Better ball movement and improved personnel are among the reasons the Heat logged a league-best offensive efficiency rating of 110.3 points for every 100 times they had the ball this season.

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Unfortunately, while those parts of the world could have been limited to Greece and Iceland, and maybe California, with deft political action, instead we are now looking at the potential breakup of the euro and (it is weird to be writing this in the 107F heat of Arizona) the loss of its AAA credit rating by the biggest economy on earth.

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Amid the heat of battle, Fitch entered the scene announcing it was placing Southern Union on rating watch negative given uncertainty over its future corporate structure.

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They can just keep pointing out that the debt ceiling prevents the U.S. from paying bills for spending Congress has already approved, and watch the Republicans take the heat should Social Security checks not go out on time, or should the U.S. credit rating suffer another downgrade.

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