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The Knicks' 106-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon signaled something that has been creeping up for more than a week now: the end of Linsanity. Jeremy Lin struggled to score 14 points on 5 for 18 from the field as the Knicks continued their March winless streak and lost their fifth consecutive game. That's not to say that Lin was completely ineffective -- he's averaged 16.4 points per game during the five-game losing streak -- but he hasn't had the kind of impact that took the world by storm.

One of the reasons investors buy technology stocks is that they expect a better return on investment for what could be risky propositions. After all, who can predict that a new chip or smartphone or videogame will be a hit? For every iPad 2, after all, there is a TouchPad. Technology companies often require plenty of cash to invest in new ideas and build them; then they can charge plenty for an innovation. When those companies are well-managed, they are profitable and build up extra cash.

Every year, the selection committee is criticized for snubbing teams that should have made the NCAA Tournament. There will always be disagreements about who should have made the Field of 68. The 69th and 70th teams will always feel like they got snubbed. There's no way to change that. The biggest problem is how the selection committee chooses the 37 at-large teams. The committee overemphasizes certain criteria that should not determine whether or not a team should have the right to play for a national championship.

Check out this photo video highlighting the various matches from day 5 at Indian Wells. Check back throughout the tournament for more photo videos from Tennis Now!

Check out this photo video highlighting the various matches from day 4 at Indian Wells. Check back throughout the tournament for more photo videos from Tennis Now!

Check out this photo video highlighting the various matches from day 3 at Indian Wells. Check back throughout the tournament for more photo videos from Tennis Now!

Ted LePak of Tennis Now reports on this week's tennis news. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat Andy Murray in straight sets. Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson to square off. Christina McHale bounced Petra Kvitova. Michael Llodra was slapped with a $2,500 fine for using a racial slur during his opening-round match against Ernests Gulbis. A stomach flu appears to be going around in Indian Wells striking down players.

Shares of IBM set a new high of $201.57 after new CEO Virginia Rometty said the No. 2 computer services company was uniquely positioned to deliver benefits of a gusher of data flowing into the global economy. Rometty, 54, who became CEO on Jan. 1, published her first shareholder letter ahead of the Armonk, N.Y. technology giant's April 24 annual meeting scheduled for Charleston, S.C.

Of the 68 teams that made the NCAA Tournament, 37 received at-large bids. These teams didn't win their conference tournament, and were rewarded by the committee for having good regular seasons. Choosing the field isn't easy. Every year, there are a few teams that deserve to make the tourney, but can't because there isn't enough room. When a team is on the bubble, it's hard to argue that they were snubbed. Nevertheless, there were a few teams this year that made the field that probably didn't deserve it.

Bruce Springsteen has come out with a new album, an event that gladdens the hearts of millions of his fans in the United States and around the globe. (Indeed, his new album “Wrecking Ball” is already topping the charts in the United Kingdom). With a recording career spanning almost four decades, including several top 10 singles; 17 albums, at least 60 million LPs sold in the U.S. alone, and hundreds of sold-out concerts, Bruce is a bona fide rock-and-roll superstar and pop culture giant. He's also the worst... Читать дальше...

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach made a huge splash with his 1999 book, Kosher Sex. The book, along with works including Kosher Sutra and Kosher Adultery, flouts taboos against discussing physical intimacy, desire, and other basic elements of the human experience. Now he’s at it again, taking on perhaps the biggest taboo of all: Jesus. In Kosher […]

One of the reasons Trevor Noah left SA for Hollywood was because his stepfather wanted to kill him, court papers have revealed.

The Australian equity market is pointed for a flattish start to the trading week after the US stocks finished with modest gains following positive non-farm payroll numbers.