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Deals of the Hour / November 1, 2010, 5:40 am

Midland School Board Receives Embattled Member's Resignation Letter

Late Sunday, the Midland School Board received the official letter of resignation from board member Clint McCance. McCance came under fire last week for a Facebook post encouraging gay students to kill themselves. We're told a special meeting is scheduled ... (Source: ArkansasMatters 2010-11-01T05:09:45Z)

jay0012k3's reader review of Fable III for Xbox 360

I got this game once the local store opened up at 9:30 AM. I got home quickly and then took a magical trip to Albion for a grand adventure that awaited me. Yes ! Fable 3 is upon us and OH MY it's a wonderful game. I cannot provide a detailed review however ... (Source: Gamespot News 2010-10-27T01:33:47Z)

Republicans offer few health care alternatives, some acknowledge

WASHINGTON -- As they campaign to recapture Congress, Republicans are vowing to repeal President Barack Obama's new health care law and relieve Americans from rising insurance premiums and bigger government. But some conservatives acknowledge that the ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-10-31T07:55:35Z)

SMS Spying App Pulled from Android Market

A controversial application, which allows users to forward copies of all incoming SMS messages to a different phone, has been removed from the Android Marketplace for violating the service's content policy. The app, called the "Secret SMS Replicator," was ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-10-28T08:56:24Z)

Massachusetts high court OKs Caritas Christi sale

C aritas Christi Health Care expects to close its $895 million sale to New York private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management within a month following yesterday's final regulatory approval from the Supreme Judicial Court. Associate Justice Francis ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-31T01:57:40Z)

Republicans offer few healthcare alternatives

As they campaign to recapture Congress, Republicans are vowing to repeal President Obama's new healthcare law and relieve Americans from rising insurance premiums and bigger government. But some conservatives acknowledge that the healthcare program offered ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-27T21:00:35Z)

Iraq's Shi'ite politicians turn down Saudi offer

RIYADH (Reuters) – Iraq's Shi'ite alliance turned down a Saudi Arabian offer on Saturday to host all-party talks to resolve months of political stalemate because it said it was confident a deal could be struck in Baghdad on a new government. Iraq has ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-10-31T08:52:51Z)

Troops free Christians held by Iraqi extremists; 19 die

BAGHDAD - Islamic extremists held about 120 Iraqi Christians hostage for nearly four hours in a church Sunday before security forces stormed the building, ending a standoff that left at least 19 people dead, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. Security ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-01T07:04:17Z)

Karate classes offering registration

Isshinryu Karate classes are being held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hurricane Valley Community Center located at the Valley Park. Classes are $40. People must be at least 5 years old to register. For more information call 304-757-3442. (Source: Charleston Daily Mail 2010-10-31T19:15:37Z)

Game Review: Epic adventure, acidic wit in 'Fable III'

Peter Molyneux has long been one of the more ambitious developers in the video-game industry. His first big hit, 1989's "Populous," let you play God — and in the years since, his games have gotten only slightly less grandiose. Over the last decade ... (Source: Jefferson City News Tribune Online 2010-10-31T10:04:26Z)

Mass. court approves sale of Caritas hospitals; includes Norwood

BOSTON (AP) — A justice of the state's highest court has signed off on the proposed sale of six Boston-area hospitals to a New York private equity firm that intends to turn the chain into a for-profit venture. Attorney General Martha Coakley previously ... (Source: Sun Chronicle 2010-10-29T17:01:59Z)

Mass. court approves sale of Caritas hospitals

A justice of Massachustts' highest court has signed off on the proposed sale of six Boston-area hospitals to a New York private equity firm that intends to turn the chain into a for-profit venture. Attorney General Martha Coakley previously approved the $ ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-29T17:30:37Z)

Salvatore Vitale, Mob Turncoat, Is to Be Sentenced

Of all the life lessons that Salvatore Vitale took from a boyhood friend he idolized, two of them became practically second nature: as a child, he was taught how to swim; as an adult, he was instructed how to kill. The latter skill, he would later admit ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-29T02:00:02Z)

BP sale raises $1.8 billion to help pay for oil spill

MOSCOW -- BP raised $1.8 billion Monday to help pay for the cost of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by selling assets in Venezuela and Vietnam to its own joint venture in Russia. The transaction will leave half the assets' equity on BP's books but give ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-19T03:59:16Z)

Google Bans Sale Of Android Spying App

Menlo Park, CA, United States (AHN) - Google is not letting a handset application that spies on someone's text messages be sold at its Android App Store. The Secret SMS Replicator developed by DLP Mobile to help lovers find out if their partners are ... (Source: All Headline News 2010-10-31T18:54:09Z)

Under a plea agreement, former child soldier Omar Khadr will serve one year at Guantanamo ...

A fence is seen at the US high-security prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A seven-member military panel deliberated for nearly nine hours over a two-day period before reaching their decision to jail former child soldier Omar Khadr who pleaded guilty ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-11-01T09:20:18Z)

Mafia Turncoat Salvatore Vitale to Be Sentenced Friday in New York

(Oct. 29) -- An epic New York mafia tale will come to its climax today when a Brooklyn Federal Court judge sentences Salvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale , an underboss of the Bonanno crime family who turned FBI informant in January 2003. Vitale has pleaded ... (Source: AOL News 2010-10-29T21:41:09Z)

Gitmo's Former 'Child Soldier' Sentenced to 8 Years

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The long-running case of a onetime teenage Al Qaeda fighter is over, with a U.S. military judge sentencing Omar Khadr to eight more years in custody for war crimes. The sentence was handed down Sunday under a plea bargain ... (Source: FOX News 2010-11-01T07:04:17Z)

Arkansas school board member behind anti-gay Facebook posts says he'll resign

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A member of an Arkansas school board who posted on Facebook that he thinks gay youths should kill themselves has told CNN he'll resign. Midland School Board member Clint McCance said on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Thursday night that ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-29T02:42:59Z)

GOP offers throwback ideas as it vows to repeal health care law

WASHINGTON • As they campaign to recapture Congress, Republicans are vowing to repeal President Barack Obama's new health care law and relieve Americans from rising insurance premiums and bigger government. But some conservatives acknowledge that the ... (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010-10-31T06:08:12Z)

Henderson to offer printmaking, ceramics community classes

ARKADELPHIA — Henderson State University's art department is offering community classes in relief printmaking and ceramics now through Saturday, Dec. 11. Sean Newton, Centerpoint High School art instructor, will teach relief printmaking from 3-5 p.m ... (Source: Arkansas Online 2010-10-31T10:40:13Z)

Apple sales top $20 billion - a new record

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Apple's wildly popular gadget lineup propelled the company to a new all-time sales record of $20 billion, Apple said Monday as it announced its fourth-quarter results. Calling himself "blown away" by the results, Apple CEO Steve ... (Source: CNN Money 2010-10-18T22:15:41Z)

BP Raises $1.8 Billion in Asset Sale

MOSCOW — BP raised $1.8 billion on Monday to help pay for the cost of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by selling assets in Venezuela and Vietnam to its own joint venture in Russia. The transaction will leave half the assets' equity on BP's books ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-18T20:21:09Z)

Arkansas board member who posted anti-gay rant to quit

Clint McCance , a member of the Midland school board in Pleasant Plains, about 70 miles northeast of Little Rock, announced his resignation Thursday night on CNN 's " Anderson Cooper 360 ." He said he was quitting "to help my school, my community," though ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-10-29T10:35:26Z)

Saudi clerics endorse ban on female cashiers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia's top government-sanctioned board of senior Islamic clerics has endorsed a fatwa that calls for a ban on female vendors because it violates the kingdom's strict segregation of the sexes. The powerful committee said in ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-10-31T20:41:31Z)

South Carolina voters face moment of choice Tuesday

High unemployment, the sagging economy and a governing party bruised by scandal and infighting have set the stage for a competitive governor's race, which South Carolina voters will decide Tuesday. Nationally, Republicans are expected to do well in this ... (Source: Spartanburg Herald-Journal 2010-10-31T17:49:43Z)

TNK-BP to Pay $1.8 Billion for BP Assets

3:16 p.m. | Updated The New York Times's Andrew E. Kramer provides more details about BP's asset sale. TNK-BP , the Russian joint venture between BP and a group of Russian billionaires, said on Monday that it would acquire BP's production and ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-10-18T20:28:18Z)

In 'Fable III,' one hero rules them all

Fable III ★★★ 1/2 out of four stars Publisher: Microsoft. System: Xbox 360. Price: $60. Rating: Mature; blood, language, sexual content, use of alcohol, violence. When Mel Brooks said, "It's good to be the king," he was talking about only one facet ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-30T19:31:07Z)

Bonanno turncoat is spared a life term

NEW YORK - Mobster Salvatore Vitale had a hand in at least 11 murders, including that of a fellow gangster in the fallout from the infamous Donnie Brasco case. Despite the carnage, he was spared a life term Friday. A judge instead sentenced the Mafia ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-30T07:06:40Z)

Omar Khadr Draws 40-Year Sentence, But Will Only Serve 8 Years

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (AHN) - Canadian youth Omar Khadr, 24, received a 40-year sentence Sunday for the death of American medic Sgt. Christopher Speer in 2002. However, because of the plea bargain agreement between Washington and Ottawa, Khadr will only ... (Source: All Headline News 2010-11-01T10:53:21Z)

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