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When Yao Ming went down during the third game of the Houston Rockets' Western Conference semifinals series vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on May 8, the big man moaned and slapped the floor. Now it is Chinese fans' turn to grimace after a team doctor announced on June 29 that the stress fracture in the Chinese basketball player's left foot is more serious than previously feared, and could even end the 7-ft. 6-in. center's career...
...this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season, and could be career-threatening," Rockets team physician Tom Clanton told the Houston Chronicle. "One of the things we are trying to get is a consensus opinion on that, to make certain there is no option we are overlooking that would provide an earlier return or would be an option for treatment that he would prefer rather than doing additional surgery." (See pictures of street basketball in China...
...walked into the sanctuary with her husband and two friends and took a seat in the front row. Asked what weapon she had with her, Smith had to stop and think about which gun she'd brought but finally said it was a Beretta .25 automatic. Her husband, Michael Houston, wore a Browning .380 in a holster. Their friends, Ted and Barbara Grant, were also carrying weapons. Barbara, wearing a NYPD baseball cap, had a Ruger .38 revolver, while Ted, who wore a ball cap with the National Rifle Association logo on the side and "Silver Bullet Brigade...
...every Indian collector, of course, is trying to be the next Dominique de Menil or Henry Clay Frick, whose private collections are now significant museums in Houston and New York City, respectively. But they are serious about sharing their newfound enthusiasm. Swapan Seth, an advertising executive and collector in New Delhi, rents out an empty flat every few weeks to show off his latest finds to his friends, curating the shows and hanging the pieces himself. He spends at least two hours a day reading about art, educating himself about the artists he likes and how they fit into...
...blast rattled the neighborhood in Corpus Christi, on the southern Texas coast. Debris was found about two blocks away. Houston said the explosion "pretty much leveled the whole place" and shattered windows in nearby homes...