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NYG WIN AGAIN

NYG WIN AGAIN

INDIANAPOLIS—For the eighth time in their illustrious franchise history that now includes four Super Bowl victories, the New York Giants are NFL champions. Just like they did four years ago, they got the better of Tom [...]

Scientist To Drill To Lake Buried 2 Miles Beneath Anartica’s Ice

Scientist To Drill To Lake Buried 2 Miles Beneath Anartica’s Ice

British Antarctic Survey Hey, where’s the lake? Lake Ellsworth is hidden beneath nearly 2 miles of ice in Western Antarctica. A team of four British engineers recently returned from a 10-day trip to a desolate, windswept [...]

Santa Claus Mall Jobs Back In High Demand In Scrooge’s Economy

Santa Claus Mall Jobs Back In High Demand In Scrooge’s Economy

Even with unemployment high and older workers facing job discrimination, one business is actively recruiting the post-50 set: Santa Claus contractors. In August, Houston-based Sepia Photo Promotions began passing out fliers in malls, churches and schools, [...]

Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier dies

Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier dies

(CNN) — Joe Frazier, the hard-hitting boxing heavyweight who handed the legendary Muhammad Ali his first defeat, died Monday, after he was diagnosed with liver cancer, his family said in a statement. The former heavyweight champion, [...]

Was Killing Dozens Of Loose Exotic Animals The ‘Right Thing’ To Do?

Was Killing Dozens Of Loose Exotic Animals The ‘Right Thing’ To Do?

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals – including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions – in a big-game hunt across the state’s countryside Wednesday after the owner of an exotic-animal park [...]

DEMS ON BOARD

DEMS ON BOARD

The Democratic Party moved a step closer to embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement as its own with the top campaign arm for House Democrats sending around a petition urging people to “stand with” the movement. [...]

Cantaloupe Deaths: Several Dead From Eating Tainted Cantaloupe Linked To Colorado

Cantaloupe Deaths: Several Dead From Eating Tainted Cantaloupe Linked To Colorado

WASHINGTON — Four people have died in an outbreak of listeria traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. One death occurred in Colorado, one in Oklahoma and two in New [...]

Prop 8 Trial Video To Be Released, Rules Federal Judge

Prop 8 Trial Video To Be Released, Rules Federal Judge

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge decided Monday to unseal video recordings of last year’s landmark trial on the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware agreed with lawyers for two [...]