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Congrats to K. State, Big 12 Champs. They spanked the pompous overrated Sooners 35-7 tonight in the Big 12 Championship game. Meanwhile USC and LSU continued to roll with big wins(52-28 and 34-13(with 3 minutes left, respectively.) No way should OU be chosen by the BCS to play in the Sugar Bowl, the pollsters and computers should drop them hard to at least #3(Michigan is probably better, but they do have 2 losses.) What a fraud the BCS is, can anyone reasonable prove that OU is better than LSU and USC, both of who have dominated late in the season?...

Eleven boycotting senators on Thursday threw the first legal punch in the fight over congressional redistricting. The Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit in Travis County district court, asking that state officials, or their deputies, be prohibited from arresting the Democrats to establish a quorum so that the Legislature may consider redrawing the state's congressional district lines. If granted, the prohibition would allow the lawmakers to return to Texas from New Mexico without the fear of being forced back to the Senate, where they left about two weeks ago. In addition to filing their lawsuit, the Democrats invited Senate Republicans to...