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Deals of the Hour / October 29, 2010, 12:40 am

Anna Nicole's Lover, Psychiatrist Convicted in Drug Conspiracy Case

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by legal expert and media commentator Matt Semino: Today, a Los Angeles jury reached a verdict on the Anna Nicole Smith Drug trial. After two weeks of deliberations, the jury found Howard K ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-28T23:01:05Z)

NY stabbing suspect found in Pownal

A New York man accused of stabbing two people is now in police custody in Vermont. Police say 34-year-old Luis Gomez-Cruz, of Claremont, N.Y., stabbed his estranged wife and his cousin multiple times at a Valatie apartment on Sunday. Both are in the ... (Source: WCAX 2010-10-28T11:48:12Z)

LEAD: U.S. promoting cooperative relationship with China: Clinton+

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the United States will continue promoting a cooperative relationship with China, despite pending issues such as Chinese currency reform. In a speech in Honolulu, Hawaii, about her country's ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-10-29T04:59:00Z)

Hillary Clinton addresses Hawaii as Asia-Pacific tour kicks off

The U-S Secretary of State has arrived in Hawaii - the first stop of her two-week Asia Pacific tour. It's her sixth visit to the region since she took office 21 months ago. After Hawaii, Ms Clinton will visit Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia and ... (Source: Radio Australia 2010-10-28T23:29:43Z)

Alleged stabber caught in Vermont

The Castleton man who allegedly stabbed two people in Valatie Sunday night was apprehended by federal authorities on a farm in Vermont Wednesday, due to a lead developed by the New York State Police in Livingston. According to police, Luis Gomez-Cruz, a 34 ... (Source: Register-Star 2010-10-28T06:11:46Z)

Dr.: Conn. man said he raped woman post-strangling

A man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told a psychiatrist he strangled and then raped the woman in a rage triggered after his co-defendant told him he had killed the girls. But the psychiatrist, who was called by ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-28T22:46:46Z)

Columbia stabbing suspect nabbed in Vermont

A man wanted for stabbing his estranged wife and a cousin in Columbia County has been captured, authorities said on Thursday. Luis Gomez-Cruz, 38, was picked up late Wednesday in Pownal, Vt., by immigration agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland ... (Source: Daily Freeman 2010-10-29T07:00:41Z)

President Obama on 'The Daily Show'

As the first sitting president to appear on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Pres. Barack Obama was quite playful with Jon Stewart , who held nothing back, asking the CIC pointed questions about his first two years in office, with the President listing ... (Source: Celebrity Justice 2010-10-28T22:18:08Z)

NH machete attacks witness admits lying to police

NASHUA, N.H. -- A teenager who was at a New Hampshire home where two people were attacked with a machete has admitted in court that he lied in interviews with police. On cross-examination Thursday, 18-year-old Quinn Glover said he initially told police he ... (Source: Forbes 2010-10-28T20:30:45Z)

Jurors Reach Verdict in Anna Nicole Smith Case

Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of the late Anna Nicole Smith's longtime companion and two doctors. Howard K. Stern and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich are charged with conspiring to give Smith excessive drugs. The verdict will be ... (Source: NBC Los Angeles 2010-10-28T18:57:42Z)

Out of hospital, Senate candidate Fiorina says she is ready for full weekend of campaigning

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina says she feels "fantastic" in making her first public appearance since being hospitalized for two days with an infection. Fiorina was greeted by about 50 supporters Thursday at McClellan ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-28T20:23:36Z)

Anna Nicole Smith beau, psychiatrist guilty in drug case

LOS ANGELES - A jury Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist and boyfriend of conspiring to use false names to obtain prescription drugs for the former Playboy model and reality-TV star but acquitted a doctor who prescribed a plethora of drugs ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-29T06:53:32Z)

Some fear polls are playing too big a role

WASHINGTON - When a widely publicized poll showed Republican John Kasich with a 10-point advantage in the Ohio governor's race, aides to Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland fought back hard. Against the poll. "With just two weeks until Election Day, it is our ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-29T07:00:41Z)

Vikings' Brett Favre won't rule himself out despite fractures in left ankle

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre is not ruling himself out of Sunday's game at New England despite two fractures in his left ankle. Favre, 41, wore a large gray walking boot on his left leg to the podium for his regular news conference in Eden ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-28T05:28:49Z)

Two convicted of conspiring to provide prescription drugs to Anna Nicole Smith

A Los Angeles County jury Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith 's longtime companion and a psychiatrist of conspiring to provide powerful prescription drugs to the model for several years before her fatal overdose in 2007. The jury acquitted a third ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-29T03:40:15Z)

U.S. not seeking to "contain" China: Clinton

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied on Thursday the United States was seeking to contain China as she began a two-week trip to an Asia-Pacific region rattled by recent Chinese assertiveness. Washington and Beijing have clashed this year over ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-29T04:44:41Z)

Witness in NH home invasion says co-defendant 'euphoric' after machete attacks

NASHUA, N.H. - A New Hampshire teenager charged in a deadly home invasion testified Thursday he heard the victims' screams and pleas before two of his partners started hacking at the mother and daughter. Eighteen-year-old Quinn Glover said the mother ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-28T23:15:24Z)

Fiorina feels 'fantastic' in return to campaign

Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina says she feels "fantastic" in making her first public appearance since being hospitalized for two days with an infection. Fiorina was greeted by about 50 supporters Thursday at McClellan Business Park in suburban ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-28T20:37:55Z)

Conn.-horror killer said he raped woman post-strangling: doctor

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told a psychiatrist he was shocked by his co-defendant's violence, but later found himself in a rage, strangling and then raping the woman, the doctor ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-28T19:33:30Z)

Quinn Glover testifies that Steven Spader wanted to eat victims

NASHUA, N.H. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Jurors in a New Hampshire home invasion trial are returning for a fourth day of testimony and evidence. A teenager who was in a New Hampshire home where two people were attacked with a machete says the man on trial ... (Source: My Fox Boston 2010-10-29T03:47:25Z)

Psychiatrist: Man convicted in Conn. home invasion told him he raped victim after strangling

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A psychiatrist says a Connecticut man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told him he raped the woman after he strangled her. Dr. Eric Goldsmith testified for a second day Thursday in New Haven ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-28T15:37:16Z)

Brett Favre misses practice; consecutive starts streak in jeopardy

Brett Favre missed his second straight day of practice for the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday, but he walked around the team's facility without the oversized boot that had been protecting an injury that is putting his league-record streak of 291 consecutive ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-29T06:10:35Z)

Brett Favre exits walking boot; teammate certain he'll start at QB for Vikings

Brett Favre took a step toward playing on Sunday when he walked around the Minnesota Vikings' locker room without the walking boot he used for much of the week. Favre told reporters he might still use the walking boot as he rehabs two fractures in his left ... (Source: USA Today 2010-10-28T16:56:01Z)

Sink leads in 2 polls, Scott has high negatives

Democrat Alex Sink has a slight lead over Rick Scott in two new governor's race polls that show half of likely voters have a negative impression of her Republican rival. Sink leads Scott by 3 percentage points in a Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey ... (Source: St. Petersburg Times 2010-10-28T17:10:20Z)

Candidate Fiorina feels 'fantastic'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Re-emerging on the campaign trail after being hospitalized over two days, Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina on Thursday declared she is "completely cancer free" and feels "fantastic." The former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief ... (Source: Arizona Daily Star 2010-10-29T06:53:32Z)

Sink Edges Scott In New Governor Polls

WESH.com Two new polls show Democrat Alex Sink with a slight leader over Republican Rick Scott in the race for Florida governor. Both a new Mason-Dixon and Quinnipiac poll suggest that Sink has the advantage over Scott. Mason-Dixon's poll shows Sink with ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-29T00:12:40Z)

President Obama attracts slightly fewer 'Daily Show' viewers than candidate Obama

Just under 3 million people watched "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart interview President Barack Obama Wednesday night -- 2.84 million, to be exacat. That's Comedy Central late-night show's third biggest audience ever. The show's two most watched episodes ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-28T22:25:17Z)

LA jury reaches verdict in Anna Nicole Smith trial

LOS ANGELES— A jury reached verdicts Thursday in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial in which the boyfriend-lawyer and two doctors of the former Playboy model were accused of providing her with excessive amounts of prescription drugs. The ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-28T21:28:01Z)

Boyfriend guilty in Anna Nicole Smith's drug case

Los Angeles — A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist and boyfriend of conspiracy in a prescription drug case involving the former Playboy model and reality TV star but acquitted the doctor who prescribed a plethora of drugs for her ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-10-29T04:59:00Z)

Gibbs calls Obama's 'Daily Show' appearance 'a success'

WASHINGTON • The White House on Thursday declared President Barack Obama's interview with Jon Stewart "a success," though others have questioned whether the appearance may have backfired. At his daily briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the ... (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010-10-29T07:00:41Z)

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