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Troy Aikman is under fire following a controversial remark uttered on the “Monday Night Football” broadcast of the Chiefs-Raiders game. While discussing a questionable roughing the passer call in the first half after Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones hit Raiders quarterback Derek Carr from behind, Aikman remarked, “My hope is the competition committee looks at this in the next set of meetings and, you know, we take the dresses off.” Though the call itself sparked outrage – given there had been another controversial roughing the passer penalty just one day prior involving Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Falcons defensive tackle...

There is nothing in the Constitution about abortion, and the Constitution does not implicitly protect the right.

The White House weighed in on the blown call that cost the Green Bay Packers the football game last night against the Seattle Super Hawks. Via the pool report, from aboard Air Force One: Carney ... was eager to weigh in on an issue he called a “pressing matter,” “astounding” and “very distressing” -- the end of the Packers-Seahawks game. Carney said he had talked to the president this morning about it. Carney noted that the president had discussed the issue last week in an interview with a Cleveland radio station and “as a sports fan he thought it was...

WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has agreed to give thousands of anti-war demonstrators a prime spot along President Bush (news - web sites)'s inaugural parade route that will allow them to protest during the procession. The anti-war group A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is planning to erect its own bleachers in the space, an open plaza on Pennsylvania Ave., just a few blocks from the Capitol building, said Brian Becker, national coordinator for the group. The bleachers could seat up to 1,000 people and the park service estimates up to 10,000 could fill the space standing shoulder to shoulder. "I don't think...

Drunken dialing: Cellphone co. keeps users from making regrettable calls By Brian Caruso Sunday, December 5, 2004 A new cellphone service can help callers who've had a few too many cocktails avoid making humiliating ``drunk dials'' to significant others, exes and even the boss by blocking their numbers ahead of time. Virgin Mobile Australia recently began offering the service, called Dialing Under the Influence. Subscribers who intend to imbibe can dial 333 followed by the phone number to temporarily block the number (until 6 a.m. the next morning) for 25 cents. Not surprisingly, the idea for the service was hatched...