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Published February 11, 2011, 07:41 AM

NFL labor talks break off

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations to prevent an NFL lockout took a grim turn Thursday with the cancellation of the second day of a planned two-day bargaining session.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations to prevent an NFL lockout took a grim turn Thursday with the cancellation of the second day of a planned two-day bargaining session.

“We wish we were negotiating today,” NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah said. “That’s all I can say.”

There are just three weeks to go before the collective bargaining agreement expires on March 3.

The NFL confirmed that Commissioner Roger Goodell has canceled an owners’ meeting scheduled for next Tuesday in Philadelphia, where labor was expected to be a topic.

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