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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.
Woman Helped Bug City, Now Works There
Street was never charged and denies wrongdoing, but the steady drumbeat of bad news seemed to paralyze his administration. ``It brings the whole city down,'' said Amy Kurland, who worked on the plumbers' case. ``People don't want to do business in the city. Philadelphia is known for being a corrupt place. That's what we're hoping to change.'' As the city's inspector general, Kurland wields the power to issue subpoenas and refer suspected fraud to federal and city prosecutors. In her new position, Markman, 50, will focus on the management of city contracts. Nutter, who as a councilman during Street's tenure successfully fought for tougher ethics rules, named her to the post, which she likens to that of a compliance officer. About 30,000 people work for the city. In 2005, Markman made opening statements to the jury that convicted former city Treasurer Corey Kemp and four others, including a pair of bank executives, of corruption.
January 2008 - Posts
Kingstree, S.C. -- Speaking to a crowd at the Williamsburg County Recreation Center , Bill Clinton just now offered an olive branch: “If [Barack Obama] wins this nomination, I'm going to do what I can to help him become president." The promise comes after Read More... .
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