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Deals of the Hour / June 12, 2010, 10:10 am

Pregame notes: A-Rod held out of Yankees lineup

NEW YORK -- Soccer fever gripped Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. As the Yankees stretched before batting practice, the giant center field video board showed the Argentina-Nigeria World Cup match. Apparently, the ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-06-12T16:55:02Z)

No beef with South African McDonald's

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AFRICA -- I'm not the type of person who visits a foreign country and actively chooses to eat at the same corny American places I could in the United States. But any journalist covering the World Cup ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-12T16:55:02Z)

World Cup: South Africa Shows the World How Soccer Is Celebrated

South Africa's Tsepo Masilela, right, competes for the ball with Mexico's Ricardo Osorio, left, during the World Cup group A soccer match. (Credit: Themba Hadebe) The sportswriters paid homage to copy and paste. Who ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-12T15:29:08Z)

Oil Spill Threatens to Roil US-British Relations

The leaking oil that has tainted the Gulf of Mexico is also threatening the political shores on both sides of the Atlantic, with a British company the villain. National Guard helicopters drop 2,000 pound bags of sand to ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-12T17:02:11Z)

More than just pride on the line

More cool stuff from our research departments, and the world: • The U.S. skinny (ESPN Stats & Information): The United States has participated in seven World Cups with a group stage. Of the three times the team has ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-12T16:26:24Z)

Funch back in Octagon

When Ricardo Funch steps inside the Octagon tonight against Claude Patrick at UFC 115 in Vancouver, he'll have a lot of weight off his shoulders — both literally and figuratively. The 29-year-old Funch, who trains ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-06-12T17:02:11Z)

OJ SImpson jury makeup, judge conduct questioned in appeal Friday

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The racial makeup of the jury and the conduct of the judge who oversaw O.J. Simpson's conviction have emerged as key issues in the former football star's appeal for the Nevada Supreme Court to ... (Source: Reno Gazette 2010-06-12T17:02:11Z)

Obama Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press

Lawrence A. Franklin, a Defense Department official during the Bush administration, served 10 months of home detention. He took his concerns everywhere inside the secret world: to his bosses, to the agency's inspector ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-12T17:02:11Z)

Abby Sunderland's Dad: I'd Let Her Do It Again

(CBS) His daughter safe and sound on a French fishing vessel that rescued her in the Indian Ocean , Laurence Sunderland says he'd not only let her try again to sail around the world solo - he'd "absolutely endorse that ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-12T17:09:21Z)

Gulf Oil Spill: Leaked Oil To Seep Into Supply Chain As BP Sells What It's Collected

NEW ORLEANS — Oil from the nation's worst spill could soon end up at gas stations, construction sites and even grocery stores once BP sells the crude taken from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico to raise money for ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-12T16:12:05Z)

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