Earth-loving bean heads rejoice as Starbucks introduces reusable cups

If your Starbucks experience just isn't the same unless you're clutching a towering paper cup emblazoned with their logo, yet you're troubled by environmental concerns, good news. Starbucks is rolling out reusable plastic cups nationwide that look reassuringly like the real thing for $1 a pop.
Barista Nicole Adams makes a coffee drink as a cup bearing the new Starbucks Corp. logo is shown, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (© (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)The coffee behemoth already gives a dime discount to customers who bring in reusable cups for refills, and like other reusable cups, the Starbucks-branded vessels will be cleaned with boiling water each time a customer presents one. Doing the earth a favor and avoiding brand insecurity: Priceless (well, a buck, but hey).

DRINKS REAL MEN NEVER ORDER

Sometimes the manliest of men can be emasculated simply by ordering the wrong kind of drink at the bar. Ask the bartender for a "sex on the beach" and the stories you just told your lady friend of your days playing high school football or the time you wrestled a bear will be forgotten faster than you can say, "Can you put a little umbrella in my drink?"

Here are 10 drinks that "real men" never order.

10. A drink with a name you can't pronounce.

9. Malibu and Diet Coke.

8. Fuzzy Navel.

7. Anything that ends in "tini" that's not a martini.

6. "What she's having."

5. Anything that you find very sweet and tasty.

4. Sex on the Beach.

3. Any fruit-flavored malt beverage.

2. Appletini.

1. Cosmopolitan. (AskMen)

HEATHER BOSCH

Chet talks with CBS Correspondent, Heather Bosch, about the kids from Sandy Hook going back to school. 

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SYRACUSE

Jim Boeheim notched his 903rd career victory, breaking a tie with Bob Knight for second all-time among Division I men's coaches, and No. 7 Syracuse rolled past Rutgers 78-53 on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.
 
Boeheim, in his 37th season at his alma mater, trails only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, who has 940 victories.
 
Syracuse (13-1, 1-0) has won 33 straight home games, the longest active streak in the nation, and has beaten Rutgers (9-3, 0-1) 13 straight times. The Orange's last home loss was to Georgetown, 64-56, on Feb. 9, 2011.
 
Brandon Triche had a season-high 25 points, hitting 5 of 7 3-point attempts, and added six assists to lead Syracuse. Michael Carter-Williams finished with 12 points and 10 assists, his eighth double-double, and C.J. Fair had 15 points and three blocks.


The University at Albany took care of business to begin the America East Conference schedule with a win over UMBC, 65-48, on Wednesday, Jan. 2 at SEFCU Arena..UAlbany (12-3, 1-0 America East


NFL

The Bills interviewed their second Cardinals coach Wednesday, meeting with Arizona defensive coordinator Ray Horton. The session followed a meeting Tuesday evening with recently fired Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt, the Bills confirmed. .Horton, 52, is a 19-year NFL coaching veteran with a strong presence and was viewed as a good leader in Arizona. He already has interviewed for the vacant Cardinals head job and with the Cleveland Browns.
  
Broncos offensive coordinator  MIKE MCCOY is set to interview with the Bills in Denver this weekend

THE BILLS WILL INTTERVIEW OREGON'S CHIPKELLY ON FRIDAY...in arizona.....KELLY'S DUCKS WILL TAKE ON KANSAS STATE TONIGHT IN THE FIEST BOWL
Kelly is considered one of the bright offensive coaches in the college game. His Ducks are 45-7 in his four seasons and lost to Auburn in the national title game in the 2010 season.

Suspended defensive coordinator Gregg Williams won't return to the St. Louis Rams  next season, according to sources..Williams has not yet been reinstated by the NFL after he was suspended indefinitely for his part in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.

baltimore ravens linebacker Ray Lewis announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of this season, closing one of the greatest careers in NFL history...lewis intends to play for the first time since tearing his triceps two months ago when the Ravens host the Colts in Sunday's wild-card game.


SUGAR BOWL

The 22nd-ranked Cardinals using a dominant performance to roll past the fourth-ranked Gators 33-23 at New Orleans on Wednesday

Top-ranked Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama arrived in Florida today, where they will continue to prepare for Monday night's BCS championship game. It's a matchup that was set more than a month ago.


NBA

Joe Johnson scored a season-high 33 points, Deron Williams added 19 points and 13 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets snapped Oklahoma City's 12-game home winning streak by beating the Thunder 110-93 Wednesday night

lebron james scored 32 points and finished one assist shy of a triple-double, Dwyane Wade  scored 27 and the Heat pulled off both early and late before beating the Dallas Mavericks  119-109 in overtime Wednesday night

THE KNICKS HOST THE SPURS TONIGHT AT 7:30

LOCAL COLLEGE HOOS

John DiBartolomeo finished with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists to lead fourth-ranked University of Rochester to a 78-48 win over RIT on Wednesday in non-conference men’s basketball.


NHL

A federal mediator rejoined negotiations between the NHL and the players' association that stretched into the early hours of Thursday morning but still haven't produced a deal to get hockey back on the ice.

Horton is a protege of Pittsburgh Hall-of-Fame coach Dick LeBeau, for whom he both played and coached. Horton was on LeBeau’s staff in Cincinnati from 1997 to 2001. He was defensive backs coach in Pittsburgh (where LeBeau is defensive coordinator) from 2004 to 2010.