To this effect, one of the most suspenseful parts in Pearlman's book is about Payton's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What was supposed to be a great honor turned into a nightmare. Payton's lover at the time, a woman Pearlman identifies by the pseudonym Lita Gonzalez, insisted she attend the event as his girlfriend. Payton's wife, Connie, would be there as well.

Michael Tidser (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

The Frontline ad in a mall in Indonesia has sent everyone laughing when it is seen from the top view. The entire ad of a dog scratching its body is laid out on the mall's ground floor and the people walking around turned out looking like the ticks of the dog. It was featured in the Web site.

Marketers have become increasingly clever with labels, too, he says. Half a cup of one name-brand organic minestrone has 580 mg of sodium. Similarly, shoppers may pick up a low-fat yogurt,Michael Kors, not realizing that some servings of certain brands have more sugar than ice cream.

Todd reports that Granger makes it 22 of 36 Texans in the House either voting no or strongly leaning that way. Two Democrats, Henry Cuellar and Sheila Jackson Lee, are said to be leaning yes.