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Deals of the Hour / November 14, 2010, 7:40 am

Vancouver Canucks beat Maple Leafs in Toronto | NHL

Canucks have won eight of their last nine: Ryan Kesler scored twice and Mason Raymond snapped a tie at 13:36 of the third period, sending the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 victory over the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The Canucks have won ... (Source: Seattle Times 2010-11-14T04:04:14Z)

Cuba frees political dissidents

The first of 13 Cuban political prisoners who refused to accept a deal to go into exile in Spain earlier this year has been released, according to his family. Arnaldo Ramos, a 68-year-old economist jailed in 2003, was freed on parole on Saturday. "He was ... (Source: Al Jazeera 2010-11-14T07:38:59Z)

Flyers unbeaten in past 9; Evgeni Malkin nets three for Pens

PHILADELPHIA -- Mike Richards and Claude Giroux scored two goals apiece, and rookie Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves in the Philadelphia Flyers' 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. Scott Hartnell also scored for the Atlantic Division ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-11-14T11:20:53Z)

Cuba to free two more political prisoners

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will soon release two of 13 political prisoners who had rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, the Catholic Church said on Saturday. The Catholic Archdiocese of Havana said on its website www ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-14T02:16:51Z)

Sports briefs: Pacquiao dominates Margarito

BOXING • Manny Pacquiao used both speed and power in a dominating performance Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, to beat Antonio Margarito in their 150-pound showdown. Pacquiao landed early and often, bloodying Margarito's face, closing his right eye ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-11-14T05:51:36Z)

Windows Phone 7 devices now on sale in U.S.

I'm not going to make too much of the fact that the first Windows Phone 7 devices for sale in the U.S. are already priced lower in some places than anticipated on this day one of their availability. At Amazon, the HTC HD7 is priced at $149.99 with a two ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-08T19:27:36Z)

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Freed (First Photos)[ny]

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Freed (First Photos)[ny] .Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been released after more than seven years under house arrest. She had also spent 15 of the last 20 years imprisoned in the ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-11-14T10:59:25Z)

Schild Wins First Slalom

Marlies Schild of Austria won the first women's World Cup slalom of the season, edging the Olympic champion Maria Riesch of Germany by three-hundredths of a second in Levi, Finland. Lindsey Vonn was sixth. Schild, fifth after the first run, had the ... (Source: New York Times 2010-11-14T05:08:39Z)

OAS urges pullout of Costa Rican, Nicaraguan troops

The Organization of American States urged Costa Rica and Nicaragua to pull out their troops from a conflict zone along their common border. A resolution adopted after 10 days of intense talks urges the two sides to "avoid deployments of the armed forces or ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-11-13T05:17:00Z)

1976 Apple I Computer for Sale for $160,000 - Straight From Steve Jobs Parents' Garage!

Oh to be the owner of an Apple I computer from 1976! The computer is for sale later this month at Christie's, and they expect the dinosaur to fetch at least $160,000, and that is on the low side. It may sell for as much as $240,000. This computer is old ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-11-13T04:41:12Z)

UPDATE 1-Newsweek, Daily Beast agree merger

NEW YORK, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Website Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com) and magazine Newsweek have agreed a deal to combine, Daily Beast co-founder and editor Tina Brown said, just weeks after abandoning merger talks. The agreement will combine the two ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-12T05:25:21Z)

Costa Rica to meet with OAS to deal with alleged incursion by Nicaraguan troops

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rican officials are preparing to go before the Organization of American States on Wednesday to seek support in a dispute with Nicaragua over the river dividing the two countries — continuing a lengthy feud between the Central ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-02T17:40:11Z)

Newsweek, Daily Beast Join With Tina Brown At Helm

The Daily Beast online news site says it has reached a deal to merge with Newsweek magazine. In a posting on its website Thursday, The Daily Beast's editor-in-chief Tina Brown says the two outlets will partner to create The Newsweek Daily Beast Company ... (Source: NPR News 2010-11-12T16:02:26Z)

Nicaragua, Costa Rica urged to pull back in river spat

The Organization of American States urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica on Saturday to withdraw their security forces from a disputed river border in a spat that forced Google to correct its maps of the area. Costa Rica accused Nicaragua of deploying troops ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-14T02:45:29Z)

Daily Beast, Newsweek reach deal to join

Newsweek, a 77-year-old magazine that once helped set the national news agenda, is linking its future with a startup website just two years in the making. Three months after agreeing to buy the money-losing weekly for $1, audio equipment magnate Sidney ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-12T22:28:59Z)

Pacquiao pounds Margarito for title

Manny Pacquiao used both speed and power in a dominating performance to beat Antonio Margarito and win their 150-pound showdown Saturday in Arlington, Texas. It was the eighth different title won by Pacquiao, this time against a tough opponent who ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-14T06:05:55Z)

Pacquiao dominates Margarito to win by decision

Manny Pacquiao more than made up with speed what he lacked in size. Giving away both pounds and inches, boxing's little superstar turned Antonio Margarito into a bloody and nearly blind fighter with a dizzying array of punches Saturday night in a lopsided ... (Source: Inside Bay Area 2010-11-14T06:27:24Z)

Original Apple-1 Computer with Rare Steve Jobs Letter to Sell for cca. $200,000

The first computer that Steve Jobs ever sold from his parents' garage is up for sale for an estimated $161,600 - $242,400 at Christie's in London. The lucky (and wealthy geek) setting their mind to buy it will also be glad to receive a commercially ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-11-12T13:53:35Z)

NBA approves sale of Warriors to Lacob, Guber

(11-13) 04:00 PST Chicago - -- It took longer for 29 NBA owners to vote "yes" in an e-mail than it took for Joe Lacob and Peter Guber to flesh out the details of a $450 million deal to buy the Golden State Warriors from Chris Cohan, but Friday's end result ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-11-13T08:01:38Z)

Jeff Carter, Flyers agree to long-term contract extension

The star forward signed a long contract extension on Saturday. Terms of the deal weren't announced, but multiple media reports said it is for 11 years and $58 million. The 25-year-old Carter could have become a restricted free agent on July 1. "He's an ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-14T00:22:19Z)

Burma frees democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi

Pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi walked free Saturday after more than seven years under house arrest, welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters outside the decaying lakefront villa that has been her prison. Guards pulled back the barbed-wire barriers ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-11-14T10:59:25Z)

Flyers Notes: Flyers' Carter signs 11-year extension

Jeff Carter should have no problem furnishing the Shore home he recently bought in Sea Isle City. The Flyers' 25-year-old center, who was in the final year of a three-year deal, signed an 11-year contract extension worth $58 million, the club announced ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-14T08:00:27Z)

Key events in the life of released Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was freed from house arrest Saturday. She has spent more than 15 of the past 21 years in prison or detained in her lakeside home. Here are some key events in the life of Suu Kyi ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-13T11:29:14Z)

Windows Phone 7 Arrives To Fix Your Bad Manners

Windows Phone 7 has landed. On Monday, the first three Windows Phone 7 devices went on sale in the U.S. through AT&T and T-Mobile USA stores. The three phones are the Samsung Focus and HTC Surround through AT&T, and the HTC HD7 from T-Mobile. Microsoft ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-11-08T19:27:36Z)

Pacquiao's team demands Margarito tested for banned substances

Controversy erupted Saturday night before Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito even got in the ring. (Saturday's fight was not over in time for this edition.) A weight loss supplement was seen in Margarito's dressing room before the fight, and Pacquiao ... (Source: Vindy.com 2010-11-14T04:40:01Z)

iPad's Distant Ancestor — 1976 Apple One — For Sale

Christie's Auction House is planning to sell an Apple One computer, an ancestor of all those Macintosh computers around today. Many years ago, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the computer in Jobs' family garage. It sold in 1976 for $666.66. Now this ... (Source: NPR News 2010-11-12T19:30:01Z)

NBA finally approves record sale of Golden State Warriors to group headed by Joseph Lacob ...

CHICAGO -- The Chris Cohan era of the Golden State Warriors is officially over. Friday, the NBA and the Warriors announced the league's board of governors unanimously approved the sale of the franchise for a record $450 million. Joseph Lacob, a Menlo Park ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-11-13T03:36:47Z)

Cuban dissident who rejected deal to leave country may be freed

HAVANA - Cuba will soon release one of 13 political prisoners who have rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, a family member said Saturday. Lidia Lima, wife of dissident Arnaldo Ramos Lauzurique, 68, told Reuters news ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-14T07:17:30Z)

HTC Surround and LG Quantum available for $0.01 at Amazon this weekend

Want the cheapest way to try out Windows Phone 7? Outside of getting yourself hooked up with a job at a tech blog, Amazon might have the very finest option for you with its newly discounted $0.01 pricing on two AT&T handsets for the new platform. The HTC ... (Source: engadget 2010-11-12T11:08:56Z)

Golden State Warriors sale to Lacob, Guber is finally approved by NBA

CHICAGO -- The NBA announced Friday morning that the sale of the Golden State Warriors franchise has been completed following unanimous approval by the NBA Board of Governors. Joseph Lacob, a Menlo Park venture capitalist, and Peter Guber, CEO of Mandalay ... (Source: FOXSports.com 2010-11-13T12:12:11Z)

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