Los Angeles  - Chris Paul started slowly but finished with a flurry.

Paul scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half, and James Posey knocked down the go-ahead three-pointer with 19.1 seconds left as the visiting New Orleans Hornets nipped the Denver Nuggets 105-101 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.

"I'm one of those guys who try to let the game come to me," said Paul, who also dished out 10 assists.

"Right before the third quarter, coach said to me, you need to get it going a little bit, so I tried to. I just got a little more aggressive and we got out in transition.

"J. R. Smith shot the ball amazing tonight," he added. "This is a great win for our team."

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 -- T. I.'s "Live Your Life," featuring Rihanna, is No. 1 on the U. S. record chart for a fifth non-consecutive week, Billboard. com reported Thursday.

Los Angeles  - With the dreamy prospects of having superstar LeBron James in a New York Knicks' uniform two seasons from now, the atmosphere in the Big Apple was electric until he and the Cleveland Cavaliers short-circuited the moment, at least for now.

"King James" scored a game-high 26 points before sitting out the final quarter, and the surging Cavaliers shrugged off the distractions to hammer the Knicks 119-101 on Tuesday night for their 10th win in the last 11 games.

Los Angeles - Just four days after the finalizing of her divorce from ex-husband Guy Ritchie, Madonna appears to be finding solace in the arms of baseball hunk Alex Rodriguez, according to gossip reports Tuesday.

Television show E! News reported that the 50-year-old Queen of Pop met up with the 33-year-old sports star at a tour stop in Atlanta, and that the couple then flew together to Miami aboard a private jet.

The couple will also spend the Thanksgiving holiday together, with Rodriguez hosting Madonna and her children at his New York apartment.

The arrangement was far from popular with Rodriguez' estranged wife Cynthia, according to Access Hollywood, who accused Rodriguez of abandoning his own children during the important US holiday.

Los Angeles - Los Angeles wants to become the United States' first solar city by generating 10 per cent of its electricity through solar power, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The ambitious plan would create the largest solar base of any city in the world, according to solar energy experts.

Under the plan proposed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the sprawling city would purchase 1,280 megawatts of solar power - about 500 megawatts would come from private generating plants in the Mojave Desert, a further 380 megawatts would come from a programme to encourage residents to put solar panels on their roofs, while another 400 megawatts would come from panels on city-owned buildings.

Los Angeles - Through the first 12 games, the San Antonio Spurs missed their leading scorer Manu Ginobili, but the Argentine star hardly missed a beat once he returned to action.

George Hill scored 20 points and Roger Mason added 18 with five three-pointers as the visiting Spurs welcomed back Ginobili with a 94-81 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.

Ginobili had not played this season while recovering from off- season surgery on his left ankle. However, the energetic All-Star guard scored 12 points in just over 11 minutes in his season debut.