Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / August 30, 2010, 5:41 pm

Apple Valley Chevrolet, The Journal team up on Cruze giveaway

MARTINSBURG - General Motors is on the brink of releasing for sale its new, sporty, small car - the Chevy Cruze - and the very first one made for retail sale could end up in the Eastern Panhandle. The Journal has teamed ... (Source: Journal & Sunday Journal 2010-08-29T06:25:39Z)

Sony blocks sale of PS3 jailbreak device in Australia

The PS Jailbreak has been making the rounds recently as it touted the ability to allow anyone to install games or homebrew apps on PlayStation 3 consoles. It was set to go on sale in Australia but Sony swiftly responded ... (Source: Neoseeker 2010-08-27T21:51:27Z)

Architectural gems languish on California home market

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The home sale slump has left some dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and other architectural luminaries languishing on the Southern California market. Marquee homes by Richard Neutra, Rudolph ... (Source: LIVE AUCTIONEERS 2010-08-30T16:04:17Z)

Sony bans sale of PS3 hack dongles

Those of you desperate to crack the PS3 by using the PS Jailbreak hack dongle revealed a couple of weeks ago may be unlucky, as Sony has succeeded in temporarily halting the PS3 hacking tool from getting into ... (Source: TECH.BLORGE.com 2010-08-29T22:53:30Z)

Dance promoter Insomniac hits city with seven-figure lawsuit over canceled Tiesto ...

Tickets never went on sale and promotions were never staged, but a planned headlining concert by electronic artist Tiësto is the center of a seven-figure civil suit filed against the city of Los Angeles on ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-08-31T00:25:22Z)

Newspaper creates excitement with contest

PARKERSBURG - General Motors is on the brink of releasing for sale its new, sporty, small car, the Chevy Cruze and the very first one made for retail sale could end up in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The Parkersburg News and ... (Source: Parkersburg News & Sentinel 2010-08-30T04:44:15Z)

Hurricane Earl upped to powerful category four

US weather experts Monday raised Hurricane Earl to a category four storm, warning "catastrophic damage" will occur if it makes landfall as it barrels across the Caribbean towards the US. Earl had brushed past ... (Source: Raw Story 2010-08-30T21:33:34Z)

Hurricane Earl upgraded to Category 4

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring three storm systems in the Atlantic basin on Monday, and computer models still showed all three steering clear of key oil and gas-producing areas in ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-08-30T22:09:22Z)

Sean Bean Turns Soccer Boss In Hometown

Sports fan Sean Bean is putting a small British soccer team on the map - he has joined the board of directors of a club in his hometown. The Lord of the Rings star, who played Boromir in the hugely successful ... (Source: Post Chronicle 2010-08-30T14:02:36Z)

Sony Breaks PSJailbreak Sales

Since release, the PlayStation 3 has always been deemed impervious to hacks. Of course, this has not stopped the hacking community from attempting to breach the firmware security of the console. In recent ... (Source: PlayStation LifeStyle 2010-08-28T19:12:47Z)

Toys for Boys, Captain Scott Relics, Kray's Paintings Go on Sale: Art Buzz

By Scott Reyburn - Mon Aug 30 23:00:01 GMT 2010 A model steam train that was an expensive toy for a grown-up boy in the days before the Bugatti Veyron and the Goldstriker platinum iPhone is being sold at ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-08-30T23:13:47Z)

Danielle and Earl on the move

Hurricane season jumped into high gear this week with Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl churning up the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Just in time, Pinellas County opened its blog for eTownHall: Surviving the Storm ... (Source: Beach Beacon 2010-08-26T06:43:32Z)

Earl becomes hurricane, nears edge of Caribbean Sea

TAMPA Two hurricanes and a tropical wave expected to grow into a depression today or Monday are moving across the Atlantic Ocean in a parade, highlighting that the peak weeks of hurricane season. Earl muscled up to a ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-08-29T21:41:55Z)

Pedigreed homes are going unsold

The home sale slump has left some dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and other architectural luminaries languishing on the Southern California market. Marquee homes by Wright and others like Richard ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-08-29T02:43:45Z)

Relocating a house - internationally?

A real estate agent who has been trying to sell a home designed by iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for two years is considering an inquiry from clients who would move it from Southern California to Japan ... (Source: Stuff 2010-08-30T04:01:18Z)

Tropical Storm Earl forms in the open Atlantic

MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the open Atlantic Ocean, but the system is far from land. Earl has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is expected to become a hurricane by Friday. In the ... (Source: The Sun News 2010-08-23T23:57:53Z)

Contest winner to get first Cruze

General Motors is on the brink of releasing for sale its new, sporty, small car, the Chevrolet Cruze, and the very first one made for retail sale could end up in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The Marietta Times has teamed up with ... (Source: Marietta Times 2010-08-28T20:02:53Z)

Hurricane Earl on Its Way to the Eastern United States

Powerful hurricane Earl, which reached category 3 today, lashed the Carribean with heavy rains and winds of 125 mph. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, the hurricane is about to get even more powerful. It ... (Source: Short News 2010-08-30T21:47:53Z)

Pakistan cricket in crisis after match-fixing allegations surface on England tour

Stuart Condie, The Associated Press LONDON - The International Cricket Council has started to put pressure on Pakistan to address the crisis engulfing the country's cricket team following allegations that fixing by ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-08-30T14:24:04Z)

Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path ... (Source: Forbes 2010-08-31T00:18:13Z)

MOA owners sell nearby hotel to bank

As the Mall of America gets ready for construction on a new luxury hotel on its south side, mall owner Triple Five Corp. has shed a hotel it owned to the north. Triple Five has sold the Ramada Mall of America ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-08-31T00:25:22Z)

At Bookstore, Even Those Not Buying Regret Its End

On Monday afternoon, Jai Cha walked out of the Barnes & Noble at 66th Street and Broadway in Manhattan as he does nearly every week — without a book. "I'm just killing time," said Mr. Cha, a 30-year ... (Source: New York Times 2010-08-31T00:25:22Z)

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