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Deals of the Hour / June 17, 2010, 5:11 pm

Arcane immigration rules could send sisters packing to Serbia

FLOWER MOUND – Olivera "Oli" Snyder and her sister, Jelena Boldt, are suburban housewives, happily married women who impress me as the sort who would volunteer to make cupcakes for a church bake sale on short notice ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-17T23:51:26Z)

Contentious BP Hearing Yields Little Insight

Play CBS Video Video Waxman to Hayward: 'You're Not Taking Responsibility' Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D - CA) criticizes BP CEO Tony Hayward for not taking more responsibility in the Gulf oil spill. (CBS) The last thing BP ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-17T23:44:17Z)

Hayward Testimony Angers Gulf Residents

(CBS) Twelve hundred miles from Capitol Hill, residents of the Gulf Coast were glued to their TV sets as BP CEO Tony Hayward testified before a congressional committee. Residents and business owners here were hoping to ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-17T23:51:26Z)

Crystal Monee Hall CD Release Shows at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco June 18-19

"Crystal (Monee) Hall embodies everything you want in a soul singer. Its not just the runs and riffs...its not just the warmth of her voice..its what she is SAYING that is so stirring!" -Tituss Burgess, star of Broadway ... (Source: Examiner 2010-06-17T23:51:26Z)

BP Chief Gives House Panel an Apology but Few Answers

Even as he apologized for a catastrophe that "never should have happened," Mr. Hayward offered few specifics about why. Mr. Hayward has faced withering criticism for his company's response to the immense oil spill ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-17T23:15:39Z)

Oil Falls a Second Day on Doubts Over Pace of Recovery in U.S.

June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell for a second day in New York amid doubts about the pace of the economic recovery in the U.S., the world's largest energy consumer, after an increase in jobless claims and a ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-06-17T23:51:26Z)

Clearwire Issues Reminder and Update for Expiration of Rights Offering

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR - News ) (the "Company") issued a reminder today that its previously announced rights offering will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-17T23:44:17Z)

French heads stuck in a bucket

The Mexican press had been demanding their team hand the French their Waterloo prior to the two nations' Group A meeting on Thursday. If Napoleon had seen the abject 2-0 surrender of his compatriots in Polokwane, he ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-17T23:01:20Z)

Judge favored by BP has financial ties to oil industry

More on the investigation into the judge BP wants to oversee lawsuits resulting from the Deepwater Horizon explosion on tonight's AC360 at 10 p.m. ET Houston, Texas (CNN) -- The judge that BP wants to hear an estimated ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-17T23:51:26Z)

Greenway won't say why he sat out

Linebacker Chad Greenway declined to say during a radio interview Thursday why he did not take part in the Vikings' three-day minicamp last weekend. "Coach [Brad Childress] and I had a little agreement and that's all I ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-06-17T23:37:07Z)

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