By Hector Longo
CNHI News Service

If one statistic indicts Peyton Manning and his bid to claim his spot at the top of the NFL quarterback hierarchy, it is sacks.

Rinse out the sweat, hold the detergent, Manning's uniform doesn't need to be washed. Manning dropped back to pass 45 times and wasn't touched.

Zero sacks.

Hardly a lineman's glove grazed him.

John Murtha

By Mike Faher ad Randy Griffith
CNHI News Service

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, who represented Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District for 36 years, died Monday at Viginia Hospital Center in Arlington.

Don McNay

By Don McNay
CNHI News Service

He even had a tragic name.

Abraham Shakespeare should have been on top of the world. In 2006, he won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery.

Recently, they found his body. Buried five foot deep and under concrete.

His death wasn’t a big surprise. He had been missing since April, but no one bothered to report him missing until November 9th.

David Gerard

By David Gerard
CNHI News Service

PETA should lighten up.
The animal rights advocate, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, recently chided Punxsutawney, Pa., for keeping Phil cooped up all year long, only to drag him out every Feb. 2 into bright television lights and a crowd of people.
Phil is the groundhog who supposedly predicts whether winter lasts six more weeks if he sees his shadow, and if he doesn’t, winter goes on forever or it’s over that day or something like that — who cares or even pays attention?
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Super Bowl XLIV Monday morning press conference with MVP Drew Brees and head coach Sean Payton. Brees talking about what winning the Super Bowl meant to him and his team.
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