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University of Santo Tomas drained five triples in the fourth quarter to edge National U, 59-58, for its third victory Thursday in the 73rd UAAP Men's Basketball Tournament at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

(UPDATE 2) Far Eastern University needed two extra periods to keep its winning streak going.

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum underwent successful surgery on his right knee Wednesday, the National Basketball Association club announced.

World number four Andy Murray says he sacked his coach Miles Maclagan because they no longer saw eye-to-eye and he needed to do something to help galvanize his game.

MEMPHIS—Police have found the body of Lorenzen Wright, a 13-year NBA player missing since July 19, in a wooded area of southeast Memphis, the Commercial Appeal newspaper reported Wednesday.

HOUSTON—Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, who missed this entire 2009-2010 season after surgery to repair his broken left foot, says he might have to consider retiring from basketball.

COLORADO SPRINGS—Scoring champion Kevin Durant and veterans Chauncey Billups and Rajon Rondo were among 15 NBA standouts named as finalists for the US world championships team.

San Sebastian-Excelroof looks to stretch its unbeaten start to five games when it takes on an inconsistent Adamson squad on Thursday in the Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

A super fun surprise birthday dinner for sultry gal Natasha Morse was given by her close pals like David Lim, Jun Jun Ablaza, Paulie Caoili and talented executive chef Danny Vu of the excellent Aquaknox Restaurant on Pasay Road, Makati.

Before you throw away those appliances and other household tools that were submerged in floodwaters, make sure they are no longer salvageable by getting a trained technician to look at them.

EVERY TIME NATURAL CALAMITIES of great magnitude are experienced by Filipinos, geologists and seismologists usually look only on Earth for explanations on what’s happening.

THERE IS A CENTER OF ENERGY IN ALL of us. This center produces physical sensation.

LAST week’s column piece “Where Have All the ‘Esteros’ Gone?” has generated several feedback from readers.

“I became irresponsible. I quit my job. My relationship with my family was destroyed.”

I’ve been married 10 years, am financially stable and I have one adorable daughter. I work abroad while my husband and child are in the Philippines, waiting for their papers to be approved.

It was a beautiful sunny day of Oct. 8 when the San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel was blessed by Fr. Joseph Siu, chaplain of Medical Center Manila.

Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey will have to step down from our Facebook photo because my new favorite is Harry Connick Jr. He obliged me with a photo after the live interview at Mandarin Hotel Landmark in Hong Kong.

The home makeover sale you’ve been waiting for is finally here. Visit the LRI Design Plaza at 210 Nicanor Garcia st., Bel-Air II, Makati City from Nov. 3 to 17. The plaza is your one-stop lifestyle center in the metropolis.

At the height of storm Ondoy, a man and his driver were stranded in the middle of Marikina bridge. The man said, “Let’s swim to the house and leave the car here.

JERICHO, WESTBANK (PALESTINIAN Territory)—We’ve heard and read a lot of the healing properties of the Dead Sea, something which dates back to ancient times. Its water and mud are supposed to heal and beautify. The ancient Romans and Jews built bathhouses on the banks of the Dead Sea utilizing its water and mud.