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Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue made a drastic change in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal Tuesday as the NFL announced all suspensions and penalties for Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith, along with former linebacker Scott Fujita and defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, have been vacated.

Concern for Buffalo Tagliabue to meet Schumer, Russert to talk about Bills Posted: Monday April 17, 2006 3:39PM; Updated: Monday April 17, 2006 3:39PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the National Football League will meet later this week with Sen. Charles Schumer to discuss concerns about the financial future of the Buffalo Bills under a new labor pact with the players. Outgoing NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue will meet Thursday morning with Schumer and TV newsman Tim Russert, host of NBC's Sunday morning Meet the Press program, and an avid Bills fan. "I'm looking forward to this meeting because keeping...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles area, which has not had a professional football team since the 1994 season, is now a prime candidate for two franchises, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said on Thursday. Tagliabue met on Wednesday with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss the possibility of bringing teams to the antiquated Los Angeles Coliseum, the former home of both the National Football League's Rams and Raiders, as well as a proposed new stadium in Anaheim.

CHICAGO - NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue convened an emergency summit Sunday morning with Vikings owner Zygi Wilf, pledging his assistance following one of the darkest weeks in franchise history. At Tagliabue's urging, Wilf created a new director of security position and immediately filled it by hiring Dag Sohlberg, a retired FBI agent who has worked five years as a part-time employee of NFL Security. The Vikings have wrapped security issues into their team operations department for years, but Wilf decided to split those duties following allegations last week that players participated in a sex party Oct. 6 on Lake Minnetonka.

ARIS, May 29 — Italian and German investigators have disclosed fresh information suggesting that hints of an attack involving aircraft and the United States were more widespread among European law enforcement agencies before Sept. 11 than previously suspected.The disclosures come after weeks in which the Bush administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which announced a shake-up today, have come under sharp criticism that they did not pay sufficient heed to signs of Al Qaeda plots in the United States that may have alerted them to the Sept. 11 attacks.A Central Intelligence Agency spokesman said today that before Sept....

Sheila Jackson Lee just entered it into the House Records on live C-Span that the 2004 Super Bowl held in Houston Texas was the best one ever and the best one to uphold family values.

Statement regarding the Super Bowl halftime show Statement by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by the MTV-produced halftime show. It was totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show. "The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans. We will change our policy, our people and our processes for managing the halftime entertainment in the future in order to deal far more effectively with the quality of this aspect of the Super Bowl."

Paul Tagliabue is the spineless commissioner who has issued a $200,000 fine in honor of Johnnie Cochran and the Rev. Shakedown Artist, the bean-counting poets who have been threatening to rhyme th NFL out of existence if it does not go along with their racial blackmail. Matt Millen has been ordered to pay the $200,000 gesture, which is the penalty of love at first sight. Millen was unable to adhere to the NFL's new hiring procedures, as implemented last December, after becoming infatuated with Steve Mariucci following another dismal season. This was an open secret at the time. As the...