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• Aaron vs. Jay, Packers vs. Bears in NFC title game Jan 23, 2022 02:48 PM
  
  • CHICAGO - Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler are two young quarterbacks on the rise, blessed with slingshot arms and nimble feet.
  • And both men have a chance to cement a place among the NFL's top quarterbacks when the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears revive their historic rivalry in Sunday's NFC championship game at Soldier Field.
  • "Once you get to these games, it is a quarterback's game," Bears coach Lovie Smith said.

  • Schiavone wins longest women's major match Jan 23, 2022 02:48 PM
    
    • The other kept checking the ticking clock on center court and thinking to herself, "Brava, Francesca!"
    • The clock finally stopped at 4 hours, 44 minutes, when French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 in the fourth round at the Australian Open and set a record for the longest women's Grand Slam match in the Open era.
    • An exhausted but elated Schiavone described the match as "fantastic!"

    • Case in Giffords shooting likely to take years Jan 23, 2022 02:02 PM
      
      • TUCSON, Ariz. - Investigators have been poring over surveillance video, interviewing witnesses and analyzing items seized from Jared Loughner's home as they build a case in the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
      • It's a case that likely will take years to play out as it goes through phases of the criminal justice system: prosecutions by both federal and state authorities, proceedings over whether to move the case to a different venue, a possible insanity defense by Loughner and prosecutors' likely push for the death penalty.
      • The next step is an arraignment scheduled Monday afternoon in Phoenix for Loughner, who is accused of opening fire on a Giffords political event in a rampage that wounded 13 people and killed six others

      • Cantor: I believe Obama is a US citizen Jan 23, 2022 01:20 PM
        
        • WASHINGTON - The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn't think questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters.
        • Two years into the Obama administration, so-called birthers continue to argue that Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and that he hasn't proved he's constitutionally qualified to be president.
        • House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he believes Obama is a citizen and that most Americans are beyond that question.

        • Wal-Mart vs. Civil War site: battle heads to court Jan 23, 2022 01:09 PM
          
          • RICHMOND, Va. - Nearly 150 years after Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant fought in northern Virginia, a conflict over the battlefield is taking shape in a courtroom.
          • The dispute involves whether a Walmart should be built near the Civil War site, and the case pits preservationists and some residents of a rural northern Virginia town against the world's largest retailer and local officials who approved the Walmart Supercenter.
          • The proposed Walmart is located near the site of the Battle of the Wilderness, which is viewed by historians as a critical turning point in the war.

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