After a sweep of the area, Coast Guard officials found no sign of anything suspicious and reopened most of the harbor.

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Aside from Byrd, the Bills are also attempting to re-sign left guard Andy Levitre, who is eligible to become a free agent after completing his four-year contract last season.

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The Spurs drafted Argentinean guard Manu Ginobili, for example, in 1999 but didn't sign him until three years later.

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They swung a sign-and-trade deal over the weekend with the Blazers to re-acquire former Knick point guard Raymond Felton (they'd already signed 39-year-old free agent Jason Kidd).

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