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Deals of the Hour / June 25, 2010, 10:10 pm

Craig Watkins gets the rock star treatment

CORPUS CHRISTI – Julie Spears was talking to friends when she spotted Craig Watkins strolling by. Spears lunged at the Dallas County district attorney, hugged him and told him he was the biggest political player in ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-26T04:35:27Z)

Sherrington: Have Rangers' sale proceedings become a drama or a comedy?

ARLINGTON – A Fort Worth federal judge blew his top Friday, and one of Bud Selig's lawyers threatened to "terminate" the club, leaving the prospects of a postseason dangling in the volatile balance. Meanwhile, in other ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-06-26T05:04:04Z)

Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected

Jon Gnarr is now the fourth mayor in four years of a city that is home to more than a third of Iceland's 320,000 people. Last month, in the depressed aftermath of the country's financial collapse, the Best Party ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-26T04:28:17Z)

Cleveland Cavaliers receive permission to talk to Los Angeles Lakers assistant Brian ...

Shaw is well-liked by Lakers players and is believed to be Jackson's choice to take over if he decides to retire. Scott is believed to be liked as a potential coach by Lakers primary owner Jerry Buss and minority owner ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-26T04:21:08Z)

In Strikers, Uruguay Finds Potential to Add to Legacy

The Times's soccer blog has the 2010 World Cup covered from all angles, with news, features and live analysis of every match. How to trump winning the first World Cup, on home soil, as the Uruguayans did in 1930? How to ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-26T04:06:49Z)

Harry starts US trip with a bang at West Point

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Prince Harry showed he knows his way around a rifle as he joined cadets in training at the storied military grounds Friday at the start of his three-day visit to New York. Harry, third in line to ... (Source: WTVF 2010-06-26T04:56:55Z)

Sudden death World Cup game awaits U.S.

(CNN) -- Wimbledon, World Cup, interleague baseball and the coming changes to the NBA landscape highlight the first sports weekend of summer. The knockout round of the World Cup starts this weekend. What does that mean ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-26T02:48:04Z)

Gulf Dispatch: An aerial view of ruthless oil's impact

Philippe Cousteau, Gov. Charlie Crist and others fly over the oil disaster. Editor's note: Philippe Cousteau Jr. is the grandson of legendary ocean explorer and filmmaker Jacques Yves Cousteau. Philippe heads the ... (Source: CNN (blog) 2010-06-26T03:23:52Z)

Vuvuzela Sparks Ax Murder Threat by Neighbor

(AP) German police say an American got so fed up with the constant mosquito-like droning from his neighbors' vuvuzela plastic horns that he threatened to kill them with an ax. Police in the Bavarian city of Weiden said ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-26T04:28:17Z)

East Troy man gets 6 years for soliciting hit man to kill 3

June 25, 2010 4:06 p.m. | Waukesha - A 51-year-old East Troy man who attempted to hire a hit man to kill a Walworth County assistant district attorney, a Town of East Troy police officer and a Village of East Troy ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-26T04:13:58Z)

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