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Two men tried to profit from the plight of cancer-stricken guard Kim Perrot of the Houston Comets by soliciting autographed NBA memorabilia for bogus silent auctions on her behalf, FBI officials said.

May 29, 1999

In “Deep Impact,” astronauts (led by Robert Duvall) try to ward off a planet-destroying comet headed for Earth while a TV reporter (Tea Leoni) tries to heal family wounds and a science student (Elijah Wood) tries to save his girlfriend’s family before it’s too late.

May 21, 1998

Now that the Western Conference is through beating on the Eastern Conference in the All-Star game for the third consecutive year, the second half of the 2001 WNBA season can begin.

July 18, 2001

In a discovery that is likely to refuel debate over a fundamental issue in science--the origin of life on Earth--scientists in California and Missouri report that they have found organic molecules, potential seeds of life, clinging to interplanetary dust.

Oct. 28, 1993

Astronomy: Meteors appear to be colliding into Earth with increasing frequency. Scientists don’t know why--but to avoid future catastrophe, they want to find out.

March 1, 1998

The state’s largest rice cooperative must sell the Woodland milling operation that it bought last summer for $12 million because the acquisition “substantially” lessens competition by giving the Rice Growers Assn. of California control of more than 60% of the state’s crop, a federal judge in Sacramento has ruled.

May 24, 1985

South Bend, Ind., with a decided West Coast slant.

Oct. 22, 1992

PROUD COACH Although most people were rooting for a team--either the Dallas Cowboys or the Buffalo Bills--during Sunday’s Super Bowl, Westchester High Coach Larry Wein cheered for a player--former Comet and Dallas Cowboy linebacker Ken Norton Jr.

Feb. 3, 1994

A Missouri football player who died after collapsing at the end of a preseason workout wasn’t immediately taken to the hospital across the street but instead driven to the team offices, a university police report shows.

July 28, 2005

Women’s basketball: Points, accolades pile up for Southwest Missouri State star, who is ending career in the glare of Final Four.

March 30, 2001