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Deals of the Hour / September 18, 2010, 12:40 am

Cubs pitch way past Marlins, 2-0

Ryan Dempster is hoping he can put together ... Dempster pitched seven crisp innings Friday night and the Cubs beat the Florida Marlins 2-0. Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto each hit an RBI double for the Cubs (66-81 ... (Source: Peoria Journal Star 2010-09-18T06:23:25Z)

Roy Oswalt goes 6 strong, earns seventh straight win as Phillies beat Nationals 9-1

... Roy Oswalt threw six sharp innings to earn his seventh straight win, and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Friday ... Jayson Werth and Carlos Ruiz each homered and ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-18T06:01:56Z)

Obama appoints adviser to new consumer bureau

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama named Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren a special adviser Friday and tasked her with setting up an agency to look out for consumers in their dealings with banks ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-09-18T07:06:22Z)

FBI believes 78-year-old woman was abducted

... FBI is searching for a 78-year-old woman who is believed to have been abducted from her home in a Vermont village. An air search is planned for Pat O'Hagan ... is originally from Chelmsford, Mass. She been ... (Source: Charleston Daily Mail 2010-09-16T14:39:42Z)

Fighting Release of Guantanamo Detainee

military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba a year later. He remains there as lawyers are set to argue over his release before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court in Washington Friday. The 9/11 commission ... (Source: WHSV 2010-09-17T16:40:13Z)

FBI search continues for missing Vt. woman

... FBI search continues for a Vermont grandmother who disappeared from her home and is believed to have been abducted. An aerial search is planned for 78-year-old Pat O'Hagan ... originally from Chelmsford, Mass., (Source: Boston Globe 2010-09-16T15:01:11Z)

Citigroup deals away student loan business

Citigroup said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and the student lender Sallie Mae, Citi's latest move to focus on its ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-18T05:40:28Z)

Browns: Wallace prepping to start (with video)

... Browns experiencing only two winning seasons in 11 years. Unless Jake Delhomme wakes up today or Sunday morning and shows Coach Eric Mangini he can do the cha-cha, Seneca Wallace ... quarter against Tampa Bay ... (Source: News-Herald.com 2010-09-18T05:18:59Z)

Citigroup decides to drop student loan business

Financial services giant Citigroup said Friday that it will sell off its student loan business to Sallie Mae and Discover Financial Services, a move that consolidates the sector after the government took ... (Source: Olympian 2010-09-18T07:06:22Z)

Zimmer among five added to Red Sox Hall of Fame

... Terry Francona lingered on the field to embrace one of the few men who knows what it's like to be a Boston Red Sox manager. Francona gave a big hug to Don Zimmer ... fellow inductees Tommy Harper, Jimmy ... (Source: Rutland Herald 2010-09-18T06:59:12Z)

No. 19 Stanford takes improved defense into game against high-scoring Wake Forest

STANFORD, Calif. – The task of shoring up the defense at ... The Cardinal (2-0) should get their stiffest test so far when they take on Wake Forest (2-0) on Saturday night. The Demon Deacons have scored 107 points ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-17T17:23:10Z)

Browns eye Kansas City in home opener

The Cleveland Browns will try ... only ran it 23 times against Tampa Bay, but the quarterback issue is iffy. Starter Jake Delhomme suffered an ankle injury in the opener and backup Seneca Wallace took most of the ... (Source: Alliance Review 2010-09-18T04:28:53Z)

Mine rescue effort moves ahead in Chile miners' escape route

SANTIAGO, Chile - Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completing a bore hole ahead of schedule Friday and raising hopes that ... (Source: Durango Herald 2010-09-18T06:09:06Z)

Big step complete in miners' escape route in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile — Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completing a bore hole ahead of schedule on Friday and raising hopes ... (Source: Everett Herald 2010-09-18T05:40:28Z)

Big step completed in drilling Chile miners' escape route; gov't says it's ahead ...

SANTIAGO, CHILE — Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completing a bore hole ahead of schedule Friday and raising hopes that the men ... (Source: San Francisco Examiner 2010-09-18T06:16:15Z)

Phillies' Oswalt earns seventh straight win

... Roy Oswalt threw six sharp innings to earn his seventh straight win, and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Friday ... Jayson Werth and Carlos Ruiz each homered and ... (Source: KOB.com 2010-09-18T02:27:11Z)

Phillies' Oswalt sharp; Nats' Marquis is not

... Roy Oswalt threw six sharp innings to earn his seventh straight win, and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Friday ... Jayson Werth and Carlos Ruiz each homered and ... (Source: Frederick News-Post 2010-09-18T05:54:47Z)

Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme misses practice; Seneca Wallace may start home

Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme misses practice; Seneca Wallace may start ... Making his debut with the Browns, Delhomme injured his right ankle while throwing an interception in last week's loss at Tampa Bay. (Source: FOX News 2010-09-17T18:27:35Z)

Warren is named bureau adviser

WASHINGTON - In a poke in the eye to the financial community, President Obama on Friday named Elizabeth Warren, an aggressive consumer advocate and Wall Street adversary, to oversee creation of an agency ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-18T06:59:12Z)

Dempster deals seven shutout innings

MIAMI -- Ryan Dempster pitched seven crisp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Florida Marlins 2-0 on Friday night. Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto each hit an RBI double for the Cubs, who matched their ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-17T23:06:45Z)

Don Zimmer among 5 added to Red Sox Hall of Fame

Tommy Harper, Jimmy Piersall, John Valentin, Don Zimmer and Eddie Kasko were enshrined on Friday afternoon ... Red Sox manager Terry Francona lingered to give Zimmer a big hug on the field. Francona said before the ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-18T00:25:30Z)

FBI searches for Vermont woman

... FBI is searching for a 78-year-old woman who is believed to have been abducted from her home in a Vermont village. An air search is planned for Pat O'Hagan ... is originally from Chelmsford, Mass. She been ... (Source: KSN.com 2010-09-16T15:01:11Z)

Citigroup shedding student loan business; assets picked up by Sallie Mae, Discover

BOSTON -- Citigroup Inc. said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and the student lender Sallie Mae, Citi's latest move to ... (Source: Star-Press 2010-09-18T07:20:41Z)

CN grad named to Ind. High Court

Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps and has been a trial court judge for 15 years. He also served as chief defense counsel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he represented detainees. This story appears in the ... (Source: Republic 2010-09-18T03:45:56Z)

Zimmer among 5 added to Hall of Fame

BOSTON -- Terry Francona ... big hug to Don Zimmer when he was enshrined in the team's Hall of Fame before Friday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays . Zimmer was joined by fellow inductees Tommy Harper, (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-18T00:39:49Z)

No. 19 Stanford hosts Wake Forest

The task of shoring up the defense at Stanford began soon after last season ended ... The Cardinal (2-0) should get their stiffest test so far when they take on Wake Forest (2-0) on Saturday night. The Demon Deacons ... (Source: Town Hall 2010-09-17T16:47:22Z)

19th-ranked Stanford hosts the Demon Deacons

STANFORD, Calif. — The task of shoring up the defense at ... The Cardinal (2-0) should get their stiffest test so far when they take on Wake Forest (2-0) on Saturday night. The Demon Deacons have scored 107 points ... (Source: Asheboro Courier-Tribune 2010-09-18T06:23:25Z)

Boone judge to join high court

... Guantanamo Bay detainees was appointed Friday to become the first new justice on the Indiana Supreme Court in more than a decade. In tapping Boone Circuit Court Judge Steven ... military prison in Cuba. " (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2010-09-18T06:59:12Z)

Dempster leads Cubs to fourth straight win

MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Dempster pitched seven crisp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Florida Marlins 2-0 on Friday night. Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto each hit an RBI double for the Cubs, who matched ... (Source: Beloit Daily News 2010-09-18T05:33:18Z)

Obama taps Warren as 'adviser' on consumer bureau?

Associated Press, WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama named Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren a special adviser Friday and gave her the task of setting up a new agency to look out for consumers in ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-09-18T05:40:28Z)

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