| Bowen outplays Bryant,
Over the past seven seasons, the Spurs' defensive game plan when facing the Los Angeles Lakers has seldom changed. It was always up to Bruce Bowen to find a way to slow down the pop-a-shot scoring machine that is Kobe Bryant. That plan never said anything of Bowen actually outscoring Bryant. But, after he did exactly that in the Spurs' 107-92 victory on Tuesday, nobody from San Antonio is complaining. Bowen, the Spurs' 12th-leading scorer heading into the game, flirted with a career high by scoring 23 points. Bryant, the NBA's leading scorer heading into the game, finished with 18. And the Spurs emerged with their fourth consecutive easy-does-it victory before a sellout crowd of 18,797 at the AT&T Center, after which Bowen admitted the obvious: Out-Bryanting Bryant was never part of the design.
AP news in brief
Arnold Schwarzenegger's appointees to the state air board be replaced because of her record on public health issues.
The Rules Committee voted 3-2 along party lines against the appointment after some Central Valley lawmakers complained that board member Judith Case routinely sides with polluters on air quality issues.
The committee's recommendation goes to the full Senate, which is expected to vote Thursday. If the Senate rejects the appointment, Case would be forced to leave the board within 60 days.
A member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District board, Case was appointed in May to a four-year term on the state Air Resources Board.
Fresno State college gets research grant
FRESNO - Federal health authorities are awarding Fresno State a five-year, $4.5 million grant to create a biomedical research center.
Slide: The $500 Million Widget
I'm betting 2008 is the year that starts to change. Lacy has been a business reporter for 10 years, most recently covering technology for BusinessWeek. Her book on the new generation of Internet moguls and the rise of Web 2.0 will be published by Penguin Publishing in 2008. .
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