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Deals of the Hour / October 22, 2010, 10:40 pm

Hayes described as 'likable klutz'

NEW HAVEN — Steven J. Hayes was "always a gentleman" and "a likable person" but was "a klutz" when trying to pull off a crime, according to his attorney and defense witnesses in courtroom testimony Monday. During opening arguments and defense ... (Source: Middletown Press 2010-10-20T05:23:59Z)

Crown Media Holdings To Hold Third Quarter Conference Call And Webcast On November 4th

Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWN), owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, today announced that it will conduct a conference call on Thursday, November 4 th , 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial ... (Source: Street.Com 2010-10-21T20:53:23Z)

Intergraph(R) Names Peter van de Weijde Executive Director, Intergraph CADWorx(R) - Europe ...

HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/22/10 -- Intergraph announced today the appointment of Peter van der Weijde as executive director, Intergraph CADWorx - Europe. The announcement was made by Philippe Marceau, executive vice president EMIA, Intergraph ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-10-22T15:08:36Z)

Black Friday: 10 hot consumer electronics for the holidays

No one wants a rain check for Christmas. Remember the Nintendo Wii shortages a few Christmases ago? Some stores sold out of the popular video game system in minutes and many stores didn't offer rain checks. The stores that did offer rain checks didn't have ... (Source: Walletpop.com 2010-10-20T00:01:52Z)

Dean Foods Company Announces Upcoming Webcast of Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call

DALLAS , Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF - News ) will host a live webcast of its third quarter earnings conference call on November 9 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time . Management will discuss the third quarter results, as well as ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-21T20:10:26Z)

Dudley slaying suspect pleads guilty to manslaughter

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A Worcester man has been sentenced to three concurrent 15- to 16-year terms in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with a Dudley home invasion that left two people dead. Marc Letang pleaded ... (Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette 2010-10-22T12:59:45Z)

Haiti president confirms 138 dead from cholera outbreak

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's President Rene Preval said on Friday an outbreak of cholera had killed at least 138 people in the quake-hit country's central region and his government was taking measures to try to stop the disease spreading. "I can ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-22T17:46:05Z)

Quake-hit Haiti battles cholera epidemic, 150 dead

Quake-hit Haiti and its aid partners fought on Friday to stem a cholera epidemic that has killed over 150 people and sickened hundreds, with experts saying more cases could be expected before it was contained. Although the main outbreak area was north of ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-23T02:00:00Z)

Taiwan Typhoon Triggers Mudslides – Seven Dead

Typhoon Megi – one of the worst typhoons in 50 years – has triggered mudslides in Taiwan. Seven people have been killed. The mudslide buried a Buddhist temple on Friday and a bus containing 19 Chinese tourists is missing. Typhoon Megi has swept toward ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-10-22T17:10:17Z)

Black Friday: 10 hot consumer electronics for Christmas

No one wants a rain check for Christmas. Remember the Nintendo Wii shortages a few Christmases ago? Some stores sold out of the popular video game system in minutes and many stores didn't offer rain checks. The stores that did offer rain checks didn't have ... (Source: Walletpop.com 2010-10-19T18:03:57Z)

Investigators sift through wreckage of small plane in Agua Dulce

L.A. County coroner's investigators continued to sift through the debris Friday of a single-engine plane that crashed in Agua Dulce , killing three people and three horses. They said they would not be able to identify the dead for two or three days. The ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-22T23:58:18Z)

1 dead, 5 hurt as semi sparks pileup

MODESTO, Calif.—One man is dead and five other people are injured following a pileup crash on Highway 99 near Modesto. The California Highway Patrol says the crash Wednesday afternoon stalled traffic in both directions for about four hours. Police say a ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-21T09:47:39Z)

CRIMINAL MINDS: It took both Hayes and Komisarjevsky to raise danger quotient in triple homicide, experts say

Before July 2007, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky had nonviolent criminal records. Then one night they got together — and in the end, three women were dead in a home invasion that involved rape, strangulation and burning people alive. Criminal ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-10-18T05:33:31Z)

Typhoon kills 11 in Taiwan, heads for China

TAIPEI , Taiwan (AP) â€" Record rains from a powerful typhoon caused massive landslides in Taiwan that buried a Buddhist temple and trapped vehicles on a highway, where one bus carrying 19 Chinese tourists was missing Friday. The mudslide at the ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-10-23T05:20:26Z)

Pharma Executives at BioPartnering Europe Offer Unconventional Strategies to Sustain Pipelines and Address ...

TVG is pleased to welcome leading biotech and pharma executives at the 18th Annual BioPartnering Europe(TM), held in London, UK. To open the conference, Dr. Anders Ekblom, Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development at AstraZeneca, spoke about a ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-10-11T09:02:15Z)

Slay suspect pleads guilty to manslaughter

WORCESTER (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A Worcester man has been sentenced to three concurrent 15- to 16-year terms in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with a Dudley home invasion that left two people dead. Marc ... (Source: My Fox Boston 2010-10-22T10:15:06Z)

World news in brief | Sub gets stuck; cholera outbreak; typhoon's wrath

SUB STUCK: Britain's newest nuclear-powered submarine, the HMS Astute, ran aground off Scotland Friday during sea trials. After nearly 10 hours it was towed off during high tide. FEWER TIGERS: The world's tiger population could be extinct within 12 ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2010-10-23T04:58:57Z)

3 dead, 27 missing after typhoon hits Taiwan

Record rains from a powerful typhoon caused massive mud- and rockslides in Taiwan that buried a Buddhist temple and trapped vehicles on a highway, where one bus carrying 19 Chinese tourists was missing Friday. The mudslide at the temple killed three people ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-22T13:57:01Z)

Dudley slay suspect pleads guilty to manslaughter

W ORCESTER — A Worcester man has been sentenced to three concurrent 15- to 16-year terms in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with a Dudley home invasion that left two people dead. Marc Letang pleaded guilty to ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-23T02:50:06Z)

Plane crash kills 4 people, 3 horses

AGUA DULCE, Calif. — A small plane that crashed in a horse corral in northern Los Angeles County killed four people and three horses. County fire Inspector Matt Levesque says the plane went down behind a barn and burst into flames at about 12:10 p.m ... (Source: New Haven Register 2010-10-23T05:06:07Z)

Netflix On Wii and PS3 Finally Disc-Free

Starting today, US and Canadian gamers can finally stream movies and TV shows on their PS3s and Wiis without that pesky spindle-hogging disc. All they need is the new Netflix application, downloadable gratis on either platform. The Wii's clearly the lower ... (Source: Network World Fusion 2010-10-18T14:16:04Z)

Coroner: 3 dead in plane crash in LA County

AGUA DULCE, Calif. -- A small plane crashed and burst into flames Thursday in a horse corral in northern Los Angeles County, killing three people and three horses, a county coroner's investigator said. The single-engine Cirrus SR22 went down at about 12:10 ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-22T22:32:24Z)

1 dead, 5 hurt as semi sparks pileup near Modesto

MODESTO -- One man is dead and five other people are injured following a pileup crash on Highway 99 near Modesto. The California Highway Patrol says the crash Wednesday afternoon stalled traffic in both directions for about four hours. Police say a big rig ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-10-21T13:15:15Z)

Criminal Minds Experts: It took both Hayes and Komisarjevsky to raise danger quotient in triple homicide

Before July 2007, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky had nonviolent criminal records. Then one night they got together -- and in the end, three women were dead in a home invasion that involved rape, strangulation and burning people alive. Criminal ... (Source: Norwalk Hour 2010-10-18T04:43:25Z)

S. Calif. coroner IDs body left in car for months

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Medical examiners have identified a mummified corpse that was left in a car's passenger seat for 10 months in Southern California. Detective Sgt. Paul Beckman said Friday that the Orange County coroner's office identified the ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-22T22:25:15Z)

Calif. coroner IDs body left in car for months

Medical examiners have identified a mummified corpse that was left in a car's passenger seat for 10 months in Southern California, a police spokesman said Friday. Authorities had said earlier it could take weeks to identify the homeless woman, but the ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-22T22:32:24Z)

One dead and five hurt as semi sparks pileup

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — One man is dead and five other people are injured following a pileup crash on Highway 99 near Modesto. The California Highway Patrol says the crash Wednesday afternoon stalled traffic in both directions for about four hours. Police ... (Source: KGET TV 17 2010-10-21T14:41:09Z)

Police Say CA Woman Drove with Dead Body in Front Seat for Months

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say it could take months to identify a homeless woman whose mummified body was driven around in the passenger seat of a Southern California woman's car for months. Costa Mesa police Sgt. Ed Everett said Friday that ... (Source: KOLO TV Reno 2010-10-23T01:17:03Z)

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) will release its third quarter 2010 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss results on Wednesday ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-10-19T12:20:21Z)

Serena Software Appoints Eric Driffort as Vice President EMEA

Serena Software, the leader in orchestrated application development, IT and business processes, today announced it has appointed Eric Driffort to lead its EMEA operations. As Vice President EMEA for Serena, Driffort will oversee the company's growth across ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-20T12:33:29Z)

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