Aussie DJs Fired Over Suicide Prank

The Australian radio show that may have caused the suicide of a British nurse who passed on a prank call to Kate Middleton has been pulled off the air.

2Day FM's Kyle and Jackie O show was cancelled effective immediately, with station management taking the extra step of banning prank calls from its airwaves and "undertaking a rigorous internal investigation" into the events that led to the suicide of Jacinta Saldanha.

TMZ notes that the show and station have a long history of pranks gone wrong, including one that involved a 911 call leading to a police investigation. Although the station has been repeatedly sanctioned by Australia's version of the FCC, management still signed off on the Kate prank -- which is likely to lead to another investigation.

Dirty 'Pawn Stars' trash campsite, reputation of pawnbroking industry

Hock shop reality TV personalities, "Pawn Stars" Rick and Corey Harrison, have attracted attention by allegedly leaving trash at a desert campsite in Glamis, Calif., over Thanksgiving Day weekend.
Corey Harrison & Rick Harrison (©Chris Connor/WENN.com)
Cops say they knew the two were responsible for the mess because they'd spotted the father-son duo on a previous visit to the site. Corey said he and the old man had left early, leaving their trashy buddies to clean up — which they didn't. The cops issued fines of $1,000 per person, saying their waste filled 10 bags. Let's just hope our nation's pawnbrokers can recover from this trashing of their otherwise fine reputations.

Sen. Colbert? South Carolina voters say yes in new poll

If Stuart Smalley can become Sen. Al Franken, why can't America’s most beloved fake pundit go to Washington? When Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, announced he was leaving office to run the Heritage Foundation, Stephen Colbert (who grew up in the state) lobbied for the job on "The Colbert Report".
Stephen Colbert (© Jason Reed/Newscom/Reuters)
It turns out South Carolina voters are open to the idea — a new PPP poll found that Palmetto State residents favor Colbert over other contenders, with 20 percent picking him as their top choice. His actual chances? Pretty much zero. The state’s Republican governor (and former "Colbert Report" guest) Nikki Haley responded on Facebook with a message that amounted to "Thanks, but no thanks."

JEFF GILBERT

Chet talks with CBS correspondent, Jeff Gilbert, about the right-to-work protest in Michigan.

-A teen charged with Harassment for threats and racial slurs.

-Plans move ahead for a new Amtrak station.

-Help for historic buildings.


NFL

The New England Patriots routed the Houston Texans 42-14 last night in a key AFC matchup. Tom Brady threw for four touchdowns and 296 yards. The Patriots won their seventh straight and moved one game behind the Texans for the conference's top seed.

Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson’s injury-plagued 2012 season is over.. Jackson suffered a Grade 2 sprain of the medial-collateral ligament in his right knee Sunday a

BILLS HEAD coach Chan Gailey still believes the team is headed in the right direction. And he's already making plans for next year....Gailey maintains confidence in his approach and in his players moving forward.

Buffalo running back C.J. Spiller and his head coach, Chan Gailey, “cleared the air” Monday afternoon regarding comments about his dearth of carries that each had made after the Bills’ loss to the St. Louis Rams a day earlier... his latest post-loss attempt to explain it, Gailey said in part on Sunday, “He had two good runs in that drive, he gets winded and he comes out.


The slumping Baltimore Ravens have fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron after losing back-to-back games..    Cameron had run the team's offense since the start of the 2008 season, when Jim Harbaugh took over as head coach. But the Ravens have struggled for consistency this season in both the running and passing game.

Former Colts head coach Jim Caldwell assumes Cameron's duties after serving as Baltimore's quarterbacks coach

The San Francisco 49ers have suspended running back Brandon Jacobs for the final three games after a series of posts on social media sites addressing his lack of playing time..   One of those posts during the weekend said he was ``on this team rotting away.''...The 30-year-old Jacobs has five carries for 7 yards while playing in only two games with the NFC West-leading Niners.

Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan says Robert Griffin III has a Grade 1 sprain of a ligament in the right knee but might be able to play in next week's game against the Cleveland Browns

The Jacksonville Jaguars say coach Mike Mularkey has been released from a hospital after a brief stay that included tests


NHL

The NHL has wiped out all games through December 30th in its latest round of cancellations. There had already been 422 regular-season games lost because of the ongoing lockout, and the latest cuts will claim 104 more.

TONIGHT

THE AMERKS HOST ABBOTTSFORD...FIRST FACE OFF IS 7:05..THE HEAT LEAD THE NORTH DIVISION..

COLLEGE HOOPS

Indiana tops The Associated Press men's basketball poll for the sixth straight week...  The Hoosiers are followed in the Top 25 by Duke, Michigan, Syracuse and Florida.

UALBANY HOST SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT..

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Western Kentucky has hired Bobby Petrino as its new football coach. ..Petrino had a 34-17 record at Arkansas, but was fired last spring for what the school called a ``pattern of misleading'' behavior following a motorcycle accident that revealed Petrino was having an extramarital affair.


NBA

The Heat widened their lead to 1 1/2 games IN THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION  by downing the Hawks 101-92.   LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 53 points on 21-of-29 from the field. James scored 27 points and Wade added 26

The late Arturo Gatti and five-time world champion Virgil Hill have been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.