Jamaal Charles

Jamaal Charles and the Chiefs rewrite the record book while thumping the Raiders

December 16

BY RANDY COVITZ

The Kansas City Star
Franchise, and even some league records, fell fast and furious during the Chiefs’ wild 56-31 victory over the Raiders on Sunday.
The victory, which clinched a playoff spot for the Chiefs, 11-3, extended the largest single-season turnaround in franchise history, an improvement of nine wins over the 2-14 debacle of 2012.
Here are some of the record-breakers:
Charles in charge
• Running back Jamaal Charles, with five touchdowns (one rushing, four receiving), became the first player in NFL history with at least four touchdown receptions and one touchdown run in a single game.
• Charles’ four receiving touchdowns were the most by a running back in a single game in NFL history.
• His five total touchdowns tied for the fourth most in a single game in NFL history and fell just one shy of the league record. Three players have scored six touchdowns in a game: Ernie Nevers (Nov. 28, 1929), Dub Jones (Nov. 25, 1951) and Gale Sayers (Dec. 12, 1965).
• Charles’ five total touchdowns tied Chiefs Hall of Famer Abner Haynes’ 52-year-old club record for most touchdowns in a single game, set in 1961 when Haynes rushed for four and caught one touchdown pass against the Raiders on Nov. 26, 1961, when the franchise was still the Dallas Texans.
• Charles recorded four of his five touchdowns in the first half, becoming only the 10th player since 1940 to score four touchdowns in the opening half of a contest. He is the fourth player to accomplish the feat since 1991. The league record is five, set by Seattle’s Shaun Alexander in 2002.
The others to score four touchdowns in a half are New England’s Randy Moss in 2007 and the Chiefs’ Priest Holmes in 2004.
Charles became the second player in franchise history with four receiving touchdowns in a single game, joining wide receiver Frank Jackson, who caught four touchdown passes on Dec. 13, 1964. Charles’ previous single-game high for receiving touchdowns was two, coming vs. Tennessee on Dec. 26, 2010.
• Charles became the 11th player in NFL history to record five scrimmage touchdowns, an NFL single-game high. The last time this was accomplished was Sept. 29, 2002, by Alexander.
• Charles’ 195 receiving yards rank as the fifth-best mark in NFL history by a running back and is the second-best single-game total by a running back in team history to Chiefs Hall of Famer Curtis McClinton’s 213 yards, which is the NFL record for a running back.
• Charles had 16 total touches in the game (eight rushing, eight receiving) and scored five touchdowns, or on 31.3 percent of his touches.
Alex Smith’s career day
Quarterback Alex Smith completed 17 of 20 passes for 287 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions, good for a perfect 158.3 passer rating.
He is the second Kansas City quarterback to record a perfect passer rating, joining Trent Green, who achieved the feat on Sept. 29, 2002, as he completed 20 of 25 passes for 342 yards and three TDs.
• Smith’s five touchdown passes were career best and tied for the second-highest single-game total in franchise history to Pro Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson’s six against Denver in 1961.
• Smith’s completions on 20 attempts were good for an 85.0 completion percentage, marking the highest single-game completion percentage in franchise history (minimum of 20 attempts).
• Smith averaged 14.35 yards per pass attempt in the game, marking the second-best single-game passing average in franchise history to Steve DeBerg’s 15.76 (21 completions, 331 yards) at New England in 1990.
Happy returns
Eric Berry’s 47-yard interception return for a touchdown was the club’s 11th touchdown return by the Chiefs defense/special teams, which leads the NFL. The 11 miscellaneous scores tied the franchise record set in 1992 and 1999.
The Chiefs are the eighth team in NFL history to record 11 or more miscellaneous touchdowns in a single season and have accomplished the feat three times in franchise history (1992, 1999, 2013). The only teams with more are Seattle, with 13 in 1998 and Arizona, with 12 in 2010.
And there are still two games to play.
First-half success
The Chiefs scored 35 first-half points at Oakland, a week after rolling up 38 first-half points at Washington.
The Chiefs are the only team in NFL history to score at least 35 points in the first half of consecutive games, and this is the second time that the team has accomplished the feat, having done it on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, 2002.

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Lil Wayne

Chris Brown ft. Lil' Wayne & French Montana – "Loyal" [LISTEN]

» By  (@ChrisThomas266) December 16, 2013, 8:24am
Chris-Brown
Chris Brown knows the his way around gold diggers and philandering with women all too well. In fact, he just dropped a new track dedicated to his experiences called "Loyal."
Here, Brown is joined by rappers Lil Wayne and French Montana, who assist with their best "I can take your girl" raps. "Just got rich/Took a broke n***a b**ch," the crooner chants on the cut. As you can see, it's clearly a dirty game out here.
This release follows the singer's X-Files mixtape, which was mean to whet the appetites of fans who are anticipating the long-awaited X. That should change sooner than later, as Brown's latest body of work is now slated for an early 2014 release.
Until then, lend an ear to "Loyal" below and share your thoughts via the comments.
[via DJ Absolut]
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Harvard

No Suspicious Devices Found at Harvard After Email

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. December 16, 2013 (AP)
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
PHOTO: Several buildings on Harvard Universitys campus were evacuated because of an unconfirmed report of explosives.
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Four buildings on Harvard University's campus were evacuated Monday after police received an email claiming that explosive devices may have been hidden inside, but after hours of searches and disruptions to final exams, no suspicious devices were found.
The buildings were evacuated and access to Harvard Yard was restricted after the email was received at about 8:40 a.m. Monday, shortly before students were set to begin final exams.
Investigators from several agencies searched the buildings for hours and cleared students to return to all four by mid-afternoon. One of the buildings was a freshman dormitory; classes are held in the other three.
In a statement to the Harvard community, Harvard Executive Vice President Katie Lapp said that the buildings were evacuated "out of an abundance of caution" and that activities at the Ivy League school in Cambridge were returning to normal.
"I am relieved to report that no suspicious devices were found," Lapp said in her statement.
She said Harvard police, and local, state and federal authorities, are continuing to investigate to find out who is responsible.
Harvard officials would not comment on speculation among students that the email was a hoax timed to coincide with finals at the school.
"I have a good guess somebody called it in so they wouldn't have to take an exam," said Alexander Ryjik, a junior from Alexandria, Va., who was just about to take his Politics of American Education final when the evacuations were announced.
"It's frustrating because now the exam will have to be postponed," he said.
Harvard did not immediately say when students would be allowed to take the finals that were cancelled because of the evacuations.
The mood on campus was calm as students streamed out of Harvard Yard on a frigid morning with temperatures in the 20s. The gates around the yard were closed and people were allowed to leave but not enter unless they had school IDs.
A classroom building was also briefly evacuated Monday at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, which has 16,000 undergraduates and graduate students who are also taking final exams this week. University police got a call from someone who said they had seen a person with a gun in the building, which was closed while university, Boston and state police searched it. They determined there was no one with a gun and the call is being investigated, said school spokesman DeWayne Lehman.
Last month, another Ivy League school, Yale University in Connecticut, was locked down for nearly six hours while authorities investigated a phone call saying an armed man was heading to shoot it up, a warning they later said was likely a hoax.
And in February, someone called in a hoax about a gunman on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, another elite school about two miles from Harvard. The university said the caller claimed the gunman was a staff member looking for revenge after the suicide of an Internet activist accused of illegally using MIT computers.

Short Hills mall

Mall at Short Hills victim defending wife from carjackers when shot: source

The victim, Dustin Friedland, 30, wasn't protecting his luxury SUV, says a source close to the investigation — but his beloved wife Jamie, already in the car. One thug had come close to her and ordered her out, but 'she got a look at him,' says the source.

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The Hoboken lawyer killed by carjackers at an upscale New Jersey mall gave up his life — to protect his wife.
Dustin Friedland had just let his beloved Jamie into their luxury SUV and was walking around to the driver’s side when he was ambushed by two crooks who demanded the keys, a source close to the investigation told The Daily News.
“He knew his wife was in there and he refused,” the source said Monday.
Instead, the brave lawyer resisted and in the struggle four shots were fired, one of which mortally wounded Friedland, police said.
Dustin Friedland, 30, was shot and killed during a violent carjacking at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey.

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Dustin Friedland, 30, was shot and killed during a violent carjacking at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey.

“Then one of them comes to her door and says, ‘Get out of the car’,” the source said. “She got a look at him.”
Friedland died later Sunday night with his heartbroken wife by his side.
His 2012 Range Rover, which is worth at least $70,000, was found Monday in the back of an abandoned Newark house, police said.
Heartbroken relatives described the 30-year-old Friedland as a sensible man who would avoided violence if at all possible.
The man was remembered as a devoted husband to his wife, Jamie (left). The wife was with him as he was gunned down in cold-blood.

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The man was remembered as a devoted husband to his wife, Jamie (left). The wife was with him as he was gunned down in cold-blood.

But Jamie Friedland’s boss at the Manhattan law firm where she works as an attorney said he would have fought like a lion for her.
“Dustin was rational, intelligent and had great judgment,” said Adam Leitman Bailey. “I highly doubt that he fought the attackers to save his car. I do believe he would fight for his wife’s life.”
Bailey said the young couple had been planning to start their own family.
The vehicle, a 2012 silver Range Rover, was recovered on Renner Ave. in Newark.

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The vehicle, a 2012 silver Range Rover, was recovered on Renner Ave. in Newark.

“She would just light up when he would walk in the room,” he said. “She was so happy to be married.”
The Adam Leitman Bailey law firm has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.
“What happened is unconscionable,” said Bailey. “Everybody is crying.”
Investigators suspect Friedland was targeted at The Mall at Short Hills by members of a carjacking ring who were after his silver-colored SUV.
Police converged on the car Monday morning after issuing an alert. The suspects were not found with the vehicle.

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Police converged on the car Monday morning after issuing an alert. The suspects were not found with the vehicle.

The suspects were spotted scoping out potential targets while cruising through the parking lot in a green Subaru shortly before they attacked Friedland around 9 p.m. Sunday, officials said.
"We’re leaving all options open at this time,” said Katherine Carter of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, when asked about the reported ring. “We haven't eliminated anything at this juncture.”
In Hoboken, Yiba Diez, a waitress at Zafra restaurant, mourned the handsome young couple that regularly came by for brunch with pals on the weekends.
“He would come in early with his wife,” Diez, 40, said. “They were always happy, very happy together. Especially him, he was very friendly."
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