NFL Kickoff Open Thread

The NFL season begins tonight. The big stories this year: Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings, several new coaches, and the potential for more TV blackouts. Post your thoughts on the new season. Keep it civil and clean.

Evening Trio--8/20/09

BBC News: Lockerbie bomber returns to Libya

Reuters: Hurricane Bill set to regain power, Bermuda prepares

Washington Post: NFL Extends Television Deal With NBC

Evening Trio--8/5/09

Wall Street Journal: Freed Journalists Return to U.S.

James Rainey: Cronkite blunder a revealing look inside New York Times

Fox Sports: Eli, Giants on verge of 6-year, $97.5M extension

Morning Trio--7/29/09

BBC: UK hostages 'likely to be dead'

Bloomberg News: Microsoft, Yahoo Said to Be Near Agreement for Web-Search Ads

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Brett Favre takes a pass on joining Vikings

Evening Trio--7/8/09

Washington Post: Cyberattack Strikes Web Sites in U.S., South Korea

Fox News: Air Force Denies Request for Flyover at Christian Festival

The Tennessean: Lab tests point to murder-suicide in Steve McNair case

Morning Trio--7/5/09

AP: SKorea says NKorean missiles can hit key targets

Bloomberg News: OAS Suspends Honduras Membership After Coup That Ousted Zelaya

WTVF (Nashville): Steve McNair Found Dead

Evening Trio--5/19/09

David Brody: Pentagon Confiscates Bibles

Lexington Herald-Leader: No. 1 recruit John Wall picks UK

Mediaweek: Fox, CBS Agree to NFL Extension

Evening Trio--4/16/09

AP: No charges against CIA officials for waterboarding

RealClearPolitics: Pressure Mounts on Jim Bunning

AP via NBC Sports: Madden retires from booth after 30 years

Evening Trio--3/2/09

Google Finance: Dow dips to below 7,000 for the first time since 1997

Bloomberg News: Northeast U.S. Snowstorm Delays Hundreds of Flights

AP: Survivor clinging to overturned NFL player's boat

Evening Trio--3/1/09

Voice of America: US Military Chief: Iran Has Enough Material to Make Nuclear Bomb

Christian Post: Anti-Quran Filmmaker Calls for Int'l Free Speech Law

Fox News: Fishing Boat Carrying NFL Players Reported Missing in Florida

Morning Trio--2/2/09

AP: Thaw comes slowly to storm-ravaged Kentucky

BBC: Heavy snow hits much of Britain

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Steelers win on Holmes' late TD grab

Morning Trio--2/1/09

Courier-Journal: 4th Louisville ice storm death likely caused by carbon monoxide

Washington Post: Daschle Delayed Revealing Tax Glitch

L.A. Times: How the Cardinals and Steelers match up

Morning Trio: 1/31/09

AP: Ice-battered Kentucky pleads for help from storm

Calgary Herald: Christianity is the root of our freedoms

USA Today: Nerves tested in countdown to Super kickoff

Afternoon Trio: 1/21/09

WYMT: BREAKING: Armed Bank Robbery In Letcher County

AP: Kennedy feeling better after seizure at inaugural

Sports Network: Jets introduce Rex Ryan as head coach

Morning Trio--1/19/09

Reuters: Hamas vows to rearm after Gaza war

AFP: Pope tells Mexicans traditional marriage is key to family

Fox Sports: An early breakdown of Super Bowl XLIII

Evening Trio

AFP: Israel tanks mass near Gaza as jets again pound Hamas

AP: LtGov: Blagojevich out by Lincoln's 200th birthday

Sports Network: Roethlisberger leaves game on stretcher

Evening Trio

Terror in Mumbai: AFP: Officials quit over India attacks, tensions mount with Pakistan

National Weather Service: Snow likely late tonight, Monday in EKY

AP: WR Burress expects gun plea Monday

Afternoon Trio

Fox News: Obama to Tap Arizona Gov. as Homeland Security Chief

AP: Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension

Sports Network: Bengals deactivate WR Johnson for Steelers game

Afternoon Trio

George Will: Kentuckian in the Breach (This article deals with Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, the Republican Leader in the US Senate. Kentucky has a HUGE role in the future of the GOP.)

Bloomberg: U.S. Jobless Claims Reach Seven-Year High of 516,000

Sports Network: Pats-Jets Grudge Match for First Place This Time

Evening Trio

Google Finance: BREAKING: Dow drops 514

Voice of America: Al-Qaida Linked Militants Confirm Commander's Death in Iraq

AP: Favre denies giving Lions any info to use vs. Pack