NFL Game Of The Day: “Benless” Steelers At Ravens (-8)

From CBS Sports

The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens met, a place in the Super Bowl was at stake. This time, the matchup could play a big role in which team reaches the postseason.

The AFC North rivals meet Sunday night in Baltimore with neither in first place, both searching for answers and Ben Roethlisberger expected to sit out for the Steelers after suffering his fourth concussion since 2006.

Ben Roethlisberger has been ruled out of today's game due to the effects of a concussion suffered last week.

Pittsburgh (6-4) beat Baltimore (5-5) three times in 2008 en route to its record sixth Super Bowl title, and its 23-14 win in the AFC title game may have been the most bruising encounter of the bunch. The defensive battle saw each team punt seven times, with the Steelers putting the game out of reach with Troy Polamalu’s 40-yard interception return for a touchdown with 4:24 left.

Both teams trail North leader Cincinnati, which is 7-3. These clubs meet twice in the next five weeks and the stakes are completely different less than 10 months since they last played.

That doesn’t change anyone’s expectation of a hard-hitting, tightly contested matchup.

“The way we play each other, it’s always a physical ballgame, it’s always going to come down to one of the last plays,” Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said. “It’s just the way it is.”  (Read more.)

Wife’s Pregnancy Blamed For Prostitute Visit

From The Local (Pics added by B.S. Report)

"Yikes!...Better get me that Russian prostitute."

Sweden – A high-ranking manager at a Swedish state-owned company has admitted he paid for sex with a prostitute because he hadn’t had sex with his pregnant wife for five months. “I’m very, very regretful,” the 39-year-old manager told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

The incident took place in March 2008 at a Stockholm hotel which was under police surveillance at the time due to suspicions that Russian women were selling sex from rooms at the hotel. Police surveillance revealed the 39-year-old anda Russian woman engaging in various sexual activities, including full-blown intercourse. The man was arrested as he left the room and confessed to police on the spot.  (Read more.)

"Come to me...let your Olga comfort you!"

Teen Arrested For Shooting Mom With Arrow After Argument

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"Here you go mother!"

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Police say a 17-year-old Sioux Falls boy was arrested after he shot his mom in the back with a homemade arrow from a makeshift bow.

Police spokesman Sam Clemens say the two got into an argument Tuesday evening.

The boy used a fishing pole and a shoelace to make a rudimentary bow, then fashioned an arrow out of sharpened plastic rod.

Clemens says the mother ended up with a small cut on her back.

She called police for help, and officers took the boy to the Juvenile Detention Center.

Day Of Freedom Offered As First Prize In Jail Raffle…Withdrawn By Prison Governor

From the UK Daily Mail

It has to be the number one item on every prisoner’s Christmas wish list. Their freedom.

But there was incredulity yesterday when it emerged that one convict was to have his wish granted – as first prize in a raffle.

The reward of a day’s freedom was being offered at Kirkham open prison near Preston.

Last night, after a storm of protest it was withdrawn by the prison governor. An alternative prize will be offered instead.   (Read more.)

B.S. Report–What an idiotic thing to do!  Apparently, even violent criminals were  eligible for the prize.  But the backlash was so strong that the prize was eventually withdrawn.

"Okay, have a fun day...but remember to come back tomorrow--and please don't commit any crimes while you're out!"

Pic Of The Night…Stayin’ Fit After The Big Meal

Couple Avoids Layers Of Security To Crash Exclusive White House Party

From the Washington Post (Pic added by B.S. Report)

The couple yuks it up with Joe Biden--a "reality" star in his own right...

Washington DC – A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi — polo-playing socialites known for a bitter family feud over a Fauquier County winery and their possible roles in the forthcoming “The Real Housewives of Washington” — were seen arriving at the White House and later posted on Facebook photos of themselves with VIPs at the elite gathering. (Read more.)

B.S. Report–Fear not–our national security is still in good hands…we’re totally safe.  In fact, we haven’t been this safe since these guys were in charge of security.

Black Friday Busiest Day For Plumbers

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CINCINNATI, Nov. 26 (UPI) — U.S. plumbers say Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is their busiest day of the year, thanks to holiday meals and guests.

Big holiday meal preparation and cleanup mean lots of grease and food go down the kitchen drain. Holiday guests require additional clothes washing, showers and toilet flushes, straining household plumbing.  (Read more.)

"Don't worry, I'll be right over!"

Dad Doing Errand Locked Kids In Trunk

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(AP)–FALL RIVER, Mass. —  Massachusetts police say a man locked his two young sons in the trunk of his car while he ran an errand.

Fall River police say Michael Monahan put his kids, ages 3 and 6, in the trunk of his Pontiac Trans Am for several minutes Tuesday morning while he went inside a sailing shop.

According to court records, Monahan told investigators the boys like to play in the trunk.

The 35-year-old Monahan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault and reckless endangerment of a child. He was released on cash bail.

A broadcast from WPRI-TV showed Monahan’s attorney telling a judge that his client loves his children.

The children are in the custody of their mother.

"Okay, you kids relax and I'll see you in a couple of days."

Black Friday Shoppers Hear The Call Of Zhu Zhu

By Aaron Smith, CNN Money.com staff writer

The robotic hamsters are the big attraction as throngs of doorbusters queue up at the Toys R Us flagship store in Times Square.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Zhu Zhu hamsters proved themselves the undisputed kings of Black Friday.

Zhu Zhu fanatics were so numerous on Thanksgiving night, that they were given their own line in front of the flagship Toys R Us store in New York’s Times Square. Hundreds of shoppers queued for hours ahead of the midnight opening, specifically so they could get their hands on the robotic rodents.

“It’s the only thing my little sister wants for Christmas and she is going to get it,” said Kaitlynn Blyth, a communications student at Pace University in New York City, shortly before the doors opened.  (Read more.)

Sudanese Teen Lashed 50 Times – Knee-Length Skirt Was Indecent

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A 16-year-old south Sudanese girl was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was indecent, her lawyer and family said in the latest case to push Sudan’s Islamic law into the spotlight.

The mother of teenager Silva Kashif told Reuters on Friday she was planning to sue the police who made the arrest and the judge who imposed the sentence, as her daughter was underage and a Christian.

The case will add fuel to a debate already raging over Sudan’s decency laws after this year’s high-profile conviction of Sudanese U.N. official Lubna Hussein, who was briefly jailed for wearing trousers in public.  (Read more.)

5,000,000 Lashes!...That's what Paris Hilton would get for this outfit if she was foolish enough to visit Sudan...