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Deals of the Hour / October 29, 2010, 7:40 am

Anna Nicole Smith's Confidantes Unlikely to See Jail Time After Guilty Verdicts, Legal Experts Say

The guilty verdicts this week for two of Anna Nicole Smith 's closest confidantes in a trial that focused on the former Playboy model's drug use are unlikely to lead to any jail time, legal experts said today. "It really was a complete waste of time and ... (Source: ABC News 2010-10-29T12:37:08Z)

Spader Jury To Hear About Threats To Witnesses

NASHUA, N.H. -- Jurors in a deadly New Hampshire home invasion case will hear that the murder defendant, Steven Spader, threatened a potential witness with a knife in the fifth day of his murder trial Friday. Eldon Spikes, a friend of Spader, is expected ... (Source: WMUR.com 2010-10-29T12:01:20Z)

Indonesian volcano's spiritual caretaker dies

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - For 33 years, Maridjan spoke to Mount Merapi, believing he could appease its unpredictable spirits by throwing offerings of rice, clothes and chickens into the volcano's gaping crater. Many villagers took his word , not that of ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-29T11:54:11Z)

Meek says it was Gov. Charlie Crist who suggested he drop out of Fla. US Senate race

MIAMI - Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek said Friday it was his independent opponent — not former President Bill Clinton — who suggested that he drop out of the Florida Senate race. Denying published reports that Clinton advised him to withdraw, Meek told ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-29T11:11:14Z)

Man sought in connection with Missouri murders is arrested

HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. | The man sought in connection with three murders was arrested without incident Thursday, ending a two-day manhunt and allaying concerns that others might be targeted. Mid-Missouri authorities captured Joshua William Maylee, 23, in rural ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2010-10-29T08:26:35Z)

Mexico official: 2 bodies may be massacre gunmen

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The bodies of two men, one of them decapitated, were found in a Mexican border city Tuesday, and police suspect they may have been behind the massacre of 14 young people at a birthday party. The bodies were found inside an SUV in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-26T20:33:08Z)

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)

US says China must clarify rare earth exports

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called on China to clarify its policy on the export of exotic metals key to the global high-tech industry. Opening a two-week Asia-Pacific tour aimed at cementing ties with allies who are wary of ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-28T09:03:34Z)

Border Tensions Increase After North Korea Fires Shots At South Korean Post

Hwacheon, South Korea (AHN) - North Korea's military fired two shots at a South Korean post near the two countries' border on Friday. The incident happened in the town of Hwacheon, which is about 73 miles northeast from the South Korean capital of ... (Source: All Headline News 2010-10-29T11:47:01Z)

South Korea: North Korea opens fire at border

North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border Friday and South Korean troops immediately fired back, highlighting the security problems faced by Seoul as it prepares to host Barack Obama and other world leaders at the Group of 20 ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-29T12:37:08Z)

Kendrick Meek reaffirms he's in Senate race to stay, blasts Charlie Crist

Appearing on the Fox & Friends television show early Friday morning, Democrat Kendrick Meek lashed out at independent Charlie Crist for fueling what he called false rumors that former President Bill Clinton had asked him to drop out of the Senate race ... (Source: St. Petersburg Times 2010-10-29T13:34:24Z)

Miami Heat's home opener is hot ticket at $25,884 for two courtside seats

Two courtside seats to tonight's regular-season South Beach debut for the Miami Heat -- and debut of the hugely hyped Three Basketeers -- sold on StubHub.com for $25,884, company spokesman Glenn Lehrman told the Associated Press. The average price per seat ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-29T09:23:51Z)

Exclusive: China rejects U.S. corn cargo, citing GMOs

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has rejected a cargo of U.S. corn after finding it contained an unsanctioned genetically modified strain, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. "China only allows 11 varieties of GM corn to be imported to the ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-29T12:44:17Z)

Volcano near Yogyakarta's gatekeeper buried Thursday

Mount Merapi erupted again Thursday, spewing another big cloud of ash and 32 people have been killed so far. More than 40,000 others forced to flee. Among the dead the volcano's traditional gate-keeper, who was buried Thursday. He was appointed two decades ... (Source: Today's THV 2010-10-29T03:18:47Z)

Kendrick Meek Explains It All: I Never, Ever Agreed To Drop Out (VIDEO)

Kendrick Meek did talk to Bill Clinton about dropping his Democratic bid to be the next Senator from Florida, a move that supporters of the plan say would have opened up an opportunity for independent Charlie Crist to catch Republican Marco Rubio's rising ... (Source: TPMDC (blog) 2010-10-29T14:17:21Z)

Mexico violence hits U.S. maquiladora

All but two of those wounded in the bus attacks were released from the hospital by early afternoon, the state attorney general's office said. Mexican officials say most of the more than 6,500 people killed in Juárez since fighting erupted in early 2008 ... (Source: MySanAntonio 2010-10-29T01:09:56Z)

Excitement about Heat reaches fever pitch for home opener

MIAMI (AP) -- There was a time when the Miami Heat chose to retire longtime star Tim Hardaway's jersey at their home opener to help ensure the game would sell out. That was 2009. Just a little bit has changed in the past year. No perks will be required to ... (Source: NBA 2010-10-29T14:03:02Z)

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)

Indonesia mourning death of volcano's 'keeper'

Mount Merapi, Indonesia -- He was the keeper of Mount Merapi -- an 83-year-old man entrusted to watch over the volcano's spirits, believing it could be appeased by tossing offerings of rice, chickens and flowers into the gaping crater. And when the ... (Source: News-Leader.com 2010-10-29T12:08:30Z)

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)

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)

NH machete attacks witness admits lying to police

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 was in the woods ... (Source: Salon 2010-10-28T20:23:36Z)

Stealing case may link Maylee to victim

Even before his arrest Thursday afternoon as a "person of interest" in this week's Holts Summit area killings, Joshua William Maylee, 23, had been charged in two stealing cases filed in Callaway County Associate Circuit Court. One of those cases may ... (Source: Fulton Sun 2010-10-29T12:58:36Z)

Anna Nicole Smith Case Conviction

A jury has convicted two people close to Anna Nicole Smith on drug charges involving the late actress. But it found the doctor who prescribed drugs for her not guilty of all charges. Smith's psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich, and boyfriend, Howard K ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-29T03:33:06Z)

China says no to Kan, Wen bilateral: Japan

China told Japan that it cannot hold bilateral talks between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at an Asian summit in Hanoi, a senior Japanese official said on Friday. Nevertheless, Japan's pursuit of strategic and beneficial ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-29T14:03:02Z)

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)

North and South Korea exchange fire...Indonesia's victims wait for help...Meek says Crist asked ...

SEOUL , South Korea (AP) — A South Korean official says North Korea has fired two shots at a South Korean guard post at their tense border. The official at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says South Korean troops immediately fired back. There were no ... (Source: KYTV 2010-10-29T11:39:52Z)

Heat report: Roster

--F Mike Miller found himself in conflict with the league's dress code when it came to a seat on the bench during this two-game trip, unable to find a way to get his casted right thumb through a sports-coat sleeve. Miller said he was told he had to wear a ... (Source: CBS Sports 2010-10-29T07:57:57Z)

Gang shoots up buses in Juarez; 4 dead

Armed men rumbled into a gritty neighborhood of Mexico City on Thursday and gunned down six men hanging around a convenience store, fueling fears that one of the world's largest cities is falling prey to the cartel-style violence that has long terrorized ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-29T12:22:49Z)

Missouri man charged with 3 counts of murder

A Missouri man was charged with murder Friday after a series of fatal shootings that had prompted police to warn people who knew him to flee the area. The charges against Joshua William Maylee, 23, were filed the day after he was captured, ending a hunt ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-29T14:03:02Z)

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