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The big game is just hours away.

According to a simulation run by the bloggers at 1up.com using the popular video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the Giants will Clobber the Patriots during tomorrow's Super Bowl. A Madden NFL simulation agreed that the Giants will win, but it suggested that it will be a close game.

I went to Madison Square Garden on a Saturday night out of boredom. Nothing more. Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks changed all that. But more about how that happened in a moment.

The high-level diplomatic setback came after world leaders and Syrian opposition activists accused Assad's forces of a massacre in a sustained shelling of Homs, the bloodiest episode in 11 months of upheaval in the pivotal Arab country.

The Super Bowl is less than 24 hours away. If you can't watch the game on television, then you can watch it on either of two Web sites linked here.

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From SOPA to Ellen DeGeneres, protesting keeps getting more social.

Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.

Havana has now rejected Sanchez’s visa applications nineteen times.

Vogue described Gisele Bundchen's rise to fame as the world's most acclaimed supermodel as the return of the sexy model. We certainly agree. Here are Mrs. Tom Brady's sexiest runway moments.

Many white sports fans that love and admire black athletes, while simultaneously holding very prejudiced views against “ordinary” black people.

Advanced Micro Devices' new chief executive's aggressive plans for the company's revival fell short of expectations as they offered no clear details, analysts said.

When the New York Giants and New England Patriots battle in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, they'll be playing in a stadium that was largely financed by taxpayers. Some critics dispute the positive economic benefits of stadiums, which have received around $20 billion in subsidies in the last two decades.

A doctor says Eli Manning was likely sick with E. Coli, not the flu, during this season's NFC Championship game vs. the San Francisco 49ers.

I have never been enamored with the NFL.

The 2012 Super Bowl championship is indeed one of the most-watched television events in America. For the very first time in its history, the entire event, including the celebrity performances and rematch between New York Giants and New England Patriots, will be streamed live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on NBCSports.com and NFL.com, starting from 6:30 p.m. EST Sunday.

50 Cent and Pitbull will be performing for fans in Indianapolis as part of a special concert for the 2012 Super Bowl and live stream of the event can be watched on Yahoo. The performances start at 10 p.m. ET or 7 p.m. PT.

Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus next week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.

More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.

Super Bowl has always attracted the celebrity football fans and this year's big game is no different. Both the teams have got celebrity stars, models and pop icons rooting for them. We are expecting many of them to be present at Indianapolis to cheer their teams.