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Deals of the Hour / June 11, 2010, 11:10 pm

Shatel: As college landscape shifted, Nebraska stood at the epicenter

LINCOLN — If Friday were a football game, you'd want to keep the program. What a day. Whirlwind day. Important day. Historic day. Hell of a day. One of the biggest days, if not the biggest, in University of Nebraska ... (Source: Omaha World-Herald 2010-06-12T06:03:38Z)

If The U.S. Is So Upset With BP Why Doesn't It Start Using Less Oil?

Pretty cool graphic from the Guardian in the UK. It helps to explain why the Brits think we Yanks are being less than honest with ourselves regarding our anger at BP. The Brits have had a rather interesting response to ... (Source: The Business Insider 2010-06-12T04:30:34Z)

4 who killed U.S. aid workers escape Sudan prison

(CNN) -- Four men on death row for killing two U.S. international aid employees in Sudan escaped from prison in Khartoum, a State Department spokesman said Friday. P.J. Crowley said the four, sentenced to death for the ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-12T04:59:12Z)

Northeast Ohio residents 'harvesting' the rain -- for the environment and maybe to save some cash

Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer Kevin and Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, who built a zero storm water waste home in Shaker Heights, stroll through their rain garden meadow in their front yard. Property owners in Northeast Ohio can ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-12T05:20:41Z)

Will Last Century's Styles Open Today's Wallets?

An Eddie Bauer parka from the 1960s. Eddie Bauer is reintroducing jackets that the company supplied to World War II pilots and 1950s mountaineers. Jantzen's ruffled halter bikini is modeled on a pin-up-girl style it ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-12T05:49:19Z)

Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban

In January Hanif Atmar, then the interior minister of Afghanistan, gestured during a medal ceremony in Kabul. He and another top official have resigned from the Hamid Karzai government. Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-12T06:03:38Z)

Kurt Busch keeps momentum going, captures pole at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. - Kurt Busch spent Thursday hanging out at Dodge headquarters in the Detroit suburbs, chatting up the employees and shaking hands. As the star of the only major NASCAR Sprint Cup team still driving Dodges ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-06-12T06:03:38Z)

Rockies 5, Blue Jays 3, 6 innings

DP—Toronto 1, Colorado 1. LOB—Toronto 6, Colorado 5. 2B—V.Wells (23), Spilborghs 2 (6), Barmes (12). 3B—Overbay (2). HR—A.Hill (9), C.Gonzalez (9), Spilborghs (4). SB—V.Wells (3), Tulowitzki (7). SF—S.Smith ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-06-12T05:42:09Z)

Jimenez is treating us to a truly historic run of great pitching

To put what Jimenez has done so far in further context, consider that were he to pitch 21 games over the rest of the year at a rate of six innings per start, allowing an exactly average 4.10 ERA and running up a 7-7 won ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-12T04:37:44Z)

Sources: UT, Tech, OU, OSU set to exit Big 12; Pac-10 eyeing Kansas if A&M can't ...

AUSTIN – Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are poised to usher in a new era of college athletics, a major realignment that could gut the Big 12 and lead to the nation's first megaconference. The four South ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-12T05:49:19Z)

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