Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 5, 2010, 2:10 pm

Johnson ready to get back on track at Pocono

Johnson survived a similar lull last summer, when he managed just one top-10 in six races starting in Watkins Glen and ending in Richmond. There was the 14-race winless streak in 2007. The forgettable two months in 2006 in which he didn't even crack ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-06-05T20:02:17Z)

City prepared to make Torres world's richest player

Torres has been made aware of the enormous salary being put in front of his advisors to tempt him to Eastlands, with the deal reportedly equal to the phenomenal wages Cristiano Ronaldo commands at Real Madrid - more than £200,000-a-week plus image ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-05T20:45:14Z)

Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with ...

Paul Lorigan, M.D., Julia M. Vaubel, M.D., Gerald P. Linette, M.D., Ph.D., David Hogg, M.D., Christian H. Ottensmeier, M.D., Ph.D., Celeste Lebbé, M.D., Christian Peschel, M.D., Ian Quirt, M.D., Joseph I. Clark, M.D., Jedd D. Wolchok, M. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine 2010-06-05T20:23:46Z)

Documentation Supporting Allegations that Yahoo and AP ...

But I am accessing all these comments from an AP article “Masked men vandalize UN summer camp for Gaza kids”. It’s time stamped AP Tue Jun 1, 9:54 am ET Question: What is a comment like Robert’s which was time stamped March 09 doing on AP ... (Source: Dissident Voice 2010-06-05T20:30:55Z)

Orioles awful in Samuel's debut as manager

Drew 1-2, Tillman, as has been his occasional undoing at the big league level, couldn't summon a pitch that would get him out of a jam. Two pitches later, Drew hammered a letters-high fastball into right-center field for a two-run double, giving ... (Source: Baltimore Sun 2010-06-05T20:45:14Z)

Odds are good you'll enjoy meal based on 'Lottery ...

We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it." Mary-Liz Shaw is a Journal Sentinel writer and copy editor. Her Literal Feasts feature suggests a different book-themed menu each month. (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-05T20:52:24Z)

Social media may help smokers kick habit

There hasn't been a great deal of research on the effectiveness of social media for smoking cessation, and some experts are skeptical that online support groups, chat rooms, or Facebook pages--what experts call the peer model--really help people quit ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-05T19:40:49Z)

Even With a Cleanup, Spilled Oil Stays With Us

EATEN BY BACTERIA If conditions are right, microbes can consume a great deal of spilled oil. But this is not always possible in oxygen-starved environments, like the deep sea or where oil has seeped into beach sediments. REMOVAL Armies of workers at ... (Source: New York Times 2010-06-05T20:52:24Z)

Bradley Byrne: Automated calls by AEA meant to sabotage ...

The main article in the issue, written by the group's executive secretary, Paul Hubbert, ran under the headline, "Bradley Byrne's War Against Our Schools." Perry noted that about 35 percent of the union's 100,000-plus members are Republicans. " (Source: Everything Alabama Blog 2010-06-05T20:59:33Z)

Birds coated in Gulf of Mexico oil emblemize a ...

Matthew Hinton/The Times-Picayune Fort Jackson in Buras on Friday. Oiled birds have trouble regulating their body temperature. They are the ghastly images of a summer fouled before it started. Squawking seagulls and majestic brown pelicans coated in ... (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune 2010-06-05T20:59:33Z)

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