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Don Nelson became the coach with the most wins in NBA history as his Golden State Warriors beat Minnesota 116-107, giving the maverick head coach win No. 1,333.The victory not only vaulted Nelson past Lenny Wilkens but established him as a virtual lock for a spot in the American basketball hall of fame. He is the only NBA coach with at least 1,000 wins that is not in the hall of fame.Nelson has 1,061 losses to go with his 1,333 wins and through it all he has done it his way, clashing with owners, management and players but winning the respect of those who worked with him.

Toyota president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of massive safety recalls, was expected to leave Japan Saturday for the United States where he faces a grilling in front of a hostile Congress.The head of the embattled Japanese automaker has bowed to calls to appear in front of US lawmakers after an initial reluctance, a flip flop that has drawn further criticism and added to impressions of a public relations disaster.

The proposed bill creates new derivatives rules that would apply retroactively. Among its biggest critics is Warren Buffett, whose company, Berkshire Hathaway, is Nelson's biggest single source of campaign funds. Nelson and his wife also have investments valued at $1.5 million or more in the company.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Brian Beutler caught up with Sen. Ben Nelson to ask about new poll numbers showing that not only is the public option popular, but a partisan bill with a public option is more popular than a bipartisan bill without one. In response, Nelson averred that there's even more support for a public option that allows states to opt out. "There's support for public option generally, generically," he admitted.

Over the past two years, the SEC has approved public listings for nine start-ups run by people in Ukraine or Russia, with no revenues or operations and minimal assets. Business plans ranged from renting bicycles in Kiev to selling cars in Siberia.

Science-fiction epic "Avatar" was poised to sink "Titanic" as the highest-grossing movie of all time after topping the North American box office for a sixth consecutive week, figures showed Monday.Director James Cameron's groundbreaking 3-D film harvested another 34.9 million dollars at the weekend, raising its overall North American gross to 551.7 million and pushing its international earnings to almost 1.838 billion, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning "Titanic" remains the highest-grossing film of all time with 1.843 billion dollars.

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