Vikings quarterback Brett Favre had some lubricant injected into his injured ankle and says he has “no idea” if he’ll be able to make it through the entire season. He’s going to play it safe, though, by cashing Zygi Wilf’s $20 million check immediately. A new survey finds that only 26 percent of Americans believe Sarah [...]

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Some of us are so busy putting out high quality news product on Sunday nights that we pretty much never watch the Emmy Awards. Last night was no exception. We did, however, catch the opening number featuring Jimmy Fallon, a few celebrity pals and the cast of “Glee.” It was quite a piece of work. [...]

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We continue our look back at Bruce Springsteen’s 35-year-old classic “Born to Run” with a trip to side two. Today, we’ll utilize clips of a more recent vintage than yesterday’s batch. So follow us as we flip over the record, carefully, and drop the needle onto the title track. There is no shortage of “Born [...]

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What do you get when you mash up Brett Favre, Tiger Woods, LeBron James and a good beat that you can dance to? It’s “Press Hop 2,” the latest viral video by DJ Steve Porter, whose original number became a YouTube sensation. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. And you’ll tap your toes, too!

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is denying Internet scuttlebutt that she has had a boob job. Her new next-door neighbor, investigative journalist Joe McGinniss, concurs, saying Palin’s breasts haven’t grown at all since he started watching her morning showers. Oscar winner Jodie Foster is accused of attacking a teenage boy who tried to photograph her [...]

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Legendary TV personality Art Linkletter died last week at the age of 97. He’s perhaps most famous for pointing out that these people “Say the Darnedest Things” … A. Kids B. Seniors C. Palins  An Entertainment Weekly survey has determined that the greatest character in television and film over the past 20 years is … [...]

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We’re coming up on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13’s ill-fated mission to the moon, and its improbable return to Earth. The CBS News coverage of the crisis has been preserved on YouTube in a dozen bite-sized nuggets. We begin with Part 1, in the wee hours of the morning on April 17, 1970, as [...]

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When you’re a lousy team like the Minnesota Gophers, you sometimes stumble into lousy bowls against equally lousy opponents. Which brings us to Thursday’s Insight Bowl classic against Iowa State, a team that has never witnessed a New Year’s Day bowl without the use of a television set. The Cyclones have won only two garbage [...]

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  Vikings at Bears (+7) Brett Favre says he has “resolved” his differences with Brad Childress over the Vikings’ play-calling. The quarterback will continue to change plays at the line of scrimmage at his whim, and the coach will continue to pretend he can do something to stop him.   Pick: Vikings by 4 Broncos [...]

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Ashley Dupre, the call girl who brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, has taken a new job as an advice columnist for the New York Post. It’s an ironic twist considering how many former newspaper people are now working as prostitutes. The bottom-dwelling Timberwolves pulled off the upset of the season Monday by beating [...]

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