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Deals of the Hour / June 9, 2010, 1:11 pm

Tweet This: Twitter Goes Down

Some of the trending topics on Twitter included "stupid whale," "Twitter over capacity," and "ballenita," the Spanish term for "little whale." "We are experiencing site availability issues--additional latency and errors--this morning," Twitter ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-09T19:43:14Z)

Blanche Lincoln survives Arkansas runoff; strong anti ...

... place against a backdrop of the worst recession in decades, stubbornly high unemployment, dispiriting day-by-day images of the damage caused by an offshore oil rig disaster and poll after poll that reported the voters angry and eager for a ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-09T19:14:36Z)

Donovan relishing England battle

Now I play from my heart but with a little mixture of keeping my mind in the right place so I don't do anything stupid." (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-09T19:50:23Z)

Trina Spikes On Edison Deal, Solar Sector Mixed

... solar sector during such a volatile period for the markets, but with nine of ten Chinese Solar Stocks Index components trading at a -33% or greater discount to 52-week highs, bargain hunters are being tempted with some attractive valuations. (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-09T19:21:45Z)

Poll: With Higher Visibility, Less Disapproval For Gays

CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. Seventy-seven percent of Americans now say they know someone who is gay or lesbian, a new CBS News poll finds - an increase of 35 ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-09T19:21:45Z)

CVS hits back at Walgreen

Reporting by Phil Wahba; additional reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington and Nivedita Bhattacharjee in New York; editing by Michele Gershberg, Maureen Bavdek and Andre Grenon) (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-06-09T18:45:58Z)

Guerrero and Glaus front group of winter bargains ...

Bargain basement pickup has 12 home runs and a .911 OPS. Arizona had his eye on him for years, and pounced as soon as the Braves replaced him with Martin Prado , who happens to be leading the NL in hitting. 11. Colby Lewis, Rangers, $5 million, two ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-09T19:28:55Z)

Court ruling on speeding tickets prompts outrage from ...

On the power the ruling gives police officers: "I wonder if, as a trained educator with a master's degree, the Ohio Supreme Court would rule that I can just decide a kid is stupid on first glance and fail him/her." "They can't tell a deer from a dead ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-09T19:00:17Z)

State lawmaker fires back at Texas education ...

Students must pass the fifth- and eighth-grade exams to be promoted to the next grade, and students must pass an exit-level exam to graduate from high school. Furthermore, schools and districts are rated based on how students perform on the TAKS and ... (Source: Austin American-Statesman 2010-06-09T19:43:14Z)

Family Fun Land closing in Germantown

Half of senior human resources executives expect their organizations to restructure within the next six months," according to the poll by Right Management, a national firm that offers career coaching services to workers who lose their jobs. (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-06-09T19:36:04Z)

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