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Deals of the Hour / June 18, 2010, 11:11 pm

The Helpless Titan

The current federal government of the United States is the largest, best-funded organization in human history. Our public debt has grown to over $13 trillion. We pay hundreds of billions per year just to service this ... (Source: Hotair.com 2010-06-19T05:12:23Z)

Getting Life Back? BP CEO on Way off Spill Duty

BP's chairman said Friday that CEO Tony Hayward is on his way out as the company's point man on the Gulf oil spill crisis, a day after Hayward enraged members of Congress by offering few answers about how the ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-19T05:26:42Z)

Rangers' Hunter expects to start vs. Pittsburgh; Cruz should come off DL for series ...

Tommy Hunter says he's certain he'll be able to start Tuesday against Pittsburgh. Hunter left his start Wednesday against Florida with discomfort in his right hip flexor. He worked with trainer Jamie Reed and said his ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-19T05:05:13Z)

Mrs. Mary Pauline Keyser

Mary Pauline Keyser, 90, of Frederick, went to be with her Savior on Thursday, June 10, 2010. She was the wife of the late James B. Keyser, who preceded her in death Oct. 16, 1998. Born Oct. 12, 1919, in Frederick, she ... (Source: Frederick News-Post 2010-06-19T05:55:20Z)

Nationals should learn from history and leave Strasburg alone

"Oh, crap," says Ed Hearn . The words come automatically. The dismay is legitimate. I have just informed the long-retired major league catcher that the Washington Nationals seem to think Stephen Strasburg , as perfect a ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-19T04:50:54Z)

Jefferson School grads ready to move on

Graduate Ashlei Crockett, left, is congratulated by her peers while on her way up to pick up her diploma. A year of change and personal development ended Friday for the 14 graduating members of the Jefferson School's ... (Source: Frederick News-Post 2010-06-19T05:55:20Z)

For Want of a Goal …

I am not a soccer fan, particularly. I hated playing the game as a kid, I'm easily exasperated by the ties and the low scoring and the penalty-kick finales, and I loathe what Jonathan Last calls "the ritual attack of ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-06-19T05:55:20Z)

BP chief Tony Hayward replaced as head of day-to-day spill operations

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg told Sky News television in Britain that Hayward was handing over daily operations to managing director Robert Dudley, a Mississippi native who started his career at Chicago-based Amoco ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-19T05:19:32Z)

BP CEO Tony Hayward to Hand Over Day-to-Day Control of Gulf Cleanup Operations

June 17: BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies during a House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill, on Capitol Hill in Washington. NEW ORLEANS -- BP ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-19T05:19:32Z)

USA fit to be tied again after goal that wasn't

Maurice Edu kicked the ball into the net. American players jumped around wildly, thinking they had capped a historic comeback, turning a two-goal, first-half deficit into a 3-2 victory over Slovenia in the World Cup ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-19T05:48:10Z)

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