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Dennis Shivers is a regular customer at the King Kullen store in Middle Island, where the New York Lottery said a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $208 million -- the largest ever for a winning ticket on Long Island -- was sold.

Shivers usually buys a Mega ticket when he visits the store; he did not on Tuesday.

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Brees threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns, the last a 9-yard strike to Darren Sproles that set the record with 2:51 to go.

“So many people contributed to this, and I’m happy for them,” Brees said.

It was Brees’ final pass of the game and it gave him 5,087 yards passing — with one game still to play. Marino finished with 5,084 yards for the Miami Dolphins in 1984.

As Sproles spiked the ball, Brees put his arm over his head and started walking toward midfield while the Superdome crowd went wild and his teammates chased him down.

“Obviously it’s a special moment for the players, especially Drew,” Saints coach Sean Payton said. “I couldn’t be more proud of him.”

Brees’ four touchdowns gave him 276 for his career, moving him ahead of Joe Montana (273) and Vinny Testeverde (275) for ninth all-time. He is the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 5,000 yards twice — he had 5,069 in 2008.

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Christmas for Warriors coach Mark Jackson turned sour pretty quickly Sunday, ending with a 105-86 season-opening loss to the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.

Jackson's debut as an NBA head coach, before a sell-out crowd and to a national TV audience, was tainted by a fourth-quarter collapse that suggested Warriors' basketball hasn't changed much. The man who has preached defense since being hired in June watched the Clippers, led by point guard Chris Paul, torch his team late, outscoring the Warriors 21-3 over a five-minute stretch.

The fourth quarter capped a forgettable second half for the Warriors defense. The Clippers shot 59 percent after half time.

"We gave up some easy baskets, some open looks that they knocked down," point guard Stephen Curry said. "Defensively, we didn't have our best performance in the second half."

Jackson wasn't so judicious with his words: "You have to get stops. Sixty four points in the second half just won't cut it."

In addition to its trademark shoddy defense, Golden State struggled offensively in the second half -- especially the fourth quarter, where they missed 11 of their 17 attempts and turned it over five times. The Warriors got morsels from their top three offensive players in crunch time.

Starting point guard Stephen Curry, recovering from a sprained right ankle, decided to play just before the game. By game's end, many Warriors fans probably wished he hadn't.

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Much of what we do is based on stories. Much of what we hear and what we see are stories.

Stories tell messages. Based on particular people, set at a particular time, at a particular place. And our lives are based on these stories. They make sense of our lives and our world. We are collections, safe deposits of stories.

Our lives are based on a few stories that we tell. Some of them are good and some are not. We tell ourselves we're no good, we'll never make it. And we say this type of negative story about others. We limit other people to the stories we tell about them. These stories define our lives. What stories have you been telling?

Growing up I ran home everyday, and would be met at the kitchen table with a tunafish sandwich, celery, and some apple juice. There my babysitter would demand my absolute silence as she watch her "stories." For 2 hours the stories were told. As the World Turns. Guiding light. Days of Our lives.

Movies and television. They tell false stories. They're not true. They're soap operas, dramas. They take us to imaginary places with imaginary people.

We feel pain when we try to make real life look like the imaginary. We try to look and dress and act like imaginary people. We change our bodies to reflect those imaginary TV bodies. We get implants. Surgery. Face lifts.

These false stories are all over. On TV. In our books and in our music.

Beyonce has a song, Irreplaceable. "To the left to the left. Everything in you own in a box to the left." She's singing about this trifling man who did her wrong. He's replaceable. She can find another one like him in a minute. This song is not true. Its a story. Beyonce is married and pregnant. She's not living the lyrics of this song.

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CINCINNATI — The Bengals had just enough left to stay in the thick of playoff contention.

Andy Dalton threw a pair of touchdown passes, and Cincinnati withstood yet another fourth-quarter comeback by Arizona, holding on for a 23-16 victory Saturday that kept the Bengals in the running for a wild card.

Another small crowd at Paul Brown Stadium saw the Bengals (9-6) secure only their third winning record in the last 21 years and keep up their postseason hopes.

They pulled it off with another solid performance by their rookie quarterback and a close call in the closing minutes.

Dalton threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Gresham and a 19-yarder to Jerome Simpson, who did a somersault over a defender and landed on both feet in the end zone. Dalton joined Peyton Manning (26), Charlie Conerly (22) and Dan Marino (20) as the only NFL rookies to throw 20 touchdowns.

Down 23-0 heading into the fourth quarter, the NFL’s best comeback team nearly pulled off its most improbable one yet. Arizona (7-8) took advantage of Cedric Benson’s two fumbles, getting a pair of touchdown passes by John Skelton and Jay Feely’s field goal with 3:16 left.

The Cardinals had their chance to pull even. Early Doucet got behind the defense on a fourth-down play from the Cincinnati 17-yard line, but tripped at the goal line and fell, letting the pass fall incomplete.

Arizona got the ball one last time, but the clock ran out on them after a completion, ending the Cardinals’ four-game winning streak and their playoff chances.

Cincinnati’s defense dominated the first three quarters. Arizona didn’t cross midfield until Skelton completed a pass with 13:25 to go.

Skelton, a Fordham gradute, started for the second consecutive week in place of Kevin Kolb, who hasn’t fully recovered from a concussion. Skelton was 23 of 44 for 297 yards with three interceptions and five sacks that helped the Bengals get the 23-0 lead.

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ST. LOUIS — When the Cardinals’ brain trust recalculated the direction they’d take after Albert Pujols signed with the Angels, general manager John Mozeliak and his staff consulted their lists of free agents who could fill their sudden needs.

Carlos Beltran’s name kept coming up as a fit.

"He was on top," Mozeliak said.

Now he could be No. 2 in their lineup.

Beltran, a switch-hitting outfielder, agreed to a two-year, $26-million contract with the Cardinals on Thursday night. Mozeliak described how the club sees the six-time All-Star as a potential No. 2 hitter, ahead of thumpers Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman.

The deal, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, also includes a no-trade clause. Beltran brings a desired sock to the Cardinals’ lineup and adds needed depth to the outfield.

He is the first player who wasn’t already with the Cards to get a multi-year deal during Mozeliak’s tenure, and his $13-million average salary is the highest in years for a player who has not been with the organization before.

"We did not want to go into the season without addressing (the depth) in the outfield," Mozeliak said. "We saw this as an opportunity because we viewed him as another impact hitter we could bring to the lineup."

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Buckalew's wife, Corinne, and two children also were on the plane owned by Buckalew, an experienced pilot, according to a statement from New York-based advisory firm Greenhill. There were no survivors, New Jersey police said in a post on Twitter.

"The firm is in deep mourning over the tragic and untimely death of two of its esteemed colleagues and members of Jeff's family," Chairman Robert Greenhill and Chief Executive Officer Scott Bok said in the statement yesterday. "Jeff was one of the first employees of Greenhill. He and Rakesh were extraordinary professionals who were highly respected by colleagues and clients alike."

Buckalew, 45, led Greenhill's North American advisory activities. He started at the firm in 1996, the year it was founded, after working at Salomon Brothers, according to the company. Chawla, 36, was a managing director for the financial- services sector. He joined Greenhill in 2003 from Blackstone Group LP.

The men were traveling on business for Greenhill, said a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because that detail hadn't been made public.

The plane crashed on Interstate 287 in Harding, New Jersey, about 35 miles west of Manhattan, after taking off from Teterboro Airport, state police said on Twitter. The plane was en route to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport near Atlanta, according to flightaware.com. No one on the ground was killed, according to the New York Daily News, which quoted witnesses as saying the plane appeared to have broken up in flight

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The New York investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. said two of its managing directors, Jeffrey Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, as well as Buckalew’s wife and two children, were on the plane, which crashed on Interstate 287. Buckalew was the registered owner of the single-engine plane and had a pilot’s license.

Wreckage was scattered over at least a half-mile, with a section found lodged in a tree of a home about a quarter-mile away, near a highway entrance ramp. The crash closed both sides of the busy highway for hours, though several lanes were open again in time for the evening rush hour.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the search for wreckage was suspended after dark Tuesday and would be resumed after the Wednesday morning commute to minimize traffic problems.

NTSB officials said they don’t believe the plane had a black box, which would have recorded flight data, but they said investigators were searching for other memory devices, including GPS, collision avoidance systems or any device with a recordable chip that might yield more information.

Rockaway Township resident Chris Covello said he saw the plane spin out of control from the car dealership where he works in Morristown, near the site of the crash.

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Aspiring model Kendall, 16, put her catwalk worthy legs on show in a tiered skirt which she wore with a sheer black top over a white shirt.

Kylie, 14, slipped into a killer pair of heels and a black suit, which she wore with a pussy bow blouse.

The men - Rob Kardashian, 24, Bruce Jenner, 62, Khloe's basketballer husband Lamar Odom, 32, and Kourtney's partner Scott Disick, 28 - all wore sharp tuxedos for the occasion.

The family's matriarch Kris Jenner, 56, provided the only splash of colour with a slinky and sparkly teal dress.

But it was little Mason, 1, who stole the show in his too cute trousers, bow-tie and braces.

In an effort to ensure the card is truly eye-popping, the family also provided a 3D edition.

Kim wrote on her blog today: 'Here it is! Our 2011 Kardashian/Jenner family Christmas card!!!

'It was shot by the amazing Nick Saglimbeni and there’s a special 3D version that you can view with 3D glasses. What do you guys think?

'I love our family Christmas cards shoots and I think this one looks amazing!'

Of course, Kim is spending the holiday season as a single woman following her split from husband Kris Humphries earlier this year.

She had initially intended to release Christmas cards featuring her wedding photo and even placed an order with a high-end stationery company.

But she was forced to rethink her season's greetings after filing for divorce just 72 days into their marriage.

Khloe, meanwhile, is adjusting to a new life in Texas following her NBA star husband's transfer to the Dallas Mavericks player.

The couple are currently hunting for an apartment in the city.

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CHICAGO — Bears receiver Johnny Knox will have surgery to stabilize a vetebra in his lower to mid back after being taken from the field on a cart in the opening minutes of Sunday’s 38-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

The Bears said the injury is not career-threatening. The surgery is scheduled for Monday.

“He has total movement throughout his body, has total use of all his extremities, which is good,” coach Lovie Smith said. “We’re doing tests right now. He has total movement. He’s not paralyzed or anything.”

Knox had just caught a pass from Caleb Hanie about four minutes into Sunday’s game when Kam Chancellor poked the ball out of his hands. As Knox made a diving attempt to retrieve the ball, he was hit by Anthony Hargrove and got bent backward. He stayed down for close to 10 minutes while being tended to by medical personnel.

The Seahawks’ Earl Thomas recovered the fumble at the Chicago 22.

Knox was eventually placed on a stretcher and taken from the field on a cart, putting his hands over his face and wiggling his fingers as he left the field.

The injury to Knox was another blow for a team that lost Jay Cutler (broken thumb) and Matt Forte (sprained knee) in recent weeks and was trying to get over the shock of receiver Sam Hurd’s arrest on federal drug charges in the days leading up to this game.

Late in the half, Bears safety Chris Conte suffered a foot injury trying to tackle Seattle’s Justin Forsett and left the game. The Seahawks didn’t come away from this game unscathed, either, with receiver Mike Williams suffering a broken ankle when he was tackled after a catch in the third quarter.

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“Dancing With the Stars” winner J.R. Martinez has something to look forward to next spring – the birth of his daughter.

The Iraq war vet and his girlfriend Diana Jones are expecting their child together, according to People magazine.

“We found out just last week it’s a girl and we are over the moon,” Martinez told People. “Diana has a little baby bump now and it’s the cutest thing ever. With the holidays coming up, this is the biggest and best gift we could get.”

The couple met in 2008 while working on the soap opera “All My Children.”

Martinez played an Iraq war veteran while Jones worked as an executive assistant on staff.

“I just have been looking for this great guy with these great qualities and he’s been right next to me the whole time,” Jones said in a “Nightline” interview last month.

“Dancing With the Stars” winner J.R. Martinez has something to look forward to next spring – the birth of his daughter.

The Iraq war vet and his girlfriend Diana Jones are expecting their child together, according to People magazine.

“We found out just last week it’s a girl and we are over the moon,”
Martinez told People. “Diana has a little baby bump now and it’s the
cutest thing ever. With the holidays coming up, this is the biggest and
best gift we could get.”

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Atlanta police say the rapper Slim Dunkin was gunned down Friday evening in a city music studio as he was preparing to record a video. Police Maj. Keith Meadows said the rapper, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was fatally shot in the chest after getting into an argument with another individual. He was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Meadows told the Associated Press late Friday that police have not been able to identify the shooter. He said investigators have been interviewing those who were inside the studio. He said as many as 20 people were inside the small office-type building at the time of the shooting, which took place around 5:30 p.m., but they were in different places. Police have not recovered the handgun that was used. Investigators remained at the scene late Friday evening. “Right now we’re just trying to … identify who may have seen what, really just trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together,” Meadows said. “It seems everybody witnessed something very different. We’re just trying to go back and make sense of everything.”

Slim Dunkin had appeared on a number of songs with the rapper Waka Flocka Flame. The website MTV.com reported that the Brick Squad Monopoly rapper was on a solo track and had recently released a 20-track mix tape that featured Gucci Mane, Roscoe Dash and Pastor Troy.

“It appears the victim was scheduled to do a photo shoot,” Meadows said of Friday’s events. “Before the video shoot took place, it appears the victim and suspect got involved in a verbal altercation. We don’t know what that altercation was about.”

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Texting while driving is fatal. It's worse than stupid; it's a hazard both to yourself and to everyone around you. Forget tickets; anyone caught doing this epically dangerous activity should have their licenses suspended.

I can understand why, in the wake of an awful texting-while-driving crash, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) felt the need to weigh in. But the agency's proposed ban on all cell phone use while driving is impractical, it's overkill, and it doesn't make sense.

The best way to drive is looking at the road, with both hands on the wheel. To do anything else endangers yourself, your passengers, and the other people on the road.

So it makes sense to ban activities that take your hands off the wheel or your eyes off the road. Texting, the worst of all, makes you a non-driver for several seconds at a time. It's as bad as falling asleep. In a much-cited Virginia Tech study, texting was shown to increase the chances of "a crash or near-crash" by 23 times.

Handheld cell phone conversations are also a problem, especially when you're looking at your phone to dial or answer it—once again, you're taking your eyes off the road.

The science—and NTSB's recommendations—get much muddier, though, when we're talking about absolutely hands-free conversations. Notice that the stats the NTSB pulls out in its press release (rather than the shocking anecdotes) are about texting, emailing, and accessing the Internet.

CNN reports that "devices installed in the vehicle by the manufacturer" would be allowed, though I don't see that in the NTSB's recommendations. If CNN is right, why is talking on an OnStar or Ford Sync system less distracting than using a headset?

The Virginia Tech distracted-driving study showed talking on a phone to slightly increase chances of a crash, but didn't make any distinction between Bluetooth headsets and in-car kits, and saved the really scary stats for dialing a phone, texting, and emailing.

Furthermore, the NTSB permits "devices designed to support the driving task," which presumably means GPS devices. Staring and poking at a GPS unit or app is just as bad as texting.

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The political career of Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's third-richest man, crashed and burned last September, after he quarreled publicly with the Kremlin, and subsequently lost control of his liberal Right Cause party.

Now he's going to try something even more ambitious: he says he will challenge Vladimir Putin for Russia's presidency in elections slated for March 4.

It's probably no coincidence that Prokhorov's surprise declaration came just two days after 30,000 mostly young and middle-class Muscovites — angry over alleged vote-rigging in Russia's Dec. 4 parliamentary elections — gathered on a downtown square to demand an end to the Putin-era system of "managed democracy."

Prokhorov himself played a key role in exposing that system to the world, when he briefly stood up 3 months ago and accused Kremlin political architect Vladislav Surkov of being a "puppet master," who stage-manages all political parties that are allowed on the Russian ballot. He accused Surkov of trying to tell him who could be allowed in the leadership circle of his party, Right Cause, what candidates they might run, and what political positions to take.

On Monday, in an otherwise vague and rambling press conference, Prokhorov appeared to lay down the gauntlet to the Kremlin.

"I've made probably the most serious decision of my life: I'm running for president," he told a roomful of stunned reporters in Moscow. "Society is waking up, whether we want it or not. Authorities that have proven unable to hold a normal dialogue with the population are clearly on their way out... I want to be the candidate of the middle class."

Prokhorov, 46, is worth about $18 billion, according to Forbes. He is best known in the US as the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team. He made his fortune in the murky privatizations of former Soviet raw materials companies in the 1990s. In Russia, the bachelor-tycoon has often been in the news for his playboy lifestyle, his love of amateur athletics, and his passionate promotion of nanotechnology and electric automobiles.

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Your honor, I ask you humbly with the life of my husband and the childhood of my daughters in your hands, be merciful," Patti Blagojevich wrote to U.S. District Judge James Zagel in a letter read to the court by lawyer Aaron Goldstein.

Goldstein then read an excerpt from Amy Blagojevich's letter to the judge. She also asked for mercy for her dad.

"I need my father," she wrote. "I need him there for my high school graduation.... I'll need him when my heart gets broken."

Earlier, prosecutor Reid Schar called Blagojevich "a very clever criminal," and defense attorneys conceded that Blagojevich had committed crimes.

Defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky told the judge that Blagojevich committed four wrongs, chiefly the attempted sale of the Senate seat held by Barack Obama until his election as president. Blagojevich made a mistake by asking for a job in return for possibly appointing Obama's friend, Valerie Jarrett, to the Senate, Sorosky said.

"We accept the fact that's a crime. It's illegal. He should not have done it," Sorosky said.

But Blagojevich's lawyers contend he was not the leader of a criminal conspiracy and did not profit from the corruption of which he was convicted. They argue that he faces up to a little more than four years in prison under the sentencing guidelines but that he should get significantly less time, perhaps even probation.

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he two star quarterbacks will join fellow finalists Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu and Montee Ball at the Heisman presentation Saturday night in Manhattan.

Luck is the only repeat finalist this season, while Griffin is the first Baylor player to get an invite to the ceremony. The school that never has had a player finish better than fourth in the Heisman voting now seems to have the front-runner.

"I'm sure it will be a really close vote," Griffin told reporters in Waco, Texas, after watching the announcement with teammates and coaches on Monday.

Richardson is the second Alabama running back to be a finalist in the past three years. Former teammate Mark Ingram won the Heisman in 2009.

Ball has scored 38 touchdowns for Wisconsin and needs one more to match Barry Sanders' NCAA record.

Mathieu, the LSU defensive back nicknamed "Honey Badger," has made numerous game-changing plays for the top-ranked Tigers.

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That is the first planet confirmed in the habitable zone for Kepler, which already had found Earth-like rockyplanets elsewhere. Twice before astronomers have announced a planet found in that zone, but neither has been as promising.

"This is a phenomenal discovery in the course of human history," Geoff Marcy of University of California, Berkeley, one of the pioneers of planet-hunting outside Earth's solar system, said in an email. "This discovery shows that we Homo sapiens are straining our reach into the universe to find planets that remind us of home. We are almost there."

The new planet, named Kepler-22b, has key aspects it shares with Earth. It circles a star that could be the twin of Earth's sun and at just about the same distance. The planet's year of 290 days is even close to Earth's. It probably has water and rock.

The only trouble is the planet's a bit big for life to exist on the surface. The planet is about 2.4 times the size of Earth. It could be more like the gas-and-liquid Neptune with only a rocky core and mostly ocean.

"It's so exciting to imagine the possibilities," said Natalie Batalha, the Kepler deputy science chief.

Floating on that "world completely covered in water" could be like being on an Earth ocean and "it's not beyond the realm of possibility that life could exist in such an ocean," Batalha said in a phone interview.

Kepler cannot find life itself, just where the conditions might be right for it to thrive. And when astronomers look for life elsewhere, they are talking about everything ranging from microbes to advanced intelligence that can be looking back at us.

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.—The birdie putt on the final hole to win. The sweeping fist pump. The red shirt.

It all looked so familiar Sunday afternoon in the Chevron World Challenge, where Tiger Woods ended a drought that once would have seemed inconceivable. He went 749 days and 26 tournaments without winning as he tried to repair his image, his personal life and a golf game that used to be the best in the world.

When the final birdie putt from 6 feet disappeared into the cup, Woods swept his arm across the air, yelled through the din of the gallery and slammed his fist in a celebration that was a long time coming.

He birdied the last two holes for a 3-under 69 and won against an 18-man field at Sherwood Country Club. It was a two-man race against former Masters champion Zach Johnson over the final hour. Even so, winning is all that ever mattered to Woods -- now perhaps more than ever before.

"Any different?" Woods asked about his win. "It feels great. Kind of hard for me to elaborate beyond that. I know it's been awhile, but for some reason, it feels like it hasn't. As far as making the putt and the feeling afterward, I think I was screaming something. But it was just that I won the golf tournament. I pulled it off with one down, two to go.

"To go birdie-birdie is as good as it gets."

The last time Woods won was Nov. 15, 2009, at the Australian Masters for his 82nd title worldwide, and his seventh win that year, back when winning at least looked routine for him. Twelve days later, Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant outside his Florida home, and stunning revelations of extramarital affairs soon emerged. It cost him his impeccable image, his marriage and four major sponsors.

He has added three sponsors in the last five months. He showed signs of coming back with nine solid rounds in the wind in Australia, finishing third at the Australian Open and delivering the clinching point for the Americans in the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne.

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She released another statement Friday afternoon indicating she had withdrawn the petition "upon prayerful reflection," but on Friday night, her attorney released a statement saying the divorce was back on.

A spokesman from New Birth Missionary denied rumors Long was stepping down from his position as senior pastor in a statement to WSB.

"As any loving and committed husband would do, Bishop Long will take some time to focus on his family but he will continue to be the senior pastor of New Birth," it said.

In September 2010, four young men connected to Long's church -- based in the Atlanta suburb of Lithonia -- accused the pastor of coercing them into having sex.

He denied the allegations and a settlement was reached in May before the matters were dismissed.

A fifth man, Centino Kemp, said he had been sexually involved with Long for years and was paid a $150,000 settlement despite not being involved in the four other accusers' lawsuit, according to myFOXatlanta.com.

Long boasts a membership at his church of between 25,000 and 30,000 people. He has spoken vehemently in the past of his opposition to homosexuality and called for a ban on same-sex marriage.

His church also hosts seminars promising to "cure" homosexuality.

Vanessa and Eddie Long were married in 1990. They have three children together.

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As for those not looking forward to another defensive slugfest, Saban countered, "Two great defensive teams, no doubt. … There are so many good players on both sides for both teams …I think there's a lot of opportunity for the game to be completely different and have a completely different flavor from what the first game did."

A rematch seemed like a foregone conclusion heading into conference championship weekend until Oklahoma State narrowed the gap behind Alabama in the polls. But the Crimson Tide edged No. 3 Oklahoma State by .0086 in the final BCS rankings released Sunday, the closest margin in the eighth year under the current formula. The previous closest margin between No. 2 and 3 was .0157 separating No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 3 Auburn in 2004.

While the BCS title game selection held to form, the Sugar Bowl provided the controversy. The Sugar bypassed BCS No. 7 Boise State and No. 8 Kansas State in favor of No. 11 Virginia Tech and No. 13 Michigan. The Hokies, the most baffling pick, were routed by Clemson 38-10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship gam

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Embattled Republican candidate Herman Cain announced he was suspending his presidential bid Saturday, a move that’s most likely to impact the caucus race in Iowa by helping Newt Gingrich.

But the effect on the race here likely won’t be dramatic, because Cain’s poll numbers already had dropped like a rock, a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.

As cable news broadcast Cain’s announcement live Saturday for the nation to watch, Cain presented himself as a man victimized by media coverage about allegations of a 13-year extramarital affair.

The retired business executive spoke at length about his status as an unconventional, not-politics-as-usual candidate.

But he also said he’s at peace with God, himself and his wife, Gloria, who held his hand as he walked to the microphone.

“And she is at peace with me,” he said.

Cain, who has never held elective office, skyrocketed to front-runner status by touting his business credentials in a down economy and his status as a Washington outsider. He spoke in Atlanta, Ga., his home state, on what had been scheduled as the opening day for his campaign headquarters there.

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Minutes after Brooke Mueller allegedly assaulted someone Friday night, she sashayed her ass into an Aspen nightclub like nothing just happened -- and TMZ has the hilarious security cam footage.

TMZ broke the story ... Brooke was arrested Friday night outside Aspen's Escobar nightclub on suspicion of felony cocaine possession. She was also booked for third degree assault after allegedly attacking someone at a different nightclub nearby.

But right before all that happened, Brooke DANCED HER FACE OFF.

There's no sound -- but you can totally make out Brooke doing her thing ... twirling around, drink in hand, bumping into other dancers. Moments later, cops show up and drag her outside.

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Those were the famous words of Howard Cosell during the Larry Holmes vs. Rex Cobb affair. And in most circumstances, a fair description of referee Steve Smoger: a man known to allow for unnecessary brutality. Replace the word "referee" with the word "boxing match", and you have to think Cosell's outrage would have been just as applicable for the participants at Madison Square Garden.

I'll review the fight in a bit, but it's a testament to the primal allure of combat sports that the politics surrounding the fight were so easily discarded once it was decided that whatever offense from one man and professional athlete to another, all of it could be forgotten just to see the scrutiny reach a verdict with fists. Deep down, we enjoy a public execution whether underlined by metaphor, or by physical violence.

Nevermind that Margarito's offense, having had calcium and sulphur in his handwraps to create plaster of paris before the Mosley fight and theoretically against other combatants, was a criminal one. Luis Resto, in 1983, famously got caught with a similar offense, having had his gloves tampered with, and it got him banned. He also served 2 and half years in prison. Granted, Margarito never actually used loaded wraps in the ring, but the only reason he didn't is because of an observant trainer. It's difficult, however, to shake the suspicion that he might have in the past.

But Cotto wanted blood, and educated fans, suspecting Margarito only found success as a result of cheating, wanted to see him have it. I wonder how the public perception would have changed if they felt like Cotto didn't stand a good chance of beating Margarito. If Antonio wasn't coming off a brutal loss to Manny Pacquaio. It's a question worth asking, and the answer paints an unflattering picture of human nature. We knew deep down Cotto was the better boxer. We knew Margarito was coming off a loss, and was deteriorated. In short, we had that strong hunch: Cotto was gonna make him pay. In a sick and twisted way, perhaps it's Margarito who came out the winner.

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