Amanda Knox update

The second appeal trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito gets underway today in Florence, Italy. The American student and her former Italian boyfriend find they are once again defending themselves against the charge that they murdered Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in November 2007. Both Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of the same murder charges in October 2010 by an Italian appellate court in Perugia. But then this March, the Italian...

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Oracle pulls off stunning comeback in America's Cup

Now that Oracle Team USA has improbably retained the 34th America's Cup, what can Larry Ellison & Co. do for an encore? Oracle'sbillionaire bankroller has many questions to answer in the weeks ahead after his team, under the never-say-die skipper Jimmy Spithill, staged the greatest comeback in 162 years of the competition. Trailing 8-1 a week ago, Oracle sailed away from Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds on Wednesday to retain the...

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Rap star Drake joins Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are hoping a rap star’s popularity can help boost the fading fortunes of a basketball franchise. Aubrey Drake Graham, a 26-year-old Toronto-born musician known worldwide as Drake, has agreed to become the “global ambassador” for the Raptors and will play a leading role in the NBA club’s rebranding efforts. Source: theglobeandmail Are you an Optometrist??? Need a software? Visit  VisualEyes Bathroom renovation?? Need...

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Breaking Bad finale

If you have to go, go out on top. In a stunning 75-minute extended finale, Vince Gilligan brought Breaking Bad to a supremely fitting close, tying up all the loose ends in his modern classic AMC series and killing off his now iconic anti-hero Walter White. And he did so in a way that confirmed Bad's status as one of TV's greatest series -- and star Bryan Cranston as one of America's best actors. Tense, witty, violent,...

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Denver Broncos set single-game franchise record for points in blowout of the eagles

In 1963, the Denver Broncos' fourth season, they scored 50 points against San Diego. It took the Broncos 50 more years before they scored 50 in a game again. The Broncos aren't just destroying teams so far this season, they're setting records as they do it. Denver scored 52 points (team record) and Peyton Manning now has 16 touchdowns (NFL record through four games) after the Broncos routed the Eagles 52-20. Manning completed...

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Trojans dismiss coach Lane Kiffin

The USC Trojans fired coach Lane Kiffin less than six hours after a blowout loss at ArizonaState. Ed Orgeron was picked as USC's interim head coach by athletic director Pat Haden later Sunday. The Trojans (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) have eight games left on their 13-game schedule. "I want to tell you we're here as a staff to answer the bell," Orgeron said. "We're all accountable for what happened as a staff and as players. Us Trojans know...

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Mistakes pile up in bears 1st loss

Theo Spight wears a Lions hard hat, a jersey numbered "00" and after every touchdown scored by the home team at Ford Field, he grabs a microphone behind the end zone, and thrusts his deep voice into "Gridiron Heroes," the Lions' fight song. Spight needs approximately 40 seconds to reach the end of each performance. Yet for a stretch of the second quarter Sunday, it would have been easy to think he somehow got stuck on loop. Forwarddown the...

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