Thursday, December 31, 2015

Knicks" Cleanthony Early addresses fans after shooting

New York Knicks forwardCleanthonyEarly took toInstagramon Thursday to address fans in the wake of being shot at a strip club in Queens, N.Y. on Wednesday.Everything I Go Through Grows Me & a simple celebration of a friends birthday easily turned into a day that will change my life forever but for the Better, Early said in the post.Early left a strip club in Queens, N.Y. around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, when he was confronted...
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Knicks player Cleanthony Early shot in leg outside club

NEW YORK -- New York Knicks player Cleanthony Early was shot in the leg as he left a strip club Wednesday by masked robbers who demanded his "gold," law enforcement officials said.Early left CityScapes in Queens with his girlfriend at about 4:30 a.m. in an Uber cab when his vehicle was surrounded by at least two other cars and as many as six men got out, the two officials said. Early handed over two gold chains before he was shot...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Where will former Eagles boss Chip Kelly coach next season?

Former Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota holds up his Tennessee Titians jersey for the media after being selected in the first round with the second pick by the Tennessee Titans on NFL Draft Day Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Honolulu. Mariota could be reunited with former college coach Chip Kelly if the Titans hire the former Eagles boss.(AP Photo/Eugene Tanner) ...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Denver weather: Cool and windy with a slight chance of snow

(Denver Post file photo)Cooling temperatures, gusty winds and a slight chance of rain or snow are making their way to Denver on Saturday, forecasters said.With a high of 44 degrees and a 10 percent chance of precipitation, forecasters with the National Weather Service in Boulder are expecting a chilly start to the weekend.A weather disturbance moving across Colorado on Saturday is likely to produce around one to two inches of...
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Lemmy Kilmister"s Death: Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons & More Share Tributes

The music world rushed online on Monday night (Dec. 28) to toast Ian Fraser Kilmister, the metal master known by the world as Lemmy.The leader of Motrhead passed away following "a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer," and one of rock"s brightest lights was sadly extinguished days after the English singer/guitarist/bassist"s 70th birthday.From other rock gods to longtime admirers, from Osbourne to Mustaine to Durst,...
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Manchester United must sign an experienced striker in January, insists Steven ...

Steven Gerrard believes Manchester United must sign an experienced striker in January. The Red Devils drew a blank for the seventh time this season in the Premier League as they failed to beat Chelsea at Old Trafford. Despite the much-improved display, it was a familiar tale for United as the pressure on Louis van Gaal continues. And whether the Dutchman is in charge or not, Gerrard knows where they must improve in the transfer...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

Pittsburgh Steelers IR Roosevelt Nix

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers placed fullback and special teams player Roosevelt Nix on the injured/reserve list, the team announced Monday.Nix suffered a metatarsal injury in his right foot in the third quarter of Pittsburgh"s 20-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The fullback called the injury a "freak accident" on Monday and said it happened when he was trying to cut.He was ruled out for the game shortly after...
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Carson Palmer unlikely to rest Sunday for Cardinals, fantasy owners

Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals will have something to play for on Sunday, with the Panthers" game being flexed to 4:25. We break down the fantasy implications. The Arizona Cardinals will not have a meaningless game against theSeattle Seahawks on Sunday, now that the Panthers" kickoff has been flexed to 4:25 p.m.A Carolina Panthers win would lock the Cardinals into the No. 2 seed in the NFC,...
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Dallas Storms: At Least 11 Dead After Tornadoes & Severe Weather Hit Texas

Severe storms and tornadoes have torn through the Dallas suburbs, killing 11 and leaving 15others injured. The raging storm is expected to continue, with more terrifying weather possiblyhittingthe area.Intense tornadoes and rainstorms hit suburban Dallas on Saturday, December 26, essentially obliterating the area. With 11 people dead, and 15 others injured, its a nightmare of a scene as uninjured survivors struggle to get to shelter...
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NFL playoff scenarios: Steelers" shocking loss has all eyes on AFC

Published on Dec. 27, 2015 Monday night"s matchup between Cincinnati and Denver is huge for the Bengals and Broncos ... and the Texans, Colts and Chiefs. Beyond playoff seeding and the South winner, the Steelers" stunning loss to the Ravens on Sunday has all eyes on the AFC.Though nineNFL teams have clinched playoff berths, only Washington...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Pittsburgh Steelers" James Harrison calls Al Jazeera Delta-2 report "B.S."

BALTIMORE -- Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison was one of several NFL players named in a Huffington Post report on Al Jazeera"s investigation, "The Dark Side," which reportsthat he used Delta-2, a steroid-like hormone supplement.The Huffington post cites the unreleased documentary as heavily leaning on secretly filmed video ofAustin, Texas-based pharmacist Charlie Sly. The video is recorded by Liam Collins,...
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Harry Potter hopeful shouts up a storm

NANCY EL-GAMEL Last updated08:38, December 27 2015 ...
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It"s Time For Lakers To Give Keys To Kids And Hope For Lotto Luck

Five wins, twenty four losses. With over a quarter of the NBA season gone, the Los Angeles Lakers are on pace to win a whopping seventeen games, which is four less than last years franchise-worst team. While most expected the Lakers to struggle this season, few could have predicted that they would be this bad.They feature a deadly combination of a terrible offense AND defense, which creates a perfect storm that allows opponents...
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Point Break

The idea of achieving enlightenment, if not just a breed of physical perfection, is embedded in the more grueling fitness regimes of the day. Ultimate fighters, extreme-sports nuts, and CrossFitters alike seem to unite in habits that split the difference between the militaristic and religious: They engage in ascetic, anachronistic diets and unholy, life-denying training regimens, exhibiting elevated senses of self-worth. Ericson...
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What time does Starbucks open on Christmas Day 2015?

For those folks who need a last-minute gift card or a shot of java, Starbucks will have many stores open on Christmas Day.Many open at 7 a.m. local time -- so get ready to get your fix. A few, though, will close early in the afternoon.So, the trick is that the hours will vary, but there"s an easy way to check on the store you"re intending to stop by.To find out what time Starbucks opens on Christmas Day just visit Starbucks.com...
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The Extreme Stunts of "Point Break"

Since surfing was central to the first movie, the filmmakers wanted to include it again, but at a higher level.Laird Hamilton, a pioneering big-wave surfer, contributed his skills to the shoot and also played a character in the film.But shooting the scenes proved to be a challenge because enormous, surfable waves are rare and unpredictable. We were looking all over the world to try to find out where those waves were going to hit...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

NFL players, owners and fans all to blame for concussions danger

Concussion protocol.If you"re a fan of the National Football League, as I am, you are very familiar with this relatively new term regarding players" long-term health and the game"s safety upgrades. In a nutshell, it"s a five-stage process that players follow as they recover from a concussion. And make no mistake, players get concussions on a regular basis during practice and games. It"s as inevitable...
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Police search for 3 after New Albany liquor store robbery

A search is underway for three people who held up a liquor store in southern Indiana. The New Albany police chief said Uptown Liquors on Vincennes Street was robbed at gunpoint just after 7 p.m. Wednesday.The chief says three men went into the store, and one had a gun and demanded money.All three ran away. No one was injured.A store employee said she hopes someone has information that will lead to an...
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Police search for 3 after New Albany liquor store robbery

A search is underway for three people who held up a liquor store in southern Indiana. The New Albany police chief said Uptown Liquors on Vincennes Street was robbed at gunpoint just after 7 p.m. Wednesday.The chief says three men went into the store, and one had a gun and demanded money.All three ran away. No one was injured.A store employee said she hopes someone has information that will lead to an...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Man Hopes Whoever Stole His Snoopy Decoration Will "Have A Very Merry Christmas"

By Lauren DiSpiritoGOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) Its not your everyday inflatable Santa or reindeer, so when Dennis Jones Snoopy decoration went missing from his front lawn in Golden on Wednesday, he thought maybe the culprit had been inspired by the recent Peanuts movie.I just said, You stole our Snoopy, really?" Jones said.Jones discovered it missing after going through a walk in his neighborhood on Foothill Circle. He thinks whoever...
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Giant Store Opening, 270 Cockfighting Chickens Killed, Walmart Hours Cut, Man ...

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Cruz Slams Washington Post Cartoonist for Poking at Children

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz slammed a cartoonist at The Washington Post for satirizing the Texas senator"s two children, whom he used in a campaign ad reading parodies of two Christmas classics.The first-term Cruz said on Twitter: He was bashing Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who depicted Cruz"s daughters Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4 as monkeys leashed to their father"s organ-grinder in a cartoon published earlier...
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Reno urged to prepare for worse as earthquakes continue

RENO, Nev. Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada"s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake around Reno since one measuring 5.2 in...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Joe Anderson back in the NFL, lands job with New York Jets

NEW YORK (FOX 26) - You may remember Joe Anderson from a viral Instagram post. He stood outside NRG Stadium every day with a sign, asking the Houston Texans for a job.The ex-NFL player"s sign read, "Not homeless, but STARVING for success!! Will run routes 4 (sic) food. #Whateverittakes #UnderDog #IBelieve #Hungry"Today, Anderson was granted what he"d worked so hard, and so long for--a job in the NFL.The New York Jets announced...
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Trump: "Schlonged" is not vulgar

Story highlightsDonald Trump defended using the word "schlonged" to describe Hillary Clinton"s loss in 2008He then attacked the mainstream media, or the MSM, for being unfair to him"Once again, #MSM is dishonest. "Schlonged" is not vulgar. When I said Hillary got "schlonged" that meant beaten badly," he said in one tweet.He then attacked the mainstream media, MSM for short, for being unfair to him."For those on TV defending my...
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Festivus, Atheist Santa, and the Invention of Blasphemy

With the arrival of the touring Seinfeld apartment in Los Angeles just in time for Festivus, the recent proliferation of anti-holiday cards(the Virgin Mary slept around!) and anatheist billboardfeaturing an anti-church Santa, one could argue Christmas has become a nationwide exercise in tipping over sacred cows.I recently spoke via Skype withS. Brent Rodriguez-Plate,longtime RD contributor, about how the...
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"We"re upset and disappointed" - Sandra Bland"s sister

ROUGH CUT (no reporter narration) STORY: A Texas grand jury decided on Monday not to issue indictments relating to the death of an African-American woman who died by hanging in an apparent suicide in her jail cell, a special prosecutor said. A Waller County grand jury also decided not to indict any members of the jail staff in the case of Sandra Bland, 28, who was found dead...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Steven Jackson

Jackson, 32, is a veteran of 11 NFL seasons with the St. Louis Rams (2004-12) and Atlanta Falcons (2013-14). The 6-foot-2, 240-pounder, originally entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick (24th overall) by St. Louis out of Oregon State in the 2004 NFL Draft. Jackson joins the Patriots with 158 games played with 146 starts, compiling 2,743 career rushing attempts for 11,388 yards (4.2 avg.) and 68 touchdowns. He has also...
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Morning Break: Pill Mills and Heroin; New PAH Drug; "Affluenza" Teen on the Lam

A crackdown on Florida "pill mills" may have also reduced heroin overdose deaths. (Washington Post)Bayer is voting with its pocketbook for the so-called CRISPR gene editing technology, promising up to $335 million in funding for a small Swiss company involved in the field.Remember the teen who blamed "affluenza" for causing him to drive drunk and kill four people? He"s...
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Democratic Debate and the San Diego Chargers" Move

December 21, 2015By Brett Winterble Twas the Monday before ChristmasIt is the final Monday before Christmas have you shopped, shipped,and spent till you dropped? We have,and we are ready to give you the First Cut of the Brett Winterble Show for December 21, 2015!It May NOT be over for the Chargers in San Diego! Dont throw out those jerseys!From Tom Krasovic at the U-T, Its not clear, even after an 11-month drumbeat of NFL-generated...
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Police union threatens Tarantino with "surprise"

Quentin Tarantino at "The Hateful Eight" press line at Comic-Con July 11, 2015, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: CADC122(Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)The vitriolic struggle between police unions and director Quentin Tarantino, up to now confined to words,is verging into the realm of veiled threats.The Oscar-winning filmmakerbetter watch out, warnsthe director of thenational Fraternal Order of...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Beauty queens, netizens react to Miss Universe 2015 announcement

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) Philippines" bet Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was named Miss Universe 2015 on December 20 (December 21, Monday, PHT) but not without controversy.Related: Philippines" Pia Wurtzbach crowned Miss Universe 2015Pageant host Steve Harvey initially crowned Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutirrez as the winner, Philippines as first runner-up. But seconds later Harvey corrected his announcement to everyone"s shock.He admitted...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Jim Alers And Cole Miller "Use The Force" At "UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos Vs ...

On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally released in theaters much to the delight of fans of the epic space opera. Theyve been waiting for more than two decades to see what happens after Return of the Jedi and a little over a decade to get the bad taste out of their mouths left after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Apparently, Walt Disney Studios sees the seventh episode as the one to truly...
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Jim Alers And Cole Miller "Use The Force" At "UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos Vs ...

On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally released in theaters much to the delight of fans of the epic space opera. Theyve been waiting for more than two decades to see what happens after Return of the Jedi and a little over a decade to get the bad taste out of their mouths left after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Apparently, Walt Disney Studios sees the seventh episode as the one to truly...
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Netflix Goes Retro for "F Is for Family" Animated Comedy

Netflix is going back to the future with animated comedy F Is For Family, set to debut on the service Dec. 18, the streamer announced Friday.Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport, Netflix says in the description of the show.The six-episode F Is for Family...
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"Affluenza" Teen"s Disappearance Not Surprising, Says Father of Victim

The father of a child injured when "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch drunkenly crashed an SUV in Texas more than three years ago said he"s not surprised the infamous teen has disappeared. "I don"t think there"s been any accountability for Ethan," said Kevin McConnell, whose then-12-year-old son Lucas was injured in the Fort Worth drunken driving crash. "I think...
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Macaulay Culkin Reprises "Home Alone" Character as Psychologically Damaged ...

I still have nightmares about this bald weirdo dude chasing me around, a grown-up Kevin McCallister complains in new web seriesKevin McCallister is back and angrier than ever.Macaulay Culkin, whos been more into making music about pizza than acting lately, has reprised his Home Alone role in a new web series called :DRYVRS, and hes no longer the cute kid fans remember.Looks aside, the grown-up Kevin appears to be psychologically...
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