Mario Manningham’s most famous reception was the fourth-quarter snag down the left sideline on the Giants’ game-winning drive from Eli Manning in Super Bowl XLVI. While Manningham has caught his last pass from that Manning, might he be connecting with another member of the famous quarterbacking family in San Francisco?Manningham, who caught 39 passes for 523 yards and four touchdowns in 2011, agreed to a two-year deal with the 49ers.
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While the San Francisco 49ers court Peyton Manning, free-agent quarterback Alex Smith is also considering his options.Smith, the man who helped bring the 49ers within a game of the Super Bowl, will visit the Miami Dolphins Sunday, according to an ESPN report.Though the team would like to keep Smith, who thrived in 2011 under first-year coach and former NFL QB Jim Harbaugh — and recently made him a three-year offer — the Niners worked out Manning and gave him a physical exam last week.
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As Peyton Manning began his second visit with the Denver Broncos' staff, the team prepared its offer, but has a new competitor in the San Francisco 49ers, according to reports.Citing league sources, ESPN reported that San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman flew to North Carolina and watched Manning throw passes Tuesday night at Duke, where Manning has been working out.They were apparently impressed with what they saw. The 49ers sent a team doctor to Durham, N.C., the next day to have Manning undergo a physical, ESPN reported.
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Apple Inc's newest iPad looked like another hot seller on Friday as hundreds lined up at stores around the world to get their hands on the tablet, though the crowds and waiting times in some cities were less than in previous years.The third-generation iPad has only a few new features including faster wireless connectivity and a crisper display, but analysts nonetheless expect Apple to dominate the tablet market well into next year.
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As the hours approach towards incarceration, the nerves begin to fray. The few belongings packed in preparation for a stint in the big house seem paltry: a towel, a book, and even a roll of toilet paper.But you can't prepare to think like a prisoner."Inmates" at London's Hotel Alcatraz, lose everything they've brought with them when they walk in the door, even the clothes off their backs, as they enter a mock-up of the notorious U.S. island prison made famous by inmates such as Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.
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Apple Inc's new iPad went on sale in Australia early on Friday, greeted by a throng of fans hoping to get hold of a 4G-ready tablet computer that won good reviews despite stopping short of being called a major innovation.Carrier Telstra stole a march on Apple, commencing sales at just two of its own stores at midnight. Numbers were down compared with previous launches, though a still-solid turnout reflected demand for a new iPad version deemed a collection of incremental improvements.
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PayPal, the payments service owned by eBay Inc, unveiled a new device on Thursday that helps small businesses accept credit and debit cards through mobile devices, entering a fast-growing market now led by start-up Square Inc."PayPal Here" -- as the service is called -- will provide a free, triangle-shaped card reader and mobile application to small merchants.
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The S&P 500 index continued to rally toward the 1,400 level and was on course to post its best week in over a month on Thursday after data showed the U.S. economy continuing to improve.Shares in Apple Inc. hit a new all time high above $600 in early trading, with some analysts predicting the stock will move to $700 within 12 months.Trading was volatile at the start of “quadruple witching”, the expiration and settlement of four types of equity futures and options contracts.
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Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after the slaughter of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, underscoring fury over the massacre and clouding U.S. exit plans.In a near-simultaneous announcement, the Afghan Taliban said it was suspending nascent peace talks with the United States seen as a strong chance to end the country’s decade-long conflict, blaming “shaky, erratic and vague” U.S. statements.
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California Jerry Brown and a group that had been campaigning for a rival tax measure for the November ballot will join forces on a hybrid measure asking voters to approve tax increases, Brown's office said on Wednesday.The new measure will combine parts of the tax measure Brown has been promoting and the so-called Millionaire's Tax advocated by the Restoring California Coalition and spearheaded by the California Federation of Teachers.
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Goldman Sachs faced an unprecedented assault from one of its own on Wednesday after a banker published a withering resignation letter in the New York Times, calling the Wall Street titan a "toxic" place where managing directors referred to their own clients as "muppets."
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A bus carrying a Belgian school party home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Switzerland late on Tuesday, killing 28 people, mostly children.Distraught parents, many of whom still did not know if their children were among the 22 pupils killed, gathered at a school in Belgium to be flown to Switzerland on military aircraft.“Some parents know their kids have survived, but for others there is no news,” said Belgian police spokesman Marc Vranckx.
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Suspected insurgents opened fire on Tuesday on senior Afghan investigators of the massacre of 16 civilians by a lone U.S. soldier, Afghan officials said, just hours after the Taliban threatened to behead American troops to avenge the killings.The gunmen shot from long range at two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers, Shah Wali Karzai and Abdul Qayum Karzai, and security officials at the site of the massacre in Kandahar’s Panjwai district.
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The massacre of 16 villagers by a U.S. soldier has triggered angry calls for an immediate American exit from Afghanistan as Washington tries to negotiate a long-term presence to keep the country from sliding into chaos again.Just days before Sunday’s attack, Kabul and Washington had made significant progress in negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement that would allow American advisers and special forces to stay in Afghanistan after foreign combat troops leave at the end of 2014.
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Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, U.S. Internet companies are gearing up for a battle over whether consumers should be able to restrict efforts to gather personal data.Google Inc, Facebook, Apple Inc and other tech companies have lobbied against congressional and federal agency proposals that would let Internet users press “do not track” buttons on their browsers to block targeted advertising. Consumers could also edit personal information that has been stored about them.
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