AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner explains a new rule put into place for overtime games in the NFL playoffs. If a team wins the coin toss and receives the kickoff, it does not automatically win the game with a field goal on the opening drive. (Jan. 6)
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Wrecking crews in Detroit are well on their way to knocking down 3000 vacant homes promised by Mayor Dave Bing. About 1850 empty houses have been leveled since April and about 1200 more should be coming down over the next three months. (Jan. 6)
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It’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the BCS title game as Auburn meets Oregon. The Ducks scored at least 37 points in all but one game this season. Auburn scored 50 or more points in six games in the 2010 campaign. (Jan. 6)
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The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research. (Jan. 6)
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The big national wireless carriers are racing to stake their claims in the new frontier of service: ultra-fast data access. This week, Verizon Wireless revealed 10 gadgets with built-in access to its new high-speed network at the Consumer Electronics Show
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A homeless Ohio man whose silky announcing voice has catapulted him to national fame says he’s done a commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. And MSNBC reports he’s accepted an offer from the network to do voiceover ads. (Jan. 6)
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Driving through the streets of Haiti’s capital you’ll notice one thing, very little has changed since a catastrophic earthquake brought Port-au-Prince to its knees one year ago. (Jan. 6)
Continue reading …Contessa Brewer: What If GOP Nixed ObamaCare Repeal, Invested In Education of Unemployed Instead?
January 7, 2011 No CommentReporting that House Republicans will soon be voting to repeal President Obama's “job-killing” health care law, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer wondered if the GOP should take a different route to save jobs. During her Thursday 12 p.m. EST news hour, she revealed a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimating that a repeal of the health care law will cost $230 billion over the next ten years. Disregarding the GOP arguments for repealing ObamaCare, Brewer wondered aloud about the merits of the $230 billion being invested in re-education of unemployed persons. “What would happen,” Brewer asked Prof. Robert Reich of the University of California at Berkeley, “if you took $230 billion and instead put that toward re-education of the nation's unemployed?”
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Kris Williams isn’t afraid of the dark or of ghosts. She’s made a career of investigating the paranormal on TVs ‘Ghost Hunters’ and is now going abroad with ‘Ghost Hunters International’ on the Syfy channel. (Jan. 6)
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The man who bought one of the two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery on Wednesday claimed his half of the second largest jackpot in history. Jim McCullar then promptly handed the oversized check to his wife, Carolyn. (Jan. 6)
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