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Deals of the Hour / June 10, 2010, 4:10 pm

A Europe-Stock Portfolio I Can Live With

I don't directly own shares in BP (NYSE: BP - News ) or any European financial institutions, and I've been avoiding both while following the depressing news about the environmental disaster in the Gulf and the latest ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-10T22:19:32Z)

Why The 2010 Elections Are A Lot Like A Reality Show

FROM AP: Vt. man gets jail in prof's stray bullet death... 7 minutes 37 seconds ago FROM AP: Murray threat defendant pleads guilty in Seattle... 8 minutes 13 seconds ago FROM AP: Army: Mix-up at Arlington Cemetery... 10 ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-10T22:48:10Z)

Senate Shore

From ABC's Christina Capatides: Ever wonder how the proponents of "GTL" (gym, tan, laundry) would mix with the GOP? Well, this week, MTV personality Snooki and Sen. John McCain put that curiosity to rest on Twitter ... (Source: ABC News Blogs 2010-06-10T22:19:32Z)

Mismarked Graves, Lost Remains Lead to Shakeup at Arlington National Cemetery

WASHINGTON — The remains in more than 200 graves at Arlington National Cemetery are incorrectly identified, the Secretary of the Army said Thursday. In some cases, remains were lost, and in others, more than one person ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-10T22:26:41Z)

Van Der Sloot Insisted Natalee Holloway's Mom Sign Contract to Pay Him for Info

Joran van der Sloot's plan to extort money from the parents of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway was so brazen that he demanded her mother sign a contract pledging tens of thousands of dollars for information ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-10T22:48:10Z)

BP Hit By Doubts Over Ability to Pay for Costs of Oil Spill

Oil-industry insider Matt Simmons, head of the Texas-based, energy-focused investment bank Simmons & Co., told Fortune magazine Wednesday that BP (NYSE: BP - News ) will run out of cash from lawsuits, cleanup costs and ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-10T22:19:32Z)

Has Gulf Disaster Caused Brit Bashing?

(CBS) It's not just the disaster BP has been responsible for that has drawn such criticism, it's may also have to do with the way its chief executive sounds, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips . "There is no ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-10T23:02:29Z)

Media Reality Check: Team Obama's Grubby Federal Job-Dangling Is Not News to ABC, CBS ...

On February 18, Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, revealed in a Philadelphia TV interview that the Obama White House offered him a job in an effort to talk him out of opposing ... (Source: News Busters 2010-06-10T22:41:00Z)

John Legend Kicks Off World Cup Concert

NEW YORK (CBS) Singer John Legend opened the World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, during an event ushering in the 2010 FIFA World Cup this weekend. The singer was a principal ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-10T22:55:19Z)

AT&T : security gap exposed Apple iPad e-mail addresses, IDs

AT&T said late Wednesday that a security breach had exposed the e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users. The nation's second-largest wireless service provider said that the problem had been fixed and that it would inform ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-10T22:41:00Z)

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