Los Angeles - Frenchman Tony Parker was unstoppable, and the San Antonio Spurs are no longer win-less.
Parker poured in a career-high 55 points, and the visiting Spurs outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-125 in double overtime on Wednesday night.
At 0-3, the four-time NBA Champion Spurs were off to their worst start since the 1973-74 campaign when they played in the old ABA. However, Parker put an end to that, hitting 22-of-36 field goals, mostly on a mixture of layups and soft jumpers.
Los Angeles - BMW is launching a fleet of 500 electric-powered MINI cars for private and business customers in the United States with a prototype to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Motor Show this month.
The zero-emission MINI E, powered by a 150 kW/205 hp electric engine that gets its energy from a lithium-ion battery pack, would be leased to customers in California, New York and New Jersey inn 2009, the car maker said.
Los Angeles - Online media site MySpace is offering the owners of copyright material the chance to cash in on its online popularity.
MySpace said Monday that it had reached a deal with media giant Viacom whereby it will insert adds into the company's video excerpts that are screened on its site and pay the media giant a slice of the revenues.
Prior to this arrangement, the only procedure MySpace followed in dealing with copyrighted material was to try and identify it and block its appearance on the popular social networking site.
Los Angeles - Teenagers who watch television programs with high sexual content double their risk of being involved in a pregnancy, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
The RAND Corp study is the first of its kind to identify a link between teenagers' exposure to sexual content on TV and teen pregnancies.
Los Angeles - The first cinematic sequel in the High School Musical series continued to earn top marks over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year debuted as the top-grossing film last weekend and remained number one in its second three-day weekend, earning 15 million dollars.
Los Angeles - LeBron James now has a clear understanding of why the New Orleans Hornets signed James Posey in the off season.
Posey sparked a fourth-quarter surge with a strip of James and a dunk Saturday night as the New Orleans Hornets pulled away from the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 104-92 victory in an early season match-up of championship contenders.
David West scored 25 points, and Chris Paul added 24 and 15 assists for the Hornets (3-0), who limited James to 15 points and captured their home opener after road wins over Golden State and Phoenix.
Los Angeles - BMW is launching a fleet of 500 electric-powered MINI cars for private and business customers in the United States with a prototype to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Motor Show this month.
Los Angeles - Online media site MySpace is offering the owners of copyright material the chance to cash in on its online popularity.
Los Angeles - Teenagers who watch television programs with high sexual content double their risk of being involved in a pregnancy, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
Los Angeles - The first cinematic sequel in the High School Musical series continued to earn top marks over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.
