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Deals of the Hour / June 15, 2010, 8:12 am

ICC names 2 suburban officials to sewer district panel

June 15, 2010 10:04 a.m. | The Intergovernmental Cooperation Council representing Milwaukee County suburbs has appointed Wauwatosa Mayor Jill Didier and Greendale Village President John Hermes to the Milwaukee ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-15T15:04:06Z)

ABCs of Post-Storm Tax Recovery: Assess, Bounce Back, Continue

KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - 06/15/10) - The emotional toll of severe storms is difficult to quantify, but property damage is well-documented. In 2009, damage due to extreme weather totaled $7.5 billion, a fraction of ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T14:49:47Z)

European Stocks Rise Amid Corporate Deal-Making

Shares in British Sky Broadcasting jumped nearly 21 percent in London after it rejected a buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. that values the company at 12 billion pounds ($17.7 billion). BSkyB said it would ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-15T14:56:56Z)

Inside Notorious Prisons van der Sloot Faces

(CBS) Peruvian police hustled Joran van der Sloot through a gauntlet of photographers and angry bystanders Friday into a prison system observers call on of the world's worst. The 22-year-old Dutchman is charged with ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-15T14:56:56Z)

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Delta Air Lines, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola ...

Chicago, IL – June 15, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - News ) as the Bull of the Day and Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU - News ) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T13:02:25Z)

RiskMetrics (ISS) Recommends Gregory S. Meyer for the Board of Blockbuster - for the ...

NEW YORK , June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RiskMetrics Group (ISS) ("RiskMetrics"), the world's leading proxy advisory firm, has recommended that stockholders of Blockbuster, Inc. (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) vote the GOLD proxy ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T14:35:28Z)

American arrested searching for Osama bin Laden

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A 52-year-old American citizen who said he was searching for Osama bin Laden was detained in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan this week, Pakistani police said Tuesday. The ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-15T14:06:50Z)

TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Duxbury, Mass.

DUXBURY, Mass. , June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of Duxbury are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television services, thanks to a newly approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-15T14:56:56Z)

Izzo has done enough for MSU

There is one thing on the mind of most Spartans fans right now: What will MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo do next? The mania has swept the area. Fans have held at least two official rallies — one at Breslin ... (Source: State News 2010-06-15T14:35:28Z)

Camera Survives 1,100-Mile Ocean Odyssey to Fla.

Paul Shultz found this Nikon Coolpix L18 in an Ikelite waterproof housing washed ashore on Key West, Fla. After posting pictures and video from the camera online, he was able to track it to its source: Aruba, 1,100 miles ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-15T14:13:59Z)

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