Archive for June, 2011

When clock strikes 12, NBA lockout is on

As expected, the NBA is locking out its 450 players, effective Thursday night at midnight, with the expiration of the current CBA. The owners informed the players of their decision when a three-hour meeting in Manhattan ended around nine hours before the midnight deadline, with no progress.

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Recess canceled; Senate to work next week on debt (AP)

Having insisted there is too much to do for lawmakers to spend a week away from the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, walks with Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2011.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Senate canceled its planned July Fourth recess on Thursday, but partisan divisions remained razor sharp as the clock ticked on efforts to strike a deal to avoid a government default and trim huge federal deficits.


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CC & Co. sweep Brewers aside, 5-0

CC Sabathia’s dominance of the Brewers Thursday served as the perfect snapshot of what the Yankees have been doing to National League teams for the past two weeks. Sabathia tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts, leading the Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Brewers at the Stadium to finish off a three-game sweep of the NL Central leaders.

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AP source: Accuser issues shake Strauss-Kahn case (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, June 6, 2011 file photo, former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, appears at his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid, at State Supreme Court in New York. Attorney William Taylor is at left.  A person familiar with the case says former International Monetary Fund Leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn will have his bail substantially reduced in his sexual assault case because of issues with his accuser's credibility, Thursday, June 30, 2011.  (AP Photo/Allan Tannenbaum, Pool, File)AP – Questions that have surfaced about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of raping her are leading prosecutors to seek a reduction in his pricey bail, a person familiar with the case said Thursday.


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Killed woman speeding for parking spot

An SUV backing down an upper West Side block to score a parking spot smashed into a mother and her daughter early Thursday night, killing the mother, cops and witnesses said.

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Minn. braces for government shutdown over taxes (AP)

Michael Brodkorb, Senate Republican spokesman, gives an update to reporters  outside the governor's office Thursday, June 30, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn., as negotiations between Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton continued in efforts to come to a budget agreement to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP – In an echo of the debate unfolding in Washington, Minnesota hurtled toward a midnight government shutdown Thursday in a dispute over taxes and spending that could force thousands of layoffs, bring road projects to a standstill and close state parks just ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.


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Tobey Maguire denies wrongdoing in Hollywood poker ring, says he lost money to Ponzi schemer

Tobey Maguire wants a judge to know he lost some Spidey cents at those poker games too.

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