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LEBRON JAMES: How the king of the NBA spends his millions

BusinessInsider.com 

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On the court, LeBron James has won four MVPs and two NBA championships and has reached six consecutive NBA Finals — and he is still only 31 years old.

Off the court, he's equally relentless. Earlier this season, James signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike worth more than $1 billion — a move that was so big it is more like the merger of two corporations — becoming the first athlete in the company's 44-year history to do so.

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Prosecutors: Congressman led 'white-collar crime spree'

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A veteran congressman on trial in a racketeering case ran a "white-collar crime spree" that stretched from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., a prosecutor told jurors Monday.

Orlando killer appears to have been 'homegrown extremist'

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gunman whose attack on a gay nightclub left 49 victims dead appears to have been a "homegrown extremist" who espoused support for a jumble of often-conflicting Islamic radical groups, the White House and the FBI…



Marketing Mass Slaughter

The Huffington Post 

After the slaughter of 20 children and six adults in Newtown Connecticut, some expected the National Rifle Association to relent, just a little, to offer some kind of rationale compromise that might help in some small way to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. At the very least, we thought they would stay quiet.

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Whistleblowers in defense deserve better, lawmakers say

Stars and Stripes 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging a government watchdog to tackle what it describes as “persistent, systemic” problems with the handling of defense and intelligence whistleblowers.

Body of teen recovered from NE Minnesota river

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

SCHROEDER, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a Minneapolis area teenager from a river in northeastern Minnesota.

Sales tax 'cleanup' bill to be delayed by Louisiana Senate

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — Senators said Monday they will stall efforts to clean up sales taxes unintentionally charged on items like school lunches and Girl Scout cookies, until lawmakers in the House agree to more taxes for next year's budget than they've supported so far. In the current tax session, Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed to remove those sales taxes imposed on things like tickets to school athletic events, donations to food banks, firefighting equipment purchases and prosthetic devices. The House agreed... Читать дальше...





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