‘Deflategate’ Shadow Hangs Over Patriots Ahead of Super Bowl

‘Deflategate’ Shadow Hangs Over Patriots Ahead of Super Bowl

The New England Patriots remain in the hot seat days after their 45 to 7 trouncing of the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game. The lopsided win was not supposed to dominate sports headlines all through the week — at least for the reason that it is drawing media scrutiny. The alleged cheating at…

Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Wins City Council Seat as Brother Loses Mayor’s Race

Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Wins City Council Seat as Brother Loses Mayor’s Race

The next mayor of Toronto will not be a Ford brother. Canada’s largest city elected its new mayor Monday night. The AP reports that moderate conservative John Tory received 40 percent of the vote versus 34 percent for Doug Ford, the brother of current mayor Rob Ford. Rob Ford became an instant late night punchline…

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5th Notre Dame Football Player Named in Cheating Scandal

The University of Notre Dame has just released a statement confirming that a fifth football player has been named in relationship to an ongoing academic fraud scandal at the school. “As Notre Dame’s internal investigation relating to potential NCAA violations reaches its conclusion, a decision has been made to hold a fifth football player out…

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CIA Admits It Spied on Congress

The Central Intelligence Agency admitted on Thursday to spying on members of Congress and their staff. An internal report from the CIA Inspector General’s Office concluded “that some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding reached between SSCI (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) and the CIA in 2009,” a CIA spokesman…