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SbB LIVE FROM LA (Jul 25, 2013 @ 3:32pm ET)

3:30 PM: Former Chicago White Sox & Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen tweeted about Dustin Pedroia signing a 7-year, $100 million contract extension with the Boston Red Sox: "congrats to pedroia for is new contract one of my favorite player can i have some change please lol lol"

3:15 PM: The South Alabama Jaguars unveiled new football uniforms for their 2013 season. Jaguars QB Ross Metheny said of the new duds: "They're pretty sweet. Not only do they look good but I think they're going to make us play better."

3:00 PM: KHOU-TV reports that former NFL QB Vince Young will have to have his personal items auctioned off to pay back a $1.7 million loan judgment against him. Police visited Young's home on Monday to evaluate the worth his belongings.

2:45 PM: UTEP defensive back Richard Spencer was arrested early Wednesday morning on assault charges for allegedly pushing a woman against a truck outside an El Paso bar and injuring her.

2:30 PM: Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was sentenced to one year probation & fined $345 as part of a plea deal on charges that he beat & strangled his ex-girlfriend. Johnson was also sentenced to 48 hours of community service and told not to have any contact with the victim or her family.

2:15 PM: U.S. women's soccer player Abby Wambach tweeted her congrats to the men's team for defeating Honduras 3-1 & advancing to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. The U.S. will face Panama, who defeated Mexico 2-1.

2:00 PM: The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a $500 million renovation plan for Wrigley Field & the surrounding area. But Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is concerned about rooftop club owners suing the team if new advertising signs at the ballpark block the clubs' views.

1:45 PM: Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said Wednesday night that he's "sad" about the Ryan Braun suspension but plans to keep the outfielder: "He apologized again to me today. I also expressed the need for him to work to redeem himself. It's going to take some time and take some work."

1:30 PM: R-Sport reports that athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia will have a chance to win gold medals containing bits of a meteorite. The medals will be awarded for events on February 15, the one-year anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteor strike.

1:15 PM: Two cyclists that were part of a larger group on a cross-country trip through Canada were killed after being struck by a pickup truck near Nipigon, Ontario on Tuesday.

1:00 PM: L.A. Clippers player J.J. Redick went on Twitter Wednesday to deny reports that he signed a document in 2007 for his girlfriend to have an abortion: "Continued attention to these lies is severely damaging to myself and my family."

12:45 PM: Sylvester Stallone announced that UFC fighter Ronda Rousey & boxer Victor Ortiz are set to appear in "The Expendables 3", with the film scheduled to be released in August 2014.

12:30 PM: Film director Steven Soderbergh earned himself dinner & courtside seats at a Knicks game with Spike Lee after donating $10,000 to Lee's Kickstarter project for a new movie.

12:15 PM: A Windsor, Ontario man prompted an international rescue operation Monday night when he attempted to swim across the Detroit River. John Morillo admitted he was drinking when he attempted the swim, and he did manage to reach Detroit before running into problems on his swim back to Windsor.

12:00 PM: In order to convince people not to swim in one of its blue yet very toxic lagoons, the town of Buxton, England has dyed the blue lagoon black.

Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=54375

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SbB LIVE FROM LA (Jul 25, 2013 @ 10:46am ET)

11:30 AM: WSPA-TV reports Spartanburg, South Carolina private basketball coach Anthony Bernard Jenkins was arrested Monday on charges of having sex with an underage female player. Police say the sexual assaults began when the player was 14 years old.

11:15 AM: Former Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb said it was a "sour day" for him returning to the team's facility after he was traded: "I would have loved to have had another couple years after that and just say 'Thank you, I'm done.' But it didn't happen that way."

11:00 AM: New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte moved past Sandy Koufax to 39th place on the MLB all-time strikeout list during Wednesday's game against the Texas Rangers. But the Rangers wound up winning the game 3-1

10:45 AM: German newspaper Bild reports that Dallas Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki is a new father after wife Jessica gave birth Thursday to a baby daughter.

10:30 AM: Former Washington Redskins player Darren Green says he doesn't want to see the team change its name. Green said that the point he was making in an interview with Art Monk was that any offense over the Redskins name should merit at least a discussion: "Where it lands, that's another thing."

10:15 AM: Yahoo's Marc J. Spears reports that LeBron James won't play for Team USA in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain and is doubtful to play in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

10:00 AM: The Atlanta Braves said that pitcher Tim Hudson suffered a fractured right ankle after being stepped on by Mets baserunner Eric Young Jr. during Wednesday night's game. Hudson will undergo surgery once the swelling around the ankle goes down.

9:00 PM: After the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick volunteered at a Chicago food bank on Tuesday to settle his bet with Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, who was also at the food bank.

8:45 PM: Russian Olympic pole vaulter & world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva says she will retire from the sport following next month's world championships in Moscow.

8:30 PM: The Seattle Mariners announced that manager Eric Wedge, who was released from the hospital Thursday, had suffered a mild stroke and will be out for at least through next week.

8:15 PM: WBAY-TV reports that more than 13,000 people showed up at Lambeau Field Wednesday for the Green Bay Packers' annual shareholders meeting. At the meeting, general manager Ted Thompson said that he "thanks God every day" that Mike McCarthy is the Packers' coach.

8:00 PM: University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff linebacker Lydell Hartford Jr. died early Tuesday morning after being accidentally shot by a 16-year-old friend. The teen reportedly found a pistol while both were in a car belonging to Hartford's mother.

7:45 PM: Butler County, Ohio soccer coach Craig Rhodis was arrested on charges of secretly videotaping two female players who were changing clothes in his home.

7:30 PM: Paralyzed football player Eric LeGrand shares a message of support he received from Adam Taliaferro, a former Penn State football player who broke his neck in a 2000 game but was eventually able to walk again.

7:15 PM: The Oneida Nation released a statement praising Art Monk & Darrell Green after the former Washington Redskins players said the team should "seriously consider" changing its name if Native Americans are offended.

Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=54375

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How to Choose The Right Network Marketing Business for You | The ...

Choosing the right network marketing business for you will be one of the most important business decisions you will make. Your choice could easily be the difference in whether or not you succeed. So in this article We will look at what you need to understand in order tohelp you come to the right decision.

High Ticket Products:

High Ticket and high demand products should be the very first thing you should look for in a network marketing business. The niche that your choice of business is in should be reflected in their products, and the markeplace demand for them. e.g Travel, Weight Loss, and Home Business are ALWAYS in demand and most Network Marketing Businesses within these niches usually have high ticket products associated with them.

If there is not sufficient demand and/or the price point is set to low, you will find that you will have to sell a lot of products and recruit a lot of team members if you are to realise your income goals.

The compensation plan:

Seen by most to be the most important consideration of all, the compensation plan is something else that needs a thorough investigation, after all you need to ensure that you will be substantially rewarded for your business building efforts.

So make sure that firstly the compensation plan suits your vision and goals for developing your network marketing business. Investigate the one off payment you receive for each sale and also the residual payment you will receive EVERY month, as this is where the BIG money is usually made and normally provides the incentive for you to recruit and grow your business.

Leadership:

Your Network Marketing business choice SHOULD have great leaders. You see, network marketing IS NOT about making money fast (although compared to traditional business models it can seem sometimes like overnight success) so it takes real genuine leadership skills to help you excell and grow.

A mentor is imperative, providing of course that your mentor is succeeding and can help you duplicate their success. So make sure you check out the leadership within the business, if necessary try to meet with them personally, or at least talk with them and make sure?you are happy that they are the kind of people you would like to work with.

Business Systems:

Many people come into the network marketing business as complete novices in ANY sort of business. This can actually be a blessing if you align yourself with the right company, because you will have no pre-conceived ideas about how the business works and therefore you will be very receptive to the business model and plan.

However most people who fail with network marketing do so because of the lack of a system to follow, so the final check you should make is to whether or not the network marketing business of your choice has the following already in place:

1) Marketing Training.
2) Recruitment Training.
3) A Duplicable Business system.
4) Support from your upline.

Most great network marketing leaders understand that their success is your success, so ensure you do your due diligence and only align yourself with the network marketing business which has YOUR success as it?s main priority.

All the best.

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LG's profit falls on weak TV demand, handset costs

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? LG Electronics' latest quarterly report underlined challenges facing global electronics makers as weak TV demand and stiffer competition in smartphones undermine profit.

The results Wednesday showed an 8 percent decline in April-June net profit to 155.5 billion won ($140 million) even as LG's revenue rose 10 percent from a year earlier to 15.2 trillion won ($13.6 billion). Operating profit fell 9 percent from a year earlier to 479 billion won.

LG's TV sales improved a bit and smartphone sales hit a quarterly high of 12.1 million handsets. The smartphone shipment figure was more than double from the year-earlier quarter.

But that was not enough to create bigger profits as consumers snapped up cheaper devices that have lower margins for manufacturers. LG said sales of LCD TVs rose but soft TV demand combined with competition from rivals depressed TV prices.

Even though LG turned around its loss-making mobile unit to the world's No. 3 smartphone supplier, its handset business is not a cash cow like Samsung and Apple's, which dominate the high-tier smartphone market. LG's cheaper smartphones are popular but also burden the company with heavy marketing costs.

To improve its bottom line, LG is rolling out high-end models for its core TV and handset businesses in the current quarter.

Earlier this week, LG began sales in the U.S. market of curved TVs that cost $15,000.

LG and Samsung Electronics Co., the world's two largest TV makers, have invested billions of dollars to make giant TVs with OLED screens, or organic light-emitting diodes, hoping to outclass the crispness and color saturation of other TVs. But there are still challenges to successful OLED mass production, accounting for their high price.

On the smartphone side, LG is set to introduce the latest iteration of its flagship Optimus G series phone globally by October. LG has not launched a new smartphone in the second quarter.

The G2 smartphone will be its first smartphone to have a debut event at Apple's home market. On Aug. 7, LG is announcing the G2 smartphone at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

LG said the G2 smartphone secured contracts with more global wireless carriers than its predecessors, including Verizon Wireless, which will help expand sales. Chief financial officer Jung Do Hyun said the company plans to spend big on marketing in the third quarter to promote the new phone as LG struggles to build premium brand in the mobile market.

The company needs a "mega hit smartphone to dramatically raise its profit," said So Hyun-chul, an analyst at Shinhan Investment Corp.

That is the same challenge facing other top smartphone makers.

While Apple and Samsung Electronics cashed in on the initial explosive growth in smartphone use, impressing consumers with new smartphones has become harder as top handset makers offer similar hardware features. Growth is stalling in developed countries where smartphone use has reached saturation point. Emerging markets are still growing but the demand is for cheaper phones that are less profitable for the handset makers.

LG said its second-quarter smartphone sales increased thanks to demand for middle-tier smartphones.

On Tuesday, Apple reported lower quarterly earnings for the second straight quarter as it increased sales of older, less expensive models of the iPhone instead of the latest version.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lgs-profit-falls-weak-tv-demand-handset-costs-061330200.html

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Riff Raff's Guide To Vine: 'Look Good, Feel Good ... Eat A Lot Of Lobster'

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Detroit bankruptcy tests state pension protections

As the once-proud city of Detroit humbles itself in bankruptcy court, its financial future may hinge on this key question: Is the city obliged to its past? Or can Detroit renege on its promises to thousands of retirees for the sake of its present city services?

The legal question at the heart of Detroit's bankruptcy filing has never definitively been answered by the nation's highest courts. But it could become increasingly important as cities from coast to coast are grappling with shortfalls in pension funds that left unchecked could force cutbacks to police, firefighters and other essential city services.

A federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy case is to hold his first hearing Wednesday, as Detroit spars with its employees over whether state lawsuits from pension beneficiaries can proceed.

Some cities, like Detroit, are located in states where pension benefits are guaranteed in full according to state constitutions, statutes or court precedent. Yet Detroit's emergency manager is asserting that those guarantees go away in federal bankruptcy court, leaving retirees in the same pool as numerous other creditors who may get mere cents for each dollar they are owed.

"There's not a lot of previous case law that tells us what's going to happen here," said Paul Secunda, a Marquette University law professor who specializes in labor and benefits issues.

"It's not just an issue of bankruptcy law and pension law, it's also an issue of federalism," Secunda said. "Can a federal bankruptcy court basically ignore a state constitutional provision and allow a city like Detroit to ignore its previous promises concerning public employee pensions?"

The question matters because pensions pose a major liability for states, counties, cities, schools and other local governmental entities. A report released earlier this year by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that the nation's largest cities had a combined pension shortfall of almost $100 billion and an even larger shortfall in retiree health-care benefits as the nation's financial crisis peaked in the 2009 fiscal year.

Although municipal finances generally have improved since then, many local retirement plans remain on an unsustainable path, the Pew organization said.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr contend that retiree benefits should be able to be trimmed along with other debts to restore the city's finances. Detroit has about 21,000 retired workers who are owed benefits, with underfunded obligations of about $3.5 billion for pensions and $5.7 billion for retiree health coverage.

"There have to be concessions," Orr said earlier this week.

A similar situation is unfolding in Stockton, Calif., which entered bankruptcy in April after its property tax revenues were hit hard by the housing crisis. Stockton owes the California Public Employees' Retirement System about $900 million to cover pension promises, by far the city's largest financial obligation. The city already has tried to save costs elsewhere by slashing employment, cutting health benefits for current workers and limiting its police force to responding only to emergencies in progress.

Bond insurers contend that pension cuts should be part of Stockton's debt reduction plan to be submitted to a bankruptcy judge in September. Attorneys for the creditors argue that employees who benefited when economic times were good should have to share the pain now that times are bad.

But union representatives contend retiree benefits already have been earned and shouldn't be part of the discussion in bankruptcy court.

"It's essentially similar to salary ? you just don't reach inside somebody's savings account and take their pay back, nor should you reach inside their pension and deny them their pension benefits," said Steve Kreisberg, director of collective bargaining and pensions for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

The legal arguments could center on two provisions of the U.S. Constitution ? Article 6, which declares U.S. laws to be supreme; and the 10th Amendment, which reserves for states all powers not constitutionally delegated to the federal government.

Laws governing local public employee pensions are one of those areas left to state control.

Federal bankruptcy laws also require states to grant permission before their local governments can file Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy cases. Only about half the states have authorized municipal bankruptcy filings, and many of those have done so only in limited circumstances.

The question for courts is whether a state's pension laws take greater precedence because of their 10th Amendment powers, or whether states have essentially waived that right by agreeing to let cities to participate in federal bankruptcy proceedings.

"The cases in Stockton and Detroit are similar in that they will answer the question on how far the U.S. Bankruptcy Code goes and whether that trumps state law," said Karol Denniston, a San Francisco attorney who specializes in municipal restructuring and monitors bankruptcies across the nation. "There are a lot of cities watching how this plays out."

Other recent municipal bankruptcies provide only limited guidance.

Rhode Island lacked a pension-guarantee law similar to Michigan's when the city of Central Falls filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Under a settlement approved last year by a federal bankruptcy judge, some retired Central Falls workers took pension cuts of more than 50 percent. But the state created a fund to help offset some of those lost benefits.

The city of Vallejo, Calif., which filed for bankruptcy in 2008, had threatened to stop paying pension benefits, but an out-of-court settlement was reached that set no precedent on the issue.

If a federal bankruptcy judge in Detroit or Stockton overrules state laws against pension reductions, "we would have a constitutional crisis at that point," said Hank Kim, the executive director of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, a trade association for public pension plans.

But it also could provide a path to financial stability for other troubled cities.

"It could potentially have a large impact in how these pension obligations get treated," Secunda said.

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Associated Press writer Tracie Cone contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/detroit-bankruptcy-tests-state-pension-protections-065517091.html

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Five Blackhawks Invited To Canada?s Team Orientation Camp

Corey Crawford. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

(CBS)?Five Blackhawks were invited to Canada?s team orientation camp and three were invited to the United States? camp.

A total of 47 players were invited to Canada?s camp, including Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford. The Blackhawks invited to the U.S. camp were Patrick Kane, Nick Leddy and Brandon Saad.

The camps allow team management to acclimate the players with their plans for the Olympics in Sochi. The U.S. camp will be held Aug. 26-27 in Arlington, Va. while Canada will take the ice Aug. 25-28 in Calgary.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock will serve as head coach for the Canadian team, while Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma heads the U.S. squad.

View the entire roster for Canada?s team orientation camp here.

Source: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/07/22/five-blackhawks-invited-to-canadas-team-orientation-camp/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=476364

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