Football: The Big Sleep

Hey — wake up! The game's over, and the Bills are winners in a 9-6 yawner that saw no touchdowns and sent the nation to bed early. Federal investigators are now looking into whether they should assert their authority — something this soporific should be regulated by the FDA.

What's needed here is a blast of brisk, lake-effect air. A trip to Cleveland in late October should do the trick. With the forecast for temperatures in the low thirties, it's perfect weather for a World Series night game.

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RAY KELLY, New York City Police Commissioner, on the arrest of a New Jersey man in one of the nation's most baffling missing-children cases, the disappearance more than three decades ago of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
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