Los Angeles  - National Basketball Association standings and results from Saturday's games: <# Eastern Conference ==================

Atlantic Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Toronto 3 0 1.000 - Boston 2 1 .667 1.0 New Jersey 1 1 .500 1.5 New York 1 1 .500 1.5 Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2.0

Central Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Detroit 2 0 1.000 - Chicago 2 1 .667 0.5 Indiana 1 1 .500 1.0 Cleveland 1 2 .333 1.5 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1.5

South-East Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Atlanta 2 0 1.000 - Charlotte 1 1 .500 1.0 Miami 1 2 .333 1.5 Orlando 1 2 .333 1.5 Washington 0 2 .000 2.0

Western Conference ==================

Los Angeles - Barack Obama has promised to increase taxes if he becomes president of the United States. But the really rich want change and many of them have said they are voting for the senator from Illinois.

Despite the tradition that says the country's wealthy tend to favour the Republican Party, there has been an unexpected swing ahead of Tuesday's election that favours the black Democratic candidate.

For starters, the country's two richest men, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, have already said they will vote for Obama. According to Forbes magazine, Gates - worth an estimated 55.5 billion dollars - contributed 2,300 dollars to the Democrat's campaign in the primaries.

Los Angeles  - Barack Obama is hoping to become the first African American president of the United States in Tuesday's election, but plenty of black actors have blazed a path for him - at least in the alternative reality of Hollywood.

Fans of the hit thriller 24 can no doubt recall the ever-cool and assuring presence of President David Palmer, who was played by Dennis Haysbert.

But probably far fewer remember that Sammy Davis Jr also played a child who becomes president in the 1933 satire Rufus Jones for President.

Los Angeles - Chris Bosh took care of the offense and made sure his Toronto Raptors teammates handled the defense down the stretch.

Bosh had 31 points with nine rebounds, and the Raptors won their season home-opener by dominating the Golden State Warriors in overtime for a 112-108 victory on Friday night.

"We just got to play tough down the stretch, that's really what it's all about," said Bosh, who scored 14 points in the final quarter and overtime.

"We knew we had to jump on them. That's what overtime is all about, especially when you're at home," he added. "We jumped on them early. I told them, 'Look, we don't worry about offense. If we stop them we're going to win the game.'"

The Neil Young concert that was to be held at The Forum, Los Angeles on Thursday night has been cancelled, as the 62-year old rocker-activist would rather cancel the show than cross the picket line, the striking local faction of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union of which both Young and his wife are honorary lifetime members, plans to form there during the show against The Forum’s owner, Faithful Central Bible Church, due to disputes over contracts.