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Deals of the Hour / June 20, 2010, 11:11 pm

At World Cup, USA forced to deal with refs as well as foes

IRENE, South Africa — Before the World Cup began, the U.S. players, especially those who make a living in the rough-and-tumble English Premier League, were told to leave their hand-to-hand combat techniques at home ... (Source: USA Today 2010-06-21T05:24:19Z)

House Prices Set to Fall as Austerity Measures Start to Bite

LONDON , June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rightmove House Price Index, the UK's leading indicator of house prices , recorded that the average asking price for a property in the UK edged up by just 633 pounds sterling in June ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-21T06:00:07Z)

Dish mayor's outcry on gas drilling brings big buzz to tiny Denton County town

As mayor of Dish, Calvin Tillman presides over a two-square-mile patch of Denton County flatland and about 180 residents. But this small-town mayor has become a central figure in the national debate over gas drilling ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-21T05:17:10Z)

Transcript: Secretary Robert Gates on 'FNS'

The following is a rush transcript of the June 20, 2010, edition of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. CHRIS WALLACE, ANCHOR: But first, amid recent reports ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-21T05:31:29Z)

N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Top Students

Erin Meekhof, an incoming freshman, at her parents' house. But when he leaves for college this fall, he will travel 6,900 miles to Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. That is where N.Y.U. will open a campus in September ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-21T05:45:48Z)

Will Pistons boss Joe Dumars go all in for Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins?

The next few days should tell us a lot about Joe Dumars' poker skills. However, the game won't play out in his basement. It will get a public airing in the rumor mill that has only begun to percolate in anticipation of ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-21T04:34:13Z)

BP estimates of Gulf oil spill range up to 100,000 bpd

BURAS, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day, according to an internal company document released by a senior ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-21T05:38:38Z)

Landry's CEO gets key shareholder vote for buyout: report

(Reuters) - Landry's Restaurants Inc <LNY.N> Chief Executive Tilman Fertitta's $1.4 billion bid for the seafood restaurant operator received the support of a crucial shareholder on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal said ... (Source: CNBC 2010-06-21T06:07:16Z)

Flutteroo Online Auctions Signs Up More Than 50,000 Customers

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 06/21/10) - After less than 9 months, flutteroo is delighted to announce that it has now signed up more than 50,000 customers to its online auctions website. Launched late last year ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-21T05:10:00Z)

Brutal heat in cheap Oak Cliff apartment rentals may have cost one man's life

The sun was punishing Mario Orduna's cramped apartment. The clock was about to strike noon on Sunday, and the heat already felt like a furnace inside his living space. JOSH BIRNBAUM/DMN Mario Orduna, a resident of an ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-21T05:52:57Z)

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