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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

The single winner was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later.

"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot," O'Connell told AP. "We're delighted right now that we have the sole winner."

She said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state.

Los Alamos National Laboratory archaeologist and cultural resources manager Jennifer Payne talks about the large number of archaeological sites on Laboratory property and how LANL’s extensive cultural resources management plan and program helps protect these sites during a lunch-hour “brown bag” talk from noon to 1 p.m., May 22 in the Auditorium of the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos.

Payne is a team leader in LANL’s Environmental Stewardship Group and works with archaeologists and cultural resources managers to identify, evaluate, manage and protect cultural resources eligible for the National Register of Places. 

The talk coincides with National Historic Preservation Month in May. 

The talk is free and open to the public and attendees are welcome to bring their lunch.

 Neile Miller apparently is out as the acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration as of June 14.

Michele Jacquiz-Ortiz of Senator Tom Udall’s office was at the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities meeting Friday in Rio Arriba County when she received a text.

Ortiz said, “NNSA acting administrator Neile Miller has decided to leave the agency effective June 14. Dr. Donald Cook, the Deputy Administrator, will advance to become acting administrator upon his resignation.”

Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group also heard from his sources that Miller was out.

Los Alamos County Administrator Harry Burgess is recommending that council approve an amendment to Smith’s/Kroger’s ground lease agreement on the Trinity Site. The amendment allows Smith’s two additional 30-day extensions of the feasibility period. 

The county staff report notes that since signing the lease agreement “Kroger has been working diligently on feasibility period tasks. The company submitted and received approval of a site plan. They have a complete building permit submitted. And they have been working with the State of New Mexico Department of Transportation to obtain required road access permits for access onto Trinity Drive.”

"It is this last task — working with NMDOT — that has created some delay in the completion of Kroger’s feasibility period tasks. Given the progress on other feasibility period items and their progress to date with the state, staff is recommending that the lease be modified to allow Kroger up to two additional 30-day extensions to the feasibility period so that they can complete their prerequisite items."