Brawl Erupts As Xavier Tops Cincinnati

Eighth-ranked Xavier beat crosstown rival Xavier 76-53 Saturday in a game that featured a steady stream of trash talking and was called with 9.4 seconds left when the teams got into a brawl on court. Words escalated into shoving and swings as the final seconds ticked down. Both benches cleared and coaches pulled their players away. The referees called it. The teams traded words as they walked past each other toward the locker rooms at halftime, one player was hit in the face with bloody eye huge fight

Penn State fired its iconic coach Joe Paterno

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against a former assistant coach Football coach Joe Paterno & university president Graham Spanier were fired Wednesday as the result of a child-sex scandal that has engulfed the school.
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plane crash in Reno New video

Plane Crash at Air Races in Rino raw video 9/16/11

Three people are confirmed dead, and another 21 people were admitted to Renown Regional Medical Center. The Associated Press reports 75 people were injured.

rare Earthquake 6.0 in Virginia

NewsStoryNow-An rare earthquake sent tremors from the nation's capital to New York City and New England Tuesday afternoon, the result of what officials said was a 5.9 magnitude temblor based in Virginia.

Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the credit rating

for the first time Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the credit rating of the United States, stripping the world's largest economy of its prized AAA status.
In July, S&P placed the United States' rating on "CreditWatch with negative implications" as the debt ceiling debate devolved into partisan bickering.

Grizzly attacks 7 teens in alaska 7-24-2011

newsstorynow- grizzly bear sow with a cub attacked a group of teenagers on a month-long survival-skills course Saturday night in the Talkeetna Mountains, causing severe injuries to two of the hikers, according to Alaska State Troopers.The bear pounced as the seven hikers were crossing a creek about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said.

Two of the teenagers suffered life-threatening injuries, and the other five were also injured, either by the bear or from exposure,

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8.9-magnitude quake triggers huge tsunami wave in Japan raw video 3/10/11

8.9-magnitude quake triggers huge tsunami wave in Japan raw video TV footage showed massive damage from the tsunami, with dozens of cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by the water. A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK

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Packers win fourth Super Bowl

Packers win fourth Super Bowl over the steelers 31-25 Aaron Rodgers was mvp of super bowl 45 NewsStoryNow

Falling ice injures six outside Cowboys Stadium raw video

Cowboys Stadium, 2 days before superbowl Sunday. Snow and ice collapse from Superdome roof top injuring 6 people with one critical.