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N.C. Central coach LeVelle Moton comes off like a guy with no idea of what to expect from his team against rival N.C. A&T today when it begins play in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament.
But those in the know believe the Eagles' fourth-year skipper has his fingers positioned to push all of the right buttons.
Moton is among 20 finalists for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year award, given annually to the top minority coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball. That puts him in the same company as former Duke player and current Harvard coach Tommy Amaker and Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart.
Norfolk State coach Anthony Evans is on that short list, too, and Moton could match wits with him in the championship game of the MEAC Tournament if the Eagles and Spartans can hang around until Saturday.
NCCU lost just one game in the MEAC, and the Eagles already beat A&T twice this season, but Moton recently said his team has issues with putting opponents out of their misery once they have them down.
A&T beat Florida A&M on Tuesday night, setting up tonight's postseason version of the Aggie-Eagle game (8 p.m., NCCUEaglePride.com).
NCCU has two first-team all-conference performers in Stanton Kidd and Jeremy Ingram.
Ingram finished the regular season second in the MEAC in scoring with 15.9 points per game, while Kidd's 14.5 points put him third in the league in scoring.
A&T's Austin Witter was the MEAC's defensive player of the year.
Moton, who was a high-scoring guard for NCCU and is in the school's sports hall of fame, led the Eagles (22-8, 15-1 MEAC) to their first season of more than 20 wins for the first time since he was a freshman in 1992.
The namesake of the Ben Jobe Award is regarded as an icon among historically black colleges and universities, having coached at Southern University, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and S.C. State.
The 2013 Ben Jobe Award recipient will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Atlanta, where this season's NCAA national champion will be crowned.


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ATLANTA (AP) - Jay-Z is taking another step into the pro basketball realm: The Grammy-winning rapper and minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets will serve as the executive producer for the coming "NBA 2K13" video game.
2K Sports announced the partnership with Jay-Z on Tuesday. The rapper, who designed the Nets' new logo and color scheme, selected 24 songs for the soundtrack and offered input for the game's interactive in-game menus.
Jay-Z said in a statement that his involvement was a "unique opportunity" to help produce "NBA 2K13," the latest installment of the best-selling basketball video game franchise. Last year's game sold more than 5 million copies.
The soundtrack features Jay-Z, Kanye West, Coldplay, Roy Ayers, U2 and Nas. The game is expected to go on sale Oct. 2.
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The new requirements, which will be effective for incoming ninth graders this fall, were mandated under a law approved by the Legislature last year that scaled back high school testing and overhauled graduation rules.
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Yesterday, R&B singer Lloyd hit up BET's 106 and Park to not only promote his new album, but show off his new hair style. The cut, which required him to leave about 70% of his head bald, includes a tattoo of 'guns and roses'. Lloyd explained that while getting the tattoo, he thought of his grandfather who passed away July 4th of last year and he chose 'guns and roses' because he's a walking contrast. Although, hosts Terrence and Rocsi seemed intrigued by the new do, new artist Miguel didn't seem too thrilled about the new cut. He took to his twitter and blasted LLoyd for copying him, writing:
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VILAMOURA, Portugal, Sept. 24, 1998 International leaders are moving closer to conducting strong, effective air strikes against Serb military targets to end the crisis in Kosovo.
The United Nations passed a resolution Sept 23 calling for a Kosovo cease-fire. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization approved an activation warning order Sept. 24 for both a limited air option and a phased air campaign in Kosovo.
"This is serious, and it is more than words," Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said of NATO's action. He said it's intended to send a strong message to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Cohen is in Portugal for a meeting of NATO defense ministers.
The NATO warning order does not commit NATO to use force, Cohen explained, but it provides for the detailed planning needed should the alliance decide to use force. If military force is ordered, he said, the United States will participate.
Kosovo was a politically autonomous province of the Yugoslavian republic of Serbia. When the Yugoslavian federation dissolved in 1989, Serbia declared itself the federal successor and stripped Kosovo of its special status. Ever since, a guerrilla faction of ethnic Albanians, who comprise about 90 percent of Kosovo's 2 million population, has sought independence. Open fighting exploded when Milosevic sent his army to suppress resistance.
U.S. officials say nearly 250,000 Kosovars have fled their homes and are either refugees or internally displaced within the country. Many are living in the open countryside or in the mountains without shelter or food. To date, diplomatic efforts to end the crisis peacefully have failed.
"Unless there is prompt action by Milosevic, the alliance stands ready to follow up and consider issuing an ultimatum," said Walt Slocombe, undersecretary of defense for policy. Any air strikes ordered would involve "very effective, very strong blows aimed at the very instruments that Milosevic is using to carry out his repression," he said.
The activation warning order positions NATO to act quickly, Slocombe said. It will allow the alliance to move, within a matter of days, from "'being ready to execute' to 'execute.'" It is not a decision either to issue an ultimatum or to launch an attack, he said.
The North Atlantic Council approved the order Sept. 24 that will take NATO "to an increased level of military preparedness," NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana said following a council meeting here. The order allows NATO commanders to identify assets required for air operations, he said.
"Let me stress that the use of force will require further decisions by the North Atlantic Council, but today's decision is an important political signal of NATO's readiness to use force," the secretary-general said.
"The United States and its allies are moving NATO activities from the planning state to readiness to act," President Clinton said in a Sept. 24 statement in Washington. "With more than 250,000 Kosovars displaced from their homes and cold weather coming, Milosevic must act immediately to heed the will of the international community."
The U.N. resolution places responsibility "squarely on President Milosevic to take the concrete steps necessary to prevent a major humanitarian disaster and restore peace in the region," Clinton said. It also makes it clear that the deteriorating situation in Kosovo constitutes a threat to regional peace and security, he said.
"The international community has run out of patience with [Milosevic's] activities in Kosovo," Slocombe said. "This NATO action, coupled with the U.N. Security Council action , sends a clear message that Milosevic has got to stop the offensive against the civilian population of Kosovo."
International officials are calling on Milosevic to withdraw forces sent in to carry out a campaign of suppression. He must allow displaced persons and refugees to return to their homes. He must allow nongovernmental organizations to provide necessary humanitarian relief. He also must begin serious political engagement toward negotiations for an interim settlement that would provide an amenable basis for autonomy for Kosovo.
NATO's activation warning signifies the increasing urgency of the situation, Slocombe explained. "I'm told it snowed in Kosovo two days ago," he said. "If we are to avert a humanitarian disaster, there has to be action within the next few weeks."
Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to NATO, said: "Any NATO action will be aimed at compelling Milosevic to pull back those forces, withdraw those who don't belong in Kosovo, and enable a secure environment to be re-established in which humanitarian operations could function and people could return without fear."


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Let's set the table. You can read the reconciliation text here. The preliminary CBO analysis is here.
Democrats played with the numbers in order to produce the result they wanted. If the bill had increased the deficit, it would have been unable to proceed under the Byrd reconciliation rule. So they went fishing for the perfect schedule of taxes and spending, fees, restrictions, and subsidies. And they found it. The problem? "The CBO process has now been so thoroughly gamed that it's useless," says Megan McArdle.
Health care reform is going to wind up being tremendously expensive. As Philip Klein notes: "Democrats have maintained the strategy of delaying the major spending provisions until 2014 to create the appearance that the bill is cheaper over the CBO's ten year budget window, from 2010 through 2019. In this version, the bill spends $17 billion in the first four years, while the remaining $923 billion, or 98 percent, is spent in the next six years."
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With the cigarette industry in trouble, it's time for big tobacco to get bigger.
On Friday, two of the largest tobacco companies in the country — Lorillard Lorillard and Reynolds American Reynolds American — confirmed weeks of speculation that the two companies are discussing a major merger. The two cigarette giants have a combined market cap over $55 billion, with annual sales of about $15 billion last year.
Lorillard, the oldest continuously operating US tobacco company, is attractive for its popular menthol Newport, as well as its ownership of Blu, the e-cigarette brand it bought in 2012. Reynolds brings to the table brands Camel and Pall Mall, as well as a competing e-cig, Vuse. The combined company would create a strong #2 industry player to challenge Philip Morris owner Altria Group Altria Group.
No agreement has been reached yet on terms, but British American Tobacco British American Tobacco, which owns 42% of Reynolds, supports the potential deal and says it would like to maintain its stake in the larger company. Another rival, Imperial Tobacco Group Imperial Tobacco Group, is also involved in the talks to buy brands that might need to be sold as part of antitrust settlements.
The US cigarette business has been in a long steady decline as fewer Americans choose to smoke. E-cigarettes, while still a small percentage of the total market, are by far the fastest growing segment. There are many upstarts in the business, although some of the largest players have already been swallowed up by traditional tobacco companies. Blu, the brand owned by Lorillard, is the biggest seller in the US.
Lorillard shares rose 3% on the news, and are now up nearly 30% in 2014. Reynolds was down about 2%, but also remains up over 20% this year. Meanwhile Imperial was up 2%. British American and Philip Morris shares were mostly flat on Friday morning.
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