Midday & Evening

** until 3-8-09 **

270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279

760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't."

- Anatole France -

Midday & Evening

** until 2 hits fall **

(The Carolinas)

Group 1:

768   787   867

768   787   867

760   707   067

Best pair: 76

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Group 2:

162   127   267

168   187   867

160   107   067

Best pair: 16

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Group 3:

253   238   358

257   278   758

251   218   158

Best pair: 25

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Group 4:

819   896   916

813   836   316

819   896   916

Best pair: 81

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Group 5:

455   445   545

457   447   547

457   447   547

Best pair: 45

 

Tuesday 3-3-09

447, 628, 644, 186, 310, 837, 394, 930, 498, 089

039, 221, 501, 878, 238, 178, 538, 053, 567, 219

151, 155, 651, 091, 114, 248, 846, 111, 333, 999

6611, 4499, 5500, 3388, 7722

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

- Patricia Neal -

Midday & Evening

** until 3-4-09 **

018, 019, 027, 028, 029, 036, 037, 038, 045, 046, 047, 056, 126, 127, 128, 135, 136, 137, 145, 146, 189 234, 235, 236, 245, 279, 289, 369, 378, 379, 389, 459, 468, 469, 478, 479, 568, 569, 578, 001, 002, 009 011, 117, 118, 119, 225, 226, 227, 144, 244, 055, 155, 558, 559, 668, 288, 388, 488, 099, 199, 299, 999

 

'Madea' locks up top spot at weekend box office

LOS ANGELES – "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience."

The Jonas Brothers film, featuring the band on stage and off, took in $12.7 million, the second-biggest opening for a concert film behind 2008's "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert." That 3-D film, chronicling fellow Disney idol Miley Cyrus, premiered at the top of the charts after playing in just 683 theaters. "Jonas Brothers" opened in 1,271 theaters.

"'Hannah Montana' set a bar so high it's going to take forever to knock it off," said Chuck Viane, president of distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. "Everything about it worked. She was coming off a great album and tour and three years on the Disney Channel. I don't think any set of circumstances will ever be quite what 'Hannah' had."

Feisty, pistol-packin' granny Madea remained unstoppable at the box office. The two previous films centering on Perry's foul-mouthed character — 2005's "Diary of Mad Black Woman" and 2006's "Madea's Family Reunion" — also debuted at No. 1, and they grossed more than $150 million total.

"We've been talking a lot lately about people going to the movies to escape," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. "Usually, people want to escape from jail, but people keep wanting to escape to jail with Madea. That character has made a huge mark. If you've got 'Tyler Perry' or 'Madea' in the title, you've got a hit."

"Slumdog Millionaire," riding high after collecting eight Oscars last week, finished third with $12.1 million, bringing its total to $115 million and giving it the biggest post-Academy Awards weekend for a best picture Oscar winner in 10 years.

"I still run into people who haven't seen it," said Sheila DeLoach, senior vice president of distribution at Fox Searchlight. "I'm like 'Hello? Do you live on the planet?' But obviously, there were a lot of people who hadn't seen it yet or we wouldn't have gone up 45 percent this weekend, so it's really terrific."

The week's other new wide release, the video game adaptation "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" distributed by 20th Century Fox, opened at No. 8 with $4.6 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," $16.5 million.

2. "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," $12.7 million.

3. "Slumdog Millionaire," $12.1 million.

4. "Taken," $9.9 million.

5. "He's Just Not That Into You," $5.8 million.

6. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," $5.6 million.

7. "Coraline," $5.2 million.

8. "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li," $4.6 million.

9. "Confessions of a Shopaholic," $4.4 million.

10. "Fired Up," 3.8 million.

Monday 3-2-09

289, 703, 549, 198, 498, 893, 630, 526, 596, 308, 813

892, 543, 549, 039, 490, 186, 311, 402, 384, 429, 460

547, 675, 937, 932, 193, 158, 571, 165, 586, 394, 359

482, 184, 408, 333, 777, 888, 999

 "It is the epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity."

 - Mark Twain -

2 NFL players among boaters missing in Florida

• Story Highlights
• NEW: "It feels like my greatest fear coming true," wife of missing man says
• Four boaters missing off Florida's western coast, officials say
• NFL's Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper among the missing
• Boat set out early Saturday; Coast Guard began search Sunday

CLEARWATER, Florida (CNN) -- Two NFL players are among four boaters missing since Saturday night off Florida's Gulf Coast, officials told CNN.

Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper and NFL free agent Corey Smith, who played for the Detroit Lions for the past three seasons, have not returned from a Saturday fishing trip in water off Clearwater, Florida, family members and colleagues said Sunday.

"It feels like my greatest fear coming true -- it doesn't feel real," Cooper's wife, Rebekah, told CNN affiliate WTSP in Tampa on Sunday afternoon. "I'm just waiting for a phone call."

The Coast Guard began searching around 2 a.m. Sunday after it learned that four men -- Cooper, Smith, and former University of South Florida football players William Bleakley and Nick Schuyler -- had not returned from their fishing trip Saturday evening as expected.

Rough weather has hampered the effort, but "it's still a very active search," Coast Guard Capt. Tim Close told reporters Sunday afternoon.

Poor visibility from heavy waves forced the search-and-rescue effort to be conducted primarily by air, though authorities deployed patrol boats as well, Close said.

Searchers have focused on 750 square miles of open water in the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles west of Clearwater Pass. From there, the men had left the Seminole Boat Ramp in a 21-foot single-engine boat about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard said.

Rebekah Cooper said she became worried Saturday night when she didn't hear from her husband. She called her one of her husband's fishing buddies, Brian Miller, who contacted the Coast Guard with the coordinates of where the men planned to fish.

"Usually I'm on the boat. It's a little difficult wondering if something would have been different if I had been there," Miller said. "Or who knows? They may be just sitting out there with a broken motor -- and that's what we're hoping for."He said it was clear something was wrong when Cooper didn't call Saturday night.

"He should've been within range to use his cell phone, and he knows enough to shut it off when he goes out so the batteries are still there," he said.

Close said weather conditions were relatively good Saturday, "but the weather picked up overnight."

"It's a small vessel for the conditions that are out there right now," Close said Sunday afternoon.

Rebekah Cooper said her husband was aware of Sunday's weather forecast and for that reason picked Saturday for the trip.

"Fishing is his first love, it always has been," she said, adding, "I have a lot of faith in him out there."

Cooper's father said he learned of the situation Sunday morning from his daughter-in-law. His son "routinely stays out on the water 12-14 hours," Bruce Cooper, a sports anchor for CNN affiliate KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona, said in a statement.

Close said authorities had not received a distress signal from the boaters. Close said Cooper owns the boat.

Bruce Cooper called his son an "avid fisherman."

"He goes deep sea fishing any opportunity he gets," Cooper said in the statement. "Two years ago I went deep sea fishing with him. I swore I would never do so again; I didn't like the fact that I couldn't see land. Needless to say I am very concerned. I am praying and hoping for the best."

The boat, a center-console vessel manufactured by Everglades Boats, is billed as "unsinkable," Close said.

The Detroit Lions released a statement acknowledging that Smith was among the missing men, adding, "Our thoughts and prayers are with all the passengers, their families and all those involved in the search efforts."

Smith and Cooper were teammates with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for part of the 2004 season, when Cooper was a rookie, according to the NFL's Web site. Smith, who entered the league with Tampa Bay in 2002, went on to play for the Washington Redskins before moving to the Lions for the 2006 season. Cooper has played for six teams in his five-season career.

Cooper played college football at the University of Washington. Smith played at North Carolina State.

Schuyler's father, Stu, told reporters that the four men knew each other from working out at a gym, and that his son had accompanied Cooper and Smith on a fishing trip last week that lasted 15 hours.

Bleakley lettered from 2004 to 2006 as a tight end for USF, according to a spokesman for the university's athletics department. Schuyler was a walk-on defensive end for USF in 2006, but he never played in a game, the spokesman said.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Will and Nick, as well as the Florida Coast Guard as they continue their search," USF Athletic Director Doug Woolard said in a statement Sunday.

The Coast Guard asked anyone with information on the boaters to contact its St. Petersburg, Florida, office at 727-824-7506.

Evening 3-1-09 Evening

** For 7 draws **

0126 0146 0156 0167 0169 1236 1246 1256 1267 1268 1269 1346 1367 1368 1456 1467 1469 1568 1569 1678 1679 0016 1106 1136 1146 1156 1168 1169 2216 3316 5516 6601 6613 6614 6615 6617 6618 6619 7716 8816 9916

Midday & Evening

** until 3-2-09 **

013, 018, 027, 036, 045, 049, 058, 067, 126, 135, 139, 148, 157, 189, 234, 238, 247, 256, 279, 369, 378 459, 468, 589, 679, 004, 009, 112, 117, 022, 225, 229, 144, 558, 166, 778, 288, 688, 099, 499, 444, 999

 

Midday & Evening

** until 2 hits fall **

(The Carolinas)

Group 1:

819   896   916

813   836   316

819   896   916

Best pair: 81

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Group 2:

455   445   545

457   447   547

457   447   547

Best pair: 45