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The NFL is looking into how a female television reporter was treated at New York Jets practice Saturday. Ines Sainz, a reporter for Mexico’s TV Azteca doing a story on quarterback Mark Sanchez, had footballs thrown in her direction by a Jets coach during practice, and players later called out to her in the team’s locker room. NFL spokesman Greg ... Read More »

Progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been “painfully slow”, US President Barack Obama has said. “The hole the recession left was huge and progress has been painfully slow,” he told a White House news conference. Mr Obama has made three speeches on the economy this week, as it looms as the major issue for the US ... Read More »

Gospel music artist Marvin Sapp has lost his wife and best friend, MaLinda Sapp to colon cancer. Marvin and MaLinda had been married for 15 years and have three children. Marvin and his church, Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, had previously launched a 24 hour prayer campaign for the complete healing of MaLinda. Marvin recently curtailed his travel and recording ... Read More »

Patriots QB Tom Brady was in a two car crash at 6:34 this morning, according to reports. Responders used the “Jaws Of Life” to rescue the driver of the other car, a Ford minivan. Brady suffered whiplash and was shaken up, but reports indicate he was otherwise unharmed. The quarterback, who won three (and played in four) Super Bowls for ... Read More »

Cambridge University has edged out Harvard to become the first non-US university to top a global ranking, according to a survey released Wednesday. The British-based Cambridge knocked Harvard out of the top spot for the first time in the seven-year history of the QS World University Rankings released by the London consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. The survey, which in previous ... Read More »

American government finally sees the  economy lose and unemployment rise that the country is facing. Ohio state government takes the first step in the outsourcing saga, by completely banning the  project’s outsourcing to foreign land.  Now, this means one message, “Bye Bye Asians” Ohio governor Ted Strickland said in an executive order passed last month,”There are pervasive service delivery problems ... Read More »

Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago said Tuesday that he would not run for re-election when his term expires next year, an announcement that could have implications from the Windy City to the White House. “I’ve done my all. I’ve done my best,” Mr. Daley told reporters during a news conference at City Hall in Chicago. “Now, I’m ready with ... Read More »