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In this case, if Ashlee Simpson had flashed a breast, the FCC probably would have let it go. After all, agencies of the federal government are there to protect the citizenry from any sort of injury or harm. Ashlee’s performance at halftime of Tuesday night’s Orange Bowl in Miami was about as close as a singer gets to committing aggravated assault. If she had only taken a lesson from Janet Jackson, the world would be talking today about the exposure of a boob rather than a fraud. --SNIP-- I happened to look out the window and noticed that some of...

Halftime of the Orange Bowl featured a number of musical acts. Last on stage was Ashlee Simpson, famous for her hilarious lip-synching disaster on Saturday Night Live. Well, everything went according to plan this time, but the entire Orange Bowl jeered when she was introduced, and jeered when she was done singing. If it hadn't been so funny, it might have been sad...

MIAMI (AP) _ To O.J. Simpson, the lure of seeing his alma mater play so close to home in this Orange Bowl was impossible to turn down. ``I'll be in the stands cheering as loud as anybody for USC,'' Simpson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday. ``I can't wait. I always follow SC _ always have, always will,'' he said. Simpson said he hasn't seen the Trojans play in person for about 10 years, though he has watched most of their games on television during that time. But he lives only 30 miles or so southwest of...

O.J. Simpson plans to root like crazy at the Orange Bowl. His attorney, Yale Galanter, monitored the telephone call and wouldn't allow Simpson to say where he'll be sitting inside the stadium.

NEW YORK (AP) - The Bowl Championship Series is ready to move on without The Associated Press college football poll. "I wasn't surprised by the AP's decision," Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said. "I don't think it's a negative issue. We're just going to have to put our heads together and come up with an alternative way of picking the teams for the 1-2 game." The Associated Press told the BCS on Tuesday to stop using its poll to determine which teams play for a national title. BCS coordinator and Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg has said the BCS hopes...

Fourth Quarter USC 24 IOWA 10

LOS ANGELES -- Southern California believes it should be in the BCS. "I hope everyone was paying attention and saw the score," said Trojans quarterback Carson Palmer after his team's 44-13 demolition of Notre Dame on Saturday. "They need to know that we're for real now. We are definitely worthy of being a BCS team." Stop the stumping, for now. The Trojans are a BCS bowl team. Locked in, as a matter of fact, unless Miami loses its season finale to Virginia Tech. The new BCS ratings Monday will most likely show the Trojans have moved up to No. 4....