Gaming
Fla. widow, 84, claims $590M Powerball jackpot
An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million. Gloria C. MacKenzie, a retiree from Maine and a mother of four who lives in a modest, tin-roof ...
US writer A.M. Homes wins Women's Fiction Prize
American novelist A.M. Homes has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with her sixth novel, "May We Be Forgiven." Homes beat bookmakers' favorite Hilary Mantel and three other finalists to win the 30,000-pound ($45,000) prize, awarded Wednesday at a ceremony in London's Royal Festival Hall. Previously known as the ...
Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, ...
Quick-Pick or Hand Pick?
However you pick your lottery numbers, I suggest you do it tonight and especially tomorrow night for PowerBall. Isn't it fun to daydream about how you'll spend $425 million? Well, I guess the payout would be half that, but STILL! Tonight's MegaMillions Drawing is worth $49 million, and I guess ...
B98.5 wants you to see New Fantasyland®
B98.5 invites you to discover a land full of adventure and excitement where beasts roar and mermaids sing – New Fantasyland®, the largest expansion in Magic Kingdom® history! After Thanksgiving, continue listening to the Vikki & Kelly Morning Show starting Monday November 26th and play "Blast from the Past" around ...
I Guess We WON'T Have Another
OMG. Now, in addition to Bodemeister not running the Belmont tomorrow, the Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another has been scratched. This is absurd, and I'm sure it's because of trainer Doug O'Neills questionable training methods (he's been accused of doping). No more racing for me. I'm done. Oh, the ...
He Can't Have Another
Leave it to Bob "Baffling" Baffert to pick up his marbles and go home. First Triple Crown contender in 34 years, and I'll Have Another may leave many wondering about the race, should he win. Fantastic article here about how famous trainer Bob Baffert might be spoiling everything for horse racing. He's ...
Gamers mingle with developers, stars at E3
Looking across the waves of sweaty, passionate gamers during the flashy press conferences and detailed demonstrations at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, there's been very few wide eyes, gasps or dropped jaws. Sure, a "woo-hoo" has been yelled here and a "yay" screamed there, but the reactions have been far ...
Cheers to the Dark Horse! (or the Chestnut)
Dark Horse: a) a usually little known contender (as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing b) an entrant in a contest that is judged unlikely to succeed If you didn’t get a chance to catch the most exciting two minutes in sports on Saturday, you ...
Broken Legs Break My Heart
If you don't know me, let me tell you I'm a horse nut. Wanted to BE a horse when I was 5 years old. Religiously watched the Triple Crown Races every year (I remember seeing Secretariat win all three back in '73). And as glorious as it is to watch ...
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