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Lucky! Australian Wins Lottery Twice in one Week
Who says lightning never strikes twice in the same spot?
A stunned Sydney man who was celebrating an Australian lottery windfall could not believe it when he won again less than a week later.
The unidentified man, in his 40s and from the suburb of Bondi, picked up Aus$1,020,487 (US$770,000) on Monday last week and then scooped another Aus$1,457,834 on Saturday.
"I just thought this is too good to be true," he told NSW Lotteries Monday after being informed of his good fortune.
https://dunyanews.tv/en/WeirdNews/439500-Australian-wins-lottery-twice-week
Powerball has a Winner
The Powerball jackpot of $700 million had one winner in Massachusetts.
That was the lottery's second-largest jackpot ever, after a $1.6 billion pool in January of 2016
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/powerball-jackpot-of-700-million-has-winner.html
Kvitova Takes Wimbledon
Using strong serves and returns of serve, Petra Kvitova won the Ladies Wimbledon Singles Championship today in England.
Kvitova beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4. Sharapova struggled with her serve and consistency throughout the match. She showed signs of life in the second set, breaking the Czech to even the set at 3-3, but Kvitova took her game up another notch breaking right back.
Kvitova finished the match off with a hold at love and her first ace of the match to clinch the title. It is Kvitova's first Grand Slam title.
Dancing With the Stars: Hines Ward is MVP!
Last night was a night of impressive dances, but it's only fitting as one of these couples will win this season of Dancing With the Stars and the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
We have three different dancers with three completely different styles. It's hard for me to predict because we don't know how the fan voting is going. Kirstie is trailing a little after the performance, but she racks in the votes. Hines was so good las night and football players have fared well on the show in past seasons.
The finalists will actually have one more round of dancing before the results will be read.
Some big musical acts tonight, and leading off is the Black Eyed Peas and one of their new songs. Next was a feature on the judges and their opinions on the three finalists.
The next segment highlighted some of the contestants that were eliminated earlier in the season. From Mike Catherwood dancing with the troupe to Sugar Ray Leonard and Kendra, they were all back tonight.
Petra reprised her waltz from week 3, and it was sung by Josh Grobin. Kendra and Louis hit the floor next dancing to a Ricky Martin song. She ended her routine by dancing on the judge's table before almost falling off it.
Sugar Ray Leonard was one of my favorite contestants this season. He was introduced tonight by ring announcer Michael Buffer. Chris Jericho also was brought out on to the dance floor. Both took the show very seriously and if not for one bad dance they might've advanced further than they did.
Next was Wendy Williams. They did a skit where she interviewed herself. That skit was about as good as her dancing.
The next musical guest is the Go-Go's. Haven't seen them in a while. They sang 'We've Got the Beat' and Chelsie Hightower, Cheryl and Lacey were joined for this routine with Maks in a policeman uniform.
Romeo and Chelsie Hightower did their final dance. They try to find an angle for each dancer as the season progresses, and Romeo's angle was doing it for the kids. They had a kid's chorus singing while they danced.
Ralph Macchio will be the final dancer brought back for one final dance. He was classy and popular with the fans as he reached the semi-finals.
Finally, the three finalists will dance their final dances.
First up is Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas. They will redo their Viennese Waltz. They showed clips from their last rehearsal last night and how emotional it was for them. To me, it looked about the same as they last time they did it. No surprise, the judges all liked it and complemented them. They get a 30 for their final dance.
Kirstie and Maks are next. No dancer has made more strides than Kirstie Alley. They dance a cha cha cha. A lot of improvement for Kirstie and Maks deserves a lot of credit. Kirstie gets a 30 out of 30.
The honor of the final dance of season 12 belongs to Hines Ward and Kym Johnson. They are looking to do a perfect Samba. Another good dance. No surprise here, they also get a 30.
Sara Evans sang a final song while highlights ofthe season played in the background.
One couple is about to be eliminated. The third place contestant is Chelsea Kane.
The lights are dimmed and a champion is about to be named.
The winner is... Hines Ward and Kym Johnson!