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Where's the rub?

Without further ado, here are media examples of this widely used expression:

1. Do newspapers still need The Associated Press? And does The Associated Press still need newspapers?

Until recently, these would have been ridiculous questions. But print circulation is tumbling. So is advertising revenue. Editors are slashing budgets and making do with less. Readers are moving online, where they get all the national and international news, sports scores and celebrity gossip they can read – for free, updated constantly, and often by AP.

And there's the rub. Long joined at the hip, AP and the member newspapers that own it are seeing their relationship tested like never before.

On the one hand, AP copy accounts for up to 40% or more of many a daily paper"s news content. On the other, the not-for-profit collective is also part of an online news revolution that's killing the newspaper business. The growing battle raises questions about what the AP – and the industry itself – will look like in the 21st century.

2. Almost no one is happy with how the Rockets have played. All of us keep waiting for them to turn a corner.

"Until we get everyone on the basketball court, it remains to be seen how good we can be," Tracy McGrady said.

There's the rub.

"You never know who you're going to have on the team any given night," Aaron Brooks said. "It seems like when someone comes back, someone else goes out."