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Deals of the Hour / September 17, 2010, 10:40 am

Continental shareholders OK UAL merger

Continental ... announced the preliminary results of voting during a brief shareholder meeting Friday in Houston. Shareholders of United parent UAL Corp. were meeting near Chicago to vote on the $3 billion stock swap. (Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald 2010-09-17T15:35:47Z)

Remains of a body, with or without DNA evidence, can offer evidence, prosecutors say

scientific evidence — that real cases aren't like the "CSI" shows ... DNA from body fluids can degrade. Suspects often don't leave readable fingerprints even when they touch something. Weapons and blood-stained ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-09-05T04:58:37Z)

Lomax attorney expecting plea offer from state in UConn stabbing case

Deron Freeman also plans to file his speedy-trial motion for John Lomax III in Rockville Superior Court on Monday. Lomax, of Bloomfield, is accused of killing Howard, a 20-year-old cornerback from Miami, last Oct. 18 ... (Source: Middletown Press 2010-09-12T18:04:53Z)

Acid attack victim Bethany Storro meets and greets the Portland Media.

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, Bethany Storro speaks to the media at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, Ore. Vancouver, Wash. Police Chief Clifford Cook said that Bethany Storro admitted to fabricating a ... (Source: Idaho State Journal 2010-09-17T15:57:16Z)

Fall trial appears unlikely in UConn murder case

... Attorney Matthew Gedansky said in Rockville Superior Court on Friday that there is a lot of evidence in the case against 22-year-old John Lomax III and prosecutors are ... Deron Freeman, had been seeking a trial ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-17T16:54:32Z)

Cytori Extends Distribution Agreement with GE Healthcare; Key Focus on Research ...

... GE Healthcare and Cytori share co-exclusive Celution® System and StemSource® sales rights ... Healthcare's regenerative medicine product portfolio," said Konstantin Fielder, general manager of Cell ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-09-17T03:54:16Z)

Poll gives Democrats a little hope for Nov. 2

Nervous Democratic incumbents in Congress received a sliver of good ... focus to become even more focused on Washington and the Democrats in control of the White House, Senate and U.S. House of Representatives ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2010-09-16T21:20:34Z)

European Union gives green light to South Korea free trade deal at summit

BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed Thursday to a free trade pact with South ... Italy, home to automaker Fiat, long opposed the deal. South Korea exported 303,205 vehicles to the EU in 2009, according to the Korea ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-16T12:30:51Z)

UAL, Continental shareholders OK merger

... Continental Airlines Inc. and UAL Corp. approve a deal to form the world's biggest airline. Continental officials announced preliminary results of ... clear the way for the $3 billion stock swap to close in ... (Source: Crain's Chicago Business 2010-09-17T15:57:16Z)

Consol settles W.Va. pollution case

the Sierra Club said Thursday ... of the Gauley River from the Bridge Fork mining complex in Fayette County. The deal also calls for a $1.2 million donation to West Virginia University College of Law and $134,000 in ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-17T04:01:26Z)

Sierra Club says it has settled W.Va. pollution case with Consol

The Sierra Club says Powellton agreed to cut discharges from the Bridge Fork mining complex in Fayette County. The deal also calls for a $1.2 million donation to West Virginia University College of Law and $134,000 ... (Source: Charleston Daily Mail 2010-09-16T17:52:59Z)

Sierra Club: Consol settles W.Va. pollution case

the Sierra Club said Thursday ... of the Gauley River from the Bridge Fork mining complex in Fayette County. The deal also calls for a $1.2 million donation to West Virginia University College of Law and $134,000 in ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-16T21:13:25Z)

Pope Benedict XVI is seen through candles as he attends a Service of Prayer at St ...

Pope Benedict XVI is seen through candles as he attends a Service of Prayer at St Mary's University College Chapel at Twickenham, London Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope ... (Source: Charleston Gazette 2010-09-17T14:24:12Z)

Italy stalls EU sign-off on South Korea trade deal (Roundup)

Brussels - Italy on Friday stalled the European Union's ratification of a ground-breaking free-trade agreement with South Korea in a bid to protect its domestic small-car industry. The free-trade deal had ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-09-10T14:18:11Z)

EU Approves First Trade Deal with South Korea

he European ... pact at the EU-South Korea summit in Brussels on Oct. 6, effective beginning July 1, 2011, after being ratified by EU member states and South Korea. The decision was reached after Italy removed its veto, (Source: The Epoch Times 2010-09-17T01:45:25Z)

Continental, UAL shareholders approve combo

... Continental Airlines Inc. and UAL Corp. approve a deal to form the world's biggest airline. Continental officials announced preliminary results of ... clear the way for the $3 billion stock swap to close in ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-17T15:50:06Z)

Analysis: Obama has tenuous grip on Democrats over taxes

... leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Democrats are peeling off," said Clint Stretch, a three-decade veteran of tax policy, now a principal at Deloitte in Washington. "My guess is in a lame-duck Congress ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-09T20:53:05Z)

Deal, Barnes debate before educators

Nathan Deal portrayed himself as a friend to teachers Thursday while his opponent Roy Barnes portrayed himself ... important one at a debate before the Professional Association of Georgia Educators at the the Georgia ... (Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution 2010-09-16T22:32:09Z)

Attorney For Jasper Howard Stabbing Suspect Expecting Plea Offer From State

Deron Freeman also plans to file his speedy-trial motion for John Lomax III in Rockville Superior Court on Monday. Lomax, of Bloomfield, is accused of killing Howard, a 20-year-old cornerback from Miami, last Oct. 18 ... (Source: Hartford Courant 2010-09-13T09:42:37Z)

Bethany Storro Hoax: Police Say Wash. Acid Attack Self-Inflicted

... Bethany Storro's account of the day her face was irreparably burned by acid. Why, they asked ... So it was in a soft-spoken voice that Vancouver police chief Clifford Cook told reporters on Thursday that Storro ... (Source: KSAX 2010-09-17T14:52:50Z)

Bethany Storro Acid Burns Were Self-Inflicted

When Bethany Storro ... Her acid wounds were self-inflicted. "During the course of the investigation, several discrepancies began to emerge regarding the alleged attack," Vancouver Police Chief Clifford Cook said. " (Source: Gather.com 2010-09-17T13:26:56Z)

Wyo. Game and Fish lab goes 'CSI' to nab poachers

Think of it as "CSI: Wyoming." The forensic lab for when your victim remains aren't human ... The DNA matched blood from the kill site, proving the Louisiana men had shot it outside of the wildlife area. The agents ... (Source: Times Union 2010-09-16T15:01:11Z)

Into the investigation: Rockland police lieutenant takes course in Florida

... CSI." "If you went into a house where there was a significant crime where a person was assaulted and there was blood on the carpet ... hands-on training in lifting fingerprints and DNA evidence from crime ... (Source: Abington Mariner 2010-09-16T19:47:31Z)

Barnes, Deal go head-to-head over education

ATLANTA — Democrat Roy Barnes and Republican Nathan Deal clashed over key education issues from ... The event sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators gave both gubernatorial candidates a ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-16T16:48:33Z)

Cytori Therapeutics extends distribution agreement with GE Healthcare

... and StemSource® sales rights for research and cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. "Cytori's products are a valuable component to GE Healthcare's regenerative medicine product portfolio," said Konstantin Fielder, (Source: News-Medical.Net 2010-09-17T04:44:23Z)

GA-Gov: Nathan Deal's (R) financial travails

so Republicans (and many Democrats) in Congress and Bush made it harder for people to declare bankruptcy. In fact, Deal voted for that onerous bill. Officials with Deal's campaign confirmed that the candidate is in ... (Source: DAILY KOS 2010-09-17T13:48:25Z)

5 arrested over threat to Pope Benedict XVI

... Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, the second day of a papal trip to Britain that has ... The trip has been overshadowed by disgust over the Catholic Church's clerical abuse scandal and opposition from secularists and ... (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2010-09-17T17:08:51Z)

Pope Speaks of Failures of Catholic Clergy

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed "shock" and "great sadness" over failures of the Catholic clergy centering around the issue of child abuse. The Pope shared his thoughts during a media call on his plane on Sept. 16 ... (Source: The Epoch Times 2010-09-17T16:54:32Z)

Cytori extends deal with GE Healthcare

... and StemSource sales rights for research and cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. "Cytori's products are a valuable component to GE Healthcare's regenerative medicine product portfolio," said Konstantin Fielder, (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-16T16:34:14Z)

Deal wants to ax U.S. ed department, won't rule out more furloughs and supported ...

Nathan Deal wants to abolish ... He and Democrat Roy Barnes, trying to win back his old job, are due to participate in a forum sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Deal told the Chattanooga ... (Source: Savannah Morning News 2010-09-16T14:54:01Z)

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