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Deals of the Hour / June 19, 2010, 4:10 am

Friday @ 5: A cocktail to kick off the weekend

This tea-colored, gin-based drink will cool and fortify with its fruity, refreshing flavor. Drink it on the rocks or in a cocktail. (Just look at that killer glass on the left; don't you feel cooler already?) Invented in ... (Source: Chicago Tribune (blog) 2010-06-19T10:55:58Z)

Martin's team just spoiled by switch

SONOMA, Calif. — The spoiler is spoiling Mark Martin's season, and if his Hendrick Motorsports team can't get it figured out quickly, last season's title contender could be a spectator in this year's championship Chase ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-06-19T11:10:17Z)

McDowell forges ahead at U.S. Open

(CNN) -- Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell scored a 3 under par 68 in the second round to lead at the halfway point in the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in California. Starting on the 10th tee, McDowell began and ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-19T10:55:58Z)

The New Poor

So lucrative, that an industry trade association, the United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives, recently convened here, in the oceanfront confines of the Four Seasons Resort, to forge deals and plot ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-19T10:55:58Z)

What were you expecting?

JOHANNESBURG -- That heady summer football of Mexico '86 is the first World Cup I can properly remember and one of my strongest TV memories of that fabled summer is the public torture carried out by ITV on one of their ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-19T10:55:58Z)

3D TV demands simpler solutions

As the FIFA World Cup, MLB Home Run Derby and other sporting events go live in stereo 3D, production teams are addressing the unique challenges of broadcast graphics. Sports fans are accustomed to elaborate moving ... (Source: Variety 2010-06-19T10:55:58Z)

An in-depth look at Brazil's Kaka

Leander Schaerlaeckens (top left) is a soccer writer for ESPN.com. Jeff Carlisle (top center) covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN.com. Brent Latham (top right) covers soccer for ESPN.com and works as a soccer ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-19T10:20:11Z)

Ghana aim to cheer Africa as underdogs shine in World Cup

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ghana hope to lift flagging African spirits at the continent's first World Cup on Saturday in a tournament livened by the success of other underdogs against supposed heavyweights of global soccer ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-19T10:41:39Z)

U.S. know they need to kick the early goal habit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The United States know a win against Algeria will earn them a place in the second round of the World Cup but they must kick the habit of giving up early leads. On Friday, the U.S. conceded after ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-19T10:41:39Z)

Still standing: Facing 2-0 hole, USA almost completes epic rally

JOHANNESBURG -- The moment Mali referee Koman Coulibaly waved off Maurice Edu's goal in the 85th minute Friday, which would have given the USA a World Cup win against Slovenia, there was disbelief, then outrage. No one ... (Source: Newark Advocate 2010-06-19T10:48:49Z)

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