepping into live electrical wires that had been knocked down in an automobile accident. Alex believed the driver should have been held accountable and was upset when he wasn't, Moore said.

 

Because of that experience, Alex didn't trust authorities and may not have been willing to tell administrators about bullying at school, Moore said. She complained to an assistant principal recently about harassment from male students, he said, but she let the matter drop after an administrator talked to the youths.

 

"She told her to come back to her if it happened again, and she never did," Moore said.

 

Moore said neither he nor Alex's mother realized what was happening at school until classmates and friends created Facebook postings and groups talking about all the bullying and harassment she endured. In some postings, students apologize for being mean to her.

 

One student began a group that said the teen "was made fun of daily."

 

In describing the group, the student forming it said, "Heartless people, our peers, teased her because she was not up to their standards. Well, not a lot of people are."

 

School bullying has gained new attention after two students in Massachusetts hanged themselves separately in recent months after suffering repeated harassment from classmates. In one of the cases, six students are criminally charged in connection with the student's death. A new Massachusetts law enacted last week bans bullying on school property and cyberbullying.

Swipe this card; shopping could be cheaper

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer

22 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Striking at a lucrative bank business, the Senate on Thursday voted to force credit card companies to reduce fees for debit card transactions and permit merchants to offer customer discounts based on their payment method.

The 64-33 vote inserted the fee requirement in a package of new financial rules the Senate is considering to ward off a repeat of the financial crisis.

The vote was a major defeat for banks, which lobbied hard against it. But the measure attracted heavy bipartisan support and surpassed a 60-vote threshold for passage. Seventeen Republicans voted for the amendment; 10 Democrats voted against it.

The measure from Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., would force credit card companies to charge businesses less for debit card transactions than for credit card payments.

Under current practice, a business that accepts major credit cards signs agreements with the card companies to pay a percentage of each transaction, usually about 2 to 3 percent. But credit card charges cost more to process than swipes with a debit card.

The measure still needs to survive negotiations with the House, which has already passed its version of regulations on Wall Street. The House bill does not contain the debit card provision.

The change would represent the most direct and tangible consumer benefit of the regulatory overhaul and would amount to a triumph for Durbin who failed to get a similar proposal attached to an overhaul of credit card regulations last year.

The Senate put off a vote on a contentious amendment to the regulatory bill. The amendment would exclude auto dealers that offer loans to car buyers outside the reach of a proposed consumer financial protection agency. President Barack Obama argued against the exemption Wednesday, but Democrats feared that even by requiring 60 votes to pass it, they would be unable to defeat it.

The debit card issue pitted the politically popular appeals of small business owners against the influence of community banks and the lobbying power of the credit card companies.

Durbin wants the Federal Reserve to ensure the fees that credit card companies charge for debit card use are proportional to the costs of processing the transaction.

Durbin's measure requires that once merchants can pay lower fees for debit card purchases, they then would be able to offer discounts to their customers based on their method of payment. Merchants would be prohibited from placing minimum purchase requirements for the use of a debit card.

"To bring competition to credit cards is going to help these businesses and ultimately help consumers," Durbin said.

In an effort to win more support and avoid community bank opposition, Durbin included an exception from the fee requirement for banks with assets of less than $10 billion. Durbin said even with that exception, his legislation would affect 65 percent of all card transactions in the United States.

Still, the Independent Community Bankers Association opposed the proposal, arguing large retail merchants may choose to accept only the cheaper cards offered by large banks or that small banks will be forced to accept the lower fees big banks would receive.

Retail groups countered that any reductions in fees would be passed on to consumers. Henry Armour, president and CEO of the National Association of Convenience Stores, said credit and debit card fees are the second biggest expense in his industry, behind labor costs.

"This is an issue that is not just a Main Street small business issue, this is an issue that affects in our industry 160 million consumers a day," Armour said.

The vote came on a day when the Senate continued to move through the complexities of the far reaching regulatory legislation. The debate was expected to extend into next week with a handful of major issues still unresolved, including how to police complex and unregulated securities known as derivatives and how far to go in banning commercial banks from engaging in speculative trades on their own accounts.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waded into the derivatives debate, raising objections in a letter to a provision by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., that would require banks to spin off all their derivatives business into subsidiaries. Bernanke said the move would weaken regulation of derivatives.

The Senate is not expected to take up that provision until after Lincoln's re-election primary contest Tuesday.

Updated: May 13, 2010, 6:48 PM ET

Federer, Nadal advance

Associated Press

MADRID -- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday with straight-set victories. 

The top-ranked Federer beat Swiss countryman Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-1 and second-ranked Nadal saw off big-serving John Isner of the United States 7-5, 6-4.

Defending champion Federer never looked troubled against Wawrinka and appears to be shaking off the slip in form that had him lose in the semifinals in Estoril and the second round in Rome recently. In the quarterfinals he'll play Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who beat him in Rome.

Isner, who reached the clay final in Belgrade last weekend, held his own against Nadal before losing his serve in the 11th game of the first set, during which he received treatment to his arm.

Nadal served out for the set and broke the American early in the second before holding his service for victory.

"It was a very dangerous and difficult match and I played well, and when I had chances with the return I took them," said Nadal. "For me it was a very important victory."

Nadal came into the Madrid Masters on the back of tournament wins in Monte Carlo and Rome. The 2005 champion and 2009 finalist hopes to extend the record for Masters titles of 17 he shares with Andre Agassi.

Another favorite to win the tournament, third-seeded Andy Murray, had little trouble beating Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-2, 6-1.

Two breaks of serve in each set saw the Scot stroll to victory, setting up a quarterfinal with David Ferrer, who beat Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 6-2.

Murray hadn't won two matches in a row since Indian Wells in March and he was pleased.

"Hanescu isn't an out-and-out clay-court player so it was a different match than you normally get, but I felt comfortable," Murray said.

"I know that against the clay-courters I'll have to play more aggressively and will have to improve," he said.

Earlier, Fernando Verdasco's 7-5, 6-3 third-round loss to Jurgen Melzer of Austria left only three of the top eight seeds in the tournament.

With the center court's retractable roof closed due to rain, the sixth-seeded Verdasco looked far from his best and had treatment on his right ankle after the first set.

Melzer broke early in the second set before Verdasco broke back for 3-3. Melzer took the next three games to clinch victory over Verdasco for the second time in seven attempts and reach his fifth quarterfinal this season.

A frustrated Verdasco said his ankle was hurting after he injured it in the previous round against Ivo Karlovic, although he said the match conditions also bothered him.

"I haven't played indoors for months and I've never had the opportunity to train here with the roof closed -- I think it gave him the advantage," he said. "He's more of an indoor player than an outdoor player, which also went against me. The court also wasn't in the best condition, which made me miss certain shots that were very important."

Melzer will next play Nicolas Almagro of Spain, ensuring there will be at least one unseeded player in the semifinals. Almagro beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-4, 6-1.

In the women's third round, eighth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia beat Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal with Venus Williams.

"It's Venus so you have to expect a good match," Stosur said. "Clay probably isn't her favorite surface. We've played a few times and I've never been able to win so it's one of those times when I have to go out there and give it my best shot."

Seventh-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia cruised through against Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-2, 6-0, while Aravane Rezai of France beat Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (8).

Li Na of China beat Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 and Shahar Peer of Israel defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain 7-5, 6-2.

No matter how many times I see this, I just can't stop ROTFLMAO!!!!!

By this little gaffe

Midday 5-13-10 Evening

** until 5-15-10 **

015 019 024 028 037 046 069 078 123 127 136 145 159 168 235 249 258 267 289 348 357 379 456 469 478 568 789 001 006 114 118 226 033 334 339 244 447 055 559 366 667 177 577 388 199 699 222 555 888

Updated: May 13, 2010, 11:11 AM ET

Tiger expects full recovery; no timetable

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods said tests Wednesday showed an inflamed neck joint that causes pain and makes it hard for him to turn his head, an injury that will require little more than medicine, massages and rest.

Woods had an MRI exam that revealed inflammation in a facet joint of his neck. He said on his website that when facet joints are inflamed, it causes pain in the area along with headaches and difficulty rotating the head.

He withdrew from the final round of The Players Championship on Sunday after a week in which he was seen stretching and rolling his neck. Woods said his neck had been bothering him since before he returned from a five-month layoff at the Masters, and that it was not related to the Nov. 27 car accident when he ran into a tree, setting off revelations of infidelity.

"I now need to take care of this condition and will return to playing golf when I'm physically able," Woods said.

Woods said treatment will include physical therapy, such as soft-tissue massage, rest and anti-inflammatory medicine. He said the prognosis was for a full recovery, and while the layoff is not expected to be long, rehab can vary.

Woods said in a news conference this week that he hoped to be able to defend his title at the Memorial, which starts June 3 at Muirfield Village in Ohio. His next tournament will be his first without swing coach Hank Haney, who stepped aside Monday.

But guess what she will do if the monster come over her house.....

 

Midday 5-13-10 Evening

** until 5-16-10 **

5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074, 5075, 5076, 5077, 5078, 5079

8070, 8071, 8072, 8073, 8074, 8075, 8076, 8077, 8078, 8079

0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0006, 0007, 0008, 0009

6600, 6601, 6602, 6603, 6604, 6605, 6606, 6607, 6608, 6609

 

and/or

 

507, 807, 000, 660, 052, 352, 555, 115, 107, 207, 407, 067