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Oklahoma City's NBA team to unveil name Sept. 3
01.09.2008 20:20
usatoday.com
Oklahoma City's NBA franchise has finally set a date to announce a name and colors. The club announced Wednesday that it would ...
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Basketball
Officials: Duckworth died of heart disease
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
Oregon officials say an autopsy shows former Portland Trail Blazers center Kevin Duckworth died when his enlarged heart failed. ...
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Basketball
Warriors' Ellis to miss three months with ankle injury
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
Golden State guard Monta Ellis will be sidelined for at least three months after severely spraining his ankle during an offseason ...
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Basketball
Former NBA player Tisdale has part of right leg amputated
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
Bone cancer caused former NBA player Wayman Tisdale to have part of his right leg amputated Monday. "Everything went well," said ...
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Basketball
Former NBA star Kevin Duckworth dies
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
Former Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth died while on a trip to the Oregon Coast to host a free basketball clinic. ...
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Basketball
Celtics sign first-round pick Giddens
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
The Boston Celtics signed their first-round draft pick J.R. Giddens on Tuesday. The 6-foot-5 point guard, the 30th pick in the ...
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Basketball
Suns ship Strawberry to Houston
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
The Phoenix Suns traded guard D.J. Strawberry to the Houston Rockets on Monday for rookie guard Sean Singletary.
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Basketball
China guard Sun Yue joins Lakers roster
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
Sun Yue, a second-round pick in the 2007 NBA draft, signed a multiyear contract with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles ...
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Basketball
Airline flight cuts end up hurting airports and hotels, too
01.09.2008 20:19
usatoday.com
In a sign of hard times for the travel industry, Stewart International Airport north of New York City has put itself on sale.
USA
Tourism
Using Nest Eggs Before Maturity
01.09.2008 20:13
washingtonpost.com
Six months ago, Ivan Sanchez was optimistic about his future. He had recently earned a bachelor's degree in business management and was writing a book about growing up among gangs and guns in the Bronx.
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Finance & Investments
New Orleans levees hold as Hurricane Gustav weakens
01.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to hold floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina in 2005.
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All Themes
La. has most evacuees in state history, avoids past mistakes
01.09.2008 18:26
usatoday.com
This time, Louisiana residents didn't need to be nudged.
USA
Weather Forecast
Miss. 'dodged a bullet' with weakened Gustav
01.09.2008 18:25
usatoday.com
Hurricane Gustav landed only a glancing blow in Mississippi, where state officials suggested that thousands of evacuees may be ...
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Weather Forecast
For Ashley Jensen, first nomination in USA is 'Extras' special
01.09.2008 18:25
usatoday.com
First-time Emmy nominee Ashley Jensen is up for her role as socially awkward Maggie Jacobs in HBO's Extras. The nomination is ...
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Television
Critic's Corner Tuesday
01.09.2008 18:25
usatoday.com
CW launches its sequel/revival of 90210 (tonight, 8 ET/PT). Whether that's a good idea remains to be seen, because the network ...
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Television
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