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DESTINY... ON SIDE... INTERCEPTION...DAT!
Ain't kidding.
Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.
The Associated Press
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
Ft. Lauderdale – You could feel it in the air, the spirit of the Saints was everywhere on the day before the big one in South Florida. Who Dats, large and small were running wild, umbrellas and beads aloft and even in the Latin dialect of South Beach, the Who Dat Nation was growing. Blue and White –only the sky – as no sign of the Colts apparent in wave after wave of Saints black and gold. This is the way the big game should be with many more fans than a stadium can hold, much more energy than any game can produce. Sunday is here...the Brees is blowing...a great game awaits amid a sea of Saints.
SAINTS HOTEL WINNER
South Florida hotel owners pick the Saints
The Saints aren't making their marching plans as quickly as hotels would like, but signs point to a strong New Orleans showing for the Super Bowl. Not so for the Colts.
BY DOUGLAS HANKS
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BREES, MANNING SHARE TOUCHDOWNS FOR NOLA
A photograph hangs in his Indianapolis home office of a September 2005 touchdown in Baton Rouge by a commercial jet Peyton and his younger brother, Eli, chartered to bring emergency supplies in the days after Hurricane Katrina's Aug. 29 devastation.
As with Manning's Super Bowl XLIV counterpart, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, their impact goes beyond their shared league-best 122 regular-season touchdown passes thrown since 2006.
Like Brees, Manning has been a catalyst for enhancing lives, especially of children in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. Manning and Brees embody the credo "Always do more."
That AirTran charter jet was Manning's shining example — flying in medical supplies, insulin, Gatorade, groceries, diapers and other necessities.
By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY
Opponents Jump on Mitch Landrieu in Last Televised Forum Before Election
Recent polls show Landrieu with a big lead heading into Saturday's primary, with his rivals scrambling to land a spot in a March 6 runoff.
While the lieutenant governor was the target of most of the blows during the hourlong event on WWL-TV, the other contenders also got in their licks on one another. At one point, former Civil Court Judge Nadine Ramsey, who has made it a point to criticize her opponents for fighting, even got into the act.
SAINTS, NOT PHOENIX, RISING!
In the 1999 draft, it was Mike Ditka -- coach and commander of the franchise -- who made football's version of a criminally negligent decision to trade eight Saints draft picks to the Washington Redskins, including each of their 1999 picks and the first and third round selections in the 2000 draft, for the opportunity to select runner Ricky Williams.
By Mike Freeman
CBSSports.com National Columnist
Legislature Tells Jindal Administration to Spend or Lose Economic Development Funds
Lawmakers had a message for the Jindal administration Wednesday on incentive dollars set aside for economic development projects: Spend them or lose them.
“We’re going to have teachers, health-care workers, health-care recipients who are going to get cut ... It’s going to be very difficult to allow (money) to sit there,” said state Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco.
FOOTBALLS TO CONGRESS URGE SAINTLY WETLANDS DEFENSE
To illustrate the relationship of a valuable ecosystem on the verge of collapse to the nation’s well being, the America’s WETLAND Foundation and Women of the Storm are delivering more than 700 colorful miniature footballs to members of Congress, senior Administration officials and media on the Wednesday (02/03/10) before the New Orleans team’s first-ever Super Bowl appearance.
americaswetland.com
LA Race to the Top Application Singled Out by Washington Post
In an op-ed piece published Saturday, Kevin Huffman, Teach for America executive vice president of public affairs, addressed several plans that he viewed as lacking what's necessary to be successful in obtaining an award. But he described Louisiana's plan as "a clear, concise, actionable plan to reform a large swath of its public schools."
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