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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (left) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James warm up before an NBA charity basketball invitational game in Oklahoma City on Oct. 23. The NBA had a series of exhibition games to keep players in the spotlight during the lockout. The lockout is hurting local businesses and arena employees in Oklahoma City.

Some Local Businesses Hurting Without NBA Assist

The NBA's ongoing lockout affects the hometown cities in different ways. While most large cities with a professional basketball team can attract fans with other professional sports, in places like Oklahoma City, businesses suffer as a result. Economists estimate each lost game is a million-dollar hit to the city's economy.

Republican presidential candidates (from left) Jon Huntsman, Herman Cain, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum prepare to debate during the event sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express at the Florida state fairgrounds on Sept. 12 in Tampa.

Tea Party Looks To Recapture Election Magic In 2012

It was one year ago that the Tea Party movement helped Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. With the presidential election a year away, the movement finds itself searching for ways to have the same kind of impact this time around.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, holds the hand of Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi during a must-watched vote at the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.

Updated: Silvio Berlusconi Offers To Resign

Saying his resignation was for the good of the country, the Italian leader confirmed he will step aside after Parliament passes a budget that includes tough new austerity measures. Italy's borrowing costs are ballooning as the bond market worries that it hasn't put its financial house in order.

Triage nurses screen patients in the ER waiting room at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago in late 2010. Patients in Chicago were among those least satisfied with their hospital care.

Unhappiest Hospital Patients Are In New York City, Chicago And Florida

Patients in those places gave some of the lowest evaluations of their hospital stays, Medicare data show. The surveys asked patients how well their doctors and nurses communicated, whether their pain was always handled welland whether their rooms were clean and quiet.

Cain accuser and longtime government employee Karen Kraushaar once worked as a spokesperson for the Immigration And Naturalization. She offered a statement after meeting with the Miami family of Elian Gonzalez in March of 2000.

Early Cain Accuser Is GOP-Leaning Independent, Long-Time Federal Worker

Another name of a woman accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment has surfaced. A lawyer for Karen Kraushaar previously gave an anonymous account of her complaint against Cain.

This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7 when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles from Earth.

As Asteroid Approaches, Here's How To Watch It

2005 YU55 will be closest to Earth at 6:28 p.m. ET. If you have a telescope, it will be visible from North America.

People walk past the Wall Street bull in New York City.

Report: Wall Street Bonuses Will Decline 20 To 30 Percent This Year

Because of economic uncertainty, bankers and traders will see smaller bonus checks. This comes after two years of record payouts.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at a press conference in Arizona.

Cain Says He Won't Drop Out Of GOP Race

Amid allegations from four women of sexual harassment, the presidential candidate denied anew that he had ever behaved inappropriately and said the alleged incidents "simply didn't happen." He said he would be willing to take a lie-detector test if there were a good reason.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain met with supporters in Talladega, Ala., on Oct. 28, before allegations of sexual harassment against him surfaced.

Cain Donors Stand By Their Man For Now

NPR spoke with nearly two dozen Herman Cain campaign donors. Most say they don't believe the sexual harassment accusations and that they will consider giving more money to his campaign; two said they already had. But others are wavering, ever so slightly.

Why Do We Hate The Sound Of Fingernails On A Chalkboard?

A pair of researchers propose that the shape of the ear might have something to do with it.

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