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Obama: Economic recovery speeding up
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the economy is growing stronger and the economic recovery is speeding up.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Hey, Buffalo's not so bad. That's the message folks in the western New York city have for Tom Brady. The New England Patriots quarterback says he's sorry for putting down Buffalo hotels. In comments to the media earlier this week, Brady said the hotels in Buffalo are "not the nicest places in the world." One of the top hotels in Buffalo is now offering him a free night's stay to show him he's wrong. The Patriots play the New York Giants in the Super Bowl on Sunday in Indianapolis.
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) -- Folks in Ashland, Kentucky, are getting ready for their Souper Bowl -- as in soup. It's a party organized by churches and outreach groups for the city's homeless and disadvantaged. Free food will be offered, then the Super Bowl will be shown on a big screen TV. Organizers tell a local paper (The Independent) they hope to make the Community Souper Bowl Party an annual event.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut state police are getting ready for the Super Bowl. Troopers will be conducting roving drunk-driving patrols across the state. Officials say the weekend could be among the busiest ever for the state police. Connecticut sits about half-way between where the Giants and Patriots call home. The state has football fans of both teams.
UNDATED (AP) -- A game that's played on the ice is hot -- and it's not hockey. It's curling. Phill Drobnick was the 2010 U.S. Olympic curling coach. He's also an ambassador of the game. Drobnick says he got an idea of how far the sport has come when he was invited to a learn to curl event in Las Vegas. Right off the Strip, no less. This week, members of USA Curling are making another trek. They're in Indianapolis, to demonstrate the sport in the Super Bowl Village.
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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east
From the FOX 25 First Forecast Center:
Happy weekend everyone! Back to more winter like weather but nothing real cold. You can expect windy, colder weather but dry weather for the weekend. ...
Obama: Economic recovery speeding up
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the economy is growing stronger and the economic recovery is speeding up.
Builders step up spending for fifth straight month
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Builders increased their spending in December for the fifth consecutive month, offering more evidence of a turnaround in the battered construction industry. ...
IN THE NEWS: A SUPER CRACKDOWN
NEW YORK (AP) -- If your Super Bowl-watching plans included checking out the big game on one of those "don't tell anybody about this" web sites that feature streams of live sporting events -- better make other plans.