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O'Neal's move west adds fuel to the already intense rivalry between the Suns, the Lakers and his old teammate Kobe Bryant. The trade required a significant financial commitment from the budget-conscious owner Robert Sarver because O'Neal is scheduled to make $20 million (all figures U.S.) this season and $20 million more each of the next two. Marion makes $16.4 million this year and could opt out of the $17 million final year of his contract after this season. Banks has been in and out of the Suns' rotation the past two seasons. The Heat also waived Luke Jackson. O'Neal entered this season talking about how he wanted to win at least one more title, saying his "legacy" wouldn't be complete unless he left the game with at least five rings.
10% of UK drivers 'bump-and-run'
Almost one in 10 British drivers admits to having crashed into a parked car and driving away, according to a survey. Some 70% of drivers have had cars damaged in this way, while 20% of those who admitted the offence felt no guilt. Tony Chilcott, of insurers Direct Line, which commissioned the research, said it is "worth remembering that it is a crime" to hit a car and drive away. A total of 1,526 UK motorists aged over 18, were questioned by YouGov online between 12 and 15 November. Mr Chilcott said "bumping another car can happen so easily", pointing out that "it may be tempting to drive off". This feeling seems to be echoed by the survey's respondents. .
On the Move
Her second NOUBAR exhibit, titled Two Single Rooms, is taking place at the Nile Cairo Hotel on Ramses Street, where Pascale Favre from Geneva and Mahmoud Khaled from Alexandria have created installations in two hotel rooms, expressing their experiences as visitors and outsiders to the city. To see this show, you ask for the room keys at the hotel reception. Angaranos latest and most ambitious NOUBAR project is planned for Ramadan, when shell be holding Light and Form, inviting artists to create light installations to be displayed at central Cairo venues including Mashrabia Gallery, the French Cultural Center, and Goethe Institute. At time of press, the show is still coming together, but Angarano has several artists on board, including stained-glass artist Fatma El-Tanani, who plans to create a huge Ramadan lantern, and Mohammed Ganoubi, who works with candles and is making a monumental wax sculpture for the show.
Moss, Culpepper talk about reuniting via free agency
Though their relationship ended a little rocky when Moss left the Vikings to go to the Raiders in a trade, Moss and Culpepper stayed in touch with each other and stayed friends. They joked that at some point they might be free agents at the same time and might have a chance to unite. As Moss spent his second day in unrestricted free agency Saturday, he started to think about Culpepper, who also is a free agent. What they had talked about for years all of a sudden was true. .
Frail admits Jambos may apply for the InterToto Cup
Since Frail was handed full control of team affairs they have shown signs of improvement, winning their last two league outings against Hibs and Aberdeen to keep alive their slim hopes. Pushing their way into the top six prior to the league split is the club's immediate priority before they attempt to close in on the teams further up the table. Prior to this afternoon's matches, Hearts were 11 points behind third-placed Dundee United and five behind Falkirk in sixth.And, while Frail admitted that the InterToto Cup is an option the Jambos are exploring, he assured supporters that he and the players would still be striving to reel in United."It's a possibility," said Frail when asked whether the club would be applying for the competition before the April 8 deadline."There is a good standard of opposition in the competition so it's something that the club will look at."We would have to start training a couple of weeks earlier but football is now 12 months of the year and the plus would be that we would have competitive games."We would have to look at the early start but it can take you into the season and the start of it is probably not far away from when we started last year."It sounds strange to say that we've not given up hope of getting into Europe either but if we can put a wee run together then we can kick on."We're not making any grand statement .
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