Yi Jianlian was about 7,000 miles away when he made the move from Milwaukee to New Jersey As he trained with the Chinese Olympic basketball team, the Nets made a three-player trade with the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday afternoon, before the N.B.A. draft, acquiring the 7-foot Yi and putting him in the spotlight on the East Coast.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by about a dozen New York City property owners and tenants whose homes and businesses are scheduled to be taken over by the government and demolished to make way for the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn.

The US Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major blow to opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, refusing to hear a legal challenge over the use of eminent domain to make way for the $4 billion plan.

Downtown Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards redevelopment got a huge and wel come shot in the arm yesterday - courtesy of a favorable decision from the highest court in the land.

A roadblock to a $4-billion project to reshape Downtown Brooklyn fell after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by property owners and tenants who would be evicted during construction, a spokesman for the developer said yesterday.

The Supreme Court Monday turned down the latest appeal to block construction of the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn.