With Syracuse And Pitt To The ACC We Won't See EPIC Big East Tournament Games Like This One Anymore

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The Big East is a powerhouse in basketball. It's filled with bitter rivalries and the tournament is always a must watch.

But the conference is losing two of its best basketball teams to the ACC, and a lot of basketball fans are disappointed, rightfully so.

We certainly won't see games like this in the Big East Tournament at the Garden anymore. Especially if the league deteriorates even more with a possible loss of UConn and Rutgers.

Syracuse t-shirt maker Holy Shirt! put it right: "244 points. 226 minutes. 6 overtimes. 2 days. 1 for the ages."

Watch the highlights below:

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S&P DOWNGRADES ITALY

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Standard & Poor's downgraded Italian debt Monday evening to A/A-1 with a negative outlook, warning of the county's weakening economy and precarious debt situation.

"In our opinion, the measures included in and the implementation timeline of Italy's National Reform Plan will likely do little to boost Italy's economic performance, particularly against the backdrop of tightening financial conditions and the government's fiscal austerity program," S&P said in a statement.

Also justifying the unexpected action, the ratings agency cited a fragile governing coalition as a reason for the downgrade.

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The 8 Best Italian Restaurants in New York City

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With the fall coming, a nice hearty Italian meal can warm your soul.

Head down to the annual San Gennaro festival in New York's Little Italy for some street foods and zeppole.

Or step up your game and check out one of the eight best Italian restaurants in New York City, based on Zagat's 2011 restaurant survey (via Zagat's Buzz Blog).

Restaurants on the list are ranked based on a combination of food, decór, and service.

Italian ranked among the favorite cuisine of the surveyors, with 30 percent claiming it's at the top of their list.

Zagat ranks restaurants on a 30-point scale based on food, decór, and service. Ratings of 26 to 30 are considered "extraordinary to perfection," according to the company.

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Look At All This Web-Only TV That's Actually Good

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There is plenty of terrible Web-only video.

But you know what?

There is also some great stuff out there.

From meditations on yuppies to meditations on living in Brooklyn, the web world can be a funny place.

We found seven of the best.

Enjoy.

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Snooki Takes Anderson Cooper To Get A Spray Tan (VIDEO)

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Yesterday was day two of Anderson Cooper's new show Anderson, and one can only hope the show stays this ridiculous forever.

Behold, Anderson getting a spray tan with the help of Snooki, who was impressed with the size of his muscles.

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PLAN REJECTED: Obama's Approval Rating Falls To All Time Low

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The big speech that was supposed to save Barack Obama's presidency was a flop, according to a new Bloomberg poll.

Obama's approval rating stands at 45 percent, the lowest point of his presidency, with a growing number of independents jumping ship.

62 percent disapprove of his handling of the economy, up 9 in six months.

Only 36 percent approve of his job creation efforts; 30 percent approve of how he's handled the budget deficit; 39 percent approve of how he's handled health care.

These rating all represent lows for his presidency.

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SEC Sues Deaf Investment Adviser For Allegedly Defrauding More Than 7,000 Deaf Investors

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SEC headquarters" />The SEC is suing Jody Dunn, a deaf 43-year-old Texas man who is currently unemployed and receives social security disability insurance, for allegedly duping more than 7,000 deaf investors out of $3.45 million before regulators stopped him last year.

In the complaint, the SEC claims Dunn told people he would invest their money with Imperia Invest IBC, an Internet-based firm that claimed to guarantee returns of 1.2% a day. 

"Approximately 7,133 deaf investors sent money to Dunn, who represented that he would invest in Imperia on their behalf," the commission said in its complaint (Download PDF).

Instead, the SEC says Dunn took $353,068 --more than 10% of the investors' funds-- to pay his mortgage, make car payments, pay for car insurance and a variety of other personal expenses.  The rest he sent to Imperia's offshore bank accounts.

In October of 2010, the SEC issued a court order to freeze Imperia's assets and charged the firm with fraud.

Here's a video that appears to be from an angry investor called "Imperia Invest die!!!!!"

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