Monday, December 28, 2015

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher get into the Christmas spirit, give 670000 ...

Was it at Lecoq that you learned to squeal like a pig? - The Graham Norton Show: preview - BBC One Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife actress Isla Fisher have donated more than 670,000 to charity, it has been reported.The generous couple have given $500,000 (336,000) to The Sunday Times Christmas appeal to help protect 250,000 children against a threatened measles outbreak in Syria, the newspaper said....
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Saints" Drew Brees: Expected to start Sunday

Drew Brees - The Heart of New Orleans Drew Brees (foot) is expected to start Sunday against the Jaguars, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.Brees is dealing with a torn plantar fascia, an injury that has sidelined plenty of players, but Brees has said throughout the week that he will play through the ailment. He"ll have tight end Ben Watson (knee) available to him, so while...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Bowl game roundup: Indiana falls to Duke in OT; Frank Beamer wins final game

Frank Beamer Tribute Duke survived a wild finish at Yankee Stadium for its first bowl victory in 54 years.Ross Martin kicked a 36-yard field in overtime, and Duke held off Indiana 44-41 on Saturday night in the Pinstripe Bowl in New York. "Absolutely ecstatic," Martin said. "It couldn"t have happened in a better way, overtime. I think we"re four for four...
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Dallas weather forces several flights to and from Portland to be canceled

Dallas WeatherWinter Weather Texas Brian Hawkins walks along Quorum Drive, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in Addison, Texas. A Texas snowstorm has closed schools, snarled traffic and forced a main highway to Oklahoma to shut down after dozens of vehicles slipped off the road. (The Associated Press/The Dallas Morning News/Smiley N. Pool)An overnight storm that pelted parts...
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It"s so snowy at the Sun Bowl, camera operators can"t find the football

Sun Bowl 2014 (Arizona State v Duke) One HourThe weather outside is frightful ... It"s snowy at the Sun Bowl.Yes, the Sun Bowl, in El Paso, Texas, is being played in borderline blizzard conditions. So snowy, in fact, that the camera operators can"t quite find the football:Miami"s kicker was just practicing his kickoff stroke, but CBS" camera crew apparently thought it was the real thing, and then was mystified when they...
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Apple Watch 2: All the rumors about the specs, features and price of Apple"s ...

Apple Watch — Guided Tour: Welcome In April 2015, the Apple Watch finally became available for sale. It became, simultaneously, one of the finest smartwatches in the land and, at least according to the perception in some quarters, a relative disappointment for the company. Why the ambivalence? Apple hasn"t released sales figures, but it hardly seems like a flop -- IDC ranks it second in...
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A Christmas Rockets Roundtable: Trade rumors, playoff chances and James Harden ...

James Harden Breaks Jeremy Lin"s AnklesMerry Christmas! Enjoy our airing of grievances against a frustrating Rockets team. It"s just over the one-third market of the NBA season. The Rockets now sit at an uninspiring 15-15, and, aswe"ve gone over before, the hard part of their schedule has not even begun.The trade winds around the league are all swirling around Houston, since no one knows if the Rockets will be buyers,...
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