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Deals of the Hour / June 16, 2010, 10:10 pm

Egypt on the Edge

Ryan Mauro is the founder of WorldThreats.com, National Security Advisor to the Christian Action Network, and an intelligence analyst with the Asymmetric Warfare and Intelligence Center. The U.S. has always faced a ... (Source: Front Page 2010-06-17T04:53:16Z)

AOL reportedly close to selling social network Bebo

AOL Inc. is reportedly close to selling San Francisco's Bebo Inc., its struggling social networking subsidiary, to a Southern California investment firm. The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the deal ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-17T03:48:51Z)

Bridge: For the Vanderbilt's Founders, a Rather Unlikely Grand Slam

Frank and Diana Schuld, who founded the Vanderbilt Bridge Club 35 years ago on Long Island, played several memorable deals together, but only one where they jumped to a grand slam with a void in the trump suit. The ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-17T04:46:07Z)

A glimmer of leadership in Obama's Oval Office speech

Given all the idiotic advice President Obama has gotten about what to do about the BP oil spill, I thought his Oval Office address Tuesday night had it about right. Call to arms. Three-point plan. End our energy ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-17T04:10:19Z)

Pagan helps Mets beat Indians 8-4, win 6th in row

All nine batters in the Mets' starting lineup had a hit. New York has won 10 of 11 and is a major league-best 17-5 since May 21 to move from last place in the NL East to a half-game behind first-place Atlanta. "This ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-17T04:10:19Z)

Oval office speech: Did Obama turn a corner?

President Obama tried to do two things in his Oval Office speech tonight. He wanted to show he was in charge by describing all he and his administration is doing to stop the Gulf oil spill while repairing the damage it ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-17T04:10:19Z)

Associated Press Seeks White House Assistance To End BP Media Blockade

So, is today the day that I'm going to get to happily report that reporters deployed to the Gulf of Mexico are finally free of the strenuous resistance that BP has thrown up in their faces , as they try to cover the oil ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-17T04:38:57Z)

AMD Image Quality Beats Competition By Up To 87 Percent in HQV 2.0 Image Quality ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every minute, more than 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube indicating that image quality is an increasingly important part of the PC experience. 1 With this in mind, AMD (NYSE ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-17T04:24:38Z)

The BP Oil Disaster: Big Government's Dream Come True

If you thought President Obama's address to the nation this week would have focused on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is destroying the Gulf Coast economy, you would have been only partially correct. The ... (Source: Front Page 2010-06-17T04:53:16Z)

Music publishers sue LimeWire after labels' win

LOS ANGELES – On the heels of a major court win by the recording companies against file-sharing software company LimeWire , eight major music publishers said they filed their own suit on Wednesday. Publishers are paid ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-17T04:38:57Z)

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