Patriots have their way in rout of Chiefs

 Quarterback Tom Brady paced a slow-starting offense by completing 15 of 27 passes for 234 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. "I don't think it could have gotten much worse than what we did in the first half," said Brady, referring to his club's tenuous 10-3 halftime advantage. "But I thought we came out strong in the second half and took control in the third quarter." Both of his scores went to Rob Gronkowski, his strapping 6-6, 265-pound tight end. The first of those, a 52-yard catch and run, represented the longest reception of Gronkowski's two-year career and gave the Patriots a 7-3 edge with 4:18 left in the opening...

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Kevin Bacon facebook 4.74 degrees game

kevin bacon facebook game Facebook's data analysis team has released what it calls the largest social networking study ever, and discovered that only 4.74 people separate strangers from each other. That's largely thanks to Facebook itself, of course, as well as other modern social networks. Since the American social psychologist, Stanley Milgram, conducted his famous ‘small world experiment’ in the 1960s, it has been commonly accepted that most people have six degrees of separation between them. However, a vast new study by Facebook’s data team and the University of Milan, which assessed the relationships between 721 million active users (more...

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Democrats andRepublicans are the same on Bush tax cut debate dooms deal to cut deficit

A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans over Bush-era tax cuts doomed the debt supercommittee's chances of reaching a deal. Efforts to overhaul the tax code may await the same fate as both parties gear up to make taxes a central issue in 2012 elections. Republicans insisted during the supercommittee negotiations that curbing tax breaks to raise revenues be coupled with guarantees that all the Bush tax cuts would continue beyond 2012. The tax cuts, which affect families at every income level, were enacted under President George W. Bush and were extended through 2012 under President Barack Obama. Republicans for years have bashed Democrats as eager to raise taxes -- a theme they will employ often in next year's elections -- so they weren't about to agree to a tax hike unless they...

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Rhodium used in snickerdoodle recipe, quibids review, kindle fire, quibids, cheesecake recipe

snickerdoodle recipe, quibids review, kindle fire, quibids, cheesecake recipe In terms of rarity, rhodium makes gold look like paper dollars: Last year, 114 ounces of gold were mined for every ounce of rhodium, according to Deutsche Bank. Yet, at just under $1,700 an ounce, rhodium is now cheaper than gold. It is a far cry from the peak of June 2008, when rhodium commanded more than $10,000. More importantly, rhodium has disconnected from its cousin platinum, falling 31% this year while platinum is down less than 10%. Rhodium as a treasured steel, also known as “the Nobel metal”, continues to be made use of all over time resulting from the neutral...

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Rich Rodriguez fired or hired?

Arizona has hired former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez to take over a program that has not played in the Rose Bowl and has been mired in mediocrity for most of the past decade. Athletic director Greg Byrne posted on his Twitter account a picture of himself with Rodriguez, wearing an Arizona baseball cap, the coach's wife and two children. The tweet said, "And the new Arizona football coach and his family is ..." Arizona fired head coach Mike Stoops last month after he went 41-50 in seven-plus seasons. The Wildcats have not won more than eight games in a season since 1998 under Dick Tomey. Rodriguez will try to change that with a fast-paced...

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‘Breaking Dawn’ fills seats at theaters

North Olympic Peninsula theaters were packed with fans of the “Twilight” saga this weekend, contributing to “Breaking Dawn — Part 1” having the fifth-best opening weekend in movie history. Showings on two screens at Deer Park Cinema in Port Angeles didn’t sell out but did very well, said Tom Watson, theater manager, Monday. In Port Townsend, The Rose Theatre sold out three showings Friday, nearly sold out three showings Saturday and was “very, very busy” Sunday, said Rocky Friedman, theater owner. Deer Park Cinema had six showings each day, Friday through Sunday, in addition to two just-after-midnight premiere screenings early Friday morning. Many...

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