Hospitals Preparing for Super Bowl Crowd

Green Bay Packers, still in Super Bowl hunt, meet Eagles again Sunday
Green Bay Packers beat Philadelphia in the first week of the NFL season. Now, in one of this weekend's NFL Wild Card Playoff games, the Green Bay Packers face Michael Vick and the Eagles again. Who's got the edge?...

Video: The obligatory fan-created Doritos Super Bowl ad mocks Christian rite clip
Note well: This isn’t an ad that Doritos is running in the Super Bowl, just one that they posted on their website (and refused to remove) after a fan submitted it for their contest with Pepsi. The bad news? Even to an ex-Catholic like me, it feels cheap. Blasphemy in defense of principle, like free Speech, is welcome; blasphemy in the service of humor can be fun. Blasphemy to sell bags of Cool Ranch chips? Eh. They have every right, but aside from Richard Dawkins and maybe Hitch, whoR...

Makeover turns Fort Worth buses into Molly the Trolley ahead of Super Bowl
A fleet of rubber-tire streetcars known as Molly the Trolley will play a big role in moving people around Fort Worth from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6, when crowds will likely swarm to the area in search of parties, ESPN broadcasts, celebrity sightings and all things football-related. The trolleys -- bedecked with the city’s Molly longhorn symbol -- are getting a makeover that includes fresh paint and new mahogany paneling. They normally circulate only downtown, offering workers and visitors free rid...

Jets Blog: Another Visit To Peytons Place
A watered-down version of the New York Jets crushed the Buffalo Bills 38-7 on Sunday. The likes of Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Shonn Greene were all inactive. Mark Sanchez might as well have been inactive. He only played the first series and did not throw a pass. Joe Mcknight made his first NFL start and rushed 32 times for 158 yards. The defense forced six turnovers including a pick-six by Marquice Cole that he ran back 29 yards for a touchdown. It was basically ...

Austria: Graves of missing Nazi eugenics victims found
GRAVES of Victims of the Nazi euthanasia programme that was a precursor to the Holocaust have been found in Austria. Some 220 Victims deemed "unworthy of life" by the Nazis were found buried in the grounds of a Hospital in the town of Hall, near Innsbruck. The remains were discovered when a yard belonging to the Hospital in Hall in Tyrol province was excavated t ADVERTISEMENT o make way for new buildings. All construction work has been halted as forensic specialists move in to try to determin...

Nazi-era Cemetery for Mentally Ill to be Dug Up
Source: CBS News Jan. 4, 2011 Nazi-era Cemetery for Mentally Ill to be Dug Up The Remains of People Systematically Killed in Austrian Mental Hospital by Nazis to be Exhumed for Construction Project (AP) VIENNA - A disused hospital cemetery will be dug up in March in the search for Victims methodically killed by the Nazis because of physical or mental disabilities, officials said Tuesday. The cemetery in the western Austrian town of Hall contains the remains of 220 people. Officials at the hosp...

Suspected victims of Nazi euthanasia found in Austria
Austria announced plans to exhume graves containing the remains of 220 suspected Victims of Nazi Germany's infamous euthanasia programme yesterday after building workers unearthed a mass of human bones in the grounds of a psychiatric Hospital. The discovery of what are thought to be some of the last hidden graves containing the remains of the tens of thousands of mentally and physically disabled people murdered by the Nazis, was made by workers digging up a yard in the grounds of a hospital in H...

Nazi-Era Graves Believed To Be Found Near Austria Psych Ward
A construction project has been halted after an Austrian psychiatric Hospital graveyard was found to contain the remains of what are believed to be Nazi Victims, the BBC is reporting. The remains of 220 people are buried at a cemetery in Hall in Austria's Tyrol province, and authorities believe many were physically or mentally disabled people who died as part of the Nazi euthanasia program. Thousands of people with disabilities were deemed unfit to live and killed by Nazi Troops under the pro...

Two Down, the Pats To Go All the Way?
What else is there to say about Tablet Magazine’s New England Patriots? Playing arguably the toughest schedule, they went a League-best 14-2, securing homefield advantage until February. They extended their home Regular Season win streak to a record 27. They committed ten turnovers during the entire season, a record. Quarterback Tom Brady had, maybe, a career year: 36 touchdowns versus four interceptions, a genuinely absurd ratio of 9.0 that absolutely smashed the previous record of 6.25 (...

Kurt Warner On Brett Favre: 'He Definitely Hurt His Legacy' (POLL)
Former NFL Quarterback Kurt Warner discussed Brett Favre and whether he hurt his legacy on the NFL Network on Monday. "I think he did [tarnish his legacy]," Warner said. "Not only this season, but the last few seasons, going back and forth [on Retirement] and bouncing to a few different teams. I think about it, and I have to really think hard to think back to when he was a Green Bay Packer and when he played his best football and was in Super Bowls and when he became the Brett Favre we all kno...

DNA clears Texan after 30 years
A man in the US state of Texas has had his Robbery conviction overturned after serving 30 years in jail - longer than anyone in Texas cleared by DNA. Cornelius Dupree Jr was jailed from 1979 to 2010 as part of a 75-year sentence for aggravated Robbery with a deadly weapon. The 51-year-old was freed on Parole in July 2010. DNA test results proved his innocence roughly one week later. A judge has now officially overturned Mr Dupree's conviction. "It's a joy to be free again," M...

AP Source: LSU RB Ridley to play in Cotton Bowl
A person familiar with LSU running back Stevan Ridley's eligibility status says the Tigers' leading rusher has been cleared to play against Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl. The university has been notified of the ruling, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because LSU and the NCAA had not publicly announced the decision. LSU (10-2) meets the Aggies (9-3) in Cowboys Stadium on Friday night. Ridley's eligibility had been in doubt since Les Miles said on Dec. 22 that the...

Slaying victim's last words led way to suspect
(01-04) 12:42 PST SAN MATEO -- For six months, as San Mateo police hunted for the killer of a Drug Abuse counselor at a shopping center, detectives pushed a tantalizing lead: The Victim, David Lewis of East Palo Alto, had been heard uttering the name "Gregory" before he died. But no promising suspects with the name could be found. Then, on the afternoon of Dec. 18, authorities revealed today, police got a call out of the blue from a "Gregory" - Gregory Elarms, a 58-year-old Pittsburg resident ...

Police Seek Suspect Wanted In Staten Island Killing
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Staten Island are looking for a suspect they said murdered one man and tried to kill another. Authorities said a 21-year-old man got into a physical altercation with 19-year-old Drew B. Casseus, who took out a gun and began shooting on Port Richmond Avenue on December 28. The Victim was shot in the leg and was able to walk to Richmond University Medical Center for treatment. A second Victim - identified as 19-year-old Jonathan Vasquez, of Staten Isla...

Eric Mangini Fired By Browns After 5-11 Season
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Eric Mangini following a second straight 5-11 season that ended with a humiliating home loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. He was dismissed during a Monday morning meeting with team president Mike Holmgren. The club announced his dismissal in a statement. Mangini went just 10-22 with the Browns and finished his second season with a four-game Losing Streak. Cleveland went 2-6 following an upset of NFL heavyweight New England on No...

Sizing Up the Next Failed Head Coach in Cleveland
Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini was fired today after going 5-11 for the second straight year, though he swears this 5-11 was way more impressive than the last 5-11 season. It was the 5-11 you can really build on, you know? The kind that can lead you to a really mind-blowing 5-11 season the third time out. If there’s any consolation to Cleveland fans as they cycle through yet another failed coaching hire, it’s that they can at least take comfort in the fact that they KNEW Ma...

TOLDJA: 3D TV Was Dead On Arrival
Email Sent! You have successfully emailed the post. What Do People REALLY Think Of 3D TV? The "hit products" at this week's Consumer Electronics Show will be 80 iPad knock-offs that no one wants to buy because they aren't iPads. And that's fitting. Because last year's "hit product" was another product that no one wanted to buy: 3D TV. Last year, when 3D TV was all the rage, we told you it was dead on arrival. And OH the screams. What fuddy-duddies we were. Not seeing the immense joy of having t...

QB Favre Says He's Retiring For Good This Time
Brett Favre was the NFL's ultimate Iron Man for 19 years, inspiring coaches and teammates with extraordinary toughness and thrilling fans with a daredevil's verve and a showman's sense of the moment. Yet the once-irrepressible Favre never looked older or more fragile than in year No. 20. The magic of last season, and most of his brilliant career, never seemed farther away. It had to end some time. And Favre says that time is now. The 41-year-old Quarterback sat out Minnesota's season-ending loss...

Bills, Jets Look To Win Sunday For Different Reasons
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Forget the records and the fact that the result will have little effect on how the teams assess their Regular Seasons. The Buffalo Bills and New York Jets are entering their meeting Sunday with the same approach. “It’s all hands on deck to win the game,” Bills coach Chan Gailey said. Sure, the Jets (10-5) have already clinched a second straight postseason berth under Ryan and appear to be set to play either Kansas City or Indianapolis in the o...

Mara: Never Any Doubt Coughlin Will Return
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — New York Giants co-owner John Mara says Tom Coughlin will return to coach the team next season. Mara spoke after the Giants failed for the second straight year to make the Playoffs. He said there was “never any doubt” that Coughlin would be back. New York finished the season Sunday with a 17-14 win over the Washington Redskins, but the Giants didn’t get the help they needed to claim the NFC’s remaining wild-card berth. The Giants went 10-6, maki...

Eli Manning Hits 30 at a Career Crossroad
When people turn 30, they often take a moment to step back for a little analysis of where their life has taken them and where they want it to go. Timing is funny sometimes, because Eli Manning was probably going to be doing that on Monday even if it wasn't the day he got half-off his pizza at Chuck E. Cheese. It's now been three years since he entered the pantheon of Super Bowl winners and two years since he's led his team to the postseason, all of which would be enough to lead to some stock tak...

Bowled Over
Once upon a time, not long ago, there were three bowl games known to the United States for College Football teams. Chief of them was the Rose Bowl of Pasadena. There were also the Sugar Bowl of Louisiana and the Orange Bowl of Florida. But even these paled before the Rose Bowl, with its magnificent pre-game parade of floats composed of flowers and bedecked with pretty girls and interspersed with marching bands. There was nothing to compare. Today, we are literally "bowled over." There is the Tic...

C&L;'s Late Night Music Club with Steve Goodman
It's a bleak day for many football fans today, as they saw their last chances for their teams' Super Bowl success go circling down the drain. But there's still hope for the dreamers like our friends driftglass, fiver and LeftandLeft- faithful Cubs fans all- and those of us who cheer for any other team, from Boston to San Diego, from Miami to Seattle, and all points in between....

Favre Scandal Expands
After being fined $50,000 for refusing to cooperate with the National Football League’s investigation into his alleged stalking , Brett Favre  is now facing additional allegations of Sexual Harassment. And this time, they’re accompanied by a Lawsuit. Two former masseuses for the New York Jets - Christina Scavo and Shannon O’Toole - claim that Favre sexually harassed them two years ago. Specifically, their lawsuit claims that he proposed three-way sex as part of...

Roethlisberger won't discuss rumors he's engaged
If Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is engaged, he isn't saying. Roethlisberger declined Tuesday to discuss rumors he became engaged over the holidays to a Pittsburgh-area woman. There have been numerous postings on Social Media sites, some even identifying the woman by name. At the Steelers' first practice of the week, Roethlisberger said he would not talk about his Personal Life. But he did not deny the rumors. Roethlisberger, a two-time Super Bowl winner, was suspended for the first fo...