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R. Kelly jurors watch 25-minute sex tape * Story Highlights * NEW: Sex tape plays to packed courtroom as R. Kelly trial begins. * Defense calls origin of tape into question * Alleged victim, now 23, says it isn't her in tape * R. Kelly says it's not him, either From Susan Roesgen CNN CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- The judge ordered the courtroom lights to be lowered and the blinds drawn. And then, the 25-minute sex tape at the heart of the R. Kelly child pornography case played Tuesday before a packed house: a Chicago courtroom. R&B superstar Kelly sat expressionles

Detroit is really the only Old Six team I cannot stand.

As this is one of those situations where I would not be happy unless both teams somehow lose, my answer to the first part is Detroit, as I hate them just a little bit less than I hate the Penguins. I think Pittsburgh is not quite there yet, so I'm predicting Detroit. If they can keep both Crosby and Malkin, Pittsburgh will be a terror for years to come.

1. Warm wishes to Ted Kennedy, who is all right with me. 2. Until THDW mentioned it, I had never heard that Laura Bush ran a stop sign and killed some dude. Hmm.

Can we close the book on Delgado? "Delgado shows little sign of escaping his season-long slump. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and was hitting just .224."

A piss-poor performance by the Mets today in Atlanta. Fire Willie!

Piazza retires. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

This just in: Heilman continues to suck!

Let's see if actually pitches again this season.

Yep. Looking forward to it, now that I can actually watch it. I just hope Hossa doesn't get hurt, as the Rangers are supposed to sign him.

Hmm. Maybe there could be some way to surreptitiously hook up all the treadmills, ellipticals and stairmasters at the nations many gyms to generate electricity. Then, you could get people to PAY you to let you sell electricity back to the power grid ...

Yes. Fuel costs drive everything up. Maybe this will finally lead to some serious effort on alternative energy sources. I, for one, would love a car powered by a nuclear reactor.

Oy.

Retail space definitely has an expiration date. In most cases, a store would rather put up a shiny, new facility than rehab an old one, leading to the dreaded "ghost mall" syndrome.

Y'know, I have been waiting for the film version of my sister's 4th birthday.

I did too. They just tore down Poughkeepsie's first "great" mall. The mall that eclipsed it is still humming right along.

I paid a doink over $4 on Friday. First time EVER I spent more than $40 on gas at one time.

I was just telling a 20-something that the video is "exactly what it was like living in the '80s."

That's an OK record. Can't really vouch for anything past that.

It's not a shock if you know it's coming, unless you have one of those brain injuries which makes you unable to remember anything 15 seconds after it happened. I presume people so injured make up M. Night's fan base.

No, not really. I'm not, at least.

Have a good one, man.

Heh.