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backer Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith -- get to play out the season.
• If the sanctioned players find Tagliabue's decision palatable, that could finally bring the bounty saga to an end. If not, it will be up to a federal judge to either disqualify Tagliabue or let his ruling stand.
• Even if Tagliabue maintains the suspensions, any punishment will delayed a week, allowing Vilma and Smith to at least play this Sunday at home against Tampa Bay, a person familiar with the decision said.
• The delay is aimed at giving U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan in New Orleans time to review Tagliabue's ruling and decide if she still believes she must take the unusual step of getting involved in a collectively bargained process in order to protect the players' rights, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because no ruling had been announced.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Tuesday, Dec. 11, the 346th day of 2012. There are 20 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17's lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard; during three extravehicular activities (EVAs), they became the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface.
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• On this date:
• In 1792, France's King Louis XVI went before the Convention to face charges of treason. (Louis was convicted, and executed the following month.)
• In 1816, Indiana became the 19th state.
• In 1912, movie producer Carlo Ponti was born in Magenta, Italy.
• In 1928, police in Buenos Aires announced they had thwarted an attempt on the life of President-elect Herbert Hoover.
• In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI.
• In 1937, Italy announced it was withdrawing from the League of Nations.
• In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind.
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