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Jeff Fisher out in Tennessee

Jeff Fisher, the longest tenured coach in the NFL, is out in Tennessee.

The Titans released a statement Thursday evening saying: "The Tennessee Titans and Jeff Fisher have agreed to part ways and Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team."

The move comes as a surprise because Titans owner Bud Adams released a statement Jan. 7 which confirmed Fisher would return to the team.

Though Fisher had been derided locally as "Coach .500" or "Coacho Ocho," he seemingly had just survived a battle with quarterback Vince Young. Adams decided to either release Young or trade him on Jan. 5. The owner announced two days later that he would be keeping Fisher, leaving the coach to head into the 2011 season needing a playoff berth. Read more at sports.espn.go.com

 

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Nelson Mandela, 92, admitted to hospital

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was in the hospital Thursday for what his office said were routine tests, as the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon's overnight stay drew extraordinary media attention.

Mandela undergoes regular hospital checkups, but his latest visit starting Wednesday stretched into an unusually long stay. Journalists were standing outside the hospital Thursday, watching Mandela's relatives and friends enter for visits.

The Times Live website reported that Mandela's former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left the Milpark Hospital in tears after paying a visit. Several more of Mandela's family members, including his wife Graca Machel, have also visited him, witnesses told Reuters.

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