Young rancher is winner of huge Powerball prize

A 23-year-old Todd County rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and had a mobile home repossessed last year has claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot.

Neal Wanless, who lives on his family's 320-acre ranch near Mission, bought the winning ticket in Winner late last month during a trip to buy livestock feed. He will take home $88.5 million in a lump sum payment after taxes are deducted.

Wanless says his family has been helped by their community and that he "intends to repay that help many times over." He says he plans to continue ranching, albeit on a larger ranch.

Wanless, wearing a black cowboy hat, had a huge grin on his face during the brief presentation ceremony in Pierre.

Lottery officials say he will get his money June 16th. He was given a $100 bill for a lesser prize he won on the same Powerball ticket.


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Woman pulled in front of train by dog

A woman who died after the dog she was walking pulled her into the path of an Amtrak train was identified today as 32-year-old Vida Silver of Hayward.

Silver was walking a pit bull terrier on Blossom Way about a mile north of the Hayward station around 2:15 p.m. Thursday. The dog's owner, an 18-year-old man, rode a bicycle around the crossing arms as the train approached, said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson.

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The dog apparently began following its owner and pulled the woman into the train's path, Nelson said. Silver had the leash wrapped around her hand in order to control the dog and was unable to let go, authorities said.

Both Silver and the dog died when they were hit by a Capitol Corridor train headed from Sacramento to San Jose, said Amtrak spokeswoman Vernaé Graham. Silver was identified today by the county coroner.

Her death came hours after a man jumped in front of a train near Grayson Street in Berkeley at 10:50 a.m., Graham said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released pending notification of his family.


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Royal Pains Premiere

Stepping into the untapped TV role of a recently unemployed hospital surgeon who becomes a reluctant concierge doctor for the rich and famous in the Hamptons, Feuerstein is an immediate good fit for the USA schedule, bringing a charming and comedic presence to the summer airwaves in a series that taps into two rarely seen worlds for its success - the freelance life of a concierge doctor and the elite New York region of the Hamptons.

Prior to the premiere of Royal Pains, we briefly caught up with the new USA contract doc on a recent conference call to find out more about Mark Feuerstein, life in the Hamptons, the balance of drama and comedy within Royal Pains, and how Dr. Hank becomes a Robin Hood figure by the third episode.

Here is the premiere of USA medical drama “Royal Pains”, which is about A down and out surgeon who has a chance to redeem himself as a small town physician in the wealthy beach community of East Hampton, NY.

EP 1.1 Pilot

When a Hospital trustee dies on Dr. Hank Lawson’s watch, he is shunned by the medical community. Months later, at a party in the Hamptons, he saves the life of a guest and stumbles upon a new career as an on call doctor for high society.

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Octomom Rips Kate’s Bikini Body

Nadya Suleman goes on a video tirade about Kate Gosselin’s vacation bikini pictures.

Suleman, who is trying to trademark the term “Octomom,” appeared in another video on RadarOnline.com.

This time, Suleman goes on rant about Gosselin using tummy-tuck to get in beach shape.

Suleman then rips up a set on Gosselin bikini pictures, throws them in a trash can and laughs.

On the surface, the latest mom antics seem juvenile. But Suleman has signed a TV deal with a European production company, and will be coming to cable TV in the near future.

The Gosselins empire is rumored to be worth as much as $10 million.

Suleman also said in the video that she shows "more intellectual and educational, not so superficial."

On Wednesday, Kate Gosselin was seen in public for the third day in a row in a bikini. There is no word on when she and her children will return from North Carolina.

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Kate Gosselin on Bikini

Kate Gosselin hits the beach again in a new bikini, while husband Jon is nowhere to be seen.

Gosselin, 34, was in the black designer bikini at a North Carolina resort on Tuesday where she, hed kids and bodyguard Steve Neild have been since Memorial Day.

Jon Gosselin was spotted Monday on at ATV at the couple’s house near Reading, Pa.

But on Tuesday, US Weekly reported that Jon had been with his alleged girlfriend on March 28 in Utah, when Kate had her birthday party back East.

New episodes of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” aired on Monday show the couple clearly apart one month before tabloid reports of affairs with other people.

The shows had Jon Gosselin in Park City, Utah when Kate Gosselin was home, while Jon stayed with the kids when Kate went on a book tour to San Diego.

“It looks like it's all about me,” Kate said at the start of the show, but she said that underneath, it “is all about the kids.”

But then Kate complained that Jon wasn't home for her birthday because he decided to stay on the snowboarding slopes at Park City.

Jon justified his decision by saying he went there to help handicapped children, while Kate said she was sad.

However, it turned out that TLC arranged for a trip for Kate and her children to Baltimore to see the cake bakers from “Ace Of Cakes,” another reality series.

The show seemed to set up a format with each parent spending time with their eight children, but apart from each other.

The first footage was apparently shot in late March, at least one month before US Weekly reported Jon's alleged affair with Reading school teacher Deanna Hummel.

Kate Gosselin then went to California on a book tour in April, without Jon.

Many scenes featured the couple on a couch, with one child propped between the couple.

But clearly, the adult Gosselins were leading separate lives before tabloids made their lives "hell," as Kate Gosselin said.

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David Carradine Suicide in Bangkok

David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room at the age of 72. Media reports indicate that the veteran actor, best known for his roles in "Kung Fu" and the "Kill Bill" movies -- committed suicide.

In a 2004 interview dug up by the Telegraph Newspaper, the 72-year-old actor revealed that he once considered shooting himself, saying: "Look, there was a period in my life when I had a single action Colt 45, loaded, in my desk drawer.

David Carradine and wife Annie Bierman arrive at a 2005 movie premiere in Hollywood. Carradine married five times and had three children, including a son with former girlfriend Barbara Hershey. He also is survived by several stepchildren.

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And every night I'd take it out and think about blowing my head off, and then decide not to and go on with my life. Put it back in the drawer and open up the laptop and continue writing my autobiography or whatever. But it was just to see."

But there's more -- Carradine, who was also a musician, released a song on his website called Big Mack Truck, about a man who considers ending his life by walking into traffic. Here are some of the lyrics:

Does anyone know where I'm going ... does anyone here really care?

If I walk myself on a highway ... would that big mac truck be there?

Big mack truck .. big mack truck ... bearin' down on me.

Big mack truck on a highway .. oh say can you see ... can you see ... can you see?

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World of Warcraft Patch 3.1.3 coming tomorrow

WoW patch 3.1.3 is going to be released soon and now it’s really close, being scheduled for tomorrow, according to MMO-Champion. The game will not get any major changes, probably, and it won’t happen until patch 3.2.0.

Please note that the initial patch notes will not show up in the PTR, but we will let you know what the changes will be a bit later.

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Ford auto sales best in ten months

GM: General Motors (GMGMQ) announced the sale of its Hummer truck brand one day after it filed for bankruptcy protection, bringing an end to an era for the automaker.

The bankruptcy is seen as necessary by lawmakers who say the industry requires a broad overhaul. GM's bankruptcy will result in 20,000 job losses and the closure of 12 plants.

GM is now trading under the symbol GMGMQ, as of Tuesday. It will be removed from the S&P 500 at the close of trading Tuesday and is also being kicked out of the Dow. Cisco Systems (CSCO, Fortune 500) takes its place starting Monday.

In other auto sector news, Ford Motor (F, Fortune 500) said Tuesday that May auto sales fell 24%, versus forecasts for a drop of 28.5%. The results nonetheless marked the best monthly performance for the company since last July.

Other automakers are also releasing monthly sales results throughout the day.

Meanwhile Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. auto sales fell less than expected in May marking its best performance since July 2008, the automaker reported on Tuesday.

Ford (F, Fortune 500) said total domestic vehicle sales fell 24.3% compared to a year earlier. That was a narrower decline than the Edmunds.com analysts' forecast of a 28.5% drop and better than the 32% retreat in April.

Though Ford's car models fell by 25.5%, sales of its mid-sized Fusion model were actually up 9.4% last month, the only model that rose from last year.

Crossover SUV sales dropped 9%, and traditional SUV sales tanked 37.4%. Overall, Ford truck sales fell 23.4%.

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