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Have you ever heard of a half-crocodile, half-catfish monster living in Clinton Lake? No? Neither had any of the volunteers working Saturday morning on the lake

University of kansas held its annual spring game recently, and among the former gridiron greats was 89-year-old brian sparry the world war ii veteran who played for the jay hawks in the 40s appearing in the orange bowl in 1947 and 1948. almost seven decades later, he was back on the field caught a pass, and with a little bit of help from his offensive line, oh nelly, as keith jackson would say, he has gone all the way for a touchdown! how about that? also the force was at all bases last night ...

Its sweet 16 teams. the round of 32 producing some upsets. >> anderson. that was dawson. got a hand on it. up ahead, trace. >> spartans travis trace scored 27 points. michigan state wins over virginia. the coach reaches the sweet sixteen for the 20th time with the spartans. next number two kansas falls to wichita state. all five starters for the shockers scoring in double digits to get the win over the jay hawks. and then five over four as west virginia takes down maryland. marylands leading sco...

It is their first national title since 1998. kentucky which was the overall top seed in the tourney led the game wire to wire. it is the first title for coach john caliparri. he says hes happy the talk of not winning a title can finally stop for his sake and the sake of his players. >> im glad its done. now i can get about my business of coaching basketball and get these players be the best that they can be and helping young people, you know, create better lives for themselves and their families...

wheel and left at least 3 of 13 crew members hurt. the coast guard has dropped supplies. a cutter has made its way to the yacht, and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer kcale critchfield. were you able to get help out? >> yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene and they deployed their small response boat to go out to the yacht, and we were able to recover two of the injured people and get the...

the unarmed teenager. zimmerman does not appear to have any injuries consist went a life and death struggle that his lawyer claims he had with the 17-year-old. a police report says zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and was given first aid at the scene, but then this video was recorded. president barack obama tries to tap into the anger over rising gas prices. in a speech just a short time ago, the president called on congress to end tax breaks for the oil ...

growing is actually importing less oil from overseas because were using it smarter and more efficiently. >> republicans want the president to approve the entire keystone pipeline which would stretch from canada to the gulf coast. so its a gaffe, its not going away, at least not yet. mitt romneys campaign doing some damage control over a remark by a top campaign adviser. this happened in a cnn interview. he compared the general election to an etch-a-sketch. >> i think you hit a reset ...

Years of futility. >> if you simply put together a lot of the guys theyve gotten rid of, that could be a contending team. >> its about chemistry. you felt it when carmelo, you felt a difference when he was gone and came back. everybody else upped their game. and its so clear to everybody except dolan. hes a great public speaker. >> last night the knicks without dantoni beat the blazers by 42 points. anyway, lets go to college basketball. march madness starts officially today. you had the play in...

And goliath story is not there, two evenly matched teams, going to be a great game tomorrow. >> but you do have a feeling about this. because you say butler oon without the best player is what. >> better off this year than last year and last year, duke was a locomotive. >> who? >> and exactly. >> harris: who? >> forget about that. connecticut this year, and this might be a really good matchup for butler and the next down 34-year-old brad stevens, and the few finals and. >> harris: by the way im ...

At nine minutes past the hour now, did you stay up late to catch the games? you missed a couple of doozies last night. how is your bracket doing? the ncaa started with 68 teams, we are down to eight now. the elite eight, one of them, no surprises here, the kansas jay hawks. this happened before the game here. a little pushing and shoving before the game. not much of a fight there. not much of a fight, either, during the actual game. kansas wins the game by 20, never was much of a competition. th...