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Leonard’s performance has fallen short of expectations, so even the league voiding the last two years of his contract would have limited sting, and save the franchise the $100 million owed to the 34-year-old forward.

Some 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries.

Hampton, who calls Harris a mentor, admitted the loss stings.

The director’s move to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago did not sting nearly so much as the news that the curator was going to the Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A..

The sting, in retrospect, is that Hollywood never nominated him for acting again.