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Deals of the Hour / June 6, 2010, 5:10 am

Colorado residents say legal pot has economic, medical ...

expected to permit the sale of medicinal marijuana soon, The Star-Ledger visited Colorado and New Mexico to observe the impact legalizing the drug for medical reasons has had in those states. • Aspiring marijuana growers look to stake a claim in N. (Source: NJ.com 2010-06-06T11:47:11Z)

Dell loses Taiwan consumer lawsuit: report

The company advertised the unusually low prices on its website in June and July, prompting bargain-hunters to place 200,000 orders. In the July incident, the company's Latitude E4300 notebook, which usually sells for 60,900 Taiwan dollars, appeared ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-06T12:01:30Z)

Project Pride helps E.L. clean up

Volunteers shoveled compost out of a pickup bed for anyone who wanted it, and proceeds from the sale of trillium went to help support Project Pride. The event brings more than 100 volunteers who help with a range of activities from unloading vehicles ... (Source: Lansing State Journal 2010-06-06T11:47:11Z)

Pirating Angelina Jolie (Or, Putting Salt on IPR wounds ...

I guess she was pragmatic enough to realize that she wouldn't be getting a sale on that movie. (Source: CNET Asia 2010-06-06T11:32:52Z)

Akeem Brown of Connecticut gets 5 years for selling cocaine to ...

It resulted the sale occurring near Agawam Middle School. A co-defendant, Jessica King, 26, also of New Britain, Conn., pleaded guilty previously and was sentenced to one year in the Chicopee Women’s Correctional Center on a cocaine distribution ... (Source: Union-News & Sunday Republican 2010-06-06T11:54:20Z)

Parents, advocates fear that New Orleans charter schools have rejected ...

The officials emphasized to parents and advocates that the civil rights office does not enforce special-education programs, but deals with mishandled appeals and other related issues. They also encourage phone calls from frustrated parents who don't ... (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune 2010-06-06T11:54:20Z)

Hawaii's weather, high gasoline costs lure electric ...

The electric car company said it plans to invest $200 million into opening an assembly plant in Hawaii to build as many as 10,000 small cars for sale in the state. "We're like the moth to the flame. We're trying to seek out areas of the country ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-06-06T11:47:11Z)

Odom's turn to redeem inglorious '08 Finals

Odom's ticket to redemption is on sale now. Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is about a crew of Jews hunting down Nazis. It is ultimately about individuals uniting toward a goal and the base power of aggression -- themes important enough to ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-06-06T11:11:23Z)

That's Right: Another Key Injury

But pre-tournament casualties are a very big deal to hard-core fans, and Dutch star Arjen Robben is the latest to go down. It was absurd, all right. Just four minutes remained in the Netherlands' 6-1 victory over Hungary today when Robben, still in ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-06T10:21:17Z)

Proposed renovation of PlayhouseSquare's Allen Theatre promises big ...

All for a relative bargain -- under $30 million -- and preserving the 1921 Allen's architecture ... If the Allen project were a new house for sale, Falco said, the balcony is the bonus room. (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-06T10:14:08Z)

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