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The Latest on a winning ticket sold for the Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $540 million (all times local):
12:50 p.m.
A small Indiana town where a Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $540 million was sold is buzzing with speculation about who might be the big winner.
The winning ticket for Friday"s drawing was sold at a Speedway station along Interstate 70 in Cambridge City, a town of about 2,000 residents 50 miles east of Indianapolis.
Town Council President Mark McCarty says if the winner is a local, it won"t take long for word to spread about who it is.
Cambridge City Chamber of Commerce President Beth Leisure says she"s "happy for whoever it is," even if the winner isn"t from the town known for its antique stores.
Robert Williams, who works at the town"s National Road Antique Mall, says customers are excited and "everybody"s wondering who it is."
11:40 a.m.:
The Hoosier Lottery says the winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $540 million was sold at a gasoline station in eastern Indiana.
Hoosier Lottery spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the ticket for Friday"s drawing was sold at a Speedway station along Interstate 70 in Cambridge City, a town of about 2,000 residents 50 miles east of Indianapolis.
A person who answered the phone at that store directed calls to Marathon Petroleum"s corporate headquarters. A spokesman, Brandon Daniels, says the company has no comment.
Because the Speedway location is along a busy highway, Rosebrough says the person who bought the ticket may not be from Indiana. He says "we know the ticket was sold in Indiana, but being on I-70, who knows who bought it?"
7:33 a.m.
A lottery official says a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $540 million was sold in Indiana.
Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty tells The Associated Press it was the only jackpot-winning ticket in Friday night"s Mega Millions drawing.
The consortium of lottery organizations that runs Mega Millions said a ticket matching all five white b***s and the yellow ball would win an estimated $540 million.
The winning Mega Millions numbers are white b***s 8-19-20-55-73 and yellow ball 5.
An estimated $1 billion in tickets have been sold since the last jackpot-winning ticket was drawn in early March. This is the longest Mega Millions run without a winner.
Tickets are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
PHOENIX SUNS VS PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS - NBA Summer League 2016 - LIVE HD
The second day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will feature eight games in total four in the Thomas & Mack Center and four in the adjacent c*x Pavilion.
Last year, the 2015 summer league saw a record 99,437 attendees, which was an average of 9,040 per session. Look for similar numbers this time around.
For the first time, ESPN will be televising games from Las Vegas.
GAME(S) OF THE DAY
Philadelphia vs. Los Angeles Lakers No. 1 vs. No. 2. Philadelphias Ben Simmons and Los Angeles Brandon Ingram will go head-to-head for the first time in a professional setting. This game could break the single-day attendance record of 12,422, which was set last year when the Timberwolves Karl-Anthony Towns and the Lakers DAngelo Russell the top two picks in the 2015 draft faced off.
San Antonio vs. Golden State The Summer League defending champs, with coach Becky Hammon, will meet the Warriors in the night game. Golden State has several players with local ties, including UNLV product Patrick McCaw, Bishop Gorman High alum Rosco Allen (Stanford) and Findlay Prep product Winston Shepard (San Diego State).
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Jaylen Brown, the third overall pick in this years draft, will make his NBA debut for the Boston Celtics at 3 p.m. in the c*x Pavilion.
Pierre Jackson, a 2009 graduate of Desert Pines High School, will play in his fourth NBA Summer League (third in Las Vegas) when he suits up for the Portland Trailblazers.
Dragan Bender, the fourth overall pick in this years draft, will make his NBA debut for the Phoenix Suns at 1 p.m. in the c*x Pavilion.
Former Findlay Prep standout Kelly Oubre, who was a first-round draft pick in 2015, will start his second tour of the NBA Summer League when the Washington Wizards play the Utah Jazz at 3:30 p.m. in the Thomas & Mack Center.
Chris Obekpa, who redshirted the 2015-16 season for UNLV after transferring from St. Johns, will play for the Miami Heat at 7 p.m. in the the c*x Pavilion.
The Miami Heat have two of the top sophomore players in this years NBA Summer League with Justise Winslow (Duke) and Josh Richardson (Tennessee). Both players made contributions in their first season with Miami, which earned the Eastern Conferences No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
SCHEDULE/LATEST LINES*
Today
At c*x Pavilion
Phoenix vs. Portland, 1 p.m. (Suns -3, total 169)
Boston vs. Chicago, 3 p.m. (Celtics -1, 169)
Denver vs. Memphis, 5 p.m. (Nuggets -4, 172)
Dallas vs. Miami, 7 p.m. (Heat -3, 159)
At Thomas & Mack
Cleveland vs. Brooklyn, 1:30 p.m. (Nets -4, 155)
Washington vs. Utah, 3:30 p.m. (Jazz -4, 164)
Philadelphia vs. LA Lakers, 5:30 p.m. (Lakers -5, 153)
San Antonio vs. Golden State, 7:30 p.m. (Spurs -5, 159)
If you follow wrestling at all, or if you just happen to be aware of remotely popular things happening around you, then youve probably heard about the hashtag #beatjohncena that has been making the rounds.
The idea sprung from one wrestler on Monday Night Raw stating that it was fun to beat up John Cena and, apparently, multitudes of people agreed.
Some of them in very interesting ways:
Long before the hashtag #beatupjohncena started making its rounds on social media, I had already done the lightweight work of taking out one of wrestlings most iconic stars.
Im going to tell you a story about pudding, a folding chair and the one and only John Cena.
Just ask my nephew, John, about my magnificent accomplishment. About six years ago, my nephew was about as into wrestling as a kid can get. He knew all the stars and all their signature moves. He knew their backstories. He knew their affiliations. He knew how they took their tea in the morning.
And, to be honest, it was annoying. I dont follow wrestling. I havent since I was a young kid and my mom would bring home VHS tapes of Wrestlemania for me and my dad to watch. I was in love with the spectacle back then. When Hulk Hogan hefted Andre the Giant and slammed him to the mat? It made the Hulk a demigod to me. And the sounds of the pipes playing as Rowdy Roddy Piper made his way into the arena? It gave me chills. And my fear of snakes? Wasnt helped out much when Jake The Snake Roberts would pull out some monster snake and finish off his opponents by wrapping it around their necks.
As the years went on, my love for wrestling like my love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers and Air Wolf faded and was replaced by other things (cars, sports and girls, mostly).
And, thus, wrestling faded away for me.
Until my nephew discovered it.
Guess what, Uncle Sam? he would start out as soon as I walked through the door at any location where he was. I would look at him and force myself to respond. John Cena is going to wrestle Shawn Michaels and blah, blah, blah, blah.
(The latter part of that quote is completely made up, just to be completely transparent and truthful.)
This would happen every time I encountered my nephew. Every. Single. Time.
So, one day, tired of hearing how great John Cena was, I decided to tell the tale of the time I had to put the world-class wrestling phenom in his place.
You see, the story goes that I once attended a high school where most of the students were professional athlete hopefuls (not true at all, I went to a very tiny school in Michigans Upper Peninsula where most students were cousins) and one of my classmates just happened to be John Cena.
One day, I was in line in the cafeteria and Cena was ahead of me. I had my eye on a big bowl of chocolate pudding when, lo and behold, Cena took all of it. Every. Last. Drop. And me being a big fella who likes his pudding decided that wouldnt do. So I confronted Cena and demanded he give me some. He refused and laughed at me, choosing to keep all of the beautiful pudding to himself. Obviously this upset me, and I said a few things that I probably shouldnt have said and all h**l broke loose. That is until I hit him with a folding chair and knocked him out upon whence I took his pudding and claimed it as my own and ate it triumphantly as he lay sprawled out on the floor.
My nephew was suspicious of the authenticity of the tale, of course. However, luck would have it that the very next day he had a substitute teacher who I had gone to high school with. So my nephew asked him about the story, and the sub told him that every word of it was true (it helps to have friends who automatically say youre telling the truth, no matter what).
At that moment, my legacy as his favorite uncle was cemented.
Of course it was all lies. But thats what uncles do, right? We tell harmless little lies about things to keep our nieces and nephews off balance and never sure what is real and what isnt. My nephew is a teenager now. I highly doubt he believes that incident ever happened, but it was fun while it lasted.
But heres the truth of the matter I couldnt beat up John Cena if I was paid (in pudding or otherwise). The guy is built like a tank. I am built like a gummy bear. His biceps make my thighs look small. He lifts weights as part of his job. I lift pencils and papers. He throws around fellow wrestlers for a living. I wrestle with which burger joint wants to be my friend for lunch.
Thankfully John Cena seems to be a guy who can roll with the punches and even laugh at himself a bit (Ive even seen photos of fans wearing Cena Sucks shirts and he poses with them).
His response to the hashtag was what you would expect from someone who has spent his career either being loved or hated.
The hashtag is lighthearted, Im sure, but you wont see me throwing it up on my Twitter anytime soon. Just in case John Cena decided to take on a challenger and chooses one at random from those whove put the hashtag on social media, I dont want there to be a chance that he can show everyone in the world who is truly the pudding king.
Is there anything more thrilling for the everyman than a glimpse into the life of a notorious druglord? With the popularity of shows like Narcos, it seems not. Now, Narcos director Chris Brancato is already itching to delve into the life of yet another druglord. This time, El Chapo real name Joaquin Guzman. The new programme, to be called Cartel, is being developed by cable TV channel, History.
To get you in the know ahead of this hot new series, read the incredible life of druglord El Chapo.
1957: El ChapoMexico"s most notorious druglord is born into a poor family in a rural area of La Tuna in Sinaloa, Mexico. He got a taste for narcotics from a young age his father was rumoured to have been an opium farmer on the sly, his day job being a cattle farmer. At home, he is often beaten by his father, protects his sisters from being beaten and receives emotional support from his mother. His mother has been described as "the only one who can change one of his decisions with a word." During his adolescence, Guzman earns himself the nickname El Chapo, Mexican slang for "shorty." (He was five foot six inches, and was stocky in build.)1960s: El Chapo starts marijuana farmEl Chapo drops out of school and starts his own marijuana plantation with four distant cousins, and earns enough from it to support his family financially. Eventually his father kicks him out of the house, so he goes to live with his grandfather. Following that, he leaves his hometown in search of greater opportunities organised crime. MORE CULTURE 1970s: El Chapo"s drug mule yearsEl Chapo is the mule from Sierra to major Mexican cities and the border. He develops a rep for being a ruthless man that won"t hesitate to kill over a late drug shipment.1980s: El Chapo takes over Sinaloa cartel"s Pacific operationsEl Chapo is introduced to the Sinaloa cartel"s leader, Miguel ngel Flix Gallardo (El Padrino), the godfather of the modern Mexican drug trade. He takes over operations for the Pacific coast. When El Chapo"s boss is eventually arrested for the 1985 murder of an American Drug Enforcement Agency agent, he becomes the new number one man of the Mexican drug world.Early 1990s: El Chapo builds his cartelEl Chapo builds his cartel while providing services for the poor, earning fierce loyalty. "You are financing everything: Baptisms. Infrastructure," a former Mexican ambassador said. "You are Santa Claus. And everybody likes Santa Claus."1992: El Chapo starts a war in TijuanaEl Chapo begins to expand into Tijuana, encroaching on the Arellano Felix brothers of the Tijuana cartel and setting off a deadly gang war. Guzmn"s cartel trafficks cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and meth. Eventually, the cartel is operating over five continents and grew to be the biggest drug operation in the world.
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June 1993: El Chapo"s first arrest... and escape El Chapo flees across Mexico to Guatemala, where he"s arrested and sentenced to 20 years for murder and trafficking. It is said he brought in cocaine and women behind bars through bribes and intimidation, turning the prison into a five-star hotel.El Chapo escapes from a maximum-security prison in a laundry cart. The escape costs him as much as $2.5 million, and results in the detention of 73 prison officials.Early 2000s: US government huntChapo becomes the primary drug target of the US government, who offers a $5 million reward for information. Chapo muscles into Tijuana and Gulf cartel territory, and open warfare breaks out.2004: El Chapo slips awayThe escalating violence renews attention from the US and Mexican authorities, which leads to at least two almost-captures of El Chapo. The Mexican army receives a tip-off that he is throwing a party. Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Guzmn reportedly threw a party "complete with cases of whiskey and a band, in a remote Mexican village to watch his 18-year-old girlfriend, Emma Coronel, win a local beauty contest," according to The Journal. It is also possible this was the date of their wedding. Helicopters arrive at a ranch that they suspect is owned by Chapo. "Every time he gets away, they tell us, "He got out the back door,"" said one American official. "U.S. officials have started to joke that there is no word for "surround" in Spanish."May 2008: revenge killings after El Chapo"s son is assassinatedEl Chapo"s son Edgar is killed in a parking lot shootout. The murder inspires a rash of revenge killings, and beheadings become a common sight throughout Sinaloa.200: El Chapo makes Forbes list Cartel members begin to use unlicensed drug-rehab centres as safe houses in Ciudad Juarez. In September, men stormed a rehab clinic in the city and murdered 17 patients one of several similar attacks rumoured to be the work of the Sinaloa cartel. Forbes lists him as one of the most powerful people in the world and owning a net worth of $1 billion.February 2014: El Chapo arrested. Again.After 13 years on the run, El Chapo is arrested in Mazatlan. "I killed two or three thousand," Chapo told law enforcement. "I"m a drug trafficker. I don"t kidnap or steal or extort or anything like that."July 2015: El Chapo escapes. Again.El Chapo escapes from a maximum-security prison through a tunnel under a shower. Chapo slips through an opening in his cells shower section, makes his way down a 30-foot ladder and travels through a tunnel network connecting his cell to a house that was still under construction about a mile away. The escape is estimated to have cost Guzmn $50 million in construction and bribes to prison officials. Chapo is now the target of a nationwide manhunt causing huge embarrassment for the government.
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January 2016: El Chapo captured after Sean Penn interviewChapo is captured in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, after months on the run in a dramatic episode involving a Mexican soap opera actress and US film star Sean Penn, who met with the drug boss in hiding. When Chapo was captured, the Mexican president posted the news on twitter. "Mission Accomplished," the President wrote. "We have him."
Reese Witherspoon was tired of Oscar winners competing to play the girlfriend
Take one look at Reese Witherspoon"s Instagram and it will give you all sorts of July 4th goals for next year"s celebrations.
The Oscar winner shared an adorable photo of her son Tennessee, 3, smiling hard as he rocked a pair of star-shaped, America-themed sunglasses (with blue lenses, natch) while sitting next to his mom, who sported a floral, striped number paired with red, blue, and silver beaded necklacesand a red lip.
"Good "ol #RedWhiteAndBlue! (Post-nap festivities ) Hope you had a relaxing holiday, folks!! #FourthOfJuly," Witherspoon captioned the shot. Little Tennessee sprang back to life for some Fourth of July fun after getting in one serious nap earlier in the day, which Witherspoon couldn"t help but capture for the "gram as well. In the shot, the shirtless blonde tot sleeps on his grandmother"s arm in red-and-blue swim trunks, as she smiles at his side in aviator shades and an American flag scarf tied around her neck.
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"Pre-BBQ nap with grandma. Hope y"all are enjoying the holiday! #July4th," the Draper James founder wrote. Prior to Tennessee"s nap, Witherspoon kicked off her Independence Day posting spree with a Boomerang shot that showed her waving a patriotic pinwheel and flashing a big smile in a red and white checkered shirt. "Happiest 4th of July, folks! #regram @draperjames," she wrote alongside it.
Secrets To Winning The Lottery: How To Pick MEGA MILLIONS Numbers
DES MOINES, Iowa The winning Mega Millions numbers are 49, 45, 20, 42, 41 and the Mega ballnumber is 14.
Friday nights Mega Millions drawing gives lottery players a shot at the 10th largest jackpot in U.S. history.
Because no one has won a Mega Millions jackpot since March 8, the prize has steadily grown to an estimated $415 million. That makes it the largest jackpot since a $430 million Powerball prize won by a New Jersey family May 7.
The record prize was a $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won in January by players in three states.
Winning numbers in the Mega Millions game will be drawn at 11 p.m. Eastern time. The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white b***s and one yellow ball are one in 259 million.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
