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Oklahoma City extended its lead over nearest divisional rival Portland to five games by winning 98-95 at the Trail Blazers on Tuesday, as Kevin Durant continued his stellar season with 36 points and 10 rebounds.
Also Tuesday, LeBron James bounced back to near his best to lead Miami over Phoenix, Charlotte earned a rare win over Dallas, and Memphis hung on for a narrow victory over Washington.

A drugmaker working to develop a pill to boost sexual desire in women says regulators are demanding more studies on the experimental drug.
Sprout Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration wants to see more data on how the company's drug, flibanserin, interacts with other medications and how it affects driving ability. Nearly 10 percent of women studied in company trials reported sleepiness while taking the daily pill.

Belgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, is expected to take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death — extending the right to children for the first time.
The legislation appears to have wide support in the largely liberal country. But it has also aroused intense opposition from foes — including a list of pediatricians — and everyday people who have staged noisy street protests, fearing that vulnerable children will be talked into making a final, irreversible choice.

If George Clooney thought the battle over art's rightful ownership — the subject of his World War II movie "The Monuments Men" — was in the past, he knows better now.
The actor-director has touched a nerve in Britain by suggesting the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.

Duchess Kate returned to her public duties with a black tie fundraising dinner in aid of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Officially known as the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton gave a short speech before guests including movie star Elizabeth Hurley and rocker Bryan Adams.

Violin virtuoso Frank Almond had spent years learning the nuances of the 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that its owner had loaned to him. So when the $5 million instrument was stolen last month and recovered nine days later, he was worried it might have sustained serious damage in the process.
Fortunately it turned out to be fine, he said Tuesday.

A U.S. museum official says construction workers have found a tusk from an ice age mammoth.
KIRO-TV reports that the workers stopped digging when they found the fossil and called Seattle's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Canada's Conservative government plans on entering an election next year with a surplus.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled a federal budget on Tuesday that projects a $6.9 billion surplus in 2015. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, first elected in 2006, is expected to offer tax cuts during the election.

Michelle Obama chose a Venezuelan-American designer for the gown she wore Tuesday to the state dinner honoring French President Francois Hollande.
But the formal, ornate style of the sumptuous gown by Carolina Herrera reflected French aesthetics, from the intricate beaded black bodice, to the train and full skirt in a color called liberty blue, according to Susan Swimmer, author of "Michelle Obama: First Lady of Fashion and Style."

Parents in the Mexican state of Sonora will no longer be allowed to name their children "Facebook," ''Rambo" or 59 other now banned given names.
The names have been found at least once in state registries. And the list could grow because officials are still checking the state's 132 newborn registries, Sonora state Civil Registry director Cristina Ramirez said Tuesday.
