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While the great migration from Rust Belt cities to such Sun Belt giants as Phoenix and Houston has been under way for years, what's new is that the hottest places in America to find jobs are small and midsize towns, and not all of them are in the warmer latitudes. Burgs ranging from Fargo, N.D., to Fayetteville, Ark., to Reno, Nev., are leading the U.S. in job gains. The Milken Institute, a private think tank, found in its annual ranking of cities with the most job growth that 11 of the top 20 had populations well under 1 million...
...million contract--certainly set up Lebron James for a fall. But the high school phenom's NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers silenced most doubters. The teen had 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds against Sacramento, followed by a 21-point, 12-rebound, 8-assist game in Phoenix. Hoopheads and NBA vets alike were impressed. Only the Cavs were a bit let down; they lost both games...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ... Spell of the Phoenix The latest Harry Potter book has had an unexpected effect on young fans. Pediatrician Howard J. Bennett, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported an outbreak of headaches among children reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bennett attributed their ailment - which he dubbed "Hogwarts headaches" - to the eight-hour reading sessions the young enthusiasts put in as they plowed through the 870-page tome. Fortunately, the symptoms clear up a day or two after the patient finishes the book...
Naming rights to sports facilities usually go to local companies: there's Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.; Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco; and America West Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., among others. So why is Toyota, a Japanese company with U.S. offices in Torrance, Calif., the nameplate for the new Toyota Center arena in Houston? For one 7-ft. 5-in. reason: Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets star from Shanghai. Toyota opened a new plant in Tianjin, China, and hopes millions of Yao fans will soon be Corolla fans...
...Officers assisted Cambridge Police Department (CPD) officers with a threat to commit a crime at the Phoenix Club...