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Did you know?: With Thursday’s loss in Phoenix, the Bulls fell to 5-48 on their annual November trip (due to the arrival of the circus in Chicago) since Michael Jordan left the team after the 1997-98 season.

Big fish: John Beck, from Mesa Mountain View High School, gets his NFL starting debut at quarterback for the Dolphins against the Eagles.

After Phoenix Mountain Pointe senior Ryan Blom was taken from the field by ambulance in the final minutes of last week’s 55-21 loss to Chandler Hamilton, several questions arose regarding the best course of action when a game gets out of hand.

Let’s say you run a pro basketball team. You’re in hock for $100 million to your star player and your legendary coach.

Let’s say you run a pro basketball team. You’re in hock for $100 million to your star player and your legendary coach.

Spotlight on Jameson Bevans: Trying to repeat as state boys volleyball champs is not easy and Jameson Bevans and his Highland teammates are finding that out as the first month of the volleyball season comes to a close and they sport a record of 4-4.

History is full of savvy — or unscrupulous — entrepreneurs who have turned profits as a result of tragedy.

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MEXICO CITY - Kitelab, the Mexico City market research company, conducted a survey that has tremendous implications for understanding how U.S. Latino communities perceive themselves. Underlying the research is knowledge that Latinos will represent a $1.3 trillion consumer market by 2012.

The effort was there. The will was there. The shooting touch wasn’t for Mesa Westwood.

In the Wednesday, January 23 Tribune, the “Inside the NCAA” column on Page B5 should have indicated that UCLA is the only men’s basketball team to beat Washington State this season.

If you want the inside of your ride to shine just as much as the outside, then you should get to know Putco Inc., out of Story City, Iowa.