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From Bloomberg News: Saints Paid Bounties for Injuring Opponents: NFL

From Bloomberg News: Saints Paid Bounties for Injuring Opponents: NFL

About two dozen New Orleans Saints players and an assistant coach had a bounty program that paid bonuses for injuring opponents, the National Football League said.

Between 22 and 27 Saints players were involved in the program during the past three seasons, with as much as $1,500 paid for a specific hit, the league said yesterday in an e- mailed release. The players were not identified in the release. Click for more

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From NBA.com: Wilt’s 100 Point Game Hits 50

From NBA.com: Wilt’s 100 Point Game Hits 50

Season of Giants: 1961-62
NBA.com celebrates the 50th anniversary of a legendary season

Scientists who study such things have said the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano on Aug. 27, 1883 was the single loudest explosion in recorded human history.

Of course, none of them were inside the Hershey Sports Arena on March 2, 1962 when Wilt Chamberlain put a match to a powder keg and blew up every boundary, every limit, every farthest corner of anyone’s wildest imagination.

100 points. Click for more

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From AP: Obama joins in assailing Limbaugh slur of student

From AP: Obama joins in assailing Limbaugh slur of student

NEW YORK (AP) — Stepping into an emerging culture clash over women, President Barack Obama made a supportive phone call Friday to a law student who testified before Congress about the need for birth control coverage, only to be called a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh.

For Obama, it was an emphatic plunge into the latest flare-up on social issues. Democratic officeholders and liberal advocacy have accused Republicans of waging a “war on women” because of GOP stances on contraception and abortion rights, and Limbaugh’s tirade on his radio talk show was seen as an escalation. Click for more

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From Daily Mail: The macabre concept of a ‘euthanasia roller coaster’ that thrills you… then kills you

From Daily Mail: The macabre concept of a ‘euthanasia roller coaster’ that thrills you… then kills you

A Chilling: The model, designed by Julijonas Urbonas, looks like an ordinary roller coaster – but is designed to kill
An engineer has come up with macabre rollercoaster concept where passengers are thrilled and then ‘killed’.

The chilling Euthanasia Coaster is a theoretical machine engineered to ‘humanely, with elegance and euphoria, take the life of a human being’. Click for more

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“All of us…every NASCAR fan..is sucking a baby bottle today because we won’t race in the rain.” Show Log For Thursday, March 1, 2012

Steve Bosell is eating some 30 leftover egg-salad sandwiches as he talks with Phil this evening. Why? Because he and his wife kicked everyone out of their house last Sunday when it became apparent there wouldn’t be a Daytona 500 due to the rain-out. Mr. Bosell was upset, vowing legal action against NASCAR. “The NFL is tougher than NASCAR. When it rains they play. But NASCAR…man, they lift them out of the cars and put ’em in a high chair with a baby bottle. All of us…every NASCAR fan..is sucking a baby bottle today because we won’t race in the rain.”

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From TMZ: Rush Limbaugh — Bomb Squad Races to Home Over Suspicious Package

From TMZ: Rush Limbaugh — Bomb Squad Races to Home Over Suspicious Package

The bomb squad is currently sweeping through Rush Limbaugh’s Palm Beach home after a suspicious package was discovered on scene. According to local reports, Limbaugh’s security team discovered the package and notified authorities.4:55 PM PST — Crisis over … almost. Cops sound convinced the package isn’t dangerous … despite the fact it had an electronic plaque and wires. Officials say the sender has been identified as a person in Pennsylvania.. The sender apologized for the suspicious packaging, but insisted it was NOT a bomb. Cops say they have not determined if the package will be destroyed. Click for more