BEIJING (AFP) - Kobe Bryant provided a crucial late spark and the United States won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal for the 13th time, defeating world champion Spain 118-107 in the championship game Sunday. Dwyane Wade scored 27 points to lead the Americans while Bryant added 20, LeBron James contributed 14 and Carmelo Anthony scored 13 for the US squad of National Basketball Association stars. Wade, James...
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Like sonic life support, the pedal effect has done more to keep four four power chords alive than all the punk bands in Gainesville. Tonight’s show at the Triple Rock, a dazzling marquee of import ambient pop-smiths, drew a...
The malleability of the financial industry's $700 billion rescue package -- which Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has touted as an advantage -- instead seeds doubt in the minds of some investors. "If you start changing your...
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BOSTON , Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Best-selling author and journalist Bob Woodward will speak at Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, December 4, 2008 . Woodward will inaugurate the College's annual "Compelling...