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Deals of the Hour / October 25, 2010, 2:40 am

ASX, Singapore announce merger deal

The Singapore Exchange's merger with Australia's ASX will allow investors to ride on Asia's strong economic growth, SGX chief executive Magnus Bocker says. Bocker will become the CEO of the combined group under a merger deal announced on Monday. Under the ... (Source: Trading Room 2010-10-25T03:45:00Z)

Strip search victim: Mass. GOP's Jeff Perry didn't help

A woman illegally strip-searched in Wareham when she was 14 says Congressional candidate Jeff Perry, then a police sergeant, did nothing to help her. Perry, a Republican running in the 10th District, wasn't charged in the 1991 incident, but an officer he ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-20T18:17:05Z)

Woman Whose House Burned Down Wins $80,000 In Kentucky Lottery

A Trigg County woman whose home was destroyed by a fire last month won $80,000 Thursday in the Kentucky Lottery's Gold Bar Bonanza Ultimate Second Chance drawing. Sandra Ramirez, 44, of Cadiz received a call from lottery officials Thursday morning. Ramirez ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-10T16:20:05Z)

Singapore exchange making $8.3 billion takeover offer for Australian stock exchange operator

SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Exchange Ltd. said Monday it is making a $8.3 billion cash and shares takeover offer for the operator of the Australian stock market, aiming to become a leading Asian finance center. The combined exchange company would be ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-25T03:16:22Z)

WA hit and run kills pedestrian

STANWOOD, Wash. (AP) -- The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office says a young man is dead after he was hit by a car near Stanwood. A 20-year-old woman was driving just west of Lake Goodwin early Saturday morning when she hit the man. She thought she had ... (Source: kgw.com 2010-10-23T17:30:34Z)

Car hits, kills pedestrian near Lake Goodwin

STANWOOD, Wash. -- The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office says a young man is dead after he was hit by a car near Stanwood. A 20-year-old woman was driving just west of Lake Goodwin early Saturday morning when she hit the man. She thought she had struck an ... (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2010-10-23T16:04:40Z)

FIFA Widens Probe Into World Cup Bids Corruption

(AP) ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has widened its probe into alleged World Cup bidding corruption after a former leading administrator reportedly claimed two candidates have colluded to trade votes. FIFA says it has "immediately requested to receive all ... (Source: CBS News 2010-10-25T08:38:29Z)

EU, Russia prod Iran to hold nuclear talks in November

BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton reissued an invitation to Iran on Friday to hold talks on its nuclear program next month, while Russia also pressed Iran to take up the offer. In a letter to Iran's ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-22T16:27:20Z)

Governors' races offer some of sharpest skirmishes

Some of the sharpest bare-knuckle skirmishes this election season are the races for governor, especially in states shouldering the highest unemployment rates and largest tax increases. Many also are important in presidential elections, and both parties are ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-10-25T01:00:22Z)

Judge Delays Karen Sypher Sentencing

WLKY.com A federal judge postponed the sentencing of a woman convicted of trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino because she does not have a lawyer. Karen Sypher fired her trial attorney, James Earhart, and hired Washington ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-23T22:16:54Z)

FIFA Suspends Two Voters as World Cup Bid Sale Is Investigated

Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Soccer's governing body suspended two executive committee members as part of an investigation into the possible sale of votes for the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Reynald Temarii of Tahiti were ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-18T23:55:53Z)

Jenn Sterger rep: Brett Favre called last year

A spokesman for Jenn Sterger, the woman who allegedly received lewd photos and inappropriate text messages from Brett Favre two years ago, said the quarterback tried to contact the former New York Jets [ team stats ] game hostess in 2009. Phil Reese said ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-25T04:49:25Z)

Mass. GOP standing by congressional hopeful Perry

BOSTON— Top Republicans are standing by 10th Congressional District candidate Jeff Perry a day after a woman illegally strip-searched in Wareham when she was 14 years old said Perry, then a police officer, did nothing to help her. Republican Charles ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-21T17:54:25Z)

Arrests made in string of Folsom burglaries

FOLSOM, CA- Folsom police say they have arrested three men linked to a string of home burglaries. According to a press release provided by the Folsom Police Department three men allegedly knocked on a woman's door on Freswick drive at 10:30 p.m. Saturday ... (Source: KXTV News10Net 2010-10-24T20:14:02Z)

Singapore bourse makes $8.3B offer for ASX

The Singapore Exchange Ltd. said Monday it is making a $8.3 billion cash and shares takeover offer for the operator of the Australian stock market, aiming to become a leading Asian finance center. The combined exchange company would be the world's fifth ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-25T07:26:54Z)

Pedestrian killed in accident near Lake Goodwin

A man was killed early Saturday morning when he was hit by a car near Stanwood, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. A 20-year-old woman was driving along 156th Street Northwest near Lake Goodwin when she struck the man while he was walking ... (Source: Seattle Times 2010-10-23T16:04:40Z)

Police: Burglars Broke In While Woman Was Home

KCRA.com Three men were arrested after police said they broke into an occupied home in Empire Ranch at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said they rushed to a home on Freswick Drive after a woman reported that several people had rang her doorbell, and broke into ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-24T23:12:59Z)

Governors' races offer some heated skirmishes

WASHINGTON (AP) – Some of the sharpest bare-knuckle skirmishes this election season are the races for governor, especially in states shouldering the highest unemployment rates and largest tax increases. Many also are important in presidential elections ... (Source: Sauk Valley Daily Gazette 2010-10-25T06:08:10Z)

Report: Brett Favre admits leaving voicemails

NEW YORK - Brett Favre reportedly admitted leaving voicemails for the former New York Jets game hostess to whom a website says he also sent lewd photos. Fox television's Jay Glazer reported Sunday that Favre told league investigators earlier this week he ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-25T06:58:16Z)

EU official urges Iran to accept proposal for talks

The European Union's chief diplomat has again urged Iran to accept an offer to meet for three days of talks in Vienna next month to discuss its nuclear program. While Iranian officials have indicated an interest in such talks, they have not formally ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-22T16:27:20Z)

Two convicted in local investment scam

Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Nashville convicted Kenneth Kennedy, 66, of Clarksville, and Ann Scarborough, 65, of Hopkinsville, Ky., this week on several charges related to their roles in a multi-million-dollar investment scam. Kennedy, a ... (Source: Leaf Chronicle 2010-10-24T09:58:25Z)

Governors' races offer many sharp skirmishes

Washington — Some of the sharpest bare-knuckle skirmishes this election season are the races for governor, especially in states shouldering the highest unemployment rates and largest tax increases. There are now 26 Democratic governors and 24 Republicans ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-25T04:56:35Z)

Judge Postpones Sentencing in Karen Sypher Extortion Conviction

A Louisville federal judge has indefinitely postponed Karen Sypher's sentencing for extortion because her new lawyer is not licensed to practice. Judge Charles R. Simpson III said in an order Friday that an official with the District of Columbia Court of ... (Source: WBKO 2010-10-24T04:07:40Z)

FIFA clamps down on unethical behaviour for vote

FIFA has promised a zero tolerance approach to unethical behaviour in the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in response to comments made by the body's former general secretary to undercover newspaper reporters. "FIFA and the ethics committee ... (Source: Business Day South Africa 2010-10-25T09:14:17Z)

Mass. GOP standing by Jeff Perry

T op Republicans are standing by 10th Congressional District candidate Jeff Perry a day after a woman illegally strip-searched in Wareham when she was 14 years old said Perry, then a police officer, did nothing to help her. Republican Charles Baker's ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-21T21:07:42Z)

Home Burglars Arrested In Folsom

3 burglars out of Solano County were arrested for a series of Folsom home burglaries. At 10:30 p.m. Saturday Folsom Police Officers responded to a home on Fenswich Dr. in Empire Ranch. A woman called police to report that a couple of suspects had rung her ... (Source: Fox40 2010-10-24T20:06:52Z)

60 Acre Brush Fire Under Control

CADIZ, Ky. -- A brush fire that began at Fort Campbell, Ky., has spread to nearby Trigg County, Ky., forcing some residents out of their homes Saturday afternoon. According to Fort Campbell spokesperson Kelly DeWitt, the fire jumped a fence and spread into ... (Source: WSMV 2010-10-24T03:46:11Z)

Iran wants to discuss dates to start nuclear talks

Iran wants to discuss specific dates for resuming talks with six major powers on its nuclear programme after a European Union offer to meet in mid-November, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T10:01:56Z)

Sypher's New Legal Team Wants Judge Removed

WLKY.com With her sentencing hearing set for next week, an aggressive new legal challenge is being mounted on behalf of Karen Sypher. She is the woman convicted of trying to extort money from University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino. According to ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-21T19:41:48Z)

Manager says Brett Favre called Jenn Sterger last year

N EW YORK — A spokesman for the woman who allegedly received lewd photos and inappropriate text messages from Brett Favre two years ago said Saturday the quarterback tried to contact the former New York Jets [ team stats ] game hostess in 2009. Phil ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-25T04:49:25Z)

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