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Deals of the Hour / July 27, 2010, 12:39 pm

Mattel loses Bratz lawsuit

NEW YORK — New Bratz dolls are heading to stores after a federal court overturned a ruling that their maker, MGA Entertainment, had to turn over the brand to Mattel Inc. Two new lines of the doe-eyed dolls ... (Source: Oneida Dispatch 2010-07-27T03:37:12Z)

Garage Sale Buy Worth $200 Million; Man Finds Ansel Adams Negatives

"One man's junk is another man's treasure." Sure, you've heard that saying before at some point and never really thought it would actually be true. But in this instance, it definitely is. People go to garage ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-07-27T17:34:43Z)

AP: Leak of U.S. documents on Afghan war continues

LONDON (AP) -- The release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised today, adding that he still has thousands more ... (Source: Garden City Telegram 2010-07-27T07:40:35Z)

Examiner finds fraud evidence in Tribune sale

An examiner probing Sam Zell's buyout of the Tribune Co. in late 2007 has found evidence of "dishonesty" in the deal's latter stages, a conclusion that could throw the company's 20-month-old ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-07-27T10:03:45Z)

Maradona meets with AFA leader, future in doubt

B UENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona met Monday with the Argentine Football Association's president, with no word yet on whether he will stay on as national team coach. AFA spokesman Cherquis Bialo says Maradona ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-07-27T18:53:28Z)

Modestly dressed Bratz dolls going on sale soon

New Bratz dolls are heading to stores after a federal court overturned a ruling that MGA Entertainment, parent of Little Tikes Co. of Hudson, had to turn over the brand to competitor Mattel Inc. Two new lines ... (Source: Akron Beacon Journal 2010-07-27T06:29:00Z)

Garage Sale Buy Pays Off: Photos by Ansel Adams Worth $200 Million, Experts

How does a $45 investment climb to a possible $200 million? A man combing through garage sale found two boxes of glass negatives and bought the boxes for $45. It turns out the boxes contained 65 glass negatives created ... (Source: National Ledger 2010-07-27T15:04:24Z)

$200M in Ansel Adams work picked up at garage sale

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A lawyer says a trove of old glass negatives bought in California for US$45 has been authenticated as the work of iconic photographer Ansel Adams, worth at least $200 million. Attorney Arnold ... (Source: CTV 2010-07-27T16:58:56Z)

Passaic native Jack Tatum, NFL star known for vicious hits, dies at 61

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jack Tatum, the Oakland Raiders' "Assassin" whose hard hit in a 1978 preseason game paralyzed wide receiver Darryl Stingley, has died. He was 61. Tatum died of a heart attack today in Oakland ... (Source: NJ.com 2010-07-27T19:07:47Z)

Target CEO defends Minnesota political donations

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Target Corp.'s CEO today defended the discount retailer's political donations to a Minnesota group helping the state's Republican candidate for governor, telling employees at its Minneapolis ... (Source: Everett Herald 2010-07-27T17:49:02Z)

Ansel Adams

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno, California, painter. Two small boxes he bought 10 ... (Source: WIBW 2010-07-27T16:01:40Z)

Former Raiders' 'Assassin' Jack Tatum, whose 1978 hit paralyzed Darryl Stingley, dies ...

Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61. Nicknamed "The Assassin," Tatum died of a ... (Source: FOX News 2010-07-27T18:53:28Z)

Leaked US documents give inside look at Afghan war

WASHINGTON - Shocking in scope if not in content, the leak of 91,000 classified U.S. records on the Afghanistan war by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks.org is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures in military ... (Source: Access North GA 2010-07-26T15:05:35Z)

WikiLeaks: More US docs coming on Afghan war

LONDON -- The release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised Monday, adding that he still has thousands more Afghan files to ... (Source: WHDH.com 2010-07-27T08:45:01Z)

Negatives verified as Ansel Adams' work

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- A Fresno painter who bought two small boxes of negatives shot by famed nature photographer Ansel Adams at a garage sale 10 years ago is set to make a fortune. Rick Norsgian paid $45 for ... (Source: KABC 2010-07-27T19:07:47Z)

Drugmaker Fights Approval of Generic Anticoagulant

Sanofi-aventis filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to block sales of a generic version of its low-molecular-weight heparin product Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection) following the FDA's approval of the generic last week ... (Source: MedPage Today 2010-07-27T17:56:12Z)

Target Corp. donates to GOP group backing Emmer

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Here's something Target Corp. isn't advertising in its Sunday circular: The discount retailer is now a major donor to a group backing the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor. That ... (Source: KARE 2010-07-27T14:14:17Z)

OSU, Oakland Raider great Jack Tatum dead at 61

COLUMBUS (AP) — Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61. Nicknamed "The Assassin ... (Source: Vindy.com 2010-07-27T19:14:56Z)

Sanofi Files Suit To Block Sale Of Generic Lovenox

Well, we sort of figured this was coming. Sanofi-Aventis has gone to court here in Washington to prevent rival drugmaker Novartis from selling a generic version of the blockbuster blood-thinner Lovenox. What's ... (Source: NPR News 2010-07-27T15:25:52Z)

Garage sale find: Ansel Adams negatives

BEVERLY HILLS (AP) — A lawyer says a trove of old glass negatives found in Fresno have been authenticated as the work of iconic photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million. Arnold Peter says ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-07-27T16:58:56Z)

WikiLeaks vows to put more secret documents online

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London on Monday, July 26. Assange said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents ... (Source: Seacoast Online 2010-07-27T08:30:42Z)

Tribune Deal Born Bankrupt

The examiner appointed by a Delaware bankruptcy court to evaluate claims that the sale of the Tribune Co. to a group headed by real-estate billionaire Sam Zell was conducted fraudulently appeared to be of two minds ... (Source: Contactmusic.com 2010-07-27T18:24:50Z)

What is WikiLeaks? A group on a mission to root out secrets

WikiLeaks is a bare-bones organization on a mission to root out the secrets of the high and mighty, from Sarah Palin to the Church of Scientology. Its founder, Julian Assange, said his group's biggest coup so ... (Source: Nashville Tennessean 2010-07-27T07:11:57Z)

New Bratz dolls to hit shelves in August

NEW YORK — New Bratz dolls are heading to stores after a federal court overturned a ruling that their maker, MGA Entertainment, had to turn over the brand to Mattel Inc. Two new lines of the doe-eyed dolls ... (Source: Inside Bay Area 2010-07-27T17:56:12Z)

Examiner finds evidence of "dishonesty" in Tribune sale

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The court-appointed examiner investigating Tribune Co's bankruptcy said he has found some evidence of dishonesty in the 2007 leveraged buyout of the company, court documents showed. The report ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-07-27T11:58:17Z)

Momenta: US district court places no restrictions on sale of generic version of ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Biotechnology company Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday a federal court placed no restrictions on the sale of a generic version of Sanofi-Aventis SA's Lovenox, an injected drug that prevents ... (Source: San Francisco Examiner 2010-07-27T16:23:08Z)

WikiLeaks boss vows to expose more documents

LONDON: It has no headquarters and its public face — a wiry, silver-haired Australian with a physics Ph.D. — carries his desktop computer in a backpack as he moves from place to place. WikiLeaks is a bare ... (Source: Akron Beacon Journal 2010-07-27T07:26:16Z)

Target Corp. spending company money on candidates

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Here's something Target Corp. isn't advertising in its Sunday circular: The discount retailer is now a major donor to a group backing the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor. And that's ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-07-27T15:40:11Z)

Argentina to drop Maradona as coach - reports

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) – Argentina were set to drop Diego Maradona as national coach, media reports said on Tuesday, as the Argentine Football Association (AFA) mulled potential successors. Maradona had said ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-07-27T18:31:59Z)

Maradona and Grondona in Showdown Over Argentina's Future

Diego Maradona needed some career advice. So he visited his friend Hugo Chávez last week to get a lesson in brinkmanship from the Venezuela president as Maradona considers whether to continue as coach of the ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-07-27T17:27:34Z)

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