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What is missing in the 'DeflateGate' NFL analysis? Simple. How the Colts, once succumbing to a 14-0 deficit, had to THEN shift from running the ball 40% of the time to running it only less than 17% the rest of the first half upon falling behind by those scores. It was, after all, "Deflady Brady's" deep pass down the left side of the field to S. Vereen (30 yards) to the Indy 17-yard line that set up the second Patriot score. One wonders what might have happened on that pass in the driving rain had the "underinflation" not been at...

The U.S. Senate yesterday approved spending $4.6 billion to settle two lawsuits: one by black farmers who alleged racial discrimination by government lenders and the other by 300,000 American Indians who said they had been cheated out of land royalties dating to 1887. Passage of the measure, by voice vote, unblocks a legislative logjam that has thwarted payouts, negotiated by the Obama administration, of $1.15 billion to the black farmers and $3.4 billion to the American Indians.

CURRENT affairs host Naomi Robson shared a shopping expedition and dinner with former US president Bill Clinton during the statesman's Melbourne stopover this week. Robson was invited to join Mr Clinton at Taxi restaurant in Federation Square on Wednesday. They were introduced through a mutual friend. The former president revealed he was a fan of Robson when he warmly greeted the top-rating host. "He came up to me and said, 'Hi, I have been watching you on TV'," Robson said of their introduction. "And I said, 'Hi, I have been watching you on TV today, too'. "He said, 'You had...

'Doonesbury' lists U.S. dead in Iraq By JOSEPH KAHN The Boston Globe Readers of today's comics pages may want to keep a magnifying glass handy, or else don a blindfold. Six Doonesbury panels list the names of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq. The list covers the casualties up to April 23, the date that cartoonist Garry Trudeau submitted the strip for publication. Doonesbury serves up the names without comment. For most readers, however, decoding its antiwar message will be no harder than brewing their morning coffee. Some comic strips grind their axes with noisy fanfare. This one is...

Bangor Daily News - Print this Article JERRY HARKAVY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Last updated: Monday, May 5, 2003Celebs join effort for North Woods park PORTLAND - Activists pushing for the creation of a 3.2-million-acre Maine Woods National Park have formed a 110-member advisory committee that includes some of the biggest names in Hollywood.Jeff Bridges, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Holly Hunter, Laura Linney, Robert Redford, Ted Danson, Christopher Reeve, Meryl Streep and Sam Waterston are among the celebrities on the list of committee members provided by Restore: The North Woods. The nonprofit organization, which launched the...

Gun Shows and Gun Control: McCain Is at It Again! Miguel A. Faria Jr., M.D.Tuesday, May 21, 2002 Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is at it again, preaching draconian gun control. He has now paired himself with "the conscience" of the Senate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and joined forces with the national anti-gun group Americans for Gun Safety (AGS), a lobbying group that has been shown to have neither members, gun safety programs, nor credibility. Sen. McCain and his anti-Second Amendment crowd are not going after "closing loopholes," as they claimed last year, but after shutting down all gun shows. Using...