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OAKLAND, Calif. -- City and county officials approved opening negotiations with an investment group on a possible $1.3 billion stadium project that supporters hope will sway the Oakland Raiders to stay in Oakland.The approvals Tuesday give an investment team anchored by Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott and former quarterback Rodney Peete the right to negotiate a formal agreement for a $1.3 billion stadium that includes $350 million in public money.The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted earlier Tuesday, with the Oakland City Council voting later in the night.Seven city council members voted to enter negotiations with Lott. One council member abstained. Earlier in the day, three of five county supervisors voted yes after more than three hours of discussion and testimony in a room sparkling with sports celebrities.Lott said after the county vote that the work is just beginning.We still have a long ways to go, he said. We still have to convince the NFL. We still have to convince [Raiders owner] Mark Davis. Weve got a long ways to go, but today is a great day and a great moment for Raider Nation.Earlier this year, Davis said he was committed to moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, where a $1.9 billion stadium project has been approved. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf vowed to continue working on a counter-proposal for the Raiders to stay at the Oakland Coliseum.A move to Nevada is not certain, though a vote by the NFL on whether to allow the move is possible as soon as January. Nevada will raise $750 million from a hotel tax to fund the stadium, with billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson contributing $650 million and the Raiders and NFL kicking in $500 million.The Raiders must get approval from 24 of the 32 NFL owners to move. NFL owners will receive an update on the stadium situation when they meet Wednesday in the Dallas area.The Raiders also have the option of moving to the Los Angeles area, where they can share a facility with the recently relocated Rams.A spokesman for the Raiders did not return requests for comment.Former Los Angeles Raiders great Marcus Allen made an emotional pitch to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and later to the Oakland City Council, saying that losing the team would be devastating for Oakland.What the Raiders mean to Oakland is what the Packers mean to Green Bay, he said Tuesday. Oakland is the epicenter of Raider Nation.They have what you call The Black Hole. This city will have a black hole if [the Raiders] dont stay in the city of Oakland.Other speakers urged caution even as they pledged support. They said officials should negotiate jobs and affordable housing for residents in east Oakland, where the Coliseum is located, given the soaring cost of housing throughout the city.A sticking point was that Alameda County and Oakland still need to retire nearly $100 million in debt incurred from remodeling the current stadium to woo the team back from Los Angeles in 1995.The parties have identified $1.25 billion in potential financing for a project that might cost upward of $1.3 billion for a 55,000-seat stadium that could include mixed-use retail in the future.Lotts team, which includes the Fortress Investment Group, would contribute $400 million, with the NFL and the Raiders contributing $500 million. The city of Oakland would contribute $200 million for infrastructure such as storm drains and roadway parking. The money would be generated from bonds paid back from revenue created from the stadium and its surrounding commercial development.The city and county would also contribute at least 100 acres of land, valued at $150 million. One of the issues to be determined is whether the land would be sold or leased.Supervisor Keith Carson grilled a representative of Fortress for details on payment and revenue. He voted no.Supervisor Wilma Chan abstained. She said at the hearing that though fans have remained loyal, she isnt sure the Raiders want to stay.Board President Scott Haggerty joined supervisors Richard Valle and Nate Miley in moving forward, despite the many unknowns.What it comes down for me is trust, and my mother would trust Ronnie Lott, he said. I trust this man, and hes somebody I want to do business with, and I hope hes somebody Mark Davis wants to do business with.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. 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A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Ryan Moore is in a pretty good place heading into this weeks CIMB Classic.Over the past month, he finished second at the Tour Championship, losing to Rory McIlroy in an epic playoff, and followed that by winning the deciding match for the United States at the Ryder Cup.This week he returns to Malaysia to compete on a TPC Kuala Lumpur course where he already owns two wins, so there is no question his confidence is at an all-time high.Golf is all about confidence, and the better you play, you just keep getting more and more of it, Moore said. It makes you feel good, especially coming to a course that Ive had success on and I feel good on to begin with.Moore is part of a strong 78-player field that includes defending champion Justin Thomas, major champions Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, along with Ryder Cuppers Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed. Hideki Matsuyama is coming off a three-shot win at the Japan Open.The field also includes Brendan Steele, who won the season-opening Safeway Open last week in Napa, Calif., and Englands Paul Casey, who finished third. Steele tied for third at last years CIMB Classic. Casey has finished no worse than fourth in his last four PGA Tour starts.Thomas earned his first PGA Tour title in Malaysia last year when he birdied three of the final four holes to set a tournament record at 26 under par. That included a second-round, 11-under 61. Thomas went on to finish eighth in the FedExCup standings and almost make the Ryder Cup team.dddddddddddd.Ill take 26 under right now if I could every time we play, Thomas said. You never know what can happen. Its a place where someone can really get rolling and go two or three days and shoot some really, really low scores.Conditions are typically good for low scores in Kuala Lumpur. The course is short (6,985 yards, par 72), the fairways are large, and there is very little rough. The result has been a putting contest.The scoring was quite a bit lower (last year), and that was because there wasnt any rough, Moore said. That is where the difference in scoring happened last year. It looks like its going to be, again, very similar to that, so well probably see a little better scoring again this year.Moore has seen the scores drop. He won the tournament in 2013 by shooting 14 under. He won in 2014 by shooting 17 under.Then I shot 17 under last year to lose by nine, he said. Thats a big difference, and the rough is that difference. It was really long and really difficult to hit out of those first two years. In the last couple years, its just not punishing.Points scored during the tournament, which became an official PGA Tour event four years ago, count toward the FedExCup standings. The $7 million purse is the largest in the region. ' ' '