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Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after crashing his Lamborghini and abandoning it alongside an expressway on the city's North Side, Illinois State Police said. After meeting with police Monday afternoon, Briggs was also cited for failure to give immediate notice of an accident and improper lane usage, said Master Sgt. Luis Gutierrez.

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2007 – To increase troops' morale, three National Football League players, weighing in at a combined 662 pounds, set aside their football gear for a trip to Iraq to visit with Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers April 16. Army Pfc. Nigel Norvell, with Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, poses for a photograph with, left to right, Israel Idonije, a defensive end with the Chicago Bears, Nick Harper, a cornerback with the Indianapolis Colts, and Chris Harris, a safety with the Chicago Bears, during the football players' visit to Baghdad, April 16, 2007. U.S....