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Deals of the Hour / June 22, 2010, 12:11 am

N.J.'s $29.4B budget compromise softens cuts to poor, disabled and students

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers tonight announced a $29.4 billion budget compromise that softens some cuts affecting the poor, the disabled and students while keeping the governor's first budget ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-06-22T05:37:27Z)

Europe's rich clubs blamed for World Cup woes

JOHANNESBURG - No European team has yet matched the standards set by Brazil and Argentina at this year's World Cup, and Italian soccer federation president Giancarlo Abete says he knows why. Europe's traditional big six ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-06-22T07:10:31Z)

Texting charges are nothing to LOL about

The e-mail from on high last week contained roughly 1,000 characters, but I can sum it up for you in a bite-sized blast of less than 160: Staff use of text messaging on company-issued cell phones is getting costly ... (Source: Chicago Tribune (blog) 2010-06-22T06:56:12Z)

Central Michigan gets second commitment for 2011 from Illinois' Cody Lopez

The Central Michigan football received its second football commitment for 2011, and just like their first commitment, this one comes from Illinois. Plainfield North's Cody Lopez, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound linebacker ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-22T06:56:12Z)

Katzenberg to headline Variety's 3D Summit

DreamWorks Animation topper Jeffrey Katzenberg will headline the third annual 3D Entertainment Summit Sept. 15-16 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. The two-day conference, presented in association with Variety ... (Source: Variety 2010-06-22T05:44:37Z)

How towns sort out medical marijuana facilities

Mention medicinal marijuana dispensaries and people tend to think of either the giant operations in Oakland or the hippie-tinged forests of the Emerald Triangle up north. But sprayed throughout the state, in little towns ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-22T07:03:21Z)

The PMU Chooses Monext to Manage its Contactless Card

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France , June 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The PMU has entrusted Monext with managing all aspects of its contactless private label card, which has been available in the network's 10,500 sales outlets since ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-22T06:49:02Z)

Texas Instruments expands femtocell portfolio with devices based on new multicore ...

LONDON , June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- FEMTOCELLS WORLD SUMMIT -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN - News ) announced that it is developing new femtocell devices based on its recently announced multicore System ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-22T06:27:34Z)

Salem church, school celebrate milestones

SALEM — With two milestones to celebrate this year, members of the St. Joseph family will have plenty of reasons to look back on the parish's history. This year, the parish celebrates its 100th anniversary, while St ... (Source: Eagle-Tribune 2010-06-22T06:49:02Z)

$175,000 per offender? Get-tough sex predator 'treatment' busts state budgets

"I've heard people in a lot of the states quietly say, 'Oh, my God, I wish we'd never gotten this law,'" said W. Lawrence Fitch, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law. "No one would ever dare offer ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-22T05:58:56Z)

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