to minnesota in subzero temperatures, farve looking good in the beginning connecting with percy harvin from 23 yards out. 7-0, vikings, but it doesn't last. second quarter, farve sacked hard remaining down for a couple of minutes. jay cutler finds devin hester in the end zone. bears up, 17-7 at the half. hester was just warming up. takes the punt in the third quarter and returns it 64 yards for the score. it's his 14th return for a touchdown in his career. that's a new nfl record. bears wrap up the nfc north with a 40-14 win. >>> basketball, the last time the heat lost a game was three weeks ago in dallas, and now the mavericks have done it again. dirk nowitzki leading the way. dallas snaps the heat's 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 win. >>> gilbert arenas, just not enough. josh smith to joe johnson counted. hawks win, 91-81. >>> pacers and hornets, indy down one. mike is there to tip in the rebound at the buzzer. pacers win, 94-93. >>> sydney crosby had a goal to bring his scoring streak to 21 games. penguins win big. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario so

to break that record on monday with several key players back from injury including the rb gas and percy . we have mixed feelings because we came out of boys games against charity and man united but it was possible and backed. there was not a difference between the teams and so we have a good opportunity to show that in the coming months and to show as well i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any other team because we are very young side and so it's a whole room where we respond to what happened to us in the end in man united. in other football unusually in our day with the new manager into milan after rafael benitez was sacked leonardo has had two stints within his arch rivals ac milan during his playing days manage the side last season but now the brazilian is back at the san siro to help his former foes he signed an eighteen month contract into won the treble last season under getting the radio today thirty seventh in the table. also back on familiar to his former locomotive manager you'll be szymon he returned to manage the nomic kiev after leaving them two years ago du

break that record on monday with several key players back from injury including the rb fiberglass percy. we have mixed feelings because we came out of. united but it was possible. there was not the difference between with teams. so we have a great opportunity to show in the coming months sure as we're going to do you go room for improvement is bigger. than your duty because we are very young so i. will respond to what happened to. united and other football uneasily in our day with the new manager into milan after rafael benitez was sacked leonardo has had two stints within his arch rivals ac milan during his playing days manage the side last season but now the brazilian is back at the san siro to help his former foes he signed an eighteen month contract into won the treble last season under closing radio today six seven in the table is also back on familiar turf is former locomotive manager you're a human he's returned to manage the nomic kiev after leaving them two years ago during his last time in charge he led enormity craney in the title the cups aimee's before joining russian premi

stadium for hours and to understand that he didn't appear to be off early on a quick deliberate to percy harvin here was going to make people miss and run twenty three yards to put minnesota on top the bears responded with a field goal and then on the first and dirty jay cutler decides to views the vice safety and fires it sixty seven yards to johnny knoxville on the sideline he does the rest to give the bears a ten to seven lead. but defense isn't the only sure the vikings have their all fancied line has done a terrible job protecting farm all season long as it is the case you call you wouldn't get through to brad with these and brings them down hard farm didn't return to the game after that hit and chances are we might never see him thrown the full ball again but then again never know after all nobody expected him to play in this one either so cutler on the other hand was just fine three touchdown passes on the night this one took devin hester for ten point lead men went through the second device we're trying not to punt the ball to has to all game long and he gets one here and he make

favre, the quick pass to percy harvin.eld, breaks a tackle to get into the end zone. minnesota takes an early 7-0 lead. late in the first quarter, bears down 7-3. first and 30 from their own 33. jay cutler, going deep to johnny knox who makes the catch and goes 67 yards, untouched for the chicago touchdown. bears lead it 10-7. second quarter, third and four for the vikings from the chicago 48. favre was brought back. corey wootton off the edge for the sack. favre would stay on the ground after the play. one of the things they were worried about, the frozen field was incredibly hard, if a player took a hit. favre would leave the game and would not return with a head injury. late in the second quarter, same score. jay cutler finds devin hester with the 15-yard strike. the bears went into the break up 17-7. in the third quarter, 20-7, devin hester, taking the punt and going untouched down the sideline for a 64-yard t.d. the bears go on to win it, 40-14. with that victory they clinch the nfc north. >>> have a great day. back t

break that record on monday night with several key players back from injury including the fabric gas percy. we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against sergey and man united but it was possible and vat. there was not a difference between the teams and so we have a good opportunity to show that in the coming months and to show as well i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any other team because we are very young side and so it's how we were respond to what happened to our said. that man united. in basketball there were plenty of big match ups in the n.b.a. on christmas day with the first of them tipping off and madison square garden where all five new york starters finished in double figures the next held off the chicago bulls we pick it up in the second quarter one of. two n.b.a. second leading scorer in my study but the bulls would have been the at the. founding college and pump fake some to put them ahead he had twenty nine and nineteen in the guy straight forward to the plate in the fourth quarter the next on top by six a race thinking give and it's almo

senator percy and i also share a similar background. both he and i are graduates of neuture high school in winnetka and both served in the united states navy. his greatest work for illinois was to eliminate the corrupt practice of nominating federal judges from the chicago political machine. i would like to follow in senator percy's footsteps by ensuring judicial nominations go through a rigorous advisory process. allen dixon served illinois in the senate from 1981-1993, but before he came to washington, he served both the illinois house and senate and later won statewide elections for treasurer and as secretary of state. he earned a deserved reputation as a thoughtful and moderate senator who served the people of illinois with a quiet dedication, and after leaving the senate, went on to chair the defense base alignment and closure commission in 1994 and 1995. born in eugene, oregon, senator paul simon served from 1985-1997 as a staunch fiscal pay as you go democrat. simon worked with senator orrin hatch of utah on a balanced budget ame

percy underwent an emergency epidemic key and then had a brain hemorrhage. weeks later he went to the doctors and had a warning stroke. you is diagnosed with all hole in his heart. he is under expected to go out heart surgery. >> i am not taking this as a joke this is my life. >> lindsay law and was sentenced to jail for violating her probation. the actor's only sent 30 days behind bars before she was freed because of overcrowding. in september she was sentenced to one month behind bars for fill it as a drug test. she is out on bail after a mere 14 hours. she is in court order rehab until january. at a bitter custody dispute between mel gibson and his girlfriend of sama goes from bad to ugly. it was a restraining it order against the assault. he declines claims of the of the is. meanwhile at series of the obscenity of reporting claim to show gibson in the midst of it by land grants. we have not independently verified the author insists is the of those reporting spirit based but it fans addition to give it the year-old actress at spa aren't press and l. >> la

percy, democrats' line, new york city. good morning pity caller: i would like to say that people should listen to their hearts and not the john banners -- john boehners and mitch mcconnells. there are so many lies. the stimulus package did not start with obama. it ended with obama. everything that is being said that is now obama. obama was not here at the past eight years prior to his not quite two years in office. i would like you to say to the people, it is not obama's, this mess started before him. two years of democratic congress, yes. but not obama. and they need to work together. and this money -- the rich, it is the coach brothers. yes, there are jobs. in new york we can't get jobs if you are 60 or over. and i am almost two years on unemployment. host: if you have been on unemployment for almost two years how eager you to see the benefits extended? caller: i am very eager because at 60, it is very hard to get a job. host: ok. charlotte, north carolina. independent line. caller: i just want to comment -- the rich, i

percy, democrats' line, new york city. good morning pity caller: i would like to say that people should listen to their hearts and not the john banners -- john boehners and mitch mcconnells. there are so many lies. the stimulus package did not start with obama. it ended with obama. everything that is being said that is now obama. obama was not here at the past eight years prior to his not quite two years in office. i would like you to say to the people, it is not obama's, this mess started before him. two years of democratic congress, yes. but not obama. and they need to work together. and this money -- the rich, it is the coach brothers. yes, there are jobs. in new york we can't get jobs if you are 60 or over. and i am almost two years on unemployment. host: if you have been on unemployment for almost two years how eager you to see the benefits extended? caller: i am very eager because at 60, it is very hard to get a job. host: ok. charlotte, north carolina. independent line. caller: i just want to comment -- the rich, i

it is if the vice president does it [laughter] if the president does it and to his is percy eived commander-in-chief authority, it is not illegal. in that respect, the bush administration's assertion of executive power to disregard and contravene law are quite unprecedented. they asserted inherent power to take initiative. in secret, they rowed opinions -- they wrote opinions that said the president can blatantly violate laws that are directly restrictive of his actions. they did so in two context in particular. there was one on torture. they concluded that torture is something that i don't think anyone else thought torture was limited but then they said even if what is being done is clearly falls within the terms of the torture statute, the federal torture statute, that the statute cannot be applied to the president because the president as commander in chief cannot be checked by either branch of government when it comes to engaging the enemy. he decides that to engage the enemy that we need to torture them, that is his prerogative and no one can stop him. john has said that if the president decide