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khou on December 31st, 2011

Zach Randolph scored 23 points, Marc Gasol added 20, and the Memphis Grizzlies earned their first victory of the season, beating the Houston Rockets 113-93 on Friday night.

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khou on December 31st, 2011

Houston star receiver Andre Johnson will play against Tennessee on Sunday after missing the last three games because of a strained left hamstring.

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If you drive through Lake Jackson, you’ll see a lot of flags and Christmas trees, but you won’t see a lot of “Paul for President” signs.

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Flying cameras have been providing unique perspectives on everything from golf to college and professional football for more than a decade, becoming so commonplace that fans rarely notice the whizzing remote-controlled devices.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood loves the Next Big Thing, and four years ago, that was Barack Obama, the equivalent of a breakout movie star.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first round of voting in the Republican presidential contest may tell a lot about the power of negative TV ads, town-to-town campaigning and get-out-the-vote organizations.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — So much for Iowa Nice. It’s more like Iowa Nasty.

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khou on December 31st, 2011

Police say a North Carolina man insisted his million-dollar note was real when he was buying $476 worth of items at a Walmart.

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khou on December 31st, 2011

People have already started to stake out space in Times Square in anticipation of New York City’s big New Year’s Eve bash.

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The past 10 years have been the best in the country’s aviation history with 153 fatalities. That’s two deaths for every 100 million passengers on commercial flights, according to an Associated Press analysis of government accident data.

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