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Deals of the Hour / June 27, 2010, 8:11 am

Blood test may be able to predict menopause

(Health.com) -- A simple doctor's-office blood test may one day be able to predict when a woman will start menopause, possibly even in women in their 20s. Pending validation in future studies, the test could help women ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-27T14:21:14Z)

US Scatters, Pondering What Might Have Been

They started scattering Sunday to the United States and Europe, never to come together as a group again. All the optimism had vanished, four years of planning and effort foiled by a debilitating defense, faltering ... (Source: NPR News 2010-06-27T14:42:43Z)

Judging Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: Cast of graybeards, rising stars, even a ...

WASHINGTON - A cast of graybeards, rising stars and a lame duck once in charge convenes Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider giving President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, a lifetime ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-06-27T14:57:02Z)

Many non-PATH Port Authority employees work without contracts, officials cite ...

John Munson/The Star-Ledger A file photo of take offs and landings at Newark Liberty International Airport. The electricians who work on the lights of the landing strips have been working without a contract since 2006 ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-06-27T14:57:02Z)

Kobe Bryant Visits World-Class Football Training Facility in Soweto, South Africa

JOHANNESBURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On his first visit to the African continent, five-time champion Kobe Bryant joined NIKE Inc. (NYSE: NKE - News ), the world's largest football company, in a visit to the Football Training ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-27T13:16:49Z)

Injury-bitten Red Sox take on Giants, Lincecum

(Sports Network) - The Red Sox overcame a pair of injuries on Saturday to even their three-game series with the Giants at AT&T Park. Overcoming San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum should prove to be a tougher task. Lincecum ... (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2010-06-27T14:49:52Z)

Computer programs replace foreign language teachers in N.J. classrooms after budget ...

RIDGEWOOD — In Ridgewood last year, school officials faced a dilemma that has become familiar in districts across New Jersey: Where to cut the budget. Looking to squeeze under the state spending cap, Ridgewood honed in ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-06-27T14:06:55Z)

Luxury up for bid

Four years is a long time to have your house on the market, always tidy and ready to show. One Grosse Pointe Shores couple have decided enough was enough. Next month, they'll put their custom-built home on storied Lake ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-27T14:35:33Z)

City Brights: Craig Newmark : A national approach to identity online

Key to preventing fraud and abuse online is the accountability you get when you have a reasonable verified identity. This could also provide a single signon tool; you'd only have to remember one user id and password. It ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-27T15:04:11Z)

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 2010-06-27T14:35:33Z)

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