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Deals of the Hour / June 14, 2010, 11:12 pm

Cloud Computing a Threat, and Opportunity, for Taiwan's PC Makers

TAIPEI — When Richard Lee, an electronics magnate, peers into the murky future of cloud computing, he sees both opportunity and challenge. The company he heads, Inventec, makes laptops, servers and other electronic ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-15T06:00:04Z)

5.7 Mag Quake Shakes Southern California

USGS shakemap shows the earthquake epicenter east of San Diego, near the Mexico border. SAN DIEGO -- The California-Mexico border region was rocked by a magnitude-5.9 quake Monday, rattling nerves from San Diego north to ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-15T05:52:55Z)

In the end, it was money and Texas that saved Big 12 from extinction

In giving Texas local TV rights, commissioner Dan Beebe and the Big 12 helped to keep the Longhorns from leaving the conference. AUSTIN, Texas -- A week before his conference stood on the brink of annihilation and two ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-15T05:38:36Z)

Files show multiple threats against Ted Kennedy

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy became a magnet for extremist rage in the decades after his brothers were gunned down, living under constant, chillingly specific assassination threats targeting him, according to newly released ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-06-15T05:09:58Z)

More than two dozen earthquakes rattle Southern California

More than two dozen earthquakes struck Monday night near the U.S.-Mexican border in San Diego County, rocking a large swath of Southern California and prompting a momentary shutdown of the San Diego Padres game but ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-06-15T05:52:55Z)

5.9 earthquake hits Southern California

A 5.9 earthquake rocked Southern California Monday evening. The quake struck at the U.S.-Mexico border about 23 miles from El Centro. The quake rattled a wide swath of Southern California, but there no immediate reports ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-06-15T04:41:20Z)

Russia Weighs Pleas to Step In as Uzbeks Flee Kyrgyzstan

But an emergency meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regional alliance dominated by Russia, ended Monday without a commitment to send in troops, though President Dmitri A. Medvedev called the ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-15T06:07:14Z)

Okinawa governor tells Japan PM U.S. base deal hard

The governor of Japan's Okinawa told new Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday that a U.S.-Japan deal to move a U.S. base on the southern island will be tough to implement, in a sign the issue will keep haunting the ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-06-15T04:41:20Z)

Light plane crashes in Sydney neighborhood; 2 dead

Fatal civilian aircraft crashes 1988 to 2010: • May 20, 1988 â€" Improper maintenance and the pilot’s loss of control caused a De Havilland DHC-2 to bank and crash while taking off from Lake Hood. One ... (Source: Tacoma News Tribune 2010-06-15T04:55:39Z)

Why Travelers Go South: North Seems Uphill

People making travel plans may unwittingly heed a strange rule of thumb — southern routes rule. In a new experiment, volunteers chose paths that dipped south over routes of the same distance that arched northward ... (Source: Wired News 2010-06-15T05:02:48Z)

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