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NBA Playoffs Game One(s)

What a weekend of Game ones in the NBA Playoffs! Almost every game that was played came down to the last few moments of the game. There were a few shockers as history was made for some teams. Memphis won their first playoff game in franchise history in dramatic fashion. The Grizzlies shot 55 percent overall from the field and 50 percent from three point range, only the seventh time that has happened to the Spurs in the playoffs since 1997. Congrats to the Grizzlies on their first win. Chris Paul showed the Lakers that he is still a force to be reckoned with the league as he fell three rebounds shy of a triple double in New Orleans 109-100 win against the Lakers. Paul finished with 33 points, 15 assists, & 7 rebounds as the Hornets dished out the first blow. Indiana played 46 minutes of good basketball until, this year league MVP Derrick Rose showed up and made some huge plays down the stretch. Chicago came back from 10 down to win the game as Rose finished with 39 points, 6 reb...

New Orleans Woman Sentenced to Prison for Aiding and Abetting Unregistered Agent of China

WASHINGTON — Yu Xin Kang, age 33, of New Orleans, La., was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting an unregistered agent of a foreign government, namely the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in violation of 18 U.S.C., Sections 2 and 951. Kang pleaded guilty to this offense on May 28, 2008, after being arrested by federal authorities on Feb. 11, 2008. Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security; U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the Eastern District of Virginia; and Arthur M. Cummings, II, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema imposed the sentence. See, USDOJ .