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The Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and the Oklahoma City Thunder inked a six-player trade deal Monday night. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert of the Knicks will go to the Cavaliers, while Dion Walters will leave the Cavs to go to the Thunder. The Knicks get three non-guaranteed contract players in return: Alex Kirk and Lou Amundson from the Cavs and Lance Thomas from the Thunder. Future draft picks were also traded among the teams.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's police commissioner conceded on Friday that there had been a widespread work slowdown by officers in the four weeks since two policemen were shot dead in an ambush, although he suggested it was coming to an end.

Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio had repeatedly said this week it was too soon to tell if a slowdown was underway, saying other factors may explain the drop in arrests and court summonses.

"Quite clearly, we're in a slowdown," Commissioner William Bratton said in an interview with National Public Radio, excerpts of which were released before a full broadcast Friday evening. "It is being corrected. We've been taking management initiatives to identify where it's occurring; when it's occurring."

Jets RB Chris Johnson arrested for carrying a firearm. He had 155 carries for 663 Yds this past season in New York.

Today in 1922: a 14 year old diabetic patient, Leonard Thompson, was given the first injection of insulin at the Toronto General Hospital!

KINGSTON, Ont. -- Stephen Harper paid tribute to the country's first prime minister Sunday, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald by saying the Scots-born politician "forged Canada out of sheer will."

"Never forget, there was nothing certain or inevitable about what Macdonald and his fellow fathers of Confederation accomplished. It was in fact remarkable," Harper told a room full of dignitaries -- including two former prime ministers -- under tight security at the historic city hall in Kingston, Ont.

"Without Sir. John A. Macdonald, Canada as we know it -- the best country in the world -- simply would not exist," Harper said to applause.