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Will the NBA’s popularity decline after the lockout ends due the Great Recession and fans’ anger with wealthy owners and wealthy players? The NBA had another lockout which occurred right after the 1998 season. The lockout wiped out 32 games of the 1998–1999 season. It was reported the lockout had caused fan apathy. Duration: July 1, 1998 – Jan. 6, 1999 […]

NBA Owners, Players Reach Tentative Deal       Patrick McDermott/Getty Images NBA Commissioner David Stern (right) and union executive director Billy Hunter speak to the media Saturday in New York City to announce a tentative labor agreement that would end the 149-day lockout.               NPR Staff and Wires […]

Bed Bugs on airplanes             Big Surprise: Bed Bugs Are Now Flying Business Class (Image via Wikipedia) Melanie Haiken, Contributor Forbes  Just because you haven’t heard much about bed bug-infested airplanes doesn’t mean that economy or business class seat is free of the icky pests. While the topic hasn’t hit […]

NBA, players meeting in New York Associated Press NEW YORK — NBA owners and players met for more than 12 hours Friday in an attempt to end the 148-day lockout in time to save the league’s Christmas Day schedule. That deadline has created a sense of urgency because the Dec. 25 schedule is traditionally a […]

NASA’s massive Curiosity Rover nears launch toward Mars By John Matson Scientific American Don’t be fooled by the innocuous name—Curiosity, NASA’s new Mars rover, is a brute. Curiosity, which is slated to launch Saturday morning on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, is the biggest planetary rover ever built. […]

5 Reasons to Skip Black Friday Sales By Kimberly Palmer | US News & World Report This year’s Black Friday deals are impressive: Many discounts will continue long after Black Friday is over. The best deals are only available to a few people. When you do score a discount, it often just leads to more […]

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  Total breaks new ground in Angola UPI LUANDA,  ANGOLA – Authorities at French energy company Total inaugurated its giant Pazflor development off Angola’s coast, which it said is characterized as an “elephant” field. Top-ranking Total executives met in Angola to inaugurate the offshore field. Total estimates Pazflor to hold at least 590 million barrels of […]

Russian TV newscaster gives middle figer gesture during news report containing President Obama Huffington Post Tatyana Limanova, a newscaster for Russia’s REN TV (a privately held network)  raised her middle finger while reading President Barack Obama’s name. The incident occurred during a live broadcast earlier in the month, after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev assumed chairmanship […]