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Deals of the Hour / June 15, 2010, 1:11 am

New housing bubble coming?

As the nation struggles to shrug off the worst housing crash since the Great Depression, it may be hard to believe a housing shortage could be on its way. The nation is simply not building enough homes to keep up with ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T07:33:08Z)

Finals are far from over

Paul Pierce did his best impersonation of Randy Moss and then mimicked Tom Brady in one of the more spectacular plays of Game 5. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff) Celtics fans, take another day to soak up the green-tinted ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-06-15T07:40:17Z)

Rites held for AFA pilot lost in 1968 near Laos

Maj. Thomas B. Mitchell was 27 when he went missing on a mission in SE Asia. (Photo courtesy of Josephine A. Fitzpatrick) The remains of Air Force Maj. Thomas Barry Mitchell were not found in the crater that marked the ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-06-15T07:25:58Z)

Geography protects Mississippi from worst of the oil spill, but tourism still hobbled

LONG BEACH, Miss. LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) — Tracey Winspeare said her Canadian uncle warned her before she traveled to Mississippi: Oil is washing up on the beaches from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico. He was ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-15T07:33:08Z)

Miss. Beaches Largely Unspoiled by Gulf Oil Gusher

Tracey Winspeare said her Canadian uncle warned her before she traveled to Mississippi: Oil is washing up on the beaches from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico. He was wrong. Winspeare, who lives near Cambridge ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-15T07:33:08Z)

Colored Pricing Gun Label Orders Increase In Q2 at B&B Supply

Fluorescent colored price labels grab the attention of customers. Retailers can highlight competitive pricing, which leads to more sales. Monarch, Garvey, Meto and Towa now offer fluorescent color labels. Morgan, PA ... (Source: PRWeb 2010-06-15T07:04:30Z)

Onset Technology and Citipage Ltd. Partner to Deliver Advanced Paging Messages to ...

Citipage Ltd. and Onset Technology® today announce a partnership agreement to provide an advanced paging solution for customers using BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM). Onset ... (Source: PRWeb 2010-06-15T07:11:39Z)

Frost & Sullivan Recognises LiTHIUM BALANCE's Development of an Inventive Battery ...

LONDON , June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the automotive powertrain market, Frost & Sullivan recognises LiTHIUM BALANCE Battery Management Systems A/S with the '2009 European Automotive Powertrain ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T08:01:46Z)

5.7 quake rattles nerves in U.S.-Mexico border region still recovering from deadly ...

SAN DIEGO - The U.S.-Mexico border was rocked by a magnitude-5.7 earthquake Monday night, rattling nerves in a region still recovering from the deadly Easter jolt. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-06-15T07:54:36Z)

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COMMENTING ON STORIES: Welcome to our story comments feature. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including the unpopular ones. We only ask that you keep your conversations clean, civil and on the topic of the ... (Source: Daily Star 2010-06-15T07:54:36Z)

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