| Jets end Colts' pursuit of perfection 29-15 (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:24 PM PST  The Indianapolis Colts kept saying a perfect season didn't matter. They meant it. Coach Jim Caldwell pulled Peyton Manning and a handful of other starters for the previously unbeaten Colts in the third quarter, and the Jets took advantage by rallying for a 29-15 victory that ended the NFL's longest regular-season winning streak at 23 games.
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| Charlie Sheen accused of weapon use before arrest (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:35 PM PST  AP - Authorities say actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of using a weapon in an alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen.
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| Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST  AP - A n****ian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base to train and recruit militants for operations against the West and the U.S.
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| Officials say man on Sunday flight posed no threat (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:30 AM PST  AP - The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday during a confrontation with a sick passenger from n****ia, officials said.
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| Moore throws 3 TDs, Panthers embarrass Giants 41-9 (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:09 PM PST  Justin Tuck has been to the mountain with New York Giants, winning an NFL title. The defensive end and the rest of the Giants tumbled into a deep valley in their final game at Giants Stadium. It was a complete embarrassment. Matt Moore and the Carolina Panthers (7-8) brought down the house, turning the Giants' final game in the 34-year-old stadium into of their ugliest moments in franchise...
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| Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:07 AM PST  AP - As a member of an uppercrust n****ian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
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| Terrorist led life of privilege before attack on Flight 253 Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:03 AM PST  Police in London scoured Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's swanky apartment Saturday in search of clues as to what - or who - might have led the 23-year-old to try to blow up a packed jet over Detroit.
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| Stocks higher? Famed investor says don't bet on it (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST ![]() Homes are selling at their fastest clip in nearly three years, the unemployment rate is falling and stocks are up 66 percent since their March lows -- the best performance since the 1930s.
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| Jon Gosselin's NYC apartment trashed over holidays (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:25 AM PST  AP - Jon Gosselin's apartment was ransacked by someone who slashed furniture, stole his TV and left a note pinned to his dresser with a butcher knife while he visited his children for Christmas, his lawyer said Sunday.
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| Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:44 AM PST  AP - Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
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| Death Panels Lie On Factcheck.Org's 'Whoppers Of 2009' Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:43 AM PST  Politifact already named Sarah Palin's "death panels" claim its lie of the year -- prompting an indignant response from the former Alaska governor. Now Factcheck.org has followed suit, calling the claim that health care reform would lead to euthanasia for the elderly and disabled a "whopper of 2009." The non-partisan group, however, pinned most of the blame on longtime reform foe Betsy McCaughey. "Death Panels" The "pulling the plug on grandma" falsehood really took off once former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin coined the term "Death Panel," but this falsehood got its first push fr
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| Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:33 AM PST ![]() AP - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them.
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| Obama union push stymies contractors Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:27 AM PST ![]() President Obama's plan to force contractors to hire union workers for large government construction projects is proving easier said than done, confusing and costlier than expected. It's been more than a decade since a federal project required bids that include union representation of workers, known as a "project labor agreement" or PLA, and a $100 million project to modernize the 12-story Lafayette Building that houses federal agencies is highlighting the kinks that need to be worked out. The General Services Administration (GSA), for example, first called for PLAs to win bids to rehabilitate
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| Death Toll Rises to 10 as Clashes in Iran Intensify Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:58 AM PST ![]() The police opened fire on protesters, killing at least 10 people, including a nephew of the opposition leader, as demonstrators flooded the streets.
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| Trojans storm into 2010 on utterly unremarkable note Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:13 PM PST ![]() USC 27, Boston College 13 . There were two burning questions for USC coming into the Emerald Bowl that...
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