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Chris Paul was born in Lewisville, North Carolina in 1985 as the second son of Charles Edward Paul and Robin Jones, two years after Charles “C.J.” Paul in 1983. [1]

When the New Orleans Hornets reach out to Chris Paul not long after Dec. 9, they will offer him a max deal that will have one more guaranteed year and be worth $27 million more than what any other team can offer. [2]

“I’m sure Chris Paul and the Knicks are first on each other’s lists, but although extend-and-trades and sign-and-trades are still allowed in this agreement, there are a lot of restrictions,” Berger explains. [3]

Nash keeps the Knicks’ Chris Paul aspirations afloat, and also presents them with other options, like signing Dwight Howard next summer and holding onto him at a discount. [4]

Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Orleans Hornets. [...] Since being selected 4th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by New Orleans, Paul has been a NBA Rookie of the Year (2006), a four-time All-Star, and an multiple All-NBA and All-Defensive team honoree. [1]

The Knicks should have enough room beneath the salary cap next summer to offer Paul, who can become a free agent after this season, a contract starting around $13.5 million, just below the maximum. [3]

Prior to the lockout, the Knicks were immersed in a flurry of trade and free-agency rumors, a trend that is going to continue now that a tentative agreement to end the lockout has been reached. [4]

Stay connected with your favorite player with NBA mobile player alerts. [5]

The Paul brothers only ended up playing on the court for 15 seconds together at the end of a playoff game in Paul’s sophomore year and C.J.’s senior year in 2001. [1]

Sources:
[1] Chris Paul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Report: Chris Paul eyeing Knicks or? Clippers?
[3] Report: Knicks are ‘first choice’ for Chris Paul - CBSSports.com
[4] Knicks Rumors: Chris Paul, Jamal Crawford and Other Players Linked …
[5] Chris Paul Info Page | NBA.com

Joran van der Sloot will stand trial beginning January 6 on robbery and murder charges related to a 21-year-old woman’s death, a Peruvian court announced Friday. [1]

Joran van der Sloot (center), is escorted by Peruvian police as he arrives at the Criminal Investigation Direction office in Lima on June 5, 2010. [2]

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man accused of bludgeoning and strangling to death a young Peruvian woman and the principal suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, is believed to have got his girlfriend pregnant - while behind bars. [3]

In a video that was broadcast Monday by Peruvian news station RPP Noticias, Joran van der Sloot allegedly said he strangled Stephany Flores. [4]

Joran van der Sloot, the man still suspected of murdering disappeared American student Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has filed a lawsuit against authorities with the Chilean and Peruvian government as well as Richard Flores, the father of a second murder victim whom van der Sloot is suspected of slaying. [5]

Joran van der Sloot was charged in Peru with the murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez and is suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. [6]

Joran van der Sloot was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. [7]

Joran van der Sloot says he wants $10 million in damages from Chile for violating his rights when he was arrested in the nation while he was sought by Peruvian authorities in the slaying of Stephany Flores, reports Radio Netherlands Worldwide. [8]

LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian judge has set Jan. 6 as the trial date for Joran van der Sloot in the killing of a Peruvian woman five years to the day after U.S. student Natalie Holloway disappeared. [9]

Peruvian police sought van der Sloot in connection with the May 30, 2010, killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores at a Lima hotel. [8]

Sources:
[1] Joran van der Sloot: News & Videos about Joran van der Sloot - CNN.com
[2] Joran Van Der Sloot Names Former President And Stephany Flores …
[3] Joran van der Sloot to be a father: Chief suspect in Natalee …
[4] Joran Van Der Sloot Confesses To Stephany Flores Murder In Newly …
[5] Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot files $10 million lawsuit …
[6] Joran van der Sloot Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story …
[7] Joran van der Sloot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[8] Joran van der Sloot petitions international rights panel claiming …
[9] Joran van der Sloot murder trial set for Jan. 6

LOS ANGELES - Tobey Maguire has decided to fold his cards and settle a lawsuit over his winnings from a convicted con man during high-stakes Hollywood poker games. [1]

Tobey Maguire knows when to throw down his cards and settle up. [2]

LOS ANGELES - Tobey Maguire has decided to fold.em and settle a lawsuit over his winnings from a convicted con man during high-stakes Hollywood poker games. [3]

Not so for Tobey Maguire, who’s been sued after getting outed as one of the A-listers who allegedly took part in a years-long illegal gambling ring that saw millions of dollars change hands in a series of no-limit high-stakes poker games. [4]

Tobey Maguire competes on the first day of the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event at the Rio Hotel & Casino July 28, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. [5]

Los Angeles (CNN) — Tobey Maguire has settled a lawsuit that sought repayment of hundreds of thousands of dollars the “Spider-Man” actor allegedly won in secret high-stakes poker games at Beverly Hills luxury hotels, according to court documents filed last week. [6]

Apparently Tobey Maguire knows when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em, when to walk away and when to settle up. [7]

Tobey Maguire is best known as the titular star of the Spider-Man movies. [...] Maguire finished 291st out of 6538 players in the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. [8]

Earlier this year, the actor was one of 22 people sued for winning money in allegedly illegal poker games from a Beverly Hills hedge fund manager who was convicted of running a Ponzi Scheme. [2]

Sources:
[1] Tobey Maguire, other celebrities settle lawsuit over poker winnings
[2] Tobey Maguire Pays $80,000 to Settle Lawsuit Over High-Stakes Poker
[3] Tobey Maguire, others settle cases stemming from winnings in …
[4] Tobey Maguire Targeted Over Illicit Poker Ring: Are DiCaprio …
[5] Tobey Maguire agrees to $80,000 settlement in poker winnings lawsuit?
[6] Tobey Maguire settles poker lawsuit
[7] Tobey Maguire settles high-stakes poker lawsuit to the tune of $ …
[8] Tobey Maguire: Biography from Answers.com

This function is evolutionarily conserved as knock-out of the gene reduces the duration of nocturnal sleep in fruitflies. [1]

A collaborative European study led by LMU researchers has shown that ABCC9, a known genetic factor in heart disease and diabetes, also influences the duration of sleep in humans. [2]

A gene that controls how long we sleep has been discovered by scientists explaining why some people have their own internal alarm clock. [3]

Writing in the journal Science, Ying-Hui Fu, University of California, San Francisco, professor of neurology, and colleagues reported the identification of a gene that regulates how much sleep one needs. [4]

Scientists have discovered a gene which they claim holds the key to the secret of an internal alarm clock which allows some people to get by on just four hours of sleep a night. [...] The findings revealed that people who had two copies of one common variant of ABCC9 slept for ’significantly shorter’ periods than people with two copies of another version. [5]

Analysis of the genetic and behavioral data revealed that individuals who had two copies of one common variant of the gene ABCC9 generally slept for a significantly shorter period in an undisturbed environment than did persons with two copies of the other version. [2]

Scientists have discovered a gene that may regulate how much people sleep. [6]

An international team of researchers led by LMU chronobiologists Professor Till Roenneberg and Dr. Karla Allebrandt has now identified the first genetic variant that has a significant effect on sleep duration and is found frequently in the general population. [1]

Scientists identified a gene called ABCC9 that can reduce the length of time we sleep. [3]

Sources:
[1] The ABCC9 of sleep: A genetic factor regulates how long we sleep
[2] The ABCC9 of sleep: A genetic factor that regulates how long we sleep
[3] The Thatcher gene: Scientists discover secret of internal alarm …
[4] Gene Linked To Regulation Of Sleep Time - Health News - redOrbit
[5] A gene that allows some to sleep less
[6] Sleep Gene stories - Jezebel

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[1] App Store - iCam - Webcam Video Streaming
[2] SKJM - iCam - Support
[3] iCam - Webcam Video Streaming for iPhone - Free iPhone software …