Noon News: Entertainment, Politics, Business

The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers will battle in game three on Thursday night of the NBA playoffs with the series tied at 1-1. The Heat and Pacers will tip off from Indiana at 7PM Eastern Time and ESPN provides the live national television broadcast.
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CHICAGO (AP) – Mikkel Boedker’s shot from a difficult angle found its way into the net, ending an exhausting third overtime in three games, and sending the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
But the defeat was only part of the Blackhawks’ bad Tuesday night. They also lost star forward Marian Hossa [...]

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Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu was the victim of a draft-night prank which led him to believe he was being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals.
As it turns out, the Bengals did select Sanu — in the third round on Friday night.
Sanu received a phone call from someone identifying himself as a [...]

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If Kevin Love still was experiencing headache pain Thursday night, April 12, imagine how he would have felt had he been at Target Center for the Timberwolves’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Wolves’ hard-nosed leader would have seen his team suffer the inevitable: elimination from the Western Conference playoff race with a 95-82 loss [...]

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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — the Washington Capitals didn’t have Nicklas Backstrom and gave up twice as many shots on net as they generated, but still found a way to pull-even with the Boston Bruins at two-games apiece with a 2-1 win in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Thursday night.
“I think we had a pretty good start [...]

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Matt Lauer is sticking with NBC’s “Today,” ending speculation that the top-rated show might have to face ABC’s rising “good Morning America” without him.
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE ARCHIVEMatt Lauer poses with actress Sandra Bullock during a ‘Today’ show visit to New Orleans. Lauer has signed a new contract with NBC, keeping him on the morning news [...]

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Friday, March 30, 2012 | 5:15 p.m.
Country music’s Party of the Year is on a roll, and negotiations to keep the annual Academy of Country Music Awards here at MGM Grand also are underway. Las Vegas doesn’t want to see Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones lure the week that Vegas Goes Country to Texas and [...]

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Ashley Judd played a mother out to find her kidnapped son in Thursday night's premiere of Missing. for an actor who's so good at delivering dialogue with lucid straightforwardness, Judd was best when she wasn't speaking
Ashley Judd played a mother out to find her kidnapped son in Thursday night's premiere of Missing. for an actor [...]

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March 16, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Rod Blagojevich’s former chief of staff is scheduled to learn his fate Friday.
John Harris was convicted in the same corruption scandal that sent Blagojevich to prison.
Harris had a big influence on ex-governor Blagojevich, who spent his first night in federal prison Thursday night.
Harris was [...]

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The CIAA party season got into full swing Thursday night, with tons and tons of people squeezing onto the sidewalks and streets of Charlotte.
And when we say “party,” I mean those unofficial events that make up most of this week’s activities; there are dozens to attend and no one can do it all, but I [...]

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