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Deals of the Hour / October 29, 2010, 4:40 am

Jury has verdict in Anna Nicole Smith drug trial

LOS ANGELES — A jury has reached a verdict in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial. The jury will announce verdicts at 3:30 p.m. CDT Thursday for the former Playboy model and native Texan's boyfriend and two doctors. The defendants have pleaded ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-28T19:04:52Z)

Carly Fiorina returns to the trail

California Republican Senate nominee Carly Fiorina is back on the campaign trail and feeling "fantastic" after her two-day hospitalization, according to local reports. Thursday morning in northern California, Fiorina appeared at her first campaign stop ... (Source: Politico.com 2010-10-28T22:03:49Z)

Fox rejects Cablevision's last-ditch offer in dispute over fees

LOS ANGELES -- Fox on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch offer from Cablevision Systems Corp. to pay it more for its TV stations' signals, a move that could leave some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in the New York area with few options besides heading to ... (Source: CBS Sports 2010-10-26T23:53:34Z)

North and South Korea Exchange Border Fire

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily militarized border on Friday, the South Korean military and media reports said, on the eve of widely anticipated family reunions between the two countries. South Korea ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-29T11:11:14Z)

Volcanic eruptions on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula cease, airspace open

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Emergencies Ministry says two volcanoes that erupted on the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, forcing flight diversions and blanketing a town with dust, have all but ceased spewing ash. Ash clouds from the remote volcanoes that ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-29T07:22:10Z)

Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles (kilometers) into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, heavy ash. The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-29T09:45:20Z)

Cablevision Says Govt., Nonprofit Could Retransmit World Series Online

Cablevision has put out a general call to a "government entity" or "non-profit organization" to retransmit Foxs' coverage of the World Series over the Internet. In its latest appeal to government to help in its retransmission consent battle with Fox ... (Source: Broadcasting Cable 2010-10-28T22:53:55Z)

Pariya, Crane share halfway lead in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Thai golfer Pariya Junhasavasdikul had five birdies on the last seven holes Friday for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead after the second round of the inaugural Asia Pacific Classic. Pariya, a business management graduate ... (Source: star.com.my 2010-10-29T11:18:23Z)

Report: North Korea opens fire at South Korean border post (1st Lead)

Seoul - North Korea's military opened fire Friday toward a South Korean border post, and South Korean soldiers returned fire, the Yonhap News Agency reported. Two shots were fired first from the North Korean side at a military guard post near the border in ... (Source: Monsters and Critics 2010-10-29T11:18:23Z)

Crane shares lead with Thai golfer in Malaysia

Ben Crane fired a seven-under 64 on Friday to earn a share of the lead in the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in Southeast Asia. Thailand's Pariya Junhasavasdikul shot a 65 and joined Crane with an 11-under 131 through two rounds of the $6 million Asia ... (Source: Miami Herald 2010-10-29T08:33:45Z)

Poll: Race tightening between Nathan Deal, Roy Barnes

ATLANTA - The race between Nathan Deal and Roy Barnes has become a closer battle, according to a survey released Tuesday that shows just 5 points separating the two. Deal, the Republican standard bearer, drew 45 percent compared to 40 percent for Barnes ... (Source: Savannah Morning News 2010-10-19T19:08:22Z)

Barnes and Deal to make final arguments on the road and on the air

MACON -- Roy Barnes and Nathan Deal are going to be everywhere voters look (and listen) for the next week as the two major candidates for governor make closing arguments. They will be on state highways and interstates, each on a bus tour of key regions ... (Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution 2010-10-26T09:27:25Z)

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)

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)

Report: North Korea, South Korea exchange gunfire

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korean and South Korean military units exchanged gunfire near their border Friday, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported. The exchange happened after North Korean forces fired two shots at a South Korean military ... (Source: CNN 2010-10-29T10:56:55Z)

Volcanos blow in Russia

MOSCOW — Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing the town of Ust- Kamchatsk. The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest active ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-10-29T06:53:32Z)

Canada Stocks Decline as Gold Shares Drop on U.S. Economic Data

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks fell, paring a weekly gain, as gold producers declined after data on U.S. retail sales and manufacturing surpassed economists' forecasts. Barrick Gold Corp., the world's largest producer of the metal, lost 1.1 ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-15T21:00:30Z)

BioteQ Announces Timing of Q3 Results and Conference Call

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 28, 2010) - BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX: BQE - News ), a leader in the treatment of industrial waste water, will release its third quarter financial results for the quarter ended September 30 ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-28T22:25:17Z)

Anna Nicole Smith Drug Trial: Howard K. Stern Found Guilty

Three years after tragic blonde Anna Nicole Smith OD-ed, a conclusion seems near in the trial to determine the individuals responsible for her death, and their share of blame. Smith's former attorney and lover Howard K. Stern was found guilty on two ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-10-29T10:56:55Z)

Fox rejects Cablevision's latest offer

Fox on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch offer from Cablevision Systems Corp. to pay it more for its TV stations' signals, a move that could leave some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in the New York area with few options besides heading to a bar to watch ... (Source: Tampa Bay Online 2010-10-26T23:53:34Z)

LA jury reaches verdict in Anna Nicole Smith trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A jury has reached a verdict in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial. The jury will announce verdicts at 1:30 p.m. PDT Thursday for the former Playboy model's boyfriend and two doctors. The defendants have pleaded not guilty to ... (Source: MSN Entertainment 2010-10-28T18:57:42Z)

Senate Candidate Fiorina To Stop In Salinas

KSBW.com U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina will be making an appearance Friday on the Central Coast, according to her campaign. Fiorina, 56, has a scheduled appearance at Ace High Designs at 400 Salinas St. at 12:15 p.m. Fiorina will discuss job creation ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-29T10:42:36Z)

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)

UPDATE 2-Two Maple Leaf directors quit over strategic plan

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Two directors of Maple Leaf Foods ( MFI.TO ), who represented a key shareholder, have resigned from the company's board in a dispute related to the food processor's strategic plan. Wayne Kozun and William Royan ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-10-28T16:56:01Z)

Deal says he can win governorship on Tuesday without a runoff

Republican Nathan Deal said Wednesday he's confident he can win Tuesday's election for governor without a runoff. The former Gainesville congressman was asked about his prospects before he spoke at a Johnson Square rally with other GOP candidates. Deal ... (Source: Savannah Morning News 2010-10-28T23:58:21Z)

Two share PGA lead in South Korea

SELANGOR, Malaysia, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Pariya Junhasavasdikul had a late charge Friday and is tied with Ben Crane for first halfway through the PGA Tour-sanctioned Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia. Junhasavasdikul had five birdies in his last seven holes and ... (Source: United Press International 2010-10-29T10:42:36Z)

Silver Standard Announces Sale of Snowfield and Brucejack Projects

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/10 -- Silver Standard Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRI)(TSX: SSO) ("Silver Standard or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement (the "Sale Agreement") to sell its Snowfield and ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-10-29T09:02:23Z)

UPDATE 1-Two Maple Leaf Foods directors quit

* The pension plan has an about 25 pct stake in company WINNIPEG, Manitoba Oct 28 (Reuters) - Two directors of Maple Leaf Foods ( MFI.TO ), representing a key shareholder, have resigned from the board, the company said on Thursday. Wayne Kozun and William ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-28T15:22:57Z)

Two Maple Leaf directors quit over strategic plan

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Two directors of Maple Leaf Foods (MFI.TO: Quote ), who represented a key shareholder, have resigned from the company's board in a dispute related to the food processor's strategic plan. Wayne Kozun and William Royan ... (Source: Reuters Canada 2010-10-28T16:56:01Z)

Carly Fiorina resumes her campaign, telling supporters: 'I feel great'

After a two-day absence from the campaign trail due to an infection, Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Thursday was greeted by about 80 cheering supporters chanting "Back to Win" at an event outside of Sacramento. "I feel great, and it's great ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-28T20:30:45Z)

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