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Deals of the Hour / October 11, 2010, 1:42 pm

Rays 5, Rangers 2

ARLINGTON, Texas -- David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays worked hard all season to earn home-field advantage in the AL playoffs. This time, they need to make use of it if they want to keep playing. Tampa Bay forced a deciding Game 5 in the division series ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-11T09:30:53Z)

China's CNOOC tests U.S. with Chesapeake shale deal

HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's top offshore oil producer, CNOOC Ltd ( 0883.HK ), agreed to pay $1.1 billion for a stake in a U.S. shale oil and gas field, testing the U.S. political climate for the first time since its 2005 failed bid for Unocal ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-11T15:14:29Z)

Longoria leads revived Rays back to series tie with Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas - Evan Longoria is still limping but now he's also hitting, and the Tampa Bay Rays are headed home, one victory from an improbable comeback. Longoria snapped out of his postseason slump with a homer and two doubles, Carlos Pena scored ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-11T07:00:34Z)

Deal ready to steer NASA future

WASHINGTON — The acrimonious political schism between the White House and Congress over NASA's manned space program is poised to end Wednesday with a hard-won deal that gives President Barack Obama money for commercial spacecraft and Congress the NASA ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-09-26T23:53:21Z)

NASA closer to getting extra shuttle flight

CAPE CANAVERAL - There's still the matter of money. But it looks increasingly likely that NASA will get an extra space shuttle flight. President Barack Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law Monday, following last week's approval by Congress ... (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-10-11T20:22:17Z)

Americas News AT 0500 Gmt, AP

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile After more than two harrowing months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 men are tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile's mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole is strong enough ... (Source: WNCT 2010-10-10T08:06:10Z)

Pension cuts: Will they stick this time?

California has been here before: A deep recession. A state budget in crisis. A Republican governor wins state pension cuts from a Democratic-controlled Legislature. And last time, when the economy improved, lawmakers reversed course. That last part is why ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-10-10T07:01:45Z)

Rays pull tarps, place more tickets on sale

For the final game of their American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, the Tampa Bay Rays are pulling out all the stops -- or, at least, they're pulling off all the tarps. The upper-deck tarps at Tropicana Field are coming off for the ALDS ... (Source: Major League Baseball 2010-10-11T18:20:36Z)

The Official Fuck List, Karen Owen's Duke List Powerpoint Scandal

Latest News Update: The 42-slide PowerPoint which was meant to be shared between friends, has been shooting through the Internet like wildfire. In it, Karen Owen , vividly describes the sexual performance of 13 current and former Duke students, all of them ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-10-09T12:17:54Z)

Former Tigers shine as Yankees sweep Twins to head to AL championship

New York — Come October, the New York Yankees speed past the Minnesota Twins with ease. Phil Hughes pitched seven shutout innings, Marcus Thames and Nick Swisher homered and the Yankees beat the Twins 6-1 Saturday night to complete yet another three-game ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-10T08:41:58Z)

Elections could complicate passage of budget deal

Final passage of the budget pact struck Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers could be complicated by the looming elections, as anxious legislators, whose approval ratings have already sunk to record lows, prepare to face voters. Election ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-03T01:33:36Z)

California Court Backs Arnold Schwarzenegger On Furloughs

California does not have to pay state employees for furloughs imposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after the state's highest court said on Monday the 2009 budget made the cuts legitimate. The deal ends a challenge to the unpaid furloughs by unions ... (Source: Post Chronicle 2010-10-04T19:19:00Z)

Karen Owen's Duke thesis may land her in a heap of trouble -- and a lucrative book deal

When your entire college sexual repertoire is spread across the Internet for the world to read, it might be a disheartening experience. Of course, Duke student Karen Owen did write the entire report herself, made a handy PowerPoint presentation with ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-08T17:12:34Z)

Karen Owen's Duke Powerpoint: Was Tom Wolfe Right About Horizontal Academics?

Tom Wolfe–a man in full, and ahead of his time. Back in 2004, author Tom Wolfe published a novel about college life titled "I Am Charlotte Simmons." The book, which focused on "hooking up" on campus, drew mixed reviews from critics, who faulted ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-10T01:46:47Z)

Germany in favour of expanding Turkish EU accession talks (Roundup)

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled on Saturday that she was willing to expand Turkey's accession talks with the European Union, during a visit by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. 'We will talk about opening further chapters (of the ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-10-09T12:46:32Z)

An older, tamer Jerry Brown seeks to show voters he's a regular guy, not 'Governor Moonbeam'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As he campaigns for governor, Jerry Brown sees himself as a regular guy who buys his suits on sale, drives around in a Ford Crown Victoria and enjoys dinner at home with his wife. What he wants Californians to see past is the Jerry ... (Source: Canada East 2010-10-10T00:28:02Z)

Brussels supportive of constitutional amendments in Turkey

The panel was moderated by the director of the EPC, Mr. Hans Martens, and the speakers included, along with myself, Rıza Türmen, former Turkish judge of the European Court of Human Rights, who writes columns for the Milliyet daily; Hüseyin Bağcı, who ... (Source: Today's Zaman 2010-10-10T23:00:57Z)

NASA closer to getting extra space shuttle flight

There's still the matter of money. But it looks increasingly likely that NASA will get an extra space shuttle flight. President Barack Obama signed a NASA spending bill into law Monday, following last week's approval by Congress. The measure directs NASA ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-11T20:22:17Z)

Twins deal with another loss to Yankees

Next time, maybe the Twins will just stay at home and save themselves the trouble. Minnesota was swept out of the playoffs for the third straight time after imploding against the Yankees and being put out of their misery in Game 3 of the AL Division Series ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-10T13:49:46Z)

Cnooc Buys Shale in China's Biggest U.S. Oil Deal

(Updates with comment from analyst in seventh paragraph and Chesapeake share price in ninth paragraph.) Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Cnooc Ltd. will pay $1.08 billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s Eagle Ford shale project in Texas, in the ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-11T12:29:50Z)

Yankees Beat Twins, But Victory Yet To Be Clinched

Mariano Rivera got the last out, sealing yet another October triumph. Jorge Posada trotted out to mound, and the Yankees came out of the dugout in a businesslike manner to shake each other's hands. No crazy celebration, at least not yet. Postseason step No ... (Source: NPR News 2010-10-11T00:41:10Z)

U.N. hopeful of Cyprus deal by year end-envoy

NICOSIA (Reuters) - The United Nations special envoy for Cyprus expressed hope Tuesday that a deal on the divided island could be brokered by the end of the year, healing a decades-old conflict threatening Turkey's bid to join the EU. Alexander Downer, a ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-28T18:21:42Z)

What China Seeks in Chesapeake Shale Deal

China's $2.2 billion investment in the Texas oil patch may be small, but the deal with Chesapeake Energy involves a potential transfer of technology and intellectual knowledge to Beijing that some people in Washington may find uncomfortable, and that ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-10-11T20:29:27Z)

Foreign buyers snapping up U.S. condos at fire-sale prices

The Viceroy, a swanky condominium complex in downtown Miami, gives the impression that the United States is in another real estate boom. The sales office is strangely exuberant. Buyers gush about the glam condos — designed by hipster tastemaker Kelly ... (Source: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 2010-10-05T06:53:22Z)

Cougars display true grit

FORT WAYNE – This was the man's kind of "W," tough and gritty, flawed and flawless and, yes, even bloody. The perfect Imperfect, if you will. Or the imperfect Perfect. On one side of the ledger there were seven penalties – including one for too ... (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2010-10-10T07:51:51Z)

Jerry Brown reinvents himself as elder statesman

Jerry Brown sees himself as a regular guy who buys his suits on sale, drives around in a Ford Crown Victoria and enjoys dinner at home with his wife. What he wants Californians to see past is the Jerry Brown of three decades ago who was derisively dubbed ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-09T22:04:52Z)

Foreign buyers with cash snap up bargains created by housing bust

MIAMI — The Viceroy, a swanky condominium complex in downtown Miami, gives the impression that the United States is in another real estate boom. The sales office is exuberant. Buyers gush about the condos and their hotel-like amenities: poolside bars ... (Source: Toledo Blade 2010-10-10T06:25:57Z)

Cougars seize opportunity

FORT WAYNE – Funny thing, momentum; how it sometimes comes and goes without warning or fanfare. You look down, and it's there; look away for an instant, and – poof – it's gone. Then there are the other occasions when there is a sense of momentum ... (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2010-10-10T13:13:59Z)

Foreign buyers step up

The Viceroy, a swanky condominium complex in downtown Miami, gives the impression that the United States is in another real-estate boom. The sales office is strangely exuberant. Buyers gush about the glam condos -- designed by hipster tastemaker Kelly ... (Source: Lowell Sun 2010-10-09T12:10:44Z)

USF win vs. Walsh would be 'big deal'

It would be hard to say Saint Francis' next game will be a true test. The Cougars have passed several tests already this year, but if you make one stop when looking down the schedule, the game against No. 8 Walsh has to be in the conversation. Saint ... (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-10-08T11:07:30Z)

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