NFL Players Close Union, Fight Lockout
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 14th, 2011 4:47 am by HL
NFL Players Close Union, Fight Lockout
The NFL Players Association decertified as a union, a move that clears the way for individual players to file antitrust lawsuits against the league. A group of players that included three of the NFL’s most popular quarterbacks — Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees — filed an antitrust lawsuit against the league in U.S. District Court to prevent a lockout.
Intruder Kills Israeli Settler Family
In the West Bank settlement of Itamar, five members of an Israeli family were killed Friday night by an intruder who broke into their home and stabbed them to death. The suspect stabbed the mother, father and children aged 11, three and three months old. Two children, aged 2 and 4, were not harmed in the attack. The attacker has not been caught.