Four players, including linebacker Jonathan Vilma, were suspended Wednesday by the NFL for their roles in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program. Vilma was suspended for the entire 2012 season. The other three players, two of them no longer with the Saints, received lesser penalties. Read full article > >

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Any veteran armchair quarterback knows that most of the NFL stars who actually play quarterback no longer remain with one team for their entire careers. But even for hardcore cynics, this week’s musical chairs-type movement in Denver was new territory. Read full article > >

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Famous infant and recording artist Blue Ivy Carter has been generating a huge amount of buzz on the Web just four days after her arrival. And a little controversy. A spokesman for the Lenox Hill Hospital, where Blue was born Saturday, has denied reports that Beyonce and Jay-Z paid $1.3 million to rent out the entire fourth floor for their first child’s arrival. Read full article > >

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian scientists have produced the nation’s first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the country’s nuclear agency said Sunday. The announcement marks another step in Tehran’s efforts to achieve proficiency in the entire nuclear fuel cycle — from exploring uranium ore to producing nuclear fuel — despite U.N. sanctions and measures by the U.S. and others to get it to halt aspects of its atomic work that could provide a possible pathway to weapons production. Read full article > >

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Under immense pressure to quickly settle their differences or risk losing the entire season, NBA owners and players reached a handshake deal on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement in the wee hours on Saturday morning that will allow teams to start playing games on Christmas day. Representatives for the league and players met for an exhausting, 15-hour negotiation session and held a joint news conference around 3:30 a.m. to announce that the lockout is almost over after 149 days. Read full article > >

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NBA lockout: Owners, players reach tentative agreement to start season on Christmas Day

Under immense pressure to quickly settle their differences or risk losing the entire season, NBA owners and players reached a handshake deal on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement in the wee hours on Saturday morning that will allow teams to start playing games on Christmas day. Representatives for the league and players met for an exhausting, 15-hour negotiation session and held a joint news conference around 3:30 a.m. to announce that the lockout is almost over after 149 days. Read full article > >

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Some Maryland players said it felt like a dark cloud hovered over their team house during the entire 2009 season. Heart-wrenching losses, unforeseen injuries and overall misfortune marred a 10-loss season that they felt was the worst football experience they would ever endure. Then came this season. A loss Saturday at North Carolina State would give Maryland (2-9, 1-6 ACC) its second 10-loss season in the past three years. All factors considered, some veterans have said this season has been worse than the 2009 season that nearly cost then-Coach Ralph Friedgen his job. Read full article > >

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In a show of solidarity, or perhaps defiance, about 50 NBA players packed themselves into a cramped ballroom last week to announce that they were not only going to leave the league’s latest take-it-or-leave-it offer, but they also were willing to possibly forfeit their entire 2011-12 salaries to get a collective bargaining agreement that they deem fair. Read full article > >

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I walked to the nearest corner store in Anacostia yesterday because I needed crackers for soup. I don’t go there often because it’s not the most pleasant of places; it’s dank and the owners—nice people—collect their money from behind plexiglass. But I walked in yesterday to find a new owner and disturbing changes. Previously, you walked around, collected your items and paid at the front counter. Now, the entire store is behind Plexiglas. You have to point to the items you want and the owner goes and gets them for you. Read full article > >

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“The Darkest Hour” is the name of a movie that opens on Christmas Day this year, but it might as well be the catchphrase for the entire holiday season at the multiplex. Consider some titles soon to grace screens at theaters near you: “Into the Abyss.” “Melancholia.” “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” If you don’t care for “Outrage,” how about “Shame”? Read full article > >

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“The Darkest Hour” is the name of a movie that opens on Christmas Day this year, but it might as well be the catchphrase for the entire holiday season at the multiplex. Consider some titles soon to grace screens at theaters near you: “Into the Abyss.” “Melancholia.” “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” If you don’t care for “Outrage,” how about “Shame”? Read full article > >

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ST. LOUIS — The Texas Rangers were finding out Thursday night, in Game 6 of the World Series, what the entire National League found out in September, what the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers found out in October: You cannot kill the St. Louis Cardinals . If they are down to their last game, they will win it. If they are down to their last out, they will redeem it. If they are down to their last strike, you’d better paint the corner and pray. Read full article > >

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2011 World Series Game 6: St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers, force Game 7 on David Freese homer in 11th

The White House has authorized an independent review of all loan guarantees made by the Energy Department to foster green technology following the bankruptcy this year of Solyndra, the California company that received a $535 million loan through the program. White House officials said Friday that Chief of Staff William Daley ordered the review that will evaluate the entire $35.9 billion loan portfolio made to support the private-sector development of new technologies that could help improve the economy and create jobs. Read full article > >

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DEAR AMY: My freshman seminar professor recently assigned a labor-intensive reading assignment. I didn’t have time to do the entire thing, so a few of my classmates and I split up the assignment and then swapped notes (I still skimmed the other parts, trying not to feel like a slacker.) Is this practice morally sound if we’re only sharing notes and turning them in for grades? Read full article > >

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Andy Murray must wait until 1600 BST on Wednesday to resume his US Open campaign after rain cancels the entire schedule for day nine.

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