Dear Greg,
Run the frick'n ball more.
Give Weisman and Bullock five more carries today vs. Northern Illinois and Iowa's offense stays on the field longer, eats more clock, wins the game.
Sincerely,
Mike Thayer
Experts say the odds of catching a two-tone lobster are about 1 in 50 million. Yet a fisherman off Maine recently hauled in a lobster that was half orange and half brown (pictured above).
“It looked as if someone had taken painter’s tape and run it from proboscis to tail, then spray-painted one side. It’s a perfectly straight line,” Alan Lishness, of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, told Reuters. “You don’t usually see such hard edges in nature.”
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The Zumanjaro Drop of Doom is an ambitious 415ft drop tower ride which, when built will be the world’s tallest. A New Jersey based company is planning to build the ride for the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Jackson, in 2014.
The ascent to the massive 41-story tower is on an eight-person gondola, which visitors are strapped into for the 30 seconds it takes to reach the top of the tower. There is then a brief pause, while the people in the gondola enjoy a spectacular view, before being plunged vertically down at high speed, in just 10 seconds.
Seamus Heaney was possibly the most-read living poet. He was admired by peers and critics and loved by the general public, which bought his books by the thousands. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Heaney died Friday in Dublin after what his family described in a statement as a 'brief illness." He was 74 years old.
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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of “Jersey Shore” TV fame filed a $6 million-plus lawsuit in Manhattan federal court yesterday against New Jersey-based Excell Brands, alleging its new perfume “Snazzy” rips off her official “Snooki” and “Snooki Couture” fragrances.
Calls left with Excell were not immediately returned.
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Details of America's secret intelligence budget – which were given to The Washington Post by Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower – offer new insights into how the US cornered and killed the terror leader.
The documents show how America's 16 spy agencies worked in unprecedented co-ordination on everything from tracking al-Qaeda operative's mobile phone calls to quickly identifying bin Laden's corpse.
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired long-time Minnesota Twins first baseman and former MVP Justin Morneau, sources said Saturday, their second trade in four days designed to strengthen their lineup and reach the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.
A Twin since days after his 18th birthday, Morneau, 32, has struggled with injuries and concussion symptoms in recent seasons, but still hits right-handed pitching with some authority. The Pirates rank in the bottom third in the National League against right-handers in batting and OPS.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s new monitor will be keeping an eye on the sheriff’s office. U.S District Judge Murray Snow ordered a monitor to oversee the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office operations. The person will report any discrimination or racist activities to the court.
Judge Snow pointed out that the monitor will not have the power to interfere with police business. However, they are tasked with reporting discrimination against Hispanics.
It’s been 10 years since the School Of Rock graduated and this week the cast got together for a reunion.
Jack Black, Miranda Cosgrove, Mike White, director Richard Linklater and the rest of the School Of Rock cast got together at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas this week to celebrate the movie’s 10-year anniversary.
Last spring, after being dumped by his second NFL team (the New York Jets this time, the Denver Broncos previously), Tim Tebow sat unclaimed on the unrestricted free-agent heap. No one wanted him.
Then in June, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots took a flyer on the former Heisman winner from Florida. This was about the best possible scenario for Tebow. There was no pressure on him to be the starter – Tom Brady has that job. Or even second string – the fairly capable Ryan Mallett is the No. 2.
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