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Deals of the Hour / September 4, 2010, 4:41 am

NFL: Roethlisberger suspension is reduced

Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-04T07:01:29Z)

Police search Northern Calif landfill for man who might be another victim of suspect

... Efren Valdemoro, who is also a suspect in the death of Sales' father. Valdemoro, 38, had accused the father, Ricardo Sales, 73, of interfering ... Tuesday night pursuit that ended in a Richmond strip mall. (Source: San Francisco Examiner 2010-09-04T07:22:58Z)

Deadly riots take heavy toll on Mozambique economy

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-09-04T09:31:49Z)

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)

Dell cedes 3Par rival to Hewlett-Packard

SEATTLE (AP) — Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said yesterday it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for ... (Source: Columbia Daily Tribune 2010-09-03T20:45:53Z)

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)

Fire at Tenn. mosque building site was arson

Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the ... The construction site arson frightened members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. Firefighters had said ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-09-04T04:59:48Z)

BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico spill hits $8B

LONDON (AP) -- BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle ... (Source: Associated Press 2010-09-04T10:29:05Z)

Ben Roethlisberger's suspension reduced to four games

Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been reduced from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could ... (Source: Desert Sun 2010-09-04T08:34:33Z)

BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico oil spill reaches $8 billion

LONDON (AP) — BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle ... (Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 2010-09-03T10:51:44Z)

Landfill searched for possible murder victim

... Efren Valdemoro, who is also a suspect in the death of Sales' father. Valdemoro, 38, had accused the father, Ricardo Sales, 73, of ... Tuesday night pursuit that ended in a Richmond strip mall. About two dozen ... (Source: San Mateo Daily Journal 2010-09-04T10:57:43Z)

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)

Clintons warns new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks may be 'last chance' for awhile

In an unusual joint interview with Israeli and Palestinian television broadcast Friday, Clinton said the rise of Iranian-backed extremist ideology in the Middle East is a major reason why "time is not on the side" of ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-03T17:46:55Z)

Coral off Puerto Rico's coast 'ideal case study' for Gulf oil spill's impact

... researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. University of Central Florida biologist John Fauth, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists ... (Source: EurekAlert 2010-08-25T14:01:22Z)

Trying to Inject Urgency in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

In an unusual joint interview with Israeli and Palestinian television broadcast Friday, Clinton said the rise of Iranian-backed extremist ideology in the Middle East is a major reason why "time is not on the side" of ... (Source: WHSV 2010-09-03T23:59:09Z)

NOAA re-opens 4,000 square miles to fishing off western Louisiana coast

according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune 2010-08-27T17:48:04Z)

NFL notebook: Roethlisberger's suspension cut to four games

Ben Roethlisberger`s suspension was cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers` star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return on Oct ... (Source: Daily Camera 2010-09-04T06:54:20Z)

Owners of a third of 3PAR back HP bid

... Friday that shareholders owning about a third of its shares have agreed to accept Hewlett-Packard Co's proposal to buy the company for $2.4 billion. HP won a bidding war for 3PAR as Dell Inc bowed out on ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-04T07:01:29Z)

NOAA Reopens Significant Area Of Gulf To Fishing

WDSU .com The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing on Friday. The reopening was announced after ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-08-29T22:46:20Z)

Calif landfill searched for possible murder victim

... Efren Valdemoro, who is also a suspect in the death of Sales' father. Valdemoro, 38, had accused the father, Ricardo Sales, 73, of interfering ... Tuesday night pursuit that ended in a Richmond strip mall. (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-04T06:40:01Z)

Mozambique economy loses $3M because of riots

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new ... (Source: Deseret News 2010-09-04T03:41:03Z)

Woodland's Dustin Pedroia undergoes season-ending foot surgery

BOSTON - Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot. A screw was inserted into the foot in Friday's operation. The 2008 AL MVP finished the ... (Source: Woodland Daily Democrat 2010-09-04T09:53:17Z)

Surgery ends season for red Sox's Pedroia

BOSTON — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia underwent season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot. A screw was inserted into the foot in Friday's operation. The 2008 AL MVP finished the ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-09-04T07:01:29Z)

Clinton, citing Iran, says time is short for Mideast peace deal

... with Israeli and Palestinian television broadcasters a day after she presided over the launch of the first direct talks in two years, Clinton said the rise of Iranian-backed extremist ideology in the Middle East ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-09-04T09:31:49Z)

Dustin Pedroia: Surgery could be Friday

BALTIMORE -- Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia acknowledged that he may have surgery as early as Friday to place a screw in his fractured left foot, depending on the results of the CT scan he ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-02T21:30:01Z)

Authorities: Fire at mosque site was arson

... equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson. U.S. Bureau of Alcohol ... The site is the location for a new Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, which has drawn increasingly vehement opposition, (Source: San Mateo Daily Journal 2010-09-04T10:57:43Z)

Chatter: What we're hearing

Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of the deadly riots over rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns. (Source: GlobalPost 2010-09-03T22:40:25Z)

Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson

Tenn — Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at ... The construction site arson frightened members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. Firefighters had said ... (Source: Cape Cod Times 2010-09-04T10:50:33Z)

Blowout preventer is lifted off well

... BP said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from its well ... BP said it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the blowout. The company said the ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-04T05:28:26Z)

Dell Inc. Drops 3Par Bid

Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par, or about $2.07 ... (Source: The Ledger 2010-09-03T05:58:15Z)

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