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Deals of the Hour / September 4, 2010, 2:40 am

Obama to offer new jolt for jobs

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed news Friday of better-than ... Obama spoke after the Labor Department reported that private employers added 67,000 new jobs last month, and both July and June's private ... (Source: Pocono Record 2010-09-04T04:09:41Z)

SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry's controversial hiring of his daughter, an official said Saturday. Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak after he was accused ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-04T03:55:22Z)

Mich. man gathering corn confronted by alligator

A Burr Oak man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with an alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski was in a corn field on a recent evening when two women ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-03T15:59:33Z)

Major gold deal struck

The acquisition would give Goldcorp, the world's second- largest gold producer by market capitalization, access to Andean's Cerro Negro gold project in Argentina, which is said to have a significant amount of gold ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-09-04T07:08:39Z)

Time Warner gets ESPN3.com, new college sports channel in Disney deal

... video subscribers and 2.4 million Bright House Networks ... Time Warner Cable and Bright House had long been holdouts on ESPN3.com, which has been around in different forms since 2001. They said Disney's ... (Source: The State 2010-09-04T04:02:32Z)

UNCG Spartans release 2010-2011 men's basketball schedule

... basketball schedule ... ACC opponents, including a visit from the defending national champion Duke Blue Devils. In addition to the ACC home games, the Spartans will welcome N.C. A&T University to the Greensboro ... (Source: Examiner 2010-09-01T18:25:05Z)

NHL OKs Kovalchuk's deal with Devils

... Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. Five weeks after rejecting ... 100 million deal Friday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term ... (Source: Delaware Online 2010-09-04T07:44:26Z)

Burr Oak man kills 34-inch gator while picking corn

Burr Oak -- A man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-04T05:14:07Z)

Time Warner Strikes Long-Term Carriage Deal with Disney/ABC, ESPN

BURBANK: Time Warner Cable and Disney/ABC Television Group have reached an agreement that will keep such channels as ABC, ESPN and Disney on the cable platform. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will also ... (Source: World Screen News 2010-09-03T14:26:29Z)

Dodgers Owner's Wife Didn't Think Team Deal Was Risky

(Updates with McCourt's testimony in third paragraph.) Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Jamie McCourt, the estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt, testified in her divorce trial that she didn't ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-09-04T07:01:29Z)

Time Warner Cable, Disney reach program deal

including the new Disney Junior basic cable channel and ESPN Networks, via the Web for Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks customers. It also features more video-on-demand on cable, including ABC On Demand ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-09-02T23:24:33Z)

Goldcorp Bids $3.5 Billion for Andean, Trumps Rival

Goldcorp and Eldorado are fighting over Andean's Cerro Negro project in Argentina, which may produce 285,000 ounces of gold a year from as early as 2012. "A competitive process like this is symptomatic of the ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-03T21:14:31Z)

Elon lands basketball date with national champions

n North Carolina's neutral-site rematch with Texas comes Dec. 18 at the Greensboro Coliseum. n The ACC schedule calls for North Carolina State to play home-and-home against Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest. (Source: Times-News 2010-09-03T04:32:21Z)

Goldcorp to buy Andean Resources for $3.42B

The acquisition would give Goldcorp, the world's second-largest gold producer by market capitalization, access to Andean's Cerro Negro gold project in Argentina , which is said to have a significant amount of gold ... (Source: USA Today 2010-09-03T21:14:31Z)

Obama to offer job-growth ideas

President Barack Obama said Friday he intends ... Obama spoke in the Rose Garden after the August jobs report came out better than expected, showing the private sector adding 67,000 new jobs last month and revising ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-09-04T09:17:30Z)

Burr Oak man comes across alligator in corn field

BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) — A Burr Oak man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with an alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski was in a corn field ... (Source: Port Huron Times-Herald 2010-09-04T01:39:22Z)

Digest: NHL signs off on Ilya Kovalchuk's 15-year, $100 million contract with New ...

... Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Five weeks after ... $100 million deal after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term ... (Source: Inside Bay Area 2010-09-04T03:19:35Z)

'Poker Night at the Inventory' Announced - Screens

In Poker Night at the Inventory, you'll deal with Penny Arcade's clever, cunning Tycho, Team Fortress 2's hulking Heavy, Homestar Runner's self-proclaimed "awesome icon" Strong Bad and the hyperkinetic "rabbity-thing ... (Source: WorthPlaying.com 2010-09-03T16:06:42Z)

Telltale Tell All With New Poker Game

In Poker Night at the Inventory, you'll deal with Penny Arcade's clever, cunning Tycho, Team Fortress 2′s hulking Heavy, Homestar Runner's self-proclaimed "awesome icon" Strong Bad and the hyperkinetic ... (Source: Techie Buzz 2010-09-03T16:28:11Z)

Dubai says BlackBerry is a spy tool

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Worries about spying by the United States and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said Friday in ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-04T07:01:29Z)

Jamie McCourt takes stand in divorce trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jamie McCourt has begun testifying in a divorce trial that could ... testified that she favored buying the Dodgers and didn't feel the transaction was risky. Frank McCourt contends that a ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-03T23:30:31Z)

TSX closes up amid encouraging jobs data, major deal making in gold sector

remarks by Dubai's police chief suggest a tough line in talks with BlackBerry ... and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE plans to block BlackBerry email, (Source: Insurance News Net 2010-09-04T09:17:30Z)

Telltale's Mystery Game Is…Poker

... of Tycho from Penny Arcade, the Heavy from TF2, Max from Sam and Max, and Strongbad from Homestar Runner and certainly got tongues wagging.  Well the game has been revealed as 'Poker Night at the Inventory ... (Source: TheSixthAxis 2010-09-03T21:07:21Z)

South Korean foreign minister offers to resign over nepotism charge

... Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan offered to resign Saturday over allegations that the ministry manipulated its rules to offer a job to his daughter. His offer came a week after three of President Lee Myung ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-04T06:47:10Z)

Source: Ilya Kovalchuk deal to gain OK

The New Jersey Devils ' revised 15-year, $100 million offer to star forward Ilya Kovalchuk will be approved by the league as part of a larger agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players' Association, a ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-03T19:05:40Z)

US, Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai

... Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state s moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai s police chief ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-09-04T09:17:30Z)

Hamilton Releases 2010-2011 FSU Men's Basketball Schedule

... 58th Annual ACC Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. The Seminoles get back into ACC play at Virginia Tech before playing host to Duke Jan. 12. Also on the Seminoles home schedule are NC State, (Source: WCTV 2010-09-02T21:37:10Z)

South Korean Foreign Minister Offers to Resign

SEOUL—South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign amid accusations of nepotism, an official said Saturday. Mr. Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak after he came under fire ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-09-04T07:08:39Z)

Obama plans new package of economic aid

President Barack Obama said Friday he intends ... Obama spoke in the Rose Garden after the August jobs report came out better than expected, showing the private sector adding 67,000 new jobs in August and revising ... (Source: Erie Times-News 2010-09-04T08:34:33Z)

Frank, Jamie McCourt testify on Friday

LOS ANGELES -- The first week of the divorce trial ... that said the Dodgers were a shared asset when he signed three copies of it on April 14 in California. Frank McCourt also asserted that Jamie McCourt simply ... (Source: Major League Baseball 2010-09-04T03:05:16Z)

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