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Saints beat slumping Eagles 28-13 on Robinson's 99-yard interception return, Brees' 2 TDs
• NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are having fun again. They hope it's a sign of things to come in the second half of the season.
• Michael Vick kept picking himself up off the Superdome turf, the recipient of an awful beating.
• The Philadelphia Eagles are down -- and nearly out.
• Brees threw two touchdown passes, extending his NFL record streak to 51 games, and Patrick Robinson returned an interception 99 yards for a score to lead the Saints past the reeling Eagles 28-13 Monday night.
• New Orleans (3-5), which bounced back from a dismal 34-14 loss at Denver, also got a 22-yard touchdown run from Chris Ivory.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 311th day of 2012. There are 55 days left in the year. This is Election Day.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Nov. 6, 1888, Republican Benjamin Harrison won the presidential election, defeating Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland with an electoral vote count of 233-168, even though Cleveland led in the popular vote.
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• On this date:
• In 1632, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed in battle.
• In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
• In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term of office.
• In 1893, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53.
• In 1928, in a first, the results of Republican Herbert Hoover's election victory over Democrat Alfred E. Smith were flashed onto an electric wraparound sign on the New (Continued on page 37)
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