First Cup: Monday

Robbie Levin of The Miami Herald: In last year’s Eastern Conference finals, coach Erik Spoelstra put LeBron James on Derrick Rose when no one else could stop the league’s MVP. James effectively shut down Rose, and without his lockdown defense, that series might have turned out differently. With Rose surging late in Sunday’s game, Spoelstra once again had James guard Rose. And it worked. Rose ...

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January: Deluxe detox

Top Complaints About Daily Deal Sites

Groupon and rivals like LivingSocial, Google Offers, and other daily deal sites that broker goods and services at deep initial discounts aim to help businesses get new customers in the door, again and again. It's a fairly straightforward formula that works on many levels; just look at the rivals that have cropped up to challenge early leader Groupon.

The 50 Best spas

This week's panel: Anna McGrail is the managing editor of The Good Spa Guide, goodspaguide.co.uk ; Emma Smith is the beauty director at ELLE UK; Katie Reich-Storer is editor of Spa Secrets magazine, spasecretsmagazine.com ; Tamara Heber-Percy is the founder of boutique hotel guide Mr & Mrs Smith, mrandmrssmith.com

Events all week: Jan. 20-26

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