YAHOO INC ANNOUNCES IT'S BUYING ONLINE BLOGGING SERVICE TUMBLR FOR $1.1 BIL **

DEAL WILL USE ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF YAHOO'S $5.4 BIL IN CASH AND MARKETABLE **

YAHOO SAYS TUMBLR WILL BE INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED AS A SEPARATE BUSINESS **

WAVE OF ATTACKS ACROSS IRAQ LEAVES MORE THAN 85 DEAD **

ATTACKS ON MON OCCURRED IN MOSTLY SHIITE AND SUNNI AREAS **

LATEST ROUND OF VIOLENCE PUSHES THE DEATH TOLL OVER THE PAST WEEK TO MORE **

ASSOCIATED PRESS CHIEF GARY PRUITT CALLING ON PRES OBAMA TO "REIN IN" AN **

PRUITT CALLED THE ACTIONS "ABUSIVE" AND A VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT **

PRUITT SAYS THE AP HASN'T RULED OUT LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE JUSTICE DEPT **

COMMENTS COME AFTER IT WAS REVEALED LAST WEEK THE OBAMA ADMIN HAD SECRETLY **

JUSTICE DEPT HAS NOT EXPLAINED WHY IT SOUGHT THE RECORDS **

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY VOWING BETTER SECURITY AT U.S. DIPLOMATIC POSTS **

KERRY SAYS HE'S FULLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING AND EXPANDING ON **

THAT ATTACK LEFT FOUR AMERICANS DEAD, INCLUDING AMB CHRIS STEVENS **

N KOREA FIRES TWO SHORT-RANGE PROJECTILES INTO WATERS OFF ITS EASTERN COAST **

IT'S THE SIXTH TEST LAUNCH BY PYONGYANG IN THREE DAYS **

N KOREA SAYS THE TESTS ARE AIMED AT INCREASING DETERRENCE AGAINST AN ENEMY **

LATEST TEST COMES AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AFTER N **

THE SPATE OF ATTACKS ARE ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINED BOUTS OF SECTARIAN **

AIR FORCE SAYS IT WILL TEST LAUNCH AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ON **

THE UNARMED MINUTEMAN 3 MISSILE WILL BLAST OFF FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE **

Here is the Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco deal

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Joe Flacco will have a huge contract to go along with his Super Bowl ring.

 

The Baltimore Ravens reached a tentative agreement Friday on a new deal that would make the Super Bowl MVP the highest-paid player in NFL history.

 

If the deal is finalized, the veteran quarterback would receive in excess of $120 million over six years, according to a person close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. Flacco would earn more than the $20 million average salary Drew Brees receives with the New Orleans Saints.

 

Reaching agreement with Flacco before Monday’s 4 p.m. franchise deadline meant the Ravens are assured of retaining their starting quarterback and don’t have to take a salary cap hit of approximately $19.5 million.

 

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