INDIANAPOLIS — Curtis Martin was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, but he will be going in without the coach who drafted him, Bill Parcells.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Overwhelming “human gridlock” in Indianapolis’ Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game.

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SYDNEY, Australia — Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday.

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ATHENS — Leaders of the three parties backing Greece’s coalition government are meeting with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to consider demands by Greece’s creditors for tougher austerity measures, private sector pay cuts and layoffs of civil servants.

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NEW YORK — There won’t be many surprises for viewers who follow the ads during Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast.

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Fire crews are battling a house fire in Chaswood near Stewiacke this morning.

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INDIANAPOLIS — The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the only four-time winner of the award.

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Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

BIRTHDAY GUY: Director and producer Michael Mann was born in Chicago on this date in 1943. This birthday guy created the innovative classic 1980s series Miami Vice, after beginning his career as a writer for both Starsky & Hutch and Hawaii Five-O. Mann has directed films such as Public Enemies, Collateral and Thief, and his latest project is producing and directing Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman in the new series Luck.

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TORONTO — Film star Pam Grier says there’s still a lack of opportunities for African-American actors in Hollywood and it’s partly due to marginalized audiences.

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NIKI JABBOUR learned as a child — “a super-fussy eater” as she describes herself — that food tasted better when you grew it.

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Wes Prankard knew his parents were up to something. His dad was madly typing away on a laptop, but changed the screen every time Wes tried to sneak a peek. With mischievous grins, his parents said he would be getting an important phone call very soon. When the call came, shortly after Christmas, the 13-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., nearly fell over.

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Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Jan. 31 compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The Nova Scotia lists are from Chapters in Dartmouth and Coles in Sydney.

FICTION

1 (2) Believing the Lie

Elizabeth George

2 (1) Death Comes to Pemberley

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Joe Biden is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama.

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Twilight star says email to Brady was very sweet

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Twlight star Kellan Lutz sympathizes with Gisele Bundchen.

Earlier in the week, some criticized the supermodel and wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after an email she reportedly sent to friends and family encouraging them to pray for her husband’s success in the Super Bowl game against the New York Giants was leaked.

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Cutting the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces reduces the cooking time of this popular Indian stew. No need to peel the ginger before chopping.

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Pink Floyd’s 1973 concept album The Dark Side of the Moon is full of extraordinarily sad music.

Jeans ’n’ Classics performed the entire album Friday at the Cohn during the second half of their show — part of Symphony Nova Scotia’s Retro Pops series — titled The Music of Pink Floyd: The Darker Side of the Moon.

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ONE MIGHT THINK living in the country would be conducive to writing.

Not so, says Lisa Cochrane, who turned from writing to art after she moved to Blandford three years ago.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs, the United Nations said Saturday.

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RCMP, Axemen on ice to support centre

WINDSOR — RCMP officers from southwest Nova Scotia will be lacing up their skates today to play an exhibition hockey game against the Acadia Axemen in support of the New Boundaries organization.

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BRAINTREE, Mass. — George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79.

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