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Published: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 9:33p.m. Updated 23 hours ago

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. It's been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold in a supermarket here.

No one expected the winner to come forward in the first days after the announcement. After all, curious residents reasoned, the person might need a few days to absorb the shock or to consult with financial advisers.

But then a week passed, and more, and now folks are so anxious to know the winner's identity they could jump out of their skin.

Being in a small town, everybody knows everybody and in some cases, everybody's business, said Dave Walters, a longtime reporter at the Zephyrhills News community newspaper. It's hard to keep a secret in this town, but this is one of the biggest mysteries we've had in a long, long time.

Zephyrhills, population 13,337, is about 30 miles northeast of downtown Tampa. Like many Florida communities, it features a small, old-timey downtown strip where restaurants, gift shops and clothing stores sit under a canopy of oak trees. Around the city's perimeter, there's the suburban sprawl of big box stores. It was in that sprawl, in a Publix supermarket, where the winning ticket was sold.

Rumors were swirling about who the winner could be: Publix deli employees, single moms working at Wal-Mart even the cousin of a friend of a guy who lived clear in another county.

Anybody who did not show up for work on that Monday was considered to be the lottery winner, Walters said. If you had the flu and didn't show up for work, everyone thought you were the lottery winner. If you took a personal day or a sick day, they thought you had won the lottery.

The city is known around the Tampa Bay area for a few things: as the source for bottled spring water, as an area where people like to skydive and as the home to several mobile home parks that cater to the elderly.

Joe Abed, who owns Manolo's Italian restaurant in the historic downtown, thinks the ticket was sold to a senior citizen.

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N.C. State's Tarran Senay (32) is congratulated by a host of teammates after scoring a run against William and Mary during the Game 6 of the NCAA Regional Finals Sunday, June 2, 2013, at N.C. State's Doak Field. N.C. State won 9-2

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RALEIGH N.C. State punctuated its regional-clinching win against William & Mary in the NCAA tournament on Sunday with a round of high fives, handshakes and fistbumps.

Conspicuously missing from the center of Doak Field was a jubilant pile of humanity to commemorate the Wolfpacks second straight trip the Super Regional. Not that the players werent in the mood to celebrate, but there are bigger goals for this veteran group.

It feels like were starting to get back to a winning mentality and knowing that just making a regional isnt good enough, sophomore shortstop Trea Turner said after Sundays 9-2 win. That we can do more.

N.C. State (47-14) will face either Oregon or Rice on either Friday or Saturday in the best-of-3 Super Regional. The Wolfpack had to wait on Monday to learn its next opponent. The Ducks, the No. 8 national seed, hosted Rice late on Monday night. The game was not over at press time.

An Oregon win would send the Wolfpack to Eugene for the Super Regional. A Rice win would mean the Wolfpack would host the series at Doak Field, where it is 10-1 in the postseason since 2008.

Like the post-game handshakes on Sunday, N.C. State has turned winning into a routine. Since a slow 18-10 start, with a few uncharacteristic outings from star pitcher Carlos Rodon and an ankle injury that cost Turner 11 games, the Pack has won 29 of 33 games.

State needed only three games in the regional, with wins over Binghamton and William & Mary by a 14-3 margin. A year ago, the Pack allowed 30 runs in four regional games, including nine in a start by Rodon, and had to come through the losers bracket to get to baseballs version of the Sweet 16.

The Wolfpack had no such problems in this regional. After a 4-1 win over Binghamton on Friday, Rodon dominated the Tribe in Saturdays 1-0 win. Since the sophomore lefty lost two of his first four starts of the season, he has won his past eight decisions.

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What does LeAnn Rimes think about bullying? She'll tell you with one finger.

The singer and actress has joined Glee's Darren Criss, Rumer Willis and a number of other celebs with The New F Word Campaign (launching tomorrow) for Friend Movement, an organization "created to help show positive anti-bully images through art and media," according to their website.

And Vice President of Brand Development for Friend Movement, Marco Gonzalez, tells E! News exclusively why he thought Rimes was perfect for this campaign.

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"LeAnn's a great friend of mine and I've seen over the years how she's been bullied in the press, so I asked her right away to be a part of Friend Movement's anti-bullying campaign," he said, before noting that the star pulled through for her photo shoot regardless of feeling under the weather.

"On the day of her shoot, she was just getting over being sick and barely had a voice, but was booked to do Jimmy Kimmel. Like a true sport, she came over to our set straight from Kimmel, and rocked it out. She had a hard time keeping her middle finger up so our photographer Ryan Forbes had to tape her other fingers down with black tape."

Gonzalez continued, "We had a good laugh about it. Even without much of a voice, LeAnn smiled her way through the shoot. Her photo is definitely one of our most powerful images! I think her photo and the message behind it will resonate with many around the world who have been bullied."

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The new photos for the campaign feature the big name celebs standing against a red background, while proudly giving the one-finger salute to the camera (which is blurred) with the words "Giving Bullying the Bird" printed across.

"The New F Word campaign is about creating an inner monologue with yourself," co-creator Elliot London tells E! News. "When you're bullied, we want you to think to yourself, 'F U, I'm fabulous the way I am.' We know it's a provocative campaign, but it's all about self empowerment."

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HOUSTON, TX There are so many words you can use to describe Free Press Summer Fest.

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But theres one word that should never be used to describe someone or something again.

Using the word retard or retarded to describe someone with learning disabilities is as hurtful as the n-word.

Theres a lot of other words that we say about people that we dont use anymore. Its time to do the same and retire those two words, said Mayor Annise Parker.

Mayor Parker, the Rise School of Houston and rapper Bun B are just a few of the big names helping Spread the Word to End the Word.

Everyone wants to be P.C. about this and P.C. about that, so lets cover everything, let`s cover every word that doesnt need to be used right now, said Bun B.

Lots of people signed the banner, taking the pledge to keep the R-word and other derogatory terms out of their mouths.

If you havent yet, take the pledge online at r-word.org.

No matter what, everyone deserves respect and thats one R-word we can all celebrate!

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