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Deals of the Hour / June 28, 2010, 3:12 am

SolarWorld Exceeds 1 MW in Oregon's Group-Buy Innovation

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarWorld is on track to supply about 1 MW of high-performance solar panels this year through a nation-leading, volunteer-driven, low-cost program that enables Oregon residents to more ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-28T10:02:21Z)

Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92

Senator Robert Byrd speaking in Washington in April 2005. Mr. Byrd served 51 years in the Senate, longer than anyone in American history, and with his six years in the House, he was the longest-serving member of Congress ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-28T10:02:21Z)

High school to include medical and dental clinic

BEVERLY — Starting this fall, students who need dental or medical care will have to go no farther than down the hall. When the new academic building opens in November, for the first time kids will have access to a ... (Source: Salem News 2010-06-28T10:02:21Z)

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia Dies at 92

(CBS/AP) Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died Monday. He was 92. Spokesman Jesse Jacobs said Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. Byrd was ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-28T09:48:02Z)

Amid vast change wrought by spill, Gulf coast residents adapt, reflect, savor special ...

MARRERO, La. MARRERO, La. (AP) — In a pretty brick house on a cul-de-sac with a basketball hoop and flowering crape myrtles, a little boy with big blue eyes and hair the color of sand is trying to understand why Daddy ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-28T09:26:34Z)

Frito-Lay Expands Portfolio With New Lower Sodium Varieties of Top Selling Snacks

PLANO, Texas , June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America business unit announced the introduction of two new Lightly Salted varieties of chips. Fritos Lightly Salted corn chips and Ruffles Lightly ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-28T10:02:21Z)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 review

With point-and-shoots, it's rare that a high price tag equates to superb photo quality and/or fast performance. You're mostly paying for getting all the latest features into a very small body that you can take anywhere ... (Source: CNET Asia 2010-06-28T09:33:43Z)

Study Finds Nominee Questioning to Be Useful

WASHINGTON — Ever since nominees to the Supreme Court started to subject themselves to comprehensive grilling in 1939, their confirmation hearings have been dismissed by the legal elite as an empty charade. But a new ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-28T09:48:02Z)

Byrd 'seriously ill' in hospital

In this August 2009 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., accompanied by long time staffer and scheduler Martha Anne McIntosh, waves as he arrives back on Capitol Hill in Washington. The West Virginia Democrat's office ... (Source: Charleston Gazette 2010-06-28T09:55:12Z)

Robert Byrd dies at 92

The Senate has lost one of its legends with the death of Robert C. Byrd, an orphan child who married a coal miner's daughter and rose from the hollows of West Virginia coal country to become the longest serving senator ... (Source: Politico.com 2010-06-28T09:19:24Z)

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