Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 27, 2010, 6:11 pm

Shin-Soo Choo's 2 HR, 4 RBI lead Cleveland Indians to 5-3 victory over Reds

Where: Progressive Field. When: Monday through Thursday. TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio; WTAM AM/1100. Pitching matchups: LHP Ricky Romero (6-3, 2.84) vs. RHP Jake Westbrook (4-4, 4.90) Monday at 7:05 p.m.; RHP Brandon Morrow ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-28T00:22:32Z)

Russia suggests oil firm levy for pollution fund

TORONTO - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Sunday for a special levy on oil companies to finance a fund to help clean up environmental disasters such as BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Medvedev, who ... (Source: CNBC 2010-06-28T01:05:29Z)

In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows

Over the weekend, drilling crews raced to build relief wells and Gulf Coast residents were infuriated by reports of BP CEO Tony Hayward attending a yachting competition . BP — which leased the oil rig that exploded ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-28T00:01:03Z)

Thick oil soils Mississippi shore as storm looms

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss./CAMPECHE, Mexico (Reuters) - Large patches of thick oil from BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill washed ashore in Mississippi for the first time on Sunday while the Atlantic hurricane season's first ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-28T00:36:51Z)

Republic story tells human side of SB 1070

The Republic has published several stories the past few weeks of illegal immigrant families in Arizona and how they are dealing with the fear of SB 1070's enforcement. Many are leaving. How many is unknown, but ... (Source: Tucson Citizen 2010-06-28T00:36:51Z)

Time For Video Refs?

The World Cup Final, 1966 (photo): England's Geoff Hurst strikes the ball off the underside of the bar. As fast as a bullet, it lands over the line if you are English, and on the line if you are German. The Russian ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-27T23:18:06Z)

All four siblings in one Union Springs family were valedictorians

Stephen D. Cannerelli/The Post-Standard Stephanie Quill rehearses Thursday afternoon at Union Springs High School for her graduation today. Quill is the fourth of four siblings to earn the school's valedictorian status ... (Source: Syracuse Post-Standard 2010-06-28T00:22:32Z)

EVOLUTION: Lucy had a great, great, great, great, great, great (get it?) grandfather

Lucy, you may recall, was the name given the 3.2-million-year-old remains of a hominid found years ago in Ethiopia who was believed to be just about the oldest link to modern humans. Now comes an even earlier partial ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-28T00:29:41Z)

World leaders walk economic tightrope in Canada

TORONTO (AP) -- Wary of slamming on the stimulus brakes too quickly but shaken by the European debt crisis, world leaders pledged Sunday to reduce government deficits in richer countries in half by 2013, with wiggle room ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-28T00:15:22Z)

Stonewall Veteran, 89, Misses the Parade

Marlo Fisken, 27, showed off her skills dancing on a pole on Sunday during the gay pride parade in Manhattan. She touched the medallion on her necklace — an image of St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes — and ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-28T00:08:13Z)

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