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. no one matched all six numbers for saturday night's powerball drawing, the prize gone up to $650 million. several ticketses did match five numbers for one and two million dollars prizes. if you want to double-check, the numbers are 17, 68, 19, 43, 39 and the powerball is 13. the next drawing is on
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wednesday. good luck. her memory, lives on, dire akyra, murray was honored in university city. you don't know educated athletes held their community appreciation events aims to recognize the celebrate. all amidst to the hustle and bus he will of getting kids back to school. akyra's parents were in attendance. >> it makes me know they believe in the vision and support the organization and come back every year to support the organization and we're working on a scholarship in akyra's name in honor of the organization >> she was a stand-out basketball player an graduate of west catholic prep in west philadelphia >> life guards and firefighters in cape may form a human chain trying to rescue a struggling swimmer. that swimmer originally jumped in to try to save three others who eventually did make the back
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to shore. luckily firefighters were just a few blocks away and arrived within a matter of seconds. two firefighters and several life guards linked hands, brought the victim back to shore. all four swimmers were taken to the hospital for evacuation. cbs3 your eclipse station and we are counting down the hours until the total solar eclipse tomorrow. people all over the country scramble to find the special protective glasses, some stories in wisconsin all out of welding masks. according to nasa, total eclipse website, a shade 14 welding lens is the only lens adequate enough for viewing the clips because of its extra dark qualities. a shade 14 lens is so rarely used in welding that most hardware stores don't even carry them. there are thousands of folks traveling to locations all over the country trying to get a glimpse, for one man the road to
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the eclipse has been exhaustingly long, here's why, gary parkerson has been pedaling an average of 50 miles day the last 15 months all to promote monday's science spectacular to kids across the u.s., parker said brings to their level through a telescope he rigged to his bike. >> the telescope gear goes over here and i live out of a bag on the other side >> you live out of this little bag here >> yes. i've got four shirts. i've got two shorts and three pair of under where and sock >> that's all you need >> that's all i need >> he's ready. parker son set out from his hometown from louisiana in may of 2016 with a goal of pedaling all 48 states, he stopped in car mandale illinois because the dlps will linger the long of the there. a kansas city couple is using the eclipse to tie the knot, joe parker and donna known each other now more than 20 years
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only in the last three did they become sweet hearts. and they started a family. and then, joe popped the question. when it came time to plan the wedding, the couple found out about the total eclipse and seemed like the heavenly bodies had all aligned. >> we both love, you know, the moon, the stars. the planets, all of that. so that's perfect. >> it's going to be awesome, it's going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity or once in two or three-time opportunity. that's what i love about it. >> donna and joe will take their vowels just before the moon passes between the sun and the earth and they're matching their wardrobes to symbolize light's dark and ordered glasses for all of the guests to watch. everybody is all in >> we want to make sure you're safe, we also wants to see your photos as well. send them to us, if you're able to grab a shot, we do want to see your gathererings, parties and everything else. classrooms, and what you're doing, share them on social media, using cbs3, share looking
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at the sun safely. with your protective glasses, we don't want anybody to get hurt. >> the weather will be a huge deal tomorrow what's it looking like. >> pretty good for eclipse viewing, it will be warm, little bit more human compared to what we dell with today and today natasha it was practically perfect. sunshine be low humidity, just gorgeous out there, great day to spend time by the pool. at beautiful evening. we're under mostly clear skies and those are going to stay with us as we head to the overnight hours tonight. the official high temperature today in philadelphia, that was 85 degrees and guess what? that is perfectly seasonal for the time of year with the average high around 85. we're now down into the mid 70's in philadelphia. 76 degrees down the shore, 71 in wildwood, 71 in atlantic city. it's 70 right now in allentown and the poconos, already down into the upper 50's. but overall really nice night on tap. now, due points have been on the rise ever so slightly so far this evening, you will notice
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overnight it's going to be just slightly more muggy compared to last night and as we head to tomorrow, that's steam factor will be kicking back in once again when you're outside safely viewing the eclipse in the afternoon, it will fill rather humid and then by tuesday and wednesday, we'll have due points making it to the lower 70's, that's when it will start to feel comfortable when you bring that humidity back into the forecast, we will be talking about the chance for showers and thunderstorms once again. but overall, great visibility for the solar eclipse, by 2:44, that's when we'll see 80% of the sun eclipsed by the moon, the forecast in great shape. i think we'll start to see a couple of clouds popping up in the afternoon but high temperature around 88, it will be warm. but decent weather for the eclipse right here in philadelphia. everything coming to an end around 4:00 in the afternoon, that's when we'll see a chance of storms. starting off right now, mostly clear skies overnight.
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couple of clouds, over lancaster county. you'll be using your regular sunglasses driving into work. but then by the afternoon, look at all the clouds that start to fill their way in. i still think we'll see a decent amount sunshine, the weather should be just fine for eclipse viewing across the delaware valley. then we'll start to see the risk for a shower or storm popping up as we head into the later part of the afternoon and evening and with the heat and humidity around, we'll do it all over again as we head to tuesday. here's your forecast, mostly clear seasonal 69 for the overnight low temperature, tomorrow few clouds and a risk for a shower or thunderstorm in the evening with a high temperature of 88. life neighborhood network, boardwalk plaza in rehoboth beach. plenty of people walking up and down along boardwalk, it's been beautiful down the shore nice forecast to start out the week, 81, lots of sunshine and chances for storms, as we head to
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tuesday and wednesday. here's a look at your eyewitness weather seven-day forecast, high temperature of 92, but by the end of the week and weekend, look at that nice cool-down heading our way >> 79, wow >> looks good. >> we're excited about tomorrow, thank you so much, chelsea. leslie, something to be excited about in sports >> always, right >> the phillies got a look at the future in their final game against the giants, it's not bad is alshon behind? depends on w
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from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor.
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it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. derrick barn net missed practice with the lower back injury, about the talk with about alshon jeffrey. they said alshon was behind after missing practice with a shoulder injury and where he ran the wrong route. alshon disagrees saying everybody makes a mistake, he'll be all right. we'll find out thursday.
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to the phillies the final game in san francisco. bases loaded for pedro, right field for a hit. maikel franco and jorge score, three rbis, in the 9ths, release hopkins showing off his power for the fifth homeruns only three players have had more than that span in the last 105 seasons, they get 5-2 is the final, we'll have more on the alshon jeffrey situation and also to derrick barn net start in the season home opener in washington? just a few minutes. >> thank you so much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" as the country trains its eyes to the skies, it will be about the smell of things next weekend. >> generates heat. and it releases an aroma that can charitably be called
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horrible >> a closer look at the corpse flower, how it got its name and why it's such a rare experience to be around when it's blooming.
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. welcome back. there's a stench of rotting flesh in the washington, dc area right now, but no worries, it's coming from a plant. the first of three corpse flowers as a matter of fact. started to open last night at
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the u.s. botanical gardens. odor lasts between six and eight hours with the bloom lasting between one and two days. >> i don't know of any other occurrence in north america of three on display and flower at once, chicago just had two. and congratulations to them. they're doing great. but this may be a first. >> natives to indonesia. the corpse flower has blooming periods that can occur once every few years to once a
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. sometimes the simplest things are the most adorable. jimmy dean is a rescue near richmond, one of his favorite things to eat are his pig chino is from starbucks, we got to change his name, jimmy dean? how about sammy wiggly. one last check >> things look great for the eclipse especially here in philadelphia, as we head to tomorrow afternoon be few clouds, 88 we will have the risk for an 18 shower or storm, tuesday, wednesday, chances for storms, temperatures in the 90's on tuesday, 87 wednesday, then
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feeling kind of like fall by saturday, high temperature of 79 degrees, that's what i'm talking about >> thank you so much. appreciate that. thank you so much for joining us tonight. we're almost on now, cbsphilly.com. now handing things over to lesley and the cbs3 sports zone, have a great night. everyone. ♪ . ♪ . ♪ . from cbs3 eyewitness sports. this is sports zone.

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