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Biden expected at funeral Tuesday for longtime Sen. Arlen Specter, 82, of Pennsylvania
• PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator, will be remembered at a public funeral service attended by Vice President Joe Biden, his longtime senate colleague.
• Specter, 82, died at home Sunday of complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. His funeral service is scheduled for noon Tuesday at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, near Philadelphia.
• Specter's long political career thrust him to the center of many pivotal events in modern American history. He promoted the single-bullet theory in the death of President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s, questioned Anita Hill about sexual harassment claims she raised against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the 1990s, and more recently worked to promote Mideast peace plans and stem-cell research.
• President Barack Obama has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and other public buildings Tuesday.
• "Arlen never walked away from his principles and was at his best when they were challenged," said Biden, who often rode home on the train with Specter from Washington, D.C.
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Manning's 3 TD passes in 2nd half spur Broncos to comeback that stuns Chargers 35-24
• SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Down 24-0 at halftime, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos reveled after one of the biggest comebacks in NFL regular-season history.
• On the flip side, the San Diego Chargers were saddled with an enormous collapse.
• Manning threw three touchdown passes in the second half and Tony Carter and Chris Harris scored off turnovers by Philip Rivers as the Broncos overcame a 24-0 halftime deficit to shock the Chargers 35-24 on Monday night.
• Asked if he'd ever been a part of such a big comeback, Carter replied: "Only in Pop Warner football."
• It took a quarterback of Manning's caliber to pull this one out.
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