Deals of the Hour

Trying to find out what's the deal with the world, tracking what's on sale and who's talking about it on Twitter. Update hourly.

Deals of the Hour / June 21, 2010, 6:10 pm

S.O.S. "Save Our Sign" Bikinis Babes march to Austin City Hall in protest of neon sign removal

On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, employees and fans of Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill plan to march into Austin's City Hall in hopes that they'll be able to save one of their location's neon signs . "We followed the rules by ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-22T00:15:20Z)

Ray Lewis on Haynesworth

When I cited a few arguments in favor of Albert Haynesworth last week , I suggested that people were only defending Haynesworth to be different, to be argumentative, to play devil's advocate. Well, since then, other ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-22T00:58:17Z)

Dutch Politician Solves Everything By Coming Up With Plan For Jordan To Rename Itself ...

Sell. The. Naming. Rights! Think about it! We can have some company that's, say, having a PR nightmare *koffkoff*BP*koffkoff* offer to spend $100 million to purchase the naming rights to the Gaza and maybe we can throw ... (Source: Wonkette (satire) 2010-06-21T23:46:42Z)

Shahzad pleads guilty to Times Square bombing charges

New York (CNN) -- Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American suspect in the failed Times Square bombing case, entered pleas of guilty Monday in federal court to all 10 counts he was facing. Shahzad, wearing a ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-22T00:43:58Z)

Trio pulling away in AL MVP race while NL chase is wide-open

Two very different races are emerging in this year's Most Valuable Player chase. In the American League, three primary candidates are beginning to separate themselves from the pack and should generate a heated debate ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-22T00:15:20Z)

Cigarette tax increase, $3 million for Buffalo Bills: Today's major NY budget negotiations

Albany, NY -- With the on-again, off-again drama of a potential state government shutdown and long political battles during the last three weeks, New Yorkers have had little chance to see major parts of the 2011-12 state ... (Source: Syracuse Post-Standard 2010-06-22T00:29:39Z)

Enforcer of Wisconsin's raw milk rules resigns

Steve Ingham, food safety division administrator for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, is returning to his faculty position at University of Wisconsin-Madison following 19 months at the ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-22T00:58:17Z)

Poll: Most Say Obama Lacks Clear Plans on the Oil Spill, Energy or Jobs

CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. (Credit: CBS) Most Americans do not believe President Obama has a clear plan to deal with the oil ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-21T23:32:23Z)

Company will retire copper, transfer all customers to the national fiber net

As the United States engages in partisan bickering over whether actually investing in your telecom infrastructure is good or evil -- Australia's been pushing forward with plans to build a $43 billion ($38 billion ... (Source: Broadband Dslreports 2010-06-22T00:36:48Z)

Bruce C. Ratner Content to Succeed in the Shadows

Ratner — a development partner of The New York Times in building its current headquarters — maintains that he would have kept the Nets had the banks not curtailed major lending through the crunch of the financial ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-22T00:51:07Z)

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