S. Florida’s Heath gets 3-year extension (AP)

South Florida basketball coach Stan Heath has agreed to a three-year contract extension after leading the Bulls to their most successful season since entering the Big East. USF went 20-13 on the way to earning a spot in the National Invitation Tournament. In three seasons under Heath, the Bulls have a 41-54 record.

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Donyell Marshall named assistant at GW (AP)

Longtime NBA forward Donyell Marshall is joining George Washington as an assistant coach. The school announced Thursday that Marshall will replace Brian Ellerbe, who resigned to become an assistant coach at DePaul. Marshall was the fourth pick in the 1994 draft by Minnesota and played for eight teams over 15 years before retiring in the summer of 2009.

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The Other Gehrys

Frank Gehry is best known for designing Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, the titanium masterpiece that V.F.’s World Architecture Survey has anointed the greatest building of the past 30 years. (See the results of the survey.) But the museum’s gleaming curves are not Gehry’s only marvel. Here, VF.com considers some of his other works of art, from a pair of waltzing towers in Prague to an icy beacon in downtown Manhattan.

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Architecture’s Modern Marvels

When V.F. asked 52 experts to choose the five most important works of architecture created since 1980, they named a staggering 132 different structures. Here are the top 21, in order of popularity.

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Arizona WR Dean suspended indefinitely (AP)

Arizona coach Mike Stoops says senior wide receiver Delashaun Dean has been suspended indefinitely from the football team. Stoops issued a statement Tuesday saying Dean’s penalty is “due to a violation of team rules” but did not elaborate. The Arizona Daily Star is reporting that Dean was arrested last Saturday and charged with one count of misconduct involving weapons.

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Is the Liverpool Soccer Club Up for Sale?

Japan’s Princess Aiko, the eight-year-old daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, hasn’t been in school for a week, but reasons for her absence are unclear. In an odd public statement, an Imperial Household official said that the Princess had been unwilling to return to Gakushuin Primary School after being bullied by boys in her second-grade class. Apparently, she has been suffering from anxiety and stomach aches. The school, however, held its own press conference and announced, “As far as we know, there was no violent behavior targeted at Princess Aiko.” Here’s hoping the little Princess makes it to class on Monday.

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Rory Sabbatini curious to see public’s reaction to return of ‘golden boy’ Tiger Woods

Rory Sabbatini is curious how the public will react when Tiger Woods returns to golf.

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Terry O’Neill’s Hollywood

Faye Dunaway, Laurence Olivier, and Jodie Foster are only a few of the Oscar winners to have shined through the photographerl’s lens.

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Excerpt of The Overnight Socialite

Bridie Clark, author of Because She Can, is out this month with another sparkly tale of the glories and pitfalls of young Manhattan. The Overnight Socialite tells the story of Lucy Jo Ellis, an aspiring fashion designer battling it out in the trenches with the rest of New York’s ambitious twentysomethings. Beleaguered at work and no longer so starry-eyed, Lucy Jo is considering heading back to the Midwest. Enter Wyatt Hayes, a well-born and newly single PhD student, who decides to prove that anyone can breathe that rarefied Park Avenue air—and makes Lucy Jo his hypothesis.

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Which Royal’s Crown Has Diamonds that Give Beyonce a Run for her Rocks

Fabled celebrity photographer Mario Testino, who snapped iconic portraits of Princess Diana, has revealed he hopes to photograph would-be royal Kate Middleton as soon as he can “pin her down.” This is not the first time the photographer has been linked to Kate, Prince William’s longtime flame. Last year, inaccurate rumors suggested the portraitist would train Kate in his art. Testino, whose work frequently appears in Vanity Fair, was presented with the Medal of Excellence by British luxury advocates Walpole earlier this week.

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