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Eagles-Dallas vs. Thanksgiving dinner: When to eat?
Gonna be trouble in some homes on Thanksgiving. "People should eat at 3 o'clock, right, Chip?" WIP's Angelo Cataldi asked Eagles head coach Chip Kelly on Monday morning. "Can you endorse my point on that?" "I don't think you should start putting down laws about holidays," Kelly replied. "...
Lottery legend Joan Ginther bet flabbergasting sums on scratch-offs
First of three parts For years, people who dream of beating the lottery have puzzled over the amazing case of Joan Ginther, who made headlines around the world by scratching off "10MILL" on a $50 instant ticket in June 2010 to win her fourth multimillion-dollar prize. Skeptics wondered if she cheated or had an ingenious system for pinpointing winners. After all, Ginther received a Ph.D. from Stanford and has lived for years in Las Vegas.
Eskin saves Cataldi's life
Angelo Cataldi owes his life to Howard Eskin. Indirectly, that is. Spike Eskin, Howard's son, saved Cataldi's life yesterday by performing the Heimlich maneuver while the WIP morning show host was choking on cheesesteak and was unable to breathe. Wing Bowl 22, set for Friday at the Wells Fargo Center, came close to being a funeral.
Serious flooding still feared
Philadelphia wasn't even seeing big puddles as of early afternoon, but the National Weather Service was still seeing heavy rain ahead, enough to flood low-lying roads at first and rivers into the weekend. "The heaviest is forecast to occur early tonight occur early tonight as the frontal zone moves in," according to an updated forecast discussion. "An isolated thunderstorm or two can not be ruled out, especially in our southern areas.
It’s a myth. McNabb did not puke during Super Bowl
This article originally appeared in March 2010. Over and over on sports-talk radio this weekend, callers and even hosts repeated an all-too-familiar allegation about quarterback Donovan McNabb: He puked late in the Super Bowl in 2005. They seem so sure. Yet no doubling over or spewing is seen on the game footage, and no player clearly stated actual barfing occurred. With the franchise's winningest quarterback on the trading block, it's time to set the record straight.
Irish bookie takes bets on Palin’s FoxNews gig
One day after word came that Sarah Palin is joining FoxNews, Ireland's biggest bookie reports that about half of bettors doubt the ex-Alaska governor can keep the gig a year. Calling her "gaffe-prone," bookmaker PaddyPower.com adds that the minority group she's most likely to offend first is gays/lesbians/bisexuals (4-1), followed by African Americans and Muslims (both at 6-1).
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