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EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Rams released defensive end Michael Sam on Saturday, according to multiple league sources. Sam's efforts to become the first openly gay player in NFL history came up just short in a competition against undrafted rookie Ethan Westbrooks. Westbrooks is one of nine defensive linemen to land a roster spot. Sam officially hit waivers Saturday at 4 p.m. ET when all NFL teams had to trim their rosters down to the league-mandated 53 players. From there, the other 31 teams will have 24 hours to put in a claim for Sam.

<p>The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban,which would limit the portions of soda sold in the city.</p> <p>Bloomberg was having an informal working lunch with city comptroller John Liu at the time and was enraged by the embarrassing prohibition. The owners would not relent, however, and the pair were forced to decamp to another restaurant to finish their meal.</p>

This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort. The TSA has been provided this video in advance of it being made public to give them an opportunity to turn off the scanners and revert to the metal detectors. I personally believe they now have no choice but to turn them off.Please share...

Sharp Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to an over $550 million settlement with several U.S. states involving allegations of price-fixing. It is the latest development in a large antitrust investigation into makers of LCD display panels, which are used in computer monitors and notebooks, ...

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Analysis: Start of long struggle? Jeremy Clarkson should be sacked by the BBC over his "appalling" comments about killing striking public sector workers, trade union Unison has said.The union said it was considering reporting the Top Gear presenter to the police over comments on The One Show.Referring to striking workers, Mr Clarkson said: "I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families."The BBC received over 4,700 complaints and has apologised for the comments.

As the Cain candidacy makes clear, women are learning to speak up about harassment, but confidential settlements can get in the way.

ALLIANCE — Snow plow driver John Shuman didn’t like what he saw in the Walmart parking lot. Consequently, he followed a man identified by police as a purse-snatching suspect. That suspect, Cody Bragg, 18, likewise did not like what he was seeing in his rear view mirror – a snow plow hot on his trail. Both were so disturbed by the Wednesday evening events that each made telephone calls to law enforcement officials. Shuman reported that he witnessed a purse snatching outside the Walmart at 2700 W. State St. Someone reportedly snatched a woman’s purse from a shopping cart. When...

Claims she could not handle intoxicated 12 and 13-year-olds. (Lorain) - A Lorain woman has lost her chance at a “Mother Of The Year” award. Police were called to 2552 Elyria Ave. around 9:00 p.m. Christmas Eve by 32-year-old Stacy Galvin. Galvin told police she had allowed young kids to drink and they were too intoxicated for her to control. Police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere tells Newsradio WTAM 1100 the kids were Galvan’s 12-year-old twins and her 13-year-old younger brother. When police arrived, they found Galvan, whose voice was slurred, arguing with her 12-year-old son and daughter. Carpentiere says Galvan told...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hundreds of people were left disappointed Tuesday after a woman who claimed she won the lottery promised to return to a clothing store and spend her winnings on all the customers. The woman said she won $500,000 and wanted to buy clothes for customers at the east side Burlington Coat Factory, 10TV News reported. "I said, 'Are you sure?' said Carol Hubbard, who was inside the store. "I said, 'I can't pay you for this,' and she said, 'Honey, I've got $1.5 million and I have been used all of my life and mostly by my family...

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SYMPTOMS In Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008, when you check the spelling of English language text in an application that uses the English dictionary, all the following words cannot be recognized and are flagged as being misspelled: • Friendster • Klum • Nazr • Obama • Racicot One example of an application that uses the English dictionary is Windows Mail. Consider the following example scenario:• You compose an e-mail message in Windows Mail. • In the Options dialog box, on the Spelling tab, under Language, you select English. • You type a word that appears in the previous...

What kind of insect is this? (The background is the close up of a chaise lounge pad)

Tiger Woods, who went 91 holes on a wounded knee to win the U.S. Open on Monday, will have reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the 2008 PGA TOUR season. No date has been set for the surgery. Suddenly a season that had dawned with Woods saying the Grand Slam was "easily within reason" became clouded with doubt and uncertainty as he prepares for a second surgery on his left knee within 10 weeks. By missing the rest of this season, Woods will not play in either of the...

NEW YORK - "Sicko" filmmaker Michael Moore called a truce Monday in his weeklong fight with CNN that flared when the network accused him of fudging facts in his popular documentary about the health-care system.

Apparently prompted by the murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, a group is planning a rally in Knoxville to protest crimes against white people by black people. According to special events and parade permit applications filed with the city, the rally would be held June 16 in front of the old Knox County Courthouse. The applications were filed by Ken Gregg on behalf of the "ABC Group." The applications - neither of which may be required, according to city and Public Building Authority officials - describes the planned event as a "peaceful protest against black crime on whites."

If you want to imbue a discussion with an air of gravitas, you start by identifying the main character by his full name: George Herman Ruth. Dwight David Eisenhower. Homer Jay Simpson.So consider the case of one William Joseph Buckner, who almost two decades ago (the precise anniversary is Wednesday, Oct. 25) bent over to field a grounder hit by Mookie Wilson. We all know what happened after that -- you've seen the video a few jillion times, you've read about the scapegoating, and the subsequent reaction to the scapegoating. After 20 years of scrutiny under the electron microscope of...

After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes were counted correctly, a special prosecutor charges. While there is no evidence of vote fraud, the prosecutor said their efforts were aimed at avoiding an expensive - and very public - hand recount of all votes cast. Three top county elections officials have been indicted, and Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter says more indictments are possible. Michael Vu, executive director of the Cuyahoga County elections board, said workers followed procedures that had been in place for 23 years. He said board employees...