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Deals of the Hour / September 9, 2010, 6:40 am

Casey's General Stores rejects latest buyout offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard

THE PROPOSAL: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. increased its bid for Casey's General Stores Inc. last week to $38.50 per Casey's share in cash from $36.75. Casey's said the $1.47 billion offer was still too ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-07T18:25:08Z)

Casey's General Stores Comments on Couche-Tard's Tender Offer Extension

Casey's General Stores, Inc. ("Casey's") (NASDAQ: CASY) today issued the following statement regarding the extension by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ("Couche-Tard") (TSX: ATD.A, ATD.B) of its non-binding ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-08-31T13:25:37Z)

Imam Says Moving Center Could Embolden Radicals

The imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said on Wednesday night that if he had known how much strife would arise over his plan for a Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center, he would ... (Source: New York Times 2010-09-09T03:42:17Z)

TV Review: Donal Logue Leads Pack of Misfits in Charming 'Terriers'

L-R: Donal Logue as Hank Dolworth and Michael Raymond-James as Britt Pollack in TERRIERS premiering on FX . Photo credit: Mike Muller/ FX Logue is partnered with the charismatic Michael Raymond-James ("True Blood ... (Source: HollywoodChicago.com 2010-09-08T13:16:08Z)

LA police chief booed at community meeting

Police Chief Charlie Beck was greeted by ... two nights after police fatally shot a knife-wielding man. A crowd of about 300 packed a school in the Westlake neighborhood where Manuel Jamines, 37, was shot to death ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-09T08:28:37Z)

Apple Peel 520 coming to US shores shortly for an undisclosed amount

... Apple Peel 520 to the U.S. NEW ORLEANS-Sept. 8, 2010-Does your iPod Touch suffer from iPhone Envy? Not for long: GoSolarUSA Inc. (PinkSheets: GSLO) announced a deal today with innovative Chinese ... the device ... (Source: engadget 2010-09-09T10:51:47Z)

Winning Mega Money Ticket Bought In Orlando

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- One ticket matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number to collect $800,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. The winning ticket was bought in Orlando ... (Source: News Channel 2000 2010-08-28T14:47:55Z)

Video: East Carolina beats Tulsa on hail mary

... weekend has yet to come with No. 4 Boise State and No. 10 Virginia Tech ... The East Carolina-Tulsa game, played Sunday afternoon, was a back-and-forth battle that came down to the final play. The Pirates were ... (Source: New York Post 2010-09-06T16:46:06Z)

Tropical Storm Igor barely moving off coast of Africa in Atlantic near the Cape ...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Igor is barely moving in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds for the storm early Thursday are near 40 mph (65 kph). The National ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-09T08:50:06Z)

3 tickets match every Fantasy 5 number

1:47 P.M. — TALLAHASSEE — Three winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $85,319.75 each, the Florida Lottery said today. The winning tickets were bought in Pensacola, Bradenton and ... (Source: Marco Island Florida.com 2010-08-29T18:28:39Z)

Airgas board rejects offer from Air Products

Airgas Inc. said Wednesday its board of directors has unanimously rejected a sweetened $5.5 billion buyout offer from rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc. The two makers of industrial gases have haggled ... (Source: Tulsa World 2010-09-09T12:53:28Z)

Tropical Storm Igor strengthens off coast of Africa in Atlantic near the Cape ...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Igor is growing a bit stronger in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center say winds for the ... (Source: KSPR.com 2010-09-08T20:54:16Z)

Report: LAPD officer at center of protests involved in previous shootings

... Manuel Jamines, 37, sporadically throwing rocks and bottles at officers and setting scattered rubbish fires. Earlier Wednesday evening, Chief Charlie Beck ... Guatemala. The day laborer was carrying a ... (Source: Morris County Daily Record 2010-09-09T11:56:12Z)

Tropical Storm Hermine Heads for Mexico, Texas

(Sept. 6) -- Tropical Storm Hermine headed toward the coasts of Texas and Mexico today, and could strengthen into a hurricane before coming ashore late tonight or early Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said ... (Source: AOL News 2010-09-06T21:18:07Z)

Apple Peel 520 turns your iPod Touch into a phone

Go Solar USA is a third party hardware developer that's releasing a device that will turn your iPod Touch into a phone, allowing user to make calls. The company has struck a deal with Chinese accessory maker Yosion ... (Source: Examiner 2010-09-08T16:22:15Z)

Airgas Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects Revised Unsolicited Tender Offer ...

... recommends that Airgas stockholders not tender their shares into Air Products' revised offer.  The Board also urges stockholders to vote FOR Airgas' three experienced and highly qualified directors and AGAINST ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-08T13:44:46Z)

Apple Peel 520 Coming To U.S.

Well it looks like the Apple Peel 520 is real after all. The device ... Does your iPod Touch suffer from iPhone Envy? Not for long: GoSolarUSA Inc. (PinkSheets: GSLO) announced a deal today with innovative Chinese ... (Source: Gadget Review 2010-09-08T15:53:37Z)

Tropical Storm Igor drifting north off coast of Africa in Atlantic near Cape ...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Igor is drifting northward in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds for the storm Thursday are near 40 mph (65 kph). The National ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-09T12:17:41Z)

Hermine hits land in Mexico, Texas

MIAMI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Hermine hit land in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas Monday night, meteorologists said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 10 p.m. CDT advisory ... (Source: United Press International 2010-09-07T03:58:59Z)

Tropical storm Hermine warnings for Texas, Mexico

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico up to Baffin Bay on the south Texas coast, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-06T10:12:23Z)

Casey's rejects latest Couche-Tard buyout offer

The board of Casey's General Stores Inc. rejected the latest takeover bid from convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., saying Tuesday that the $1.47 billion offer was too low. The Ankeny, Iowa ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-07T22:07:02Z)

Imam: Moving Islamic center will embolden extremists

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told CNN that the discourse surrounding the center has become so ... currently two blocks north of the World Trade Center site. "But if you don't do this right, anger will explode in the Muslim ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-09T09:04:25Z)

Ellen Gray: 'Terriers,' 'Hellcats' debuting tonight

... Terriers" isn't really about actual canines - despite a bulldog named Winston (Buster) that steals every scene it's in - it is about strays. Donal Logue ("Life ... True Blood's" Michael Raymond-James), a former ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-09T06:55:34Z)

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Airgas, Air Products & Chemicals, NYSE Euronext ...

The current offer price comes on the back of three offer bids proposed by Air Products earlier, all of which were rejected by the Airgas' board of directors. Air Products admitted that if the shareholders of Airgas ... (Source: Zacks.com 2010-09-09T11:41:53Z)

Fall television doesn't offer much to fall in love with

... Shield" and "Lie to Me," "Terriers" has a formulaic quality but a promising chemistry between the stocky ex-cop, played by Donal Logue, and his cocky young apprentice, played by Michael Raymond-James. FX is a ... (Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2010-09-08T02:24:44Z)

Imam: Handling Of Islamic Center Plan A Matter Of National Security

the story will be the radicals have taken over the discourse," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told CNN's Soledad O ... t take a mosque for extremists to come and attack the World Trade Center and kill my brother," Tallon ... (Source: WIBW 2010-09-09T13:07:47Z)

Game not a rivalry for UF, but USF has a chance to make it one

Holtz and I have a strained relationship since he bailed on my beloved East Carolina Pirates, but deep down ... taking down West Virginia and Virginia Tech to open the 2008 season, then winning back-to-back ... (Source: Independent Florida Alligator 2010-09-09T05:43:59Z)

Memphis (0-1) at East Carolina (1-0)

... East Carolina leads, 12-6. GAME NOTES: Coming off a thrilling opening win, the East Carolina Pirates now take aim at the Memphis Tigers ... the 13th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies now set their sights on the James ... (Source: Raleigh News & Observer 2010-09-08T14:49:12Z)

1 Fantasy 5 player picks winning numbers and for jackpot worth $200,000

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $200,000, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday. The winning ticket was bought in Miramar. The 247 tickets matching four numbers won $130.50 ... (Source: WHNT-TV 2010-09-08T13:51:56Z)

LA police chief booed at community meeting, reads witness statement to angry crowd

LOS ANGELES — Police Chief Charlie Beck was greeted ... nights after police fatally shot a knife-wielding man. A crowd of more than 300 packed a school in the Westlake neighborhood where Manuel Jamines, (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-09-09T05:29:40Z)

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