When Shaq moved from Los Angels to Miami it marked the shifting of powers from the western conference to the eastern conference. As it stands now, San Antonio is the only serious contender in the west, while the East features three of them including Indiana, Detroit and Miami. Nonetheless, the Western conference is regarded as the tougher conference.

Rapper and entertainment star Foxy Brown was sentenced on Tuesday to receive three years probation for a fight which took place in a New York nail salon with two employees.

Dalim Software and SoftCare have recently announced their joint partnership in integrating their complementary and award-winning publishing workflow technologies.

Two Jedi knights have petitioned the United Nations to recognize the Jedi Faith as an official world religion. Those leading the pack were Umada and Yunyun, who called the UN to direct their attention towards the 400,000 people worldwide who practice the Jedi belief as their faith.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday said the city-state`s economy would grow to be bigger than earlier predicted but warned the continued increase in oil prices could lead to global recession due to the deteriorating situation in Lebanon.

Undercover security personnel apparently infiltrated a chat room and recorded exiled Islamic cleric, Omar Barkri Muhammed allegedly making comments that supported terrorism in the United Kingdom and urging followers to carry out further attacks

Since Arnold is so popular in China, maybe he should run for governor there, Los Angeles resident Linda Moriarty wrote in a letter to the editor published this week in the Los Angeles Times. "He could eat Peking duck instead of crow."

46-year old Charles Cullen confessed to using lethal doses of medications to kill patients. Superior Judge Paul Armstrong said, "You betrayed the ancient foundations of the healing professions."

Hurricane Katrina has left destruction in its wake, but also has brought about deteriorating conditions in much of the American south hit by the storm.

Tension remains high with Juergen Klinsmann, head coach for Germany`s national soccer team, said he will announce his World Cup team on Monday, May 15 at 1100 GMT.

The "buy one get one free" sale strategy is now entering the mainstream real estate market -- thanks to a pioneering new real estate franchise in Tucson, Arizona.

The deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday. Authorities in Florida say he used the Internet to try to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl. Brian Doyle was arrested on charges of use of a computer to seduce a child and transmission of harmful material to a minor.

A renowned writer, producer and performer, Ed Pruitt, has recently launched his own variety show on Internet radio`s Xradio. Pruitt`s special line of sexy tales are brought to a worldwide audience.

The Sacramento Kings have been plagued with inconsistency ever since the start of the season. Now after acquiring Ron Artest the team has shown vast improvement on a number of accounts, yet for some reason they can?t get their act together and play with some consistency. Some nights they look playoff bound, while on others they look like they are heading straight for the lottery.

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