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Stern Hopes to Return Profitability to NBA

Jul. 14, 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- NBA commissioner David Stern says he hopes the league can come up with a plan to return itself to profitability.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler