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• NFL's final four has mixed Super Bowl history Jan 22, 2022 04:37 PM
  
  • PITTSBURGH - Next step, the Super Bowl.
  • The NFL's final four has a strong connection to the big game, from the first champion (Packers) to the winner of perhaps the most significant game (Jets).
  • And from possibly the best Super Bowl team (1985 Bears) to the most dominant franchise of the era (Steelers).

  • Karzai backs down in dispute with Afghan lawmakers Jan 22, 2022 03:58 PM
    
    • KABUL, Afghanistan - Under heavy pressure from Afghan lawmakers and Western diplomats, President Hamid Karzai agreed on Saturday to convene the newly elected parliament, ending a political standoff that threatened to spark a constitutional crisis.
    • After hours of tense discussions at the presidential palace, Karzai backed off his earlier order to delay the session for a month to allow more time for a special tribunal to investigate allegations of fraud in September's parliamentary election, according to two of the lawmakers involved in the talks, Shukria Barakzai of Kabul and Gul Pacha Majidi of Ghazni province.
    • The legislators agreed to this Saturday evening and drafted a letter to send to the president on Sunday, Yasini said.

    • R. Sargent Shriver remembered for heritage, hugs Jan 22, 2022 03:58 PM
      
      • POTOMAC, Md. - R. Sargent Shriver was honored Saturday as much for his passion for helping others as his loving hugs and enjoyment of baseball.
      • Philanthropists and politicians who have worked to help others through charities were among hundreds honoring Shriver at a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Parish, the Shriver family's church in Potomac, Md.
      • Former President Bill Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama, U2 frontman Bono and singer Wyclef Jean were among those in attendance, along with members of the Kennedy and Shriver families.

      • After failed Iran nuclear talks: What now? Jan 22, 2022 03:58 PM
        
        • ISTANBUL - The collapse of another attempt at international outreach to Iran on Saturday has left world powers with few options except to wait - and hope that the bite of sanctions will persuade Tehran to reconsider its refusal to stop activities that could be harnessed to make nuclear weapons.
        • While the U.S. and others say that Iran already is suffering from the wide range of financial and trade sanctions, travel bans and other penalties imposed by the U.N., the U.S., the EU and others, the Islamic Republic shows no sign of bending.
        • Uranium enrichment lies at the heart of the dispute.

        • Olbermann and MSNBC: a failing relationship Jan 22, 2022 03:48 PM
          
          • NEW YORK - Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday.
          • As Olbermann read from a James Thurber short story during a three-minute exit statement Friday night, MSNBC simultaneously e-mailed a statement to reporters that the network and host "have ended their contract."
          • Neither indicated a reason nor addressed whether Olbermann quit or was fired.

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