NFL 2012 Season – Week 17 Recap
The NFL playoffs are set after a number of thrilling contests in Week 17 of the 2012 NFL regular season. Here's a recap of all of this week's games:
The NFL playoffs are set after a number of thrilling contests in Week 17 of the 2012 NFL regular season. Here's a recap of all of this week's games:
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Age: 75
Occupation: Actor
Known For: His status as one of the world's greatest living actors, roles in dozens of films including his Oscar-winning portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993
Bow, bow, bow, bow now...Ah, however it goes! I do know, it's the jam. I'm talking about Eric Church's latest song "Creepin'," which is another in a long line of hits off of his album of the year, Chief.
Playoff spots and playoff seeding will be determined in the last week of the 2012 NFL season. Here's a preview of all of this week's games:
San Francisco withstood a miraculous comeback by New England and clinched a playoff berth, and Dallas, Washington and the N.Y. Giants are tied for the NFC East lead. Here's a recap of Sunday's games:
During a Sunday news conference, police said the gunman in Friday's school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. possessed much more ammunition in addition to the rounds he used to kill 20 children, seven adults and himself. Authorities also responded to a phoned-in threat at a church near the scene of the tragedy which has left the small New England town shaken and in a state of solemn mourning.
If you love live country music, you can't get much better than a Travis Tritt show. The boy can still bring it and will no doubt deliver the goods when he plays a special solo acoustic show on Sunday, January 27 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts' James Devin Moncus Theater.
How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.
NOTE: This post will be continually updated as new information comes in. Video and photos are below. All times Eastern.
UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: Originally it was thought that Adam Lanza, the gunman, shot his mother at the Sandy Hook Elementary school, where she was a teacher's aide. ABC has learned that, in fact, Nancy Lanza was killed at her home (by her son) prior to the massacre. He then drove to the school, where he killed 20 children and six adults, before killing himself.
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Taylor Swift
Age: 23
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Musician
Known For: Selling eleventymillion albums and singles, winning a boatload of Grammys and CMA awards, being all-around cultural phenomenon, and her endless string of celebrity boyfriends