Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Today in the World

Wednesday November 16, 2011

10.

Players file pair of antitrust lawsuits against NBA

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA players kept offering economic concessions, and it was never enough to satisfy owners.

9.

OU AD replaces Beebe on committee

NDIANAPOLIS -- Joe Castiglione, vice president of intercollegiate athletics programs and director of athletics at Oklahoma, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Castiglione is replacing former Big 12 Conference Commissioner Dan Beebe, and will serve out the remainder of Beebe’s term through the 2012-13 season.


8. 

CNN Poll: Americans doubt super committee will meet deadline

Washington (CNN) - Americans are skeptical that a congressional super committee will reach a deficit reduction agreement by next week's deadline, according to a new national survey.

7.
China school bus crash kills 20, state media say
Beijing (CNN) -- Eighteen children and two adults died after an overloaded school bus collided with a coal truck Wednesday in northwest China's Gansu province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

6.
Bullet strikes White House window
Washington (CNN) -- The Secret Service is looking into whether a bullet fired into a window at the White House is connected to a shooting nearby last Friday.

5.

Assistant coach made sure assault stopped, went to police, he says in e-mail

State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A Penn State assistant football coach, who has been criticized for not doing more in an alleged rape of a boy by former coach Jerry Sandusky, said in an e-mail that he helped stop the assault and talked with police about it,The Morning Call newspaper reported.

4.

Suspected tornadoes, storms cause damage in Louisiana, Mississippi

(CNN) -- Severe weather including suspected tornadoes swept through parts of Louisiana and Mississippi early Wednesday, causing some structural damage, officials said.

3.
All it takes to solve U.S. debt problem is willpower
(CNN) -- The 12 members of Congress on the deficit reduction committee have my deepest admiration and respect. They face probably the greatest challenge they've ever faced or ever will, at least in political life!

2.

Congress faces funding deadline. Again.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facing another deadline to fund the government, Congress is once again coming down to the wire.

1.

Krzyzewski ties Knight atop win list

Duke routs Presbyterian to give coach historic 902nd victory
DURHAM, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski hustled off the court, just as he has done so many times during three-plus decades at Duke. This Hall of Fame coach tried to turn this one into just another victory, and it didn't work. This time, Coach K caught his college coach on the career wins list.

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