PITTSBURGH MAYOR O'CONNOR HIRES GOONS TO "BREAK THE LEGS" OF MAYORS WHO'VE WELSHED ON PLAYOFF GAME BETS

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh's new Mayor, Bob O'Connor, says he has hired "goons" who will "break the legs" of the Mayors of Cincinnatti, Indianapolis and Denver, all of whom have welshed on their playoff game bets, according to O'Connor. The Steelers defeated the teams in all three cities to advance to the Super Bowl.

"In my neighborhood, we have a term for people like these bums who don't pay up -- it's 'deadman,'" said O'Connor. "In fact, if I weren't going to the Super Bowl to sit in a luxury box as the most powerful, most important elected official of the city of the favorite team, I'd accompany my men to pay a little housecall on these deadbeats," said O'Connor.