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A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late Saturday, but there was no word about who won. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11. The odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to the Florida Lottery. The prize tempted many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the 11 p.m. drawing.

Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez was encouraged by his three-inning simulated game on Tuesday afternoon at Camden Yards and said he hopes to be able to return to the mound in a major league game Tuesday against the New York Yankees. Gonzalez, who has been dealing with a slow-healing blister on the inside of his right thumb, threw 25 pitches in the bullpen and then 50 to 55 in the simulated game, throwing all of his pitches - including breaking balls - to teammates Alexi Casilla, Chris Dickerson and Chris Snyder.

Orb's path to the finish line in the second leg of the Triple Crown remains uncrowded. Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, dropped from contention for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness on Sunday. Trainer Chad Brown and owner Rick Porter decided to stick with their original plan and point the horse toward prestigous races for 3-year-olds later in the summer. That leaves Orb, the colt co-owned by Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney III and Ogden Mills "Dinny" Pipps' stable, with only seven confirmed challengers at this point.

Orb's reputation began growing at Churchill Downs the Monday before the Kentucky Derby, when the colt breezed four furlongs in 47.80. The run looked effortless and made Orb the talk of Louisville - and the morning-line favorite. Though there is no doubt he will be an overwhelming favorite for Saturday's 138 th running of the Preakness, Orb again turned in a promising breeze -- in which he's basically allowed to run without much guidance from the rider -- the Monday before the race.

For many folks headed to Preakness, the focus of the afternoon isn't the race. It's the fashion — and we don't just mean hats. If you're in the grandstands, the Jockey Club area or Corporate Village, you'll want to dress the part. Betsy Dugan, owner of Bettina Collections in Cross Keys and former co-owner of Octavia in Pikesville, has been dressing women for Preakness for years. "This is the time ... to dress up," she said. If there's one rule of thumb, it's that ladies and gentlemen at Preakness should look like ...well, ladies and gentlemen.

Bob Baffert strode into the Preakness stakes barn Friday morning, shouting toward Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey loud enough so all could hear. "OK, Shug, I'm here to take away that media spotlight for you," he said. Baffert, indeed, is one of the few people in the sport who could have swiped some of the attention from McGaughey and his heavily favored colt this week . Baffert has won the Preakness five times, and on three occasions he's moved on to Belmont with a chance at the Triple Crown.

If the Black Eyed Susan were a race horse, it would be a sprinter. It makes one strong move, then fades quickly. The strong move occurs this weekend when the cocktail will be in demand at Pamlico Race Track, during both the running of the Black Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday and the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. Over these two days, about 25,000 servings of the libation, poured into commemorative glasses, will be sold at $8 apiece, track officials say. But as soon as Preakness weekend ends, so does the does the local thirst for the Susan.

A unanimous ethics committee report in the case of Sen. Ulysses Currie is expected to be released this afternoon, Senate PresidentThomas V. Mike Miller said Thursday morning. Miller announced from the Senate podium that the report was still at the printer as of late morning but that it will be distributed to senators in early afternnon and subsequently posted on line so that senators aren't besieged by news media members seeking to obtain a copy. The Senate chief said he has not seen  the report concerning Currie, a Prince George's County Democrat who was acquitted of federal corruption charges last year.

Because doing a full, 32-team list of power rankings is too much work for a Monday afternoon, I will rank the top 11 teams in the NFL after each exciting football Sunday (that's where the "first and 10" comes in). Here's how I rank them after a wild divisional round weekend that knocked out two of the top trophy contenders. 1. New England: The Patriots haven't lost since Nov. 6, averaging 37.3 points during a nine-game win streak. 2. New York: Eli Manning has become an elite, top-six quarterback.

ON THE SITE... Ships begin to arrive for Sailabration : A welcoming wind and warm sunshine greeted the first ships arriving at Baltimore's Inner Harbor just after 8 a.m. for the weeklong commemoration of the War of 1812. After fire in Fells Point, residents eye options for gutted space : Crews began clearing the rubble left behind by a five-alarm fire Monday. No cause of the fire or damage estimates have been determined. Baltimore gay rappers are loud and proud :   For several local rappers who are out, there are lingering stigmas and other obstacles to being accepted by some of their peers in a musical genre known for homophobia.

A somewhat muggy day is in the forecast for Baltimore on Friday, with high temperatures topping 80 degrees and a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. Overnight lows were expected around 60 degrees, with a chance for some early morning fog. Temperatures are expected to rise into the 70s by mid-morning, under partly cloudy skies. Storm clouds could begin moving through in the early afternoon, with storm chances lingering into the evening.

Storms are cropping up Wednesday afternoon as the core of a slow-moving low-pressure system passes through Virginia, and more are expected through the end of the week. A severe thunderstorm warning was briefly issued for parts of western Baltimore city and county about 3:40 p.m., affecting the Woodlawn, Pikesville and Roland Park areas. The storm brought lightning and heavy downpours, with hail ranging from small pellets to penny- and nickel-sized hunks. Radar images showed storms moving up from the south into the southwest Baltimore suburbs by about 3:30 p.m., with more storms to the south that could move up through the evening.

The Columbia Association invites you and your dog to Dog Day Afternoon at Hopewell Park this Saturday, April 27, for a day of music, raffles, demonstrations and seminars, and the chance to meet local business owners who focus on the health, happiness and well-being of pets. While you're making the rounds, your dog can make new friends! Plenty of doggy fun has been planned, including contests, off-leash play and treats -- lots of treats. Events include an Ask the Trainer session, biscuit eating and tail-wagging contests, a dog fashion show, and a best-kisser competition.

Harford County sheriff's deputies chased a suspect who fled an armed robbery at a liquor store in the Bel Air area on Friday afternoon and later crashed his vehicle on Route 40 in the Joppa area. The suspect, since identified only as a black male, rolled over a white SUV several times after clipping another vehicle turning at Route 40 and Pine Avenue, Eddie Hopkins, a spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Hopkins said shortly after 4 p.m. that details about the crime and the ensuing chase are still being gathered.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the face and hip in Baltimore's Rosemont neighborhood Sunday afternoon, police said. The boy was in critical but stable condition at a hospital after the shooting, which happened about 3:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Ellamont St., police said. Police were working to determine a suspect and a motive. Near the scene of the shooting, which witnesses said happened on the street outside the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses building, young children played outside and neighbors returned home with groceries.

A brief power outage occurred in a portion of Bel Air around 2:45 p.m. Friday, followed closely by a report of a transformer fire in the general area of the outage. The outage lasted literally for a few moments and no further power disruptions were reported. Baltimore Gas & Electric's online outage map showed fewer than five customers without power on the east side of Bel Air around 3 p.m. Those outages were reported at 2:53 p.m., according to the map. There was also an emergency radio dispatch report a short time following the outage about a person being stuck in an elevator at Southampton Middle School, on the northeast side of town.

All MARC trains will experience significant delays, ranging from 20 to 50 minutes, late this afternoon, the Maryland Transit Administration said Friday. The MTA said there was only one track available between Washington and Bowie, a track problem near Odenton, and disabled Amtrak trains at the New Carrollton and Penn Station stops.

Wednesday is expected to be cooler and potentially wetter than the past few days, with highs in the lower 60s and a chance for afternoon showers. Cloudy skies are in the forecast, with 10 mph winds and gusts up to 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday night, lows are expected in the upper 40s. Sunny skies are forecast to return Thursday, with highs in the upper 60s. Saturday and Sunday are the next chance for any significant rain.

Firefighters from several local companies were called to fight a fire in a Fallston barn on Friday afternoon. The fire destroyed most of the 40-by-25 foot barn and a smaller chicken coop, killing 20 chickens and 14 hens, according to the notice of investigation from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Damage was estimated at $60,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents, according to fire investigators. The call for a working building fire in the 800 block of Reckord Road was broadcast by Harford County's emergency dispatch shortly after 2 p.m. Several pieces of firefighting equipment and medical support were requested from the Fallston, Bel Air, Kingsville, Jarrettsville and Long Green volunteer fire companies in Harford and Baltimore counties, according to monitored broadcasts.

Snow flurries are highly likely in the Baltimore region on Thursday morning, but no snow accumulation is expected, according to the National Weather Service. Further west, a winter weather advisory is in effect until 2 p.m. in Garrett County, where schools are operating on a two-hour delay. Temperatures in the low-30s will rise to the upper-30s later in the day, as the skies become partly sunny, the weather service said. A partly cloudy evening will turn into a mostly clear night, with temperatures dropping to the mid-20s.