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Original rules of basketball go to auction Dec. 10 Naismith’s original basketball rules go to auction; expected to raise $2M for youth charity Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Heat’s opener went the way the rest of the league hoped BOSTON Dwyane Wade, who played badly, opened with an apology. “Sorry if everyone thought we’d go 82-0,” D-Wade said. “It just ain’t happening.” Read more on The Indianapolis…

London 2012 Olympic budget maintained despite cuts British government maintains London 2012 Olympic budget despite widespread spending cuts Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Call of the Wolf: Belton sophomore receiver Mahler making a name for himself BELTON – Of all the uniqueness surrounding Wolf Mahler, one can’t look past the origin of his first name. Even he doesn’t know the explanation behind it. In fact, very few…

France beats Bosnia 2-0 in Euro 2012 qualifier France bounces back with 2-0 win in Bosnia-Herzegovina in qualifying for European Championship Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Germany, France fail to reach Olympics Germany and France have failed to qualify for next year’s European under-21 tournament and are now out of contention for a spot in the 2012 Olympic men’s soccer tournament. Despite beating Northern Ireland 3-0 on…

Lady Gaga assumes reign as latest ‘Twitter queen’ Lady Gaga surpasses Spears as top Twitter draw, thanks fans for starting reign as ‘queen’ Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Your Weather: Amazing I have never seen the sky so menacing. I posted earlier pics from this same storm. Victoria/Queen & Lancaster St. area Read more on The Weather Network

Skating split: Kim Yu-na leaves coach Brian Orser Kim Yu-na leaves coach Brian Orser; Olympic skate champ’s reps cite ‘uncomfortable’ relations Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Indian officials sweat over weightlifting fine Indian weightlifting officials fear the country could miss out on up to 14 Commonwealth Games medals if they fail to meet a fast-approaching deadline to pay a fine for drug offenses. The national federation was…

Ukraine to teach over 100,000 people English for Euro-2012 The training of personnel, in particular teaching them English, is one of Ukraine’s priorities as it prepares to jointly host Euro 2012, the country’s deputy premier said on Tuesday. Read more on Russian Information Agency Novosti Honda plans electric vehicle, plug-in in 2012 Honda says it will sell electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid in 2012 Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa…

ISU yanks Plushenko’s eligibility over exhibitions Plushenko’s competitive career on ice after ISU decides he violated eligibility rules Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay Not just steam wafting from your coffee: BC roaster calculates carbon footprint There’s more than just steam wafting from your morning coffee — every cup you drink also leaves behind a trail of carbon dioxide. Read more on Times & Transcript