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Deals of the Hour / September 5, 2010, 2:40 am

Dead man's father speaks at hearing

... Joshua Jennings, two men in their 20s, looked into a camera at the Anderson County jail Friday and apologized with shaky voices for what happened to 26-year-old Joshua Maness ... from Powdersville, were held for ... (Source: Anderson Independent-Mail 2010-09-03T14:55:07Z)

Man wins big at Calif casino before fatal robbery

... say the 55-year-old victim and a female friend were followed from the Hawaiian Gardens Casino by two men whose car cut them off Friday in Santa Ana. Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna (Bur-TAHN'-yah) says ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-03T21:07:21Z)

From the News-Sentinel

... Indiana University. By Pete DiPrimio pdiprimio@news-sentinel.com Bishop Luers freshman James Blackmon Jr. has the target now ... anticipating a lot of things out of him," James Blackmon Sr. said. " (Source: FortWayne.com 2010-09-04T10:00:27Z)

Sports digest: NHL approves Ilya Kovalchuk's new deal with New Jersey Devils

The NHL has signed off on left wing Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-04T04:45:29Z)

Devils get Kovalchuk, NHL-union strike deal

NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils did more than sign Ilya Kovalchuk to a $100 million contract. A byproduct of the revised 15-year deal was that the Devils helped the NHL and its players union reach an ... (Source: Delaware Online 2010-09-05T07:50:25Z)

WEB FIRST: Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: Business

one of the owners of Tidewater Inn in West Yarmouth, where business was down 80 percent ... Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning near Western Head, Nova Scotia. The storm brought heavy sheets of rain and swift ... (Source: Register Citizen 2010-09-05T06:10:12Z)

Big winner killed leaving Calif. casino

... say the 55-year-old victim and a female friend were followed from the Hawaiian Gardens Casino by two men whose car cut them off Friday in Santa Ana. Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna says one assailant ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-09-04T08:56:01Z)

IU recruit tries to focus on freshman year - of high school

Bishop Luers freshman James Blackmon Jr. has the target now ... A lot of people will be anticipating a lot of things out of him," James Blackmon Sr. said. "There will be a lot of pressure on him. People will ... (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-09-04T14:53:56Z)

College football: Georgia routs Louisiana-Lafayette

ATHENS, Ga. — For a few hours on Saturday afternoon, all that was wrong with the Georgia football team last year seemed solved. The quarterback was stellar. The defense was flying around and, with the exception of one ... (Source: Deseret News 2010-09-04T23:50:48Z)

Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business

one of the owners of Tidewater Inn in West Yarmouth, where business was down 80 percent ... Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning near Western Head, Nova Scotia. The storm brought heavy sheets of rain and swift ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-09-04T22:46:23Z)

Auburn building its confidence in Chizik's second season

Gene Chizik went 8-5 his first season at Auburn, a decent jump from the team's 5-7 mark in 2008 ... South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, Florida's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban, Ole Miss' Houston Nutt and ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-09-04T00:06:19Z)

Earl's biggest damage in Northeast

one of the owners of Tidewater Inn in West Yarmouth, where business was down 80 percent ... Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning near Western Head, Nova Scotia. The storm brought heavy sheets of rain and swift ... (Source: Picayune Item 2010-09-05T02:28:17Z)

Georgia routs Louisiana-Lafayette

ATHENS, Ga. -- For a few hours on Saturday afternoon, all that was wrong with the Georgia football team last year seemed solved. The quarterback was stellar. The defense was flying around and, with the ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-09-04T23:15:01Z)

Pens Fill Voids With Inexpensive Option In Comrie

... AHN) - The Pittsburgh Penguins ... player Mike Comrie to their lineup with a relatively cheap one-year, $500,000 contract Friday. Comrie totaled 13 goals and eight assists in 43 games last season with the Edmonton (Source: All Headline News 2010-09-04T20:01:45Z)

Wildcats host Bruins in 2nd Family Reunion Saturday

The Kansas State Wildcats open the 2010 football season this Saturday ... The UCLA Bruins are coached by former Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel and were 7-6 (3-6 Pac-10) last year and beat Temple 30-21 in the EagleBank ... (Source: Pratt Tribune 2010-09-02T16:36:31Z)

Penguins sign forward Mike Comrie to one-year deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins have found another ... source confirmed with Sporting News that forward Mike Comrie has signed a one-year deal with the Penguins. According to the Team 1260 in Edmonton, Comrie turned down ... (Source: Sporting News 2010-09-03T15:30:55Z)

Penguins add veteran center Comrie

... signed center Mike Comrie to a one-year contract. He will count $500,000 against the salary cap, leaving the Penguins with $1.2 million in available space. Comrie, 29, has played nine NHL seasons with Edmonton, (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-03T21:21:40Z)

Across the region

Joshua Maness ... Joshua Jennings, 22, and Daryl Newton, 21, with murder. Gary Dale Garrison Jr., 18, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. All three have been charged with armed robbery. Anderson ... (Source: Augusta Chronicle 2010-09-05T09:23:28Z)

Trapped Chilean miners get visit from rugby players who inspired book, movie 'Alive'

Chile – Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday ... After speaking with the miners, the men presented an Uruguayan flag, (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-09-05T04:58:37Z)

Georgia routs Louisiana-Lafayette in season opener

The Bulldogs scored their most points in a season opener since 1998, even though star wide receiver A.J. Green was held out while Georgia awaits word on an NCAA investigation launched in July. As it turned ... (Source: Augusta Chronicle 2010-09-05T08:11:53Z)

Auburn football: Tigers aim high in coach Gene Chizik's second year as season ...

Gene Chizik went 8-5 his first season at Auburn, a decent jump from the team's 5-7 mark in 2008 ... South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, Florida's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban, Ole Miss' Houston Nutt and ... (Source: Ledger-Enquirer 2010-09-04T07:37:17Z)

Police charge 3 men in fatal SC shooting, robbery

An Anderson County jail ... death of 26-year-old Joshua Maness. Maness was shot in the stomach Wednesday at his home and died at a hospital during surgery. Police have charged 22-year-old Joshua Jennings and 21-year ... (Source: CharlotteObserver.com 2010-09-04T18:43:00Z)

Trapped miners in Chile get pep talk

... Andes ... miners' fortitude. "There is little similar between our story and theirs," Inciarte said. "Theirs is more beautiful because they are all alive." Fellow survivor Gustavo Zerbino, who waved a Uruguayan ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-09-05T08:26:12Z)

IU-bound Blackmon Jr. happy with choice

James Blackmon Jr. dreamed of playing basketball for Indiana University. Now the Fort Wayne Luers High School freshman knows ... James Blackmon Sr. "Once we had a chance to talk to coach, we felt he had everything ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-09-04T05:35:35Z)

Man wins big at SoCal casino before fatal robbery

Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna says the 55-year-old victim won several thousand dollars at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino early Friday and was heading home with a woman when a car cut him off in Santa Ana. (Source: Desert Sun 2010-09-03T18:58:30Z)

Devils tout 'good faith' in Ilya Kovalchuk deal

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils say they acted in good faith during their contract negotiations with Ilya Kovalchuk. The NHL signed off on Kovalchuk's latest contract with the Devils on Friday ... (Source: Washington Times 2010-09-05T08:47:41Z)

Auburn building its confidence in Chizik's second season

Gene Chizik went 8-5 his first season at Auburn, a decent jump from the team's 5-7 mark in 2008 ... South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, Florida's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban, Ole Miss' Houston Nutt and Arkansas ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-09-04T00:13:28Z)

Survivors encourage trapped miners

... Andes ... miners' fortitude. "There is little similar between our story and theirs," Inciarte said. "Theirs is more beautiful because they are all alive." Fellow survivor Gustavo Servino, who waved an Uruguayan (Source: Tulsa World 2010-09-05T07:28:56Z)

College Football Picks: UCLA at Kansas State

... Bruins crushed Kansas State ... Rick Neuheisel in 2009, including a nice win over Temple in the EagleBank Bowl to finish the season. They have 13 starters back for the upcoming season, and are a sleeper to win ... (Source: BetFirms 2010-09-02T16:00:44Z)

Bruins out to 'prove people wrong'

UCLA and Kansas State meet at Bill Snyder Family Stadium Saturday (12:30 ... While there have been signs in Westwood that Rick Neuheisel also has the Bruins pointed in the right direction, a dozen years after Miami's ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-04T08:41:42Z)

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