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Deals of the Hour / June 27, 2010, 7:11 am

Health care issue could swing Tennessee voters again

Tennessee's elections once again may turn on the issue of health care. Three months after President Barack Obama signed health-care reform into law and nearly eight years after Gov. Phil Bredesen was elected with a ... (Source: WBIR 2010-06-27T13:45:27Z)

Cheney Still Hospitalized: Feeling Better

Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains in a Washington D.C. hospital with a build-up of fluid that's related to his longstanding heart issues but his daughter says Cheney is feeling better and hopes that he'll be ... (Source: FOXNews (blog) 2010-06-27T13:59:46Z)

What Kind Of Soccer Fan Are You?

Fans watch the World Cup in South Africa. A professor shattered the illusion of individuality in one brutally efficient pronouncement. He'd been talking about literary critic William Empson's book Seven Types of ... (Source: NPR News 2010-06-27T14:06:55Z)

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins European GP

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -- Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has won the European Grand Prix, dominating the race from the pole after teammate Mark Webber walked away from a spectacular crash in the early going. Vettel won his ... (Source: Associated Press 2010-06-27T14:06:55Z)

Libya going ahead with BP drilling deal

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya says it will allow BP to move ahead with its offshore drilling plans next month, despite the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Libyan oil chief Shokri Ghanem said Sunday the contract signed ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-27T13:02:30Z)

Webber survives spectacular crash at European GP

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Red Bull driver Mark Webber has walked away from a spectacular crash at the European Grand Prix. The Australian's car clipped the back of Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus before flying through the air ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-27T13:02:30Z)

10 iPhone Apps for a Better Night's Sleep

General health practitioners recommend that adults get at least seven hours of sleep each night for optimal functioning of mind, body and spirit. Tips for getting the good night's rest you've always wanted. Countless ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-27T12:41:01Z)

O'Brien: We're not ready for the mobile revolution

The mobile revolution has hit a major roadblock. Two events got me thinking about this. The first was when Apple unveiled the new iPhone but said video chat would be available only through Wi-Fi because AT&T's wireless ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-06-27T13:59:46Z)

Tesla bets that stock sale will fund electric car work

Tesla Motors' Elon Musk is trying to pull off the first initial public offering of a U.S. automaker in a half-century for an electric sports-car company that's lost money every year since its founding in 2003. The maker ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-27T13:38:17Z)

In electric era, auto industry has a western frontier

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A 2006 documentary about GM's ill-fated EV1 famously asked, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Silicon Valley is helping to bring it back to life. Tuesday's scheduled stock market debut for Palo Alto ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-27T13:52:36Z)

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