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An interesting video montage of 9/11 with the soundtrack of Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Skies". 9/11 - Floyd Video

Howard Dean Demands GOP Candidates Denounce Ann Coulter for Referring to John Edwards as a 'Faggot' Please read some of the reply posts contained within the above link. We all hear the complaints of how Libs stereotype and exaggerate the belief models of the GOP. Each of the complaints are justified due to the self-serving nature in which they're presented by different individuals imop (i.e. Sharpton, Jackson, Gore, Clintons, Dean etc). Understanding the attention this forum carries and willingness of the MSM to stereotype, it really makes a person wonder "why these posts"? It's well known Coulter is a loose-cannon...

I've just noticed 700 WLW's Willie Cunningham began saying "I'm not a great American, I'm a grateful American." How long before Hannity steals that phrase too? Thoughts?

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said his controversial methods of cutting crime are working so far this year with three murders recorded in 2007. Using a high-powered gun as a prop, Harry Lee defended his methods of combatting crime in predominately black neighborhoods. Lee said that would extrapolate to an average year in Jefferson Parish following an unusually high number of murders in 2006. He credits his use of more officers and armored vehicles in high-crime areas and he believes his plan to target, videotape and even stop people in those areas has paid off. “I’m not targeting blacks. I’m...

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis church on Friday said it will defy the NFL's demand that churches not use projectors to show the Super Bowl, saying it is taking "a stand for what's right." Second Baptist Church, located at 3705 Kessler Blvd. North Drive, will show the game Sunday -- using a projector and a screen -- following an afternoon service, an assistant to the church's senior pastor told 6News. The decision to proceed with the plan came after the NFL told a different Indianapolis church not to use a wall projector to show the game, citing copyright laws. Second Baptist's...

MIAMI -- A middle school play video Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning referenced on Wednesday when asked if he could deal with pressure situations has surfaced, thanks to a former classmate who now lives Boston. "There's video. Don't look for it -- it's deep in the Manning vault, I can assure you," Manning said during a Wednesday press conference in southern Florida, where his Colts play the Bears in the NFL's championship game on Sunday. Manning said his performance in the play was proof that he could come through in the clutch. "It was a full-on tango," Manning recalled. Manning...

DETROIT (AP) - Former NBA player Robert Traylor pleaded guilty Thursday to preparing a false tax return after hiding assets for a convicted drug dealer. Traylor's name was used to make it appear that he purchased two Detroit rental properties, but the properties were actually bought and owned by Quasand Lewis, a convicted drug trafficker and money launderer, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen Murphy's office. The 29-year-old Traylor admitted in his plea that the properties were listed in his name to conceal Lewis' ownership from police. Traylor also admitted claiming a false loss of more than $205,000 from the properties...

A former Toledo football standout who once played with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals is being investigated for his role in a fight and stabbing yesterday outside Jackson’s Lounge & Grill downtown, authorities said.

Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson, who is now dealing with memory loss and depression related to repeated concussions during his 10-year NFL career, said that Patriots Coach Bill Belichick encouraged him to engage in full-scale practice while recovering from a concussion, against the advice of the Patriots' trainer. Johnson, who retired on the eve of 2005 training camp, told the Boston Globe that he began having serious memory problems when he sustained two concussions in four days in August, 2002. The first was in an exhibition against the Giants, the second after colliding with a teammate in practice. Johnson told...

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/SPT02/302020028/1066 Can only link the story .... cannot post the material. Well worth the read to see the NFL is singling out a community and franchise with concern.

His poem "Woman In The Window" is set to music and will be released as a single in April. Rock legend Jim Morrison is helping the fight against global warming from beyond the grave, with the release of a song he wrote. Environmental campaigners have taken a poem, "Woman In The Window," written by Morrison shortly before he died in 1971, and set it to music, with the help of New Order and former Jane's Addiction star Perry Farrell. The track was given to Farrell by the Jim Morrison estate. It will be released as a single in April. Dan...

School officials say a six year old boy and girl snuck away from teachers, then took their pants down and laid on top of each other. It happened at Hawkins Mills elementary in Frayser on Tuesday. Kimberly Banks is the mother of the little girl. She says the six year old boy lured her daughter into a stairwell at school. Banks is angry about the incident. She says teachers and other staff members should have noticed the two children were gone. Her 6 year-old daughter Kimmesha Stevenson told us about the incident. Stevenson said, “He told me to pull my...

The first time we heard Carson Palmer dress down his own teammates was after the ninth Bengals player was arrested in nine months. But in front of a gaggle of super bowl reporters, his frustration over the arrests of his teammates boiled over again. Palmer, who was a finalist for the FedEx player of the year awards, was in Miami for the award ceremony. Palmer didn't win the award but sounded off during an interview afterwards. "There's really nothing Marvin can do in the off season," said Palmer when asked of what the team will do to keep player troubles...

Bengals standout Defensive Back Deltha O'Neal is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon, and he could leave knowing his punishment. O'Neal was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence back in December when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Clermont County. He has already entered a not-guilty plea, but it is possible he could change his plea while in court today.

MIAMI (AP) -- Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson was questioned by Miami police regarding an investigation into the shooting death of a man. Johnson, a Miami native, spoke with detectives Monday at police headquarters, according to The Miami Herald. "Chad has confirmed to the club that he cooperated with the Miami Police earlier this week as part of an investigation," the team said in a statement released Friday to The Associated Press. "Police have characterized this as a routine procedure and have stressed that Chad is not a suspect or even a person of interest in this case." Authorities...

HARRISBURG - The Penguins apparently have cut a deal with public officials to finance an Uptown arena that would keep the team in Pittsburgh, a state senator said Wednesday. "I'm hearing that a deal could be made any day, which makes me suspect it's all about crossing the t's and dotting the i's," said Sen. Wayne Fontana, a Brookline Democrat who serves on the city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority, which would own the arena. "I don't know that there are any major hurdles left. It's all just little things." Fontana said he expects officials to announce a deal today or...

The Plantation hotel has been remodeled. The owner has changed. Its name has changed by degrees, from the Holiday Inn to the Holiday Inn Express. And the general manager hadn't heard of its Super Bowl history once in 10 years of working there. But when Cincinnati Bengals running back Stanley Wilson was late for a team meeting the night before Super Bowl XXIII in 1989, his room was opened by a security guard at the team's request. There sat Wilson: Clothed in the bathtub. Drenched in sweat. Lost in a cocaine fog. "Stanley's had a relapse," coach Sam Wyche told...

Ontarians typically waited one to four hours in the province's emergency rooms over a recent one-year period, although wait times in some larger cities stretched past nine hours, according to a new study. Half of visits to emergency rooms in small hospitals didn't last longer than 1.1 hours, indicates the study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Half of visits to large hospitals, typically found in big urban centres, lasted between 2.8 and 3.6 hours, the study suggests. In 10 per cent of cases, a visit to a small emergency room stretched out past 3.2 hours, while 10 per...