Instead, barely a month passed before the Maloof brothers backed out of the handshake deal which NBA Commissioner David Stern had negotiated, and the Sacramento City Council approved and both sides declared the franchise's future uncertain again.

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And not far from him there was 24-year old mother of four, Dawn Mosely, who told me in no uncertain words that she'd had enough of the city she'd grown up in.

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And the 31-year-old's City future looked more uncertain ahead of kick-off when he was left out of City's Europa League squad to face Timisoara next week.

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So, as Exeter Northcott faces an uncertain future, isn't it a risky strategy to open another theatre in the city?

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