Persons with Disability News Flash

• Porter's comments draw $10,000 fine (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

  NEW YORK - Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for what league spokesman Steve Alic called "vulgar, inexcusable statements" to Cleveland's Kellen Winslow after Steelers' 27-7 win over the Browns last Thursday.

• Bears DT faces weapons charge (The Cincinnati Post)

  Chicago Bears defensive tackle Terry "Tank" Johnson was charged Thursday with possession of a firearm without proper identification after police said they found six guns at his Gurnee home.

• Sports briefs (NorthJersey.com)

  Allen Iverson, sent home by the 76ers, and the Heat's Dwayne Wade were the leading vote-getters among Eastern Conference guards for the NBA All-Star Game in the first set of tabulated results, the league said.

• 49ers prevent Seahawks from clinching (The York Dispatch)

  SEATTLE -- The setting was perfect for Alex Smith to fail: His team was trailing, it was cold and wet, and the crowd expected another Seahawks' division title.

• NFL briefs: Player’s estate wins suit for disability benefits (The Olympian)

  RICHMOND, Va. — The estate of NFL Hall of Fame center Mike Webster is entitled to collect more than $1.5 million in disability benefits because brain damage left him unable to work following his football career.

• Legal Notices 12-14-06 (Drummer)

  THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 6, 1998.

• Declaration of independence: Newbury teen wins Easter Seals award (The Daily News of Newburyport)

  NEWBURY - Erik Eicher speaks softly, but don't be fooled. The 18-year-old Newbury student isn't shy at all. Erik, who has mild cerebral palsy and a learning disability, is an outgoing young man who makes friends easily and has diverse interests, those who know him say.

• Declaration of independence: Newbury teen wins Easter Seals award (The Daily News of Newburyport)

  NEWBURY - Erik Eicher speaks softly, but don't be fooled.The 18-year-old Newbury student isn't shy at all.Erik, who has mild cerebral palsy and a learning disability, is an outgoing young man who makes friends easily and has diverse interests, those who know him say.He also values his independence.Easter Seals Massachusetts, an organization that provides services to people with disabilities, has ...

• NFL NOTES (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

  A cache of unregistered guns and assault rifles -- some loaded -- was found Thursday inside the home of Chicago Bears nose guard Terry "Tank" Johnson when police raided his house in Gurnee, Ill.

• Program helps ease transition from military life (Rapid City Journal)

  When Staff Sgt. James Bialota went through basic training in 2002, the U.S. Air Force spent six and a half weeks transforming him from a college-age civilian into a member of the U.S. military.

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