Winner News
|
It is always a great feeling to win something. Whether its a win in the lottery, or a competition, or even some kind of award, there is that warm, fuzzy feeling of being rewarded with a prize.
|
|
New York -
Superstar Idina Menzel has been unstoppable this year. Yesterday, she was nominated again for a Best Actress Tony award for her role in the musical "If/Then."
|
|
Two generations collided on a treacherous Russian slalom slope on Saturday with Austrian Mario Matt fighting off two young guns to become the oldest winner of an Olympic Alpine skiing gold. ...
In the Media
by Martyn Herman (Reuters)
|
|
Asian films were big winners at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, led by gritty Chinese thriller "Bai Ri Yan Huo" (Black Coal, Thin Ice) about an overweight detecti...
In the Media
by Michael Roddy and Alexandra Hudson (Reuters)
|
|
Zagreb -
In the biggest ever single win by a Croatian in a lottery, a lady from the capital Zagreb has won 17 million Euros ($23 million) in the EuroJackpot lottery.
|
|
A guy in Florida who recently won a competition to watch the series finale of 'Breaking Bad' together with the show's cast, has got into rather appropriate trouble. He has been arrested for running a drug distribution operation.
|
|
American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen and his wife, Katy, welcomed their first child on July 30. It is a boy named Oliver.
|
|
On June 19, rock music sensation Rick Springfield chatted via telephone with Digital Journal about his forthcoming New York concert at The Paramount, as well as his new documentary and upcoming novel.
|
|
On May 24, veteran singer-songwriter Marc Cohn chatted via telephone with Digital Journal about his forthcoming tour dates in New York.
|
|
Sydney -
The Packing Room Prize winner and the Archibald Prize finalists were announced at the Art Gallery of NSW today in Sydney, Australia.
|
|
Oslo -
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and two other Nobel Peace Prize winners have written to the Nobel committee, protesting the 2012 award to the European Union. They say the EU portrays the total opposite of peace.
|
Upper Marlboro -
A surveillance video released by a convenience store in Maryland may show one of the two record-breaking Powerball jackpot lottery winners.
|
|
San Bernardino -
A disabled 69-year-old grandmother from California has finally come forward to claim her $23 million lottery winnings after forgetting she had a lottery ticket.
|
|
Phoenix -
A CBS News affiliate is calling the presidential election for President Barack Obama weeks ahead of the Nov. 6 election. The network mistakenly posted the presidential election results, which had the incumbent win with 43 percent of the vote.
|
|
Some of Whitney Kropp's classmates played a cruel joke on her by electing her to the high school's homecoming court in West Branch Michigan.
|
|
Philadelphia -
At an Occupy Philadelphia event, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange interviews Pullitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges on the state of the media today.
|
|
A man who hit a jackpot worth two million dollars last February ended up being arrested over in Yuba County, California.
|
|
Ashleigh and her dog Pudsey won Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night. Ashliegh and Pudsey won the competition after they performed a 'Mission Impossible' themed act.
|
|
Logan -
A 36-year old car washer from Logan, West Virginia walked away with the latest America's Got Talent title Wednesday night along with the $1 million prize. Fans and the judges were astounded that he sang just like Frank Sinatra.
|
|
After weeks of making headlines, dropping his own catch-phrases, being fired and having his chidlren taken away by the police, this might be a turn in Charlie Sheen's favor.
|
|
Los Angeles -
Charlie Sheen has created a stir on Twitter as fans flood to his new account to read and follow his tweets. Sheen has drawn over a half-a-million views to his 'tweeted' pictures and has racked up almost 520,000 followers in the first few hours.
|
|
In the 53rd annual Daytona 500, rookie Trevor Bayne managed to win his first race ever at Daytona with driver Carl Edwards behind him.
|
|
Daniel Morad raced in at first place in the DD2 World Go Karting Championship in Italy, but followed it with an embarrassing gaffe when he crashed while celebrating the chequered flag.
|
|
A musician who lost both arms in a childhood accident played the piano and sang to win the 2010 China’s Got Talent competition.
|
|
A Missouri convenience store worker was down to $28.96 in his bank account and facing a huge amount of bills he could not pay when he decided to buy a lottery ticket.
|
Fontana -
The Auto Club 500 was a wild one at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Jimmie Johnson won the race after leading since the last restart.
|
|
Daytona Beach -
With Mark Martin on the pole and his teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. next to him, 'The Great American Race' got underway at around 1:20 p.m.
|
Sunday, February 7, 2010 marks the 45th meeting in which the two best teams in football face off in battle for the greatest trophy in all of sports, the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
|
|
For the first time since 1982 an American has won the New York City Marathon. Meb Keflezighi, 34, won beating his personal best time. He ran that 26.2 mile race in 2:09:15.
|
|
On Tuesday, the joint venture of British energy giant BP PLC and its Chinese counterpart China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) won the deal to develop Iraq's biggest oil field -- Rumaila.
|
apis-243827 apis-238551 apis-228387 apis-226995 apis-221821 apis-220964 apis-210941 apis-208364 apis-206057 apis-200161 apis-191777 apis-189603 apis-188585 apis-186981 apis-181477 apis-178854 apis-176868 apis-161342 apis-153675 apis-152890 apis-152482 apis-148906 apis-146900 apis-138426 apis-134803 apis-128887 apis-122462
Winner Image
Lleyton Hewitt moments after winning the final match.
image:138484:0::0
Shan Qiao
It was a Mother's Day to remember for Sophie Rizavas of Toronto who picked up her $50,000,005 cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto
image:189147:0::0
2012 Humanitarian Award winner: Education - Treehouse Theatre.
image:117255:1::0
YouTube
Irene van Niekerk, a multiple gold-medal winning runner who lives in a squatter camp in South Africa.
image:147105:2::0
Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Tzar
Grammy winner Marc Cohn
image:149482:0::0
Sonya Sones
Susan Patron, 2007 winner of the Newbery Medal for "The Higher Power of Lucky"
image:193452:0::0
YouTube screengrab
A YouTube screengrab of the election results.
image:129113:0::0
|
|
