One American who grieved for the fallen president was the poet Walt Whitman. Whitman had lived in Washington for most of the war and was a great admirer of Lincoln, whom he felt embodied the American virtues of plain-spokenness, courage, and horse-sense..
DirecTV and the NFL have reached an agreement on Sunday Ticket, giving DirecTV the exclusive right to show every NFL game each week. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. According to Reuters, citing a source familiar with the agreement, DirecTV will pay the NFL an average of $1.5 billion per year for Sunday Ticket over 8 years.
The next drawing will take place Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. EST. A live stream of the white balls being selected is available online here. Check here to find local TV stations that will air the coverage. Ticket sales are cut off 59 minutes before the drawing in most states, but some states choose to do so earlier. A person holds a Powerball ticket in New York, Jan.10, 2016. While itâs possible to purchase all the different numerical combinations, at $2 a ticket that would cost around $584 million, the Associated Press calculated.