Sacramento Bee

sacbee.com — DES MOINES, Iowa - It's all about the odds. With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone was almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot - and someone did. According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, a winning ticket was sold in Florida.

sacbee.com — Two young employees at Tibco Software Inc. recently challenged the head of the company to a pull-up contest, and Vivek Ranadive didn't hesitate to accept. The employees, men in their 30s, combined to gut out 12 pull-ups. Ranadive, who is 55, pumped out nearly twice as many.

blogs.sacbee.com — By Stephen Magagnini magagnini@sacbee.com A 10-year-old girl was shot to death Saturday night while watching TV in the living room of her North Highlands home, Sacramento Sheriff's investigators said today. The barrage of bullets that penetrated the house from outside also wounded the girl's father and mother.

sacbee.com — We could nominate him for sainthood. We could erect a statue in front of the downtown arena. We could name a street after him. But at the very least, we should schedule a David Stern Day before the NBA commissioner retires Feb. 1, 2014, because this is the man who saved the Kings.

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sacbee.com — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history. But it wasn't Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix.

sacbee.com — It has become custom at O.co Coliseum to temporarily turn off the scoreboard and video monitors above the stadium's upper levels when A's closer Grant Balfour enters a game. On Friday night, they were so darkened as Balfour came in from the bullpen to preserve the A's 2-1 win over the Royals for his seventh save.