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Hours after CBS decided to fire Don Imus yesterday afternoon for his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, Imus, joined by his wife, and the basketball team and coach, joined by university officials and others, met at the NJ Governor's mansion . This afternoon, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said :

We, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knight basketball team, accept -- accept -- Mr. Imus' apology, and we are in the process of forgiving. We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget.

Filling in for her husband on the Imus in the Morning radio show, Deirdre Imus told listeners to stop sending hate mail to the basketball players and instead "send hate mail to my husband." She added that the players were "beautiful and courageous." There's a lot of finger-pointing and blame right now, from many sides. Imus, for one, has complained about the treatment he's getting in the media, from MSNBC, from Al Sharpton, and more, but he has admitted that he was wrong to say what he did. When it comes down to it, it seems the only innocent people in this situation are the Rutger's women's basketball team.

This just in: Imus just got canned by CBS. He's live on the air now doing a fundraiser-- so you wonder how he's taking the news. Word is that Mike and the Mad Dog will be filling the spot starting tomorrow.

"From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that were made on our air about the young women who represented Rutgers University in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship with such class, energy and talent," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in a statement.

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Almost a week after radio host and "shock jock" Don Imus and his producer called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappyheaded ho" and "hardcore hos," the team and other university officials spoke out. And the consensus all around is that they are classy, inspiring, and leaders of today.

The mysterious object that crashed into a Freehold Township, New Jersey home last week has been determined to be a meteorite. Three Rutgers University geologists and an independent metallurgist arrived at that conclusion after examining the golf ball-sized object with magnets and magnifying glasses. The meteorite, now named Freehold Township for the place where it landed, is magnetic, dense (it weighs nearly a pound), and has a texture pattern that is consistent with other meteorites according to the scientists.

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Forecasting the weather is rarely like flipping a coin. Usually you have a pretty good idea what the high or low temperature will be within a few degrees. Today, however, we have a heads or tails choice. A high pressure system is sinking down from the north and we'll have winds out of the east today.