AFP - Brazil is to send its first man into space next month when an air force officer blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS), the officer told a news conference.

AP - Turns out dropped passes, penalties and disputed officials' calls weren't the only things going against the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.

AP - Some fans waited 26 years for this Super Bowl celebratory parade. Others were too young to remember the Pittsburgh Steelers' last championship. Some weren't even born.

AP - Ernie Els, who has been playing golf around the globe since he was 14, is among those who wonder if the World Golf Championships is guilty of false advertising.

AP - The Phoenix Coyotes recalled right wing Pavel Brendl from the minor-league San Antonio Rampage on Saturday.

AP - An alleged burglar was rescued Thursday after he got stuck overnight in the oven vent of the convenience store he was trying to rob, the fire department said.

AP - Fourth-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany beat Romania's Andrei Pavel 6-7 (1-7), 6-1, 7-5 on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Championships.

AP - Marquand Manuel picked up the notepad and pen and began writing. His task: listing each of his 17 brothers and sisters. After a few names, the Seahawks safety stopped and started counting on his fingers. Two hands weren't enough.

AP - As if the Terrible Towel-twirling faithful of the Pittsburgh Steelers weren't enough, now Seattle Seahawks fans have to ward off another set of rabid football partisans: the Aggies of Texas A&M.

AP - Four Democratic presidential campaign workers pleaded no contest Friday to charges that they punctured the tires of 25 vehicles Republicans had intended to use to get out the vote on Election Day 2004. A fifth defendant was acquitted.

AP - Four Democratic presidential campaign workers pleaded no contest Friday to charges that they punctured the tires of 25 vehicles Republicans had intended to use to get out the vote on Election Day 2004. A fifth defendant was acquitted.