Taunton residents who don't want a 900-room hotel casino near their homes would be overridden if Congress passes a bill ending their legal challenge to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.
U.S. Representative William Keating (D-Bourne) and U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Brookline) earlier this week filed the bill, which would allow a federal agency to take land into trust on behalf of the tribe, according to the Cape Cod Times.
The National Football League playoffs are two days old, and yet the most impressive thing you're likely to see has already occurred.
With 10 seconds left in the first-round playoff game on Sunday, January 6, the Chicago Bears, down by one point, drove down to the 26-yard-line of the Philadelphia Eagles, setting up a 43-yard field goal attempt to win the game. It's the sort of situation NFL kickers encounter all the time, and neither the distance, nor the angle, nor the weather were particularly challenging.
