Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 20, 2010, 9:11 am

Tampa Bay (42-26) at Florida (32-36)

Price (10-2, 2.31 ERA) and Johnson (7-2, 1.86) have emerged as two of the league's best pitchers, setting up an intriguing end to an already interesting interleague series. Price, tied for the AL lead in wins, has won ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-20T15:41:07Z)

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 2010-06-20T15:55:26Z)

Oil spill frustrates President Obama's effort to put focus on other issues: Analysis

To that end, the president's team this past week unilaterally declared an "inflection point" in the Gulf of Mexico debacle. He framed his Oval Office address and BP's creation of a $20 billion compensation fund as a ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-20T15:48:17Z)

CU football should get $14.5 million a year from TV for starters

Mascot "Ralphie" gets in some spring practice. The University of Colorado Spring Football game is held at Folsom Field in Boulder, CO on Saturday, April 25, 2009. The spring game is a standard scrimmage with four, ten ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-06-20T14:43:51Z)

Help the Brady Campaign scald themselves on Starbucks Coffee

The Brady Campaign is having a fit, trying to whip up a petition protest campaign against Starbucks to pressure the company into prohibiting open carry of firearms by non-" Only Ones " on its premises: The practice of ... (Source: Examiner 2010-06-20T15:48:17Z)

It was the call heard ' round the World Cup

The time felt right for some patriotism, so I went to a World Cup soccer party the other morning, soccer being the native game of this Earth of ours. Everybody was encouraged to bring a little something to the early ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-06-20T15:41:07Z)

Mon dieu, what a mess

JOHANNESBURG -- If you thought England had it bad, another gifted but ultimately hapless team is in much worse shape. After an argument between France's eccentric astrologist-in-chief and head coach Raymond Domenech and ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-20T15:48:17Z)

Study: Millions in Bangladesh exposed to arsenic in drinking water

(CNN) -- It could be the worst mass poisoning in history. And the terrible irony is that it may all be due to an idealistic push to clean up drinking water for some of the world's poorest people. A new study published in ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-20T14:15:13Z)

Netanyahu invited to July 6 talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited back to the White House for an early July meeting with President Barack Obama. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said that the Israeli PM would look to ... (Source: Thehill.com 2010-06-20T15:48:17Z)

England locker room intruder charged with trespass

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- An England fan who walked into the national team's locker room and confronted David Beckham after a tie with Alergia has been released on bail and ordered to appear in a Cape Town court ... (Source: Associated Press 2010-06-20T16:02:36Z)

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