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Deals of the Hour / September 9, 2010, 12:40 am

FCS championship game tickets to go on sale

TX (Sports Network) - Tickets to 2010 Football Championship Subdivision title ... the field to be announced by the NCAA on Sunday, Nov. 21. Frisco will be the host city for the next three FCS championship games. (Source: WZZM 13 2010-09-08T17:05:12Z)

7-Eleven Makes Offer to Acquire Casey's

... acquire smaller rival Casey's General Stores Inc., people familiar with the matter said. 7-Eleven's offer tops the $38.50 per share offered by Canadian convenience-store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-09-08T21:44:22Z)

Investor in Manhattan mosque site talks of sale

Hisham Elzanaty, an Egyptian-born businessman who says he ... This was a mere business transaction for me,'' said Elzanaty, a US citizen who has lived on Long Island for decades, owns medical clinics in New York ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-09-09T05:51:08Z)

Creation Care: As Much as God Is

I could offer more reasons Christians should care about creation: because the "earth is the Lord's" (Ps. 24); because it reveals the attributes of God (Ps. 19; Rom. 1); because God asked us to care for it (Gen. 2:15 ... (Source: christianitytoday 2010-09-08T15:10:40Z)

Trinity Herb Company Founded with Mission to Provide Products to Meet Holistic Health Needs of ...

also that God caused herbs for the service of man. Our goal is to spread the Gospel of peace, health and hygiene to Christians and at the same time offer them products vital to meeting their health needs. (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-02T13:59:03Z)

Mosque man caves

Hisham Elzanaty, an Egyptian-born businessman who says he provided a majority of the financing to gain ... who lives on Long Island, told the Associated Press. "If someone wants to give me 18 or 20 million dollars ... (Source: New York Post 2010-09-09T07:24:12Z)

Nokia N8 for sale online last week of September, UK shops October 1st

... Nokia's N8 handset. This one's been a long time coming as the first of two major Symbian updates meant to bring Nokia's smartphone division ... General Manager, Nokia UK, says, "The Nokia N8 is a great multitasker, (Source: engadget 2010-09-08T07:54:01Z)

EUROPEAN SALE BUOYS MARKETS

... s financial system. the U.S. The Dow Jones ... P 500 index rose 7.03 or 0.6 percent, to 1,098.87, while the Nasdaq rose 19.98, or 0.9 percent, to 2,228.87 The two-day swing based on the ebb and flow of European (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-09-09T06:19:46Z)

Hellcats, Bring on the Cheerleaders

Hellcats fits in with the other CW shows. They have gotten the formula for the shows that entertain and have beautiful stars. It's one of the first new series of the fall season and a must-see. Hellcats premieres ... (Source: Hollywood Today.net 2010-09-08T18:59:44Z)

Can Android Be Stopped in the World of Smartphones?

behind only Nokia's Symbian platform. Android surpassing both iOS smartphones and BlackBerry ... executive vice president and general manager of the Markets unit at Nokia. If nothing else, Savander has proven to me ... (Source: Salon 2010-09-07T22:57:08Z)

TV Diva: CW's "Hellcats" kicks off fall TV season

America's Next Top Model": So there's nothing really new about ... and Andre Leon Talley remains as a judge alongside Tyra Banks and Nigel Barker. 8 p.m. CW "Hellcats": Here's the first new show of the season, (Source: Fayetteville Observer 2010-09-08T13:44:46Z)

A class to die for: Zombies 101 at University of Baltimore

B ALTIMORE — Call it Zombies 101. The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead. The course — really English 333 — is being taught by Arnold Blumberg, the author of a book on zombie movies ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-09T04:10:55Z)

Markets continue rise as European fears ease

... Europe's financial system. The Dow Jones ... P 500 index rose 7.03 or 0.6 percent, to 1,098.87, while the Nasdaq rose 19.98, or 0.9 percent, to 2,228.87. The two-day swing based on the ebb and flow of European ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-09T07:02:43Z)

European worries ease, stocks rise

... Europe's financial system. The Dow Jones ... S&P 500 index rose 7.03 or 0.6 percent, to 1,098.87, while the Nasdaq rose 19.98, or 0.9 percent, to 2,228.87 The two-day swing based on the ebb and flow of European (Source: Durango Herald 2010-09-09T07:17:02Z)

New Chevrolet Aveo Debuts at 2010 Paris Motor Show

Chevrolet has released more information and two new production shots of the new Aveo, which will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada in 2011. The two photos of the five-door hatchback show a car that resembles the Aveo RS ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-08T17:12:21Z)

The all-new Chevrolet Aveo at The Paris Motor Show

and joining the Orlando MPV and Cruze hatchback show car will be the all-new Chevrolet Aveo 5-door. The car will go on sale in the United States and Canada in 2011. The Aveo RS show car was displayed at the Detroit ... (Source: Auto123 2010-09-08T15:32:09Z)

European Markets Slide at Open

European stocks opened lower Thursday after U ... Germany's DAX lost 0.4% and France's CAC-40 declined 0.5%. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book, released Wednesday, provided evidence that U.S. economic growth is ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-09-09T07:24:12Z)

Dallas-based 7-Eleven bids $2 billion for convenience chain Casey's

The Dallas-based retailer has offered $40 a share to acquire Iowa-based Casey's General Stores Inc., which would ... unsolicited offers since April from Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., whose most recent ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-09-09T05:51:08Z)

Official Nokia N8 release date and pricing revealed.

Nokia have officially revealed an official release date and pricing details for their upcoming flagship smartphone, the Nokia N8. Nokia's online UK store now states that the Symbian ... General Manager of Nokia UK, (Source: UK Press Releases (press release) 2010-09-08T16:00:47Z)

Excerpt from "Introduction to the Devout Life" by St. Francis de Sales

In the creation God commanded the plants of the earth to bring forth fruit, each after its kind; and in a similar way He commands Christians, who are the living plants of His Church, to bring forth the ... (Source: San Diego weekly Reader 2010-09-08T19:35:31Z)

Brains in the classroom: University of Baltimore offers course about zombies

The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead. The course is being taught by Arnold Blumberg, the author of a book on zombie movies, "Zombiemania," and the curator of Geppi's ... (Source: York Daily Record 2010-09-08T23:24:35Z)

Exploring the undead: University of Baltimore to offer English class on zombies

Those questions and others will be laid to rest -- and then gruesomely revivified -- in a new 300-level course at the University of Baltimore titled "Media Genres: Zombies." Arnold Blumberg , a lifelong ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-09-08T20:47:06Z)

Iowa gets things started against FCS foe Eastern Illinois

which plays its football out of the Ohio Valley Conference and is ranked 18th in the initial Football Championship Subdivision poll sponsored by The Sports Network and Fathead.com, is coming off an 8-4 season in ... (Source: WZZM 13 2010-08-31T23:55:33Z)

European debt fears resurface; stocks dip

European markets ended lower. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.6 percent, Germany's DAX index dropped 0.6 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 1.1 percent. (Source: Norristown Times Herald 2010-09-09T05:29:40Z)

General Motors unveils Chevrolet Aveo show car ahead of Paris Motor Show

and joining the Orlando MPV and Cruze hatchback show car will be the all-new Chevrolet Aveo 5-door. The car will go on sale in the United States and Canada in 2011. The Aveo RS show car was displayed at the Detroit ... (Source: Autoblog 2010-09-08T14:34:53Z)

7-Eleven Said to Have Bid for Casey's General Stores

is in talks to buy Casey's General Stores Inc., thwarting Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s purchase attempts, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The unit of Japan's Seven & I Holdings Co. offered $40 ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-09T06:26:56Z)

Tickets On Sale Monday For The 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game

The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) includes the conferences and institutions that compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship, in addition to two conferences who choose not to participate in the ... (Source: Lions 2010-09-08T17:40:59Z)

Fall TV season kicks off tonight with 'Hellcats'

... think it could really work of us after 'America's Next Top Model."' One factor helping "Hellcats" make the schedule was another of its executive producers, Tom Welling, stars as Clark Kent on The CW series ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-08T23:24:35Z)

European Stocks Seen Lower

The European markets ended higher Wednesday ... the German DAX added 0.76% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.91%. (Source: RTT News 2010-09-09T06:41:15Z)

Backers of NYC mosque appear divided

Hisham Elzanaty, an Egyptian-born businessman who says he provided ... This was a mere business transaction for me," said Elzanaty, a U.S. citizen who has lived on Long Island for decades, owns medical clinics in New ... (Source: Daily Herald 2010-09-09T07:24:12Z)

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