Serve this Tex-Mex soup with homemade half-whole-wheat flour tortillas, shredded reduced-fat Cheddar or Jack cheese, and a dollop of fat-free sour cream, if desired. Make this meatless by using a tofu or soy product in place of the ground sirloin.
Ingredients:
* 1 pound ground sirloin (around 6%-9% fat), or ground turkey with around 6% fat
* 1 cup chopped onions
* 1 16-ounce can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 15-ounce can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
* 8 ounces canned tomato sauce
* 2 cups water
* 2 14.5-ounce cans peeled and diced tomatoes
* 1 4-ounce can diced green chilies (buy mild, if you prefer)
* 1 ounce packet taco seasoning mix
* 1 cup shredded, reduced-fat cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
* 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
Preparation:
1. In a medium skillet, cook the ground beef or turkey over medium heat until browned. Drain, and set aside.
2. Place the ground meat, onion, chili beans, kidney beans, corn, tomato sauce, water, diced tomatoes, green chile peppers, and taco seasoning mix in a slow cooker. Mix to blend, and cook on Low setting for 8 hours.
3. Ladle into individual serving bowls, and top each with 1/8 cup shredded cheese and a tablespoon of fat-free sour cream. Serve with homemade flour tortillas.
Yield:
8 servings
Nutritional Information:
Per serving: 288 calories, 20 g protein, 37 g carbohydrate, 7 g fat, 2.7 g saturated fat, 24 mg cholesterol, 10 g fiber, 730 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 22%.
Merry Madagascar
NBC: Saturday, November 28 7:00 PM
Children, Special, Comedy, Adventure, Animated Christmas
Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria must deliver Santa's presents to save Christmas when Santa gets amnesia following an accident on his sleigh.
The Incredibles (2004)
NBC: Saturday, November 28 7:30 PM
2004, PG, ***1/2, 01:55, Color, English, United States,
Now fighting boredom in suburbia, a former superhero (Craig T. Nelson) and his family get a chance to save the world. Animated.
College Football
ABC: Saturday, November 28 7:00 PM
Sports event, Football
Teams TBA
Cops (New)
FOX: Saturday, November 28 7:00 PM
Reality, Crime
A domestic-violence situation heats up when the suspect clashes with officers; officers try to save a drowning child.
Cops (Repeat)
FOX: Saturday, November 28 7:30 PM
Reality, Crime
750th Episode Milestone
Officers catch suspects siphoning gas and snorting cocaine in Hillsborough County, Fla.
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (New)
FOX: Saturday, November 28 8:00 PM
Reality, Crime
Thank you to the policeman stationed at West Peachtree and Peachtree Street during the Atlanta marathon for helping my visiting mother who got lost on the way to my home due to the road closures. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
To the jerk who was texting at my Thanksgiving table: Find some other sucker to cook your turkey dinner next year!
Now that Thanksgiving is over, I can go back to complaining about what I don't have, instead of being thankful for what I do have.
Whether it's a campaign sign, or an automobile..stealing is a CRIME.
"Cockpit distractions?" Welcome to Brokeback Airlines!
Media field day. Why is Tiger going out at 2 am alone.
Looks like Tiger Woods should have used a different driver.
My 13 year old daughter asked, "Why are they called Soap Operas; there is nothing clean about them?"
Chambliss will never get another vote from me if he continues to waste more lives in Afghanistan.
Economics 101 for infantile libs: High taxes cost jobs, it never creates them.
My purebred Havanese would make a great Georgia Mascot!
On his 74th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.
After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man and wondered what he was in for.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to him, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3'.
When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."
The man was encouraged. As he walks away, he turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?"
"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,' he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.
When she came in, He took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men.
His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition, because we could end up with a dangling participle.
PATTI CANT WATCH THE GAME BUT BEAT THAT DAMN HORSE
I WANT TO SEE PETES EXCUSES THIS TIME POOR BABY,YOU ALL NEED TO BRAG\FOR A YEAR THAT WOULD BE SO NICE
MAKE THEM FEEL WHATS ITS LIKE TO LOSE TO SOMEONE YOU HATE WITH A PASSION
YOU WILL ONLY GET BETTER NEXT YEAR OR DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS
SC SUPPOSE TO HAVE ALOT OF FRESHMAN AND WILL ONLY GET BETTER THEY WILL REBOUND NEXT YEAR FOR SURE
SO WHO DO YOU THINK WILL BE IN THE ROSE BOWL ONE OF THE OREGANS OR SOMEONE ELSE TOLD YOU I CANT SPELL
WILL TRY PAULS MAC AND CHEESE SOUNDS REALLY GOOD,WHAT ABOUT ADDING BITS OF HOT PEPPER TOO
DARNELL WASHINGTON THE ACTOR IS ALMOST DONE FILMING A MOVIE IN MY AREA WAS SUPPOSE TO STAY A WEEK
BUT THEY LIKED THE AREA SO MUCH THEY SPENT ALMOST 7 HERE
ALSO OUR WHEELINGG FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS STARTED UP LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB I THINK ITS UNDER WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA OR OLGABYS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS REALLY PROUD OF THEM MY NIECE HELPED DESIGN SOME OF THE PROPS
ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR AROUND 26 YEARS I THINK SORRY I TALKED SO MUCH DO THAT WHEN IM IN PAIN
GOD BLESS
It's so nice to know that U$C is universally hated! LOL!
I sure hope we can beat them. It'll be difficult, but not impossible. They CAN be beaten this year.
We have almost no seniors and even fewer juniors. So we have a VERY young team...and trust me, if we don't beat them this year...we will have a very good chance in the next few years. We have a lot of really good young guys coming in. Our future looks very bright.
I think Oregon Ducks will be in the Rose Bowl...but...it's still up in the sir. Anything can happen.
For Paul's Mac and Cheese...sure you could add hot peppers...just depends on how spicy you like it. It's one of those recipes that can be messed with and still turn out good. Be creative. I've made it with some diced ham thrown in and it was really good.
WE DID OK LOST TV SO NO WATCHING TILL 1ST.PROBLEM WITH SAT,HERE
LEFT EARLY THIS MORNING HAD TO GET 4 PINTS OF BLOOD MY COUNT WAS 6.1 A LITTLE BIT LOW EVEN FOR ME STILL CANT FIGURE OUT WHY AND HOW LOSING BUT AM
HATE THOSE DRINKS THAT MAKE YOUR INSIDES GLOW
TASTES LIKE BURNT MAPLE SUGAR BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE
GET TO ALSO TAKE MINI CAMERA WITH A DIFFERENT DRINK THAT TAKES PRETTY PICTURES OF MY INSIDES TO SEE IF THATS THE PROBLEM
OR IF ITS SOMEWHERE ELSE
NOW DIALYSIS IS 5 HOURS INSTEAD OF 4,SUPPOSE TO BE EASIER ON MY BODY,TELL THAT TO MY BUTT,CANT MOVE AFTER YOU GET IN THAT ONE POSTION
SORRY TO BE BITCHN BUT I HURT ALL THE JOINTS ITS 25 OUT AND STARTING TO SNOW
GUESS THE FARMERS ALAMAC IS RIGHT AGAIN
GOE BLESS
EVERYTHING NEGATIVE,MY BLOOD GOES UP TO 8.9 OR 9 THATS AS HIGH AS IT GOES THEN IT STARTS TO FALL AGAIN
SOME THINK IT COULD BE THE MEDS IM ON
OTHERS SAY NO
IM THE ONE HURTING AS THEY USE ME AS A GUNIA PIG
BUT I GUESS HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE ME THIS TRIAL AS I CAN BETTER HANDLE THIS THAN SOME PEOPLE BUT THERE ARE DAYS AND THE LAST FEW ARE SOME WHEN
IT HURTS TO THINK LET ALONE MOVE FORGIVE ME IM JUST BITCHY RIGHT NOW
WILL QUIT FOR TONITE
HAVE PLEASANT DREAMS KEEP WARM BUT MOSTLY KEEP SAFE
GOD BLESS
and no problem with expressing how you are feeling. You are a very special person to keep going with all the hurdles you have. I hope things get better for you soon.
METHUEN, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."
Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.
The brownish residue on the bottom of the iron looks like the face of a man with long hair.
The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that "he's listening."
Coady tells The Eagle-Tribune she hopes her story will inspire others during the holidays. She says she plans to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one.
AACHEN, Germany (AP) - A man accused of murdering Dutch civilians as a member of a Waffen SS hit squad said at his trial Friday that he was proud about being chosen as a volunteer to fight for the Nazis.
Heinrich Boere, 88, made his first comments to the Aachen state court since his trial opened at the end of October. As part of that SS unit, he is charged with killing a bicycle-shop owner, a pharmacist and another civilian. He faces a possible sentence of life in prison if convicted.
Boere said he remembered his mother waking him up the night in 1940 that Germany invaded his hometown in the Netherlands and seeing Stuka dive-bombers overhead. Instead of fearing the German bombs, Boere, whose father was Dutch and mother German, said his family was elated as the attack unfolded.
"(My mother) said 'they're coming' now things will be better," he told the court, speaking animatedly to the panel of judges.
"It was better," he added later.
Boere was born in Eschweiler, Germany, on the outskirts of Aachen where he lives today, but moved to the Netherlands when he was an infant.
After the Germans had overrun his hometown of Maastricht and the rest of the Netherlands, he remembers as an 18-year-old seeing a recruiting poster for the Waffen SS, signed by Heinrich Himmler. It offered German citizenship after two years of service and the possibility of becoming a policeman after that.
He showed up with 100 other Dutchmen at the recruitment office and was one of 15 chosen.
"I was very proud," Boere told the court in a statement read by his attorney before he answered questions from the presiding judge.
After fighting on the Russian front, Boere ended up back in the Netherlands as part of "Silbertanne" - a unit of largely of Dutch SS volunteers responsible for reprisal killings of their countrymen for resistance attacks on collaborators.
Boere admitted the three killings to Dutch authorities when he was in captivity after the war but managed to escape from his POW camp and eventually return to Germany.
He was sentenced to death in the Netherlands in 1949 - later commuted to life imprisonment - but Boere has managed to avoid jail so far.
Still, Boere told the court he was aware of the possibility he would be pursued by authorities, so much so that he never married.
"I always had to consider that my past might catch up with me, and I didn't want to inflict that upon a woman," he said in his statement.
Boere refused to comment on his time with Silbertanne, but his attorneys said he would address that period when the trial resumes Dec. 2.
BRUSSELS (AP) - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
"Early on, he was surprised that the words came out of his finger," Fina Nicolaes said. "Now, he is busy writing a book."
However, his communication, with the help of a speech therapist holding his hand punching a touch screen, is stirring controversy only days after the story of his comeback as a fully conscious man entombed in an immobile body captured the world's imagination.
It has scholars questioning the technique of facilitated communication, bloggers denouncing it as a cruel farce, and millions asking as they watch the video of Houben's hand being held as it quickly types into the screen - who is really doing the punching here?
Dr. Steven Laureys understands the questions and said he might ask the same if he did not know the patient. And he said there is only one way to address the doubters - science.
"For me, there are two questions: Is he conscious? Can he communicate? That is 'yes' twice," he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Doctors point out that it has been three years since Houben was discovered to be conscious and he has had much time to improve his communication skills. In the early stages they were basic and through practice he has been able to communicate as fluidly as he does now, they say.
One of the checks Laureys applied to verify Houben was really communicating was to send the speech therapist away before showing his patient different objects. When the aide came back and Houben was asked to say what he saw, that same hand held by the aide punched in the right information, he said.
He said there are many more tests he and his team conducted that he won't divulge because they are covered by medical secrecy and patients rights. "How would you like me discussing your IQ on the Internet?" he asked.
Laureys of the University of Liege has plenty of credentials.
He has published papers on patients in comatose or vegetative states, including one in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet Neurology, with colleagues from Cornell University and Cambridge University. Dr. James Bernat of Dartmouth Medical School calls him "one of the world's leaders" in the field of brain imaging in people with consciousness disorders.
Still, when news of Houben's recovery and the video hit the world this week, some people immediately began raising doubts.
Bioethics professor Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania was among the first - calling the practice of facilitated communication "Ouija board stuff."
"When people look at it, it's usually the person doing the pointing who's doing the messages, not the person they claim they are helping."
The British Psychological Society, through clinical neurologist Dr. Graham Powell echoed that view, arguing there is nothing in scientific literature to support using facilitated communication as it's been used with Houben.
"The person (doing the facilitated communication) says they're being guided by the patient, but we really don't know if that's the case," Powell said.
Powell said a much more simple yes-no button device would reduce the potential of error: "He may not use it perfectly and his movement control may not be great, but with a system like this, there is no danger of a third party introducing mistakes."
The 't Weyerke care institute in eastern Belgium where Houben is residing knows the practice "is open to controversy. We realize that," said spokesman Lode Vanbriel.
He said Houben started out with a yes-no system before moving to the touch screen, and returning to it would be extremely limiting. He added it would be strange for Houben's mother not to have noticed anything wrong over the three years he has been communicating again.
Nicolaes said she is convinced her son speaks to her and appreciates the jokes and "black humor" that lace his sentences.
Laureys's team is in the process of producing a scientific study validating the controversial practice. He refused to discuss it in the media, saying he will follow the classical route of scientific peer reviews and publication in specialized journals before making it public to the world at large.
He hopes it will be ready "in the not too distant future."
The next challenge for Houben is to continue improving his movement by tiny steps so that one day, he might even write without an aide, said Laureys.
"We talk about small movements, a tiny control of the finger. But it can mean a lot for him. He might control his wheelchair or his computer," he said.
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AP Medical Writers Malcolm Ritter in New York and Maria Cheng in London contributed to this article.
White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama
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White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama
Nov 27, 5:50 PM (ET)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line.
Michaele and Tareq Salahi were admitted into Tuesday's dinner for India's visiting prime minister although they were not on the official guest list of more than 300 people. It had been unclear how close they may have gotten to Obama.
A White House official said Friday that the couple met Obama in the receiving line.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of an ongoing Secret Service investigation into how the couple slipped through its usually tight security.
Secret Service: officers didn't verify crashers
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list.
The White House released a photo showing the Salahis in the receiving line in the Blue Room with Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in whose honor the dinner was held. Obama and Michaele Salahi are smiling as she grasps his right hand with both of hers as her husband, Tareq, looks on. Singh is standing to the left of Obama.
The Secret Service earlier this week had said the president was not in danger because the couple - like others at the dinner - had gone through magnetometers. But in light of their close proximity to the president, no such claim was made Friday.
The Salahis were not on the guest list and should have been prohibited from entering last Tuesday's dinner on the White House South Lawn for the prime minister of India, said Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
On Friday, Sullivan was apologetic in a written statement, saying the agency that protects the president is "deeply concerned and embarrassed" that procedures were not followed.
"As our investigation continues, appropriate measures have been taken to ensure this is not repeated," Sullivan said.
Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin said officers at the checkpoint had a clipboard with names of the invited guests. Even though the Salahis names weren't on it, they were allowed to proceed. The officers should have called either someone on the White House staff or Secret Service personnel before allowing them past the checkpoint, Mackin said.
Earlier, Mackin said the Secret Service may pursue a criminal investigation of the Salahis.
Sullivan said, "The preliminary findings of our internal investigation have determined established protocols were not followed at an initial checkpoint, verifying that two individuals were on the guest list.
"Although these individuals went through magnetometers and other levels of screening, they should have been prohibited from entering the event entirely. That failing is ours," he said.
Sullivan said it wasn't good enough that his agency screened more than 1.2 million visitors last year to the White House complex and protected more than 10,000 sites for the president, vice president and others.
"Even with these successes, we need to be right 100 percent of the time," he said. "While we have protocols in place to address these situations, we must ensure that they are followed each and every time."
It is unclear what the couple told officers at the checkpoint that allowed them to go through the security screening. Federal law makes it a crime to knowingly and willfully falsify statements on matters within the federal government's jurisdiction.
"As this moves closer to a criminal investigation there's less that we can say," Mackin said. "I don't want to jeopardize what could be a criminal investigation. We're not leaving any option off the table at this point."
White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the Secret Service will take appropriate action once the review is completed.
"The men and women of the Secret Service put their lives on the line everyday to protect us. They are heroes and they have the full confidence of the president of the United States," Shapiro said.
The Salahis lawyer, Paul Gardner, posted a comment on their Facebook page saying, "My clients were cleared by the White House, to be there." He said more information would be forthcoming.
Several messages left at Gardner's law firm on Friday were not immediately returned.
Bravo Media has confirmed that Michaele Salahi is being considered as a participant in the upcoming "The Real Housewives of D.C." program and on the day of the dinner was being filmed around Washington by Half Yard Productions, the producer of the program.
"Half Yard Productions was told by Michaele and Tareq Salahi that they had been invited to the State Dinner. We took them at their word and filmed their preparations for the event. Half Yard Productions had no part in planning their presence at the event," said Abby Greensfelder of Half Yard Productions.
Photos on the couple's Facebook page they previously had gotten close to Obama. One photo, apparently taken in the days before Obama took the oath of office, shows the Salahis in a group shot with Obama and some of the musicians who performed at an inaugural concert.
Other photos show the Salahis in the empty, glass-enclosed box from which the Obamas watched the concert and, according to the caption, "backstage with the Secret Service at the Lincoln Memorial during the Presidential Inauguration."
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Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.
I am not a Obama fan but he is the freaken president of this country who has had more threats than any other against him and let these two nutcases get past because they went trough a magnetometers?? this is really scary!
The next minute the White House says they were invited. Now they may charged criminally. The flip-flops from this administration are dizzying. Someone once told me, "The truth hurts for 5 minutes." Why are people so allergic to the truth these days?
I haven't been able to get on line for 3 flippin' days! I couldn't get in to make my football picks Wed. night. So yesterday morning I FINALLY got a hold of my son and he made my picks for me. Unfortunately I was too late for yesterdays games. I guessed two right. But at least I had him made my Sunday picks in case I still couldn't get on line. I hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving. It was just the two of us here. I had to share my daughter and grand kids with my ex this year.
And of course on Thanksgiving day I couldn't get an answer. I'm guessing because I live in the sticks and I have dial up. I was in such a panic trying to get my son to call me back and tell me what the hell was wrong with my computer. I told him the message I kept getting and he said it's not your computer mom, it's your internet service. So he made my picks for me. Unfortunately the first game had already started. And you're right, I think I should be able to sue somebody. Hell, football picks are important!!
Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident early Friday when his car struck a tree near his mansion in a gated waterfront community, authorities said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 33-year-old PGA star hit the hydrant and a tree after pulling out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac sports utility vehicle.
The patrol reported Woods' injuries as serious, though Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the golfer was treated at the hospital and released in good condition.
The patrol said alcohol was not involved, though the accident remains under investigation. No one else was in the car, patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said.
Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, returned to his $2.4 million home in the exclusive Isleworth subdivision near Orlando earlier this week after attending the Stanford-Cal football game, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford's sports Hall of Fame at halftime.
He had traveled to China and Australia earlier in the month, winning the Australian Masters on Nov. 15.
Woods was to host his tournament, the Chevron World Challenge, on Monday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
He won six times this year after missing eight months recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Even though he failed to win a major, Woods said he considered this a successful year because he did not know how his knee would respond.
A local police chief in Florida says Tiger Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and helped get the golfer out of the car.
Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor told The Associated Press on Friday that Elin Nordegren told officers she was in the house when she heard the accident and came outside. Saylor says officers found Woods laying in the street with his wife hovering over him.
Police say Woods hit a fire hydrant and part of a tree early Friday. Saylor says Woods was in and out of consciousness when his officers arrived.
Saylor says Woods had cuts on his lips and blood in his mouth. He says his officers gave him first aid until fire rescue came about 10 minutes later.
Saylor says his officers do not believe alcohol was involved.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Tiger Woods sustained facial cuts in a minor car accident early Friday when his SUV hit a fire hydrant and a neighbor's tree as he was leaving his mansion in a gated waterfront community near Orlando, Fla.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 33-year-old PGA Tour star was alone in his 2009 Cadillac when he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m.
The patrol reported Woods' injuries as serious, although Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the golfer was treated at a hospital and released in good condition. Windermere mayor Gary Bruhn said police from the village were among the first on the scene and saw Woods with cuts on his face.
The patrol said alcohol was not involved, although the accident remains under investigation and charges could be filed.
Left unanswered was where Woods was going at that hour. Greenspan and agent Mark Steinberg said there would be no comment beyond the short statement of the accident on Woods' Web site.
Woods, coming off a two-week trip to China and Australia earlier this month, is host of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., which starts Thursday. He is scheduled to have his press conference Tuesday afternoon at Sherwood Country Club. Steinberg said he did not know if Woods planned to play next week.
The accident report was not released until nearly 12 hours after Woods was injured. Patrol spokesman Kim Montes said injuries are considered serious if they require more than minor medical attention.
Montes said air bags in the SUV did not deploy.
Investigators still have not had a chance to speak to golf's No. 1 player, but when they do, "we will ask him everything," Montes said. "We just haven't had a chance to do so because he was being medically treated."
Montes said charges could be filed if there was a clear traffic violation, although troopers still do not know what caused Woods' SUV to hit the hydrant and the tree.
Woods' $2.4 million home is part of the exclusive Isleworth subdivision near Orlando, a community set on an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is fortified with high brick walls and has its own security force, is home to CEOs and other sports stars such as the NBA's Shaquille O'Neal.
The Orlando Sentinel reported that an orange and white barricade sat on top of a hole in front of Woods' home. About 10 feet away, there was a tire track near an oak tree in his neighbor's yard. The tree had a few scuff marks but was largely unscathed.
Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, attended the Stanford-Cal football game, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford's sports Hall of Fame at halftime.
He won six times this year after missing eight months recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Even though he failed to win a major, Woods said he considered this a successful year because he did not know how his knee would respond.
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Doug Ferguson reported from Jacksonville, Fla. Associated Press writers Tamara Lush and Lisa Orkin Emmanuel in Miami contributed to this report.
...you never know. I'm right there with you, my first thought when I heard the phrase "golf club and the breaking the window with it", was that they were arguing.
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Tiger Woods has been transported to the hospital and is in serious condition after a car accident near his home in Orlando
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods has been seriously injured in a car wreck in Florida, authorities said Friday.
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The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he pulled out of his driveway early Friday in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle.
Woods was taken to Health Central Hospital. His condition was not immediately known, though the news release said his injuries were serious.
The airbags in the car did not deploy, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. The newspaper said that airbags typically do not deploy if a vehicle is traveling less than 33 miles per hour.
The highway patrol says the crash is still under investigation, and charges are pending. However, the highway patrol said the crash was not alcohol-related.
The Orange County Fire Rescue received a call about the accident at 2:28 a.m. ET. The Florida Highway Patrol did not report it until 2 p.m. ET.
Woods, 33, owns a home in the exclusive subdivision of Isleworth near Orlando.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)Tiger Woods was seriously injured early Friday when he hit a fire hydrant and a tree near his Florida home, authorities said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the PGA star hit the fire hydrant and tree as he pulled out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle.
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AP - Nov 27, 2:54 pm EST 1 of 2 Golf Gallery Woods was taken to Health Central Hospital. Officials there did not have record of him as a patient, though the news release said Woods injuries were serious.
The highway patrol said the crash is still under investigation, and charges are pending. However, the highway patrol said the crash was not alcohol-related.
Woods, 33, owns a home in the exclusive subdivision of Isleworth near Orlando. Orange County property records indicate his home is valued at $2.4 million.
that the mayor of Windomere, the city his house in where the accident happened , said that he has been released from the hospital. They are saying at ~2:28 AM this morning he backed out of his driveway and struck a fire hydrant and then a tree and suffered facial lacerations. The whole thing sounds a bit weird to me.
Your pecan pie recipe was a total success! I was on a roll and ended up making three pies. I received several compliments yesterday. I thought I had slightly overcooked one of the pies. My father replied that he liked his pecan pies well done and that it tasted fine to him. LOL !!
I gave one pie to my aunt and her family. She called bright and early this morning (7 am) to say that she didnt save room for desert yesterday, so she waited until this morning to have pecan pie for breakfast and that it was wonderful. She was on the verge of threatening her son with physical harm (jokinglyat least I think), if he had one more slice of pie, since he had already eaten half of it. Again, many thanks for the recipe.
Horns win shootout
McCoy & Co. crank up offense, overpower A&M in frenzied scorefest
By MIKE FINGER Austin Bureau
Nov. 27, 2009, 12:49AM
COLLEGE STATION In 115 meetings before Thursday night, Texas and Texas A&M never had combined to score more points, never combined to blast through more holes, never combined to make more leaping catches. At times, it looked like the possibilities were endless.
But for a few members of the No. 3 Longhorns, it came down to what they could not do. James Kirkendoll caught a pass and knew he could not go down. Marquise Goodwin cradled a kickoff and knew he could not be touched. Colt McCoy took snap after snap and knew he could not be stopped.
In the end, the Longhorns kept their feet and heads long enough to survive with a 49-39 win at Kyle Field.
You live for that moment, said McCoy, the senior UT quarterback who passed for 304 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 175 yards and a score. We all were together and said if we have to outscore them, we have to outscore them.
On a night their vaunted defense was ripped to shreds by an inspired A&M attack led by quarterback Jerrod Johnson, the Longhorns (12-0, 8-0 Big 12) kept their Bowl Championship Series title hopes alive by racking up 597 yards of total offense. The Aggies (6-6, 3-5) had 532.
But what turned out to be the clincher came on special teams when Goodwin a freshman who came to UT on a track scholarship ran back a kickoff 95 yards for the touchdown that gave the Longhorns a 10-point lead with 6:57 left.
There was daylight, Goodwin said. Then I saw just me and the kicker. When I see the kicker, its about whos the better man.
Scoring bursts
Goodwin won that battle, just like Kirkendoll won his a few minutes earlier. With UT clinging to a three-point lead early in the fourth quarter, McCoy hit Kirkendoll on a curl route short of the first-down marker on third-and 12. Kirkendoll looked like he was about to be stopped, but he spun away from A&Ms Steven Terrell and raced into the end zone for a 47-yard score.
James made a big play, McCoy said. We stayed in rhythm pretty much the whole game.
A&M would not go quietly, though. After Kirkendolls catch, the Aggies marched 78 yards in 11 plays and scored on a perfect 20-yard throw from Johnson to Jeff Fuller, who jumped high to make the reception. Johnson passed for 342 yards and four touchdowns, and Fuller caught six passes for 132 yards.
We had them right where we wanted them, Fuller said, and we let it get away.
Before Thursday, the highest-scoring game in the series was in 1977, when UT and A&M combined for 85 points. Thursdays game had no shortage of standouts.
UTs Malcolm Williams caught nine passes for 132 yards. The Longhorns, who had only two individual 100-yard rushing games all season before Thursday, got 107 from freshman tailback Tre Newton. Johnson and Christine Michael combined for 180 rushing yards against UTs top-ranked run defense.
Beasley OK
Texas defensive back Deon Beasley experienced the scariest moment of the game when he collided with Texas A&Ms Anthony Lewis on a kickoff in the third quarter. Both players remained on the turf after the play. Lewis walked off the field; Beasley had to be carted off on a stretcher.
But Beasley, a senior from West Orange-Stark, flashed the Hook em Horns sign as the cart left the field, and UT coach Mack Brown said Beasley had a stiff neck but was fine and walking around the locker room after the game. The team awarded him the game ball, Brown said.
The game was wild from the beginning, but the zaniness bumped up a notch in the final three minutes of the first half. A&M got a huge break when UT muffed a punt in its territory, and Johnson made the Longhorns pay by firing into double coverage and hitting Howard Morrow for a 14-yard touchdown.
McCoy responded with a seven-play, 64-yard drive that ended with a 5-yard TD pass to Kirkendoll.
Shoppers pack stores as holiday season revs up
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Nov 27, 7:52 AM (ET)
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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Shoppers crowded stores and malls in the wee hours Friday, some after spending the night waiting in line, to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find items.
The nation's retailers expanded their hours and offered deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs in hopes of getting consumers, many of whom are worried about high unemployment and tight credit, to open their wallets.
A number of stores, including Walmart and many Old Navy locations, opened on Thanksgiving, hoping to make the most of the extra hours. Toys R Us opened most of its stores just after midnight Friday.
But worries about jobs clearly were on top of shoppers' minds as they focused on big bargains on TVs and practical gifts. Many shoppers said Friday they plan to spend less this year than they did last year.
At a Best Buy in suburban Cincinnati, store officials said some people starting camping out with tents at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The store started handing out tickets for big items, like laptop computers and televisions, around 4 a.m. Friday.
Robin Fryman, 47, of Mount Orab, Ohio, said she and her daughter, a friend and her husband got out at 6:30 a.m. for deals at Best Buy. Her hours as a food worker were recently cut from 40 to 25 per week.
"I've definitely cut down. You have to cut down, because you have to eat," Fryman said. "It's definitely made a difference in the way I'm shopping."
She said she usually shops on Black Friday, but got out earlier this year to find a camera for her daughter. They bought a $300 Nikon camera for $172. Other than that, she's focusing mostly on practical items like clothing.
At the Walmart store in Valley Stream, N.Y., where a security guard was trampled to death in a Black Friday stampede last year, heavy turnout filled the store to capacity, leading to a snaking line hundreds of people deep around 4 a.m. The store was letting shoppers a few at a time as other shoppers left amid a heavy security presence.
The store's sales brought many shoppers out for the first time, among them Sheirra Henderson of Queens, N.Y. She was there for $7 Nintendo Wii games and a netbook as gifts for her kids.
"We're in a recession, so I figured we'd be able to save more money," she said.
Most of the Walmart stores were open on Thanksgiving to prevent the mad dash for the 5 a.m. opening.
At Macy's flagship store in New York, which opened at 5 a.m., dozens of women were rummaging through a bin of purses marked 40 percent off the original price. Jean Howard, from Cork, Ireland, said she planned to buy for her three children and spend the same this year, regardless of the weak economy.
"We have a recession back home in Ireland, as well, but our list is still the same," Howard said. "We don't get depressed when we're shopping!"
Howard's shopping list also included tracksuits and Timberland clothing.
After suffering the worst sales decline in several decades last holiday season, the good news is that the retail industry is heading into the Christmas selling period armed with lean inventories and more practical goods on their shelves that reflect shoppers' new psyche.
Still, with unemployment at 10.2 percent, many analysts expect that total holiday sales will be at best about even from a year ago.
Optimism rose in early fall as shoppers spent a little more, but stores say they've seen a sales slowdown since Halloween, putting merchants more on edge.
The promotional blitz typical for the traditional start of the holiday shopping season has high stakes for retailers who've suffered through a year of sales declines. It's also important for the broader economy, which could use a kickstart from consumer spending.
Black Friday gets its name because it traditionally was the day when huge crowds would push stores into "the black," or profitability. But the weekend doesn't provide a forecast for the rest of the season, which accounts for as much as 40 percent of annual sales and profits for many stores.
Still, retailers closely study buying patterns for the Thanksgiving weekend to gauge shoppers' mindset - what kinds of items they're buying, what deals are luring them.
Stores need to perform well for the traditional start because chances are slim they'll be able to make up for lost sales for the rest of the season.
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Associated Press Writer Lisa Cornwell in Cincinnati and AP Retail Writers Betsey Vereckey and Mae Anderson in New York City contributed to this report.
shopping. OMG! You GOTTA be kidding!!! There ain't nothing good enough on sale that's gonna get me out and at a store at 4AM!!!
Remember back when when the stores used to open early on Black Friday? They opened at 8am...yep, 8am instead of the normal 9 or 10am...then it was 7am, then 6am, then 5am....now it's 4am AND some are starting it on Thursday.
she invited me to go..I told her no way..today at lunch before we left we called and invited her to go to lunch with us and my brother said he had no idea where she was..daddy said he probably wouldn't see her for days lol
But I wouldn't have gone out anyway. We were actually quite busy. Had a weekend sale flyer of our own and lots of good bargains that people took advantage of. Nice way to make the day go faster.
If you dont want to use a slow cooker, instead of following step 2 below, just add the remaining ingredients to the turkey mixture in the large saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower heat to simmer and cook, uncovered, about 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
* 1 pound extra-lean ground turkey (6%-9% fat)
* 1 cup chopped sweet onion
* 1 1/2 cups finely chopped celery
* 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
* 1 teaspoon ground cumin
* 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed tomato soup
* 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
* 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes in rich puree
* 2 tablespoons ground chili powder (add more to taste, if desired)
* 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (add more as desired)
* 2 15-ounce cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed (or substitute pinto beans)
Preparation:
1. Add turkey, onions and celery to large nonstick saucepan and cook over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until turkey and onions are nicely browned, using a potato masher at times to bread the meat down into small particles.
2. Spoon the browned turkey mixture into a slow cooker set on HIGH. Stir in the remaining ingredients (red pepper flakes, cumin, condensed tomato soup, chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, black pepper and kidney beans).
3. Cook 1-2 hours or until stew is nice and hot. Once hot, you may reduce the slow cooker to LOW and keep the stew warm until ready to serve.
Yield:
8 servings
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (if 8 servings): 237 calories, 17 g protein, 31 g carbohydrate, 6 g fat, 1.8 g saturated fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 9 g fiber, 555 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 22%.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
NBC: Friday, November 27 7:00 PM
2005, R, ***, 01:56, Color, English, United States,
Three dysfunctional co-workers embark on a mission to help their newfound friend (Steve Carell) lose his sexual innocence.
Supernanny (New)
ABC: Friday, November 27 7:00 PM
Reality, Parenting
McGrath Family
Jo helps two parents regain control of their family after they learn that their 5-year-old son has diabetes.
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
FOX: Friday, November 27 7:00 PM
2006, PG, **, 01:31, Color, English, United States,
Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) reunite to warn their friends about the danger to their homes posed by swiftly melting ice. Animated.
Ghost Whisperer (Repeat)
CBS: Friday, November 27 7:00 PM
Drama, Paranormal, Mystery
Save Our Souls
While on a romantic getaway with Jim, Melinda stumbles upon an angry ghost who haunts a newlywed couple.
Ugly Betty (New)
ABC: Friday, November 27 8:00 PM
Comedy
Level (7) With Me
Betty is alarmed when Bennett promises that Daniel will be reunited with Molly; Marc digs deeper into Nico's mystery.
Medium (Repeat)
CBS: Friday, November 27 8:00 PM
Drama, Paranormal
The Man in the Mirror
When Allison suddenly goes into a coma, her spirit ends up in the body of a middle-aged man (Jeffrey Tambor) who insists on living with Joe and the children.
The Jay Leno Show (Repeat)
NBC: Friday, November 27 9:00 PM
Entertainment, Talk, Variety
Author Jenna Bush Hager; former first lady Laura Bush; comic Sebastian Maniscalco.
20/20
ABC: Friday, November 27 9:00 PM
Newsmagazine
Investigative reporting.
NUMB3RS (Repeat)
CBS: Friday, November 27 9:00 PM
Crime drama, Mystery, Suspense
Jacked
The team has only four hours to stop hijackers who took a bus full of Hollywood tourists hostage.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons.
Edwin Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, said Thursday the agency doesn't discuss the levels of security screening at the White House.
Donovan had said earlier that Michaele and Tareq Salahi went through the same security screening for weapons as the 300-plus people invited to the dinner Tuesday for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Bravo Media, meanwhile, confirmed that on the day of the dinner Michaele Salahi was being filmed around Washington and while she prepared for the dinner by a film crew connected with the network's reality show, "The Real Housewives of D.C.," because she is being considered for the upcoming TV program.
"Half Yard's cameras were not inside the White House. They filmed the couple preparing for the event," Johanna Fuentes, Bravo Media's vice president, communications, said in an e-mail late Thursday. She said the Salahis "informed Half Yard that they were invited (to the dinner), the producers had no reason to believe otherwise."
Fuentes referred further questions to the Virginia couple's attorney and publicist.
The White House refused comment on the Salahis and referred all calls to the Secret Service.
Ronald Kessler, author of a book on the Secret Service, said, "While the couple did pass through a magnetometer to detect weapons, they could have assassinated the president or vice president using other means - anthrax, for example." He added the Secret Service would not detect secreted biological weapons.
Kessler, a journalist, wrote "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect."
The author added that it's unlikely the Secret Service performed the usual background check to ensure that the crashers were not possible threats.
"The party crashers could have had outstanding arrest warrants for murder. They could have been involved with terrorists. They could have been agents of Iran or North Korea. The Secret Service would never have known," he said.
Donovan said the officers at the checkpoint did not follow proper procedure when the Salahis arrived and it was determined they had not been invited.
But he declined to reveal anything the Secret Service knows about what happened next.
During President George W. Bush's administration, it was standard procedure to have someone from the White House social office at the gate for state dinners and other events with large groups of visitors, according to a former senior Bush aide who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to be seen as criticizing the Obama White House.
The social office is most knowledgeable about the guest list and could have been called in case of any uncertainty, this official said.
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, asked by the AP on Thursday whether personnel from her office were at the checkpoint said, "We were not."
The Salahis bragged about their success on their Facebook page.
"Honored to be at the White House for the state dinner in honor of India with President Obama and our First Lady!" they wrote.
And, along with photos of the couple standing with prominent people at the event, including Vice President Joe Biden, they wrote: "A Sensational Night honoring India."
And this posting under a picture of Michaele with Biden: "OMG! SO EXCITING!!!!!! IRISH EYES ARE SMILING TOGETHER!"
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Associated Press writer H. Josef Hebert contributed to this report.
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I guessed two right. But at least I had him made my Sunday picks in case I still couldn't get on line. I hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving. It was just the two of us here. I had to share my daughter and grand kids with my ex this year. ![[linked image]](http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p166/bstansbury/03_fb_cover_800x600.jpg)
