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Deals of the Hour / November 15, 2010, 10:41 pm

Walmart expands Black Friday hours, deals

NEW YORK - Walmart plans to open most of its stores at midnight the day after Thanksgiving, the company said Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a head-start on holiday bargain shopping ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-11-15T20:23:44Z)

Search Resumes For Missing Student's Body

WLKY.com Crews are back at a southern Indiana landfill searching for the body of a missing Sullivan University student. Andrew Compton, 18, was last seen nearly two weeks ago. The man charged in connection with Compton's death, Gregory O'Bryan, told police ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-16T04:44:48Z)

Boise State regains third spot, TCU slips after struggle

NEW YORK -- Boise State jumped back ahead of TCU in the Associated Press college football poll after the Horned Frogs played their closest game of the season. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Auburn held their places, though the Ducks' narrow escape in a 15-13 ... (Source: CBS Sports 2010-11-14T19:06:10Z)

Assessing the value of college star;Newton is money-maker for Auburn, but how much is he really

Revelations that the father of Cam Newton, Auburn University's star quarterback and a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, may have sought as much as $200,000 from recruiters has reignited the debate over whether college athletes in the United States ought to ... (Source: FOXSports.com 2010-11-14T23:59:40Z)

Women's college basketball roundup: No. 2 Baylor tunes up for No. 1 UConn

WACO — Brittney Griner had 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks in 23 minutes, and No. 2 Baylor prepared for a showdown at No. 1 Connecticut with a 95-51 destruction of Rice on Sunday. Baylor plays UConn on Tuesday. Reserve guard Terran Condrey added ... (Source: Austin American-Statesman 2010-11-12T23:54:53Z)

Survey: More college presidents make millions

The club of private college and university presidents earning seven figures is getting less exclusive. Thirty presidents received more than $1 million in pay and benefits in 2008, according to an analysis of federal tax forms by The Chronicle of Higher ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-15T15:08:46Z)

Gymnastics: Courville brightens Tigers' future

The LSU gymnastics team is building for the future, even though the 2011 season has yet to start. The Tigers got word last Wednesday that Rheagan Courville — a senior at University High School in Baton Rouge — signed her intention to take her talents ... (Source: LSU Reveille 2010-11-16T05:34:55Z)

College Basketball Capsules: Griner leads No. 2 Baylor past Rice, 95-51

WACO (AP) — Baylor cruised through its final tuneup before its early season showdown with No. 1 Connecticut. Brittney Griner had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and seven blocks in just 23 minutes as the Lady Bears routed Rice 95-51 on Sunday. Next up, a trip to ... (Source: Brownsville Herald 2010-11-15T10:00:57Z)

TCU falls behind Boise State in AP poll

NEW YORK -- Boise State jumped back ahead of TCU in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after the Horned Frogs played their closest game of the season. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Auburn held their places, though the Ducks' narrow escape in a 15 ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-11-15T05:00:19Z)

Gangs buy disused jets for cocaine flights

NEW YORK – Drug smugglers are buying disused airliners to fly massive amounts of cocaine across the Atlantic. US government investigators said South American gangs had struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from there to Europe. One trafficker ... (Source: Irish Times 2010-11-16T00:27:07Z)

Vick steals show in Eagles' win

On the day that Donovan McNabb and the Redskins agreed to a $78 million contract extension, it was Michael Vick who stole the show in front of a national audience. Vick played about as perfect a game as you'll see all season, completing 20 of 28 passes for ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-16T06:17:52Z)

South American Gangs Flying Vast Quantities Of Cocaine To Europe

U .S. investigators have identified a new trend in drug smuggling: South American gangs are buying old jets and flying the cocaine across the Atlantic to meet European demand. At least three gangs have struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from ... (Source: Free Internet Press 2010-11-16T03:47:32Z)

Holiday shopping can begin earlier

NEW YORK — Walmart plans to open most of its stores well before dawn — in fact, at midnight — the day after Thanksgiving , the company announced Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-11-16T05:56:23Z)

India NTPC chair:may set up cement plant with NALCO

NEW DELHI Nov 16 (Reuters) - India's state-run power utility NTPC ( NTPC.BO ) may set up a cement plant in a joint venture with National Aluminium Co ( NALU.BO ), NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said on Tuesday. "In a month to a month-and-a-half, we will ... (Source: Reuters UK 2010-11-16T05:56:23Z)

Man denies killing college student, 18

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Louisville, Ky., man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering a missing college student who he met for sex. Meanwhile, police searched a southern Indiana landfill for the body. Gregory O'Bryan, 40, said little at his ... (Source: United Press International 2010-11-10T18:42:17Z)

Alfred prez tops college salary list

The top executive at Alfred University earned nearly $160,000 more in compensation during calendar year 2008 than the next highest-paid private college executive in Western New York. Charles Edmundson , president of the Allegany County institution ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-11-15T18:29:12Z)

India Economic Summit: Are There Any Good Deals Left?

OK, you only have to look at the Indian stock market in the past couple of years to realize this would have been a mighty good place to put your money. Is that still the case and will it be the case in the long term? Those were the issues deliberated at a ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-11-16T03:11:45Z)

Flying high: Gangs buy aging jets, airfreight tons of cocaine across Atlantic

At least three gangs have struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from there to Europe, according to U.S. indictments. "The sky's the limit," one Sierra Leone trafficker boasted to a Drug Enforcement Administration informant, according to court ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-11-15T23:22:41Z)

NFL: Washington Redskins pay steep price against Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Vick

Michael Vick, not Donovan McNabb, played like a $78 million quarterback, accounting for six touchdowns all by himself. On a day the Washington Redskins hoped to celebrate McNabb's new contract and set aside the swirl of distractions from his benching two ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-11-16T05:56:23Z)

51 killed, 76 injured in Delhi building collapse

NEW DELHI: Nine more persons died early Monday morning when a four-storey building caved in at a congested east Delhi locality on Monday night in the worst house collapse incident in the city in recent times, taking the toll to 51. At least 76 people were ... (Source: Economic Times 2010-11-16T03:40:23Z)

Walmart expands Black Friday shopping hours

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart plans to open most of its stores at midnight the day after Thanksgiving, the company said today, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a head-start on holiday bargain shopping ... (Source: Star-Press 2010-11-16T00:27:07Z)

Number of millionaire private college presidents increasing

DAYTON, Ohio -- The club of private college and university presidents earning seven figures is getting less exclusive. However, it's a national trend that's being bucked in the Miami Valley. Thirty presidents nationwide received more than $1 million in pay ... (Source: WHIO.com 2010-11-15T12:09:48Z)

Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles embarrass Donovan McNabb, Washington Redskins

LANDOVER, Md. - Michael Vick, not Donovan McNabb, played like a $78 million quarterback, accounting for six touchdowns all by himself. And his Philadelphia Eagles marched down the field in one big chunk after another, doing enough times to put new entries ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-11-16T06:10:42Z)

Police searching landfill near Medora for missing Carmel student's body

LOUISVILLE — Police were searching a landfill near Medora for a missing 18-year-old college student from Indiana after charging a Kentucky man with murder in the disappearance. EARLIER: Man charged with murder of missing Carmel student Louisville Metro ... (Source: Herald Times 2010-11-10T13:27:19Z)

LSU Tigers still have BCS title game hopes

BATON ROUGE — The Southeastern Conference West battle has been lost, so why not try to win the war? That is LSU's Bowl Championship Series predicament after Auburn clinched the West on Saturday with a 49-31 victory over Georgia. Even if Alabama beats ... (Source: Shreveport Times 2010-11-16T02:21:38Z)

Oregon and Auburn remain top two in polls; Boise State jumps TCU into third

The top three college football teams entering the weekend all survived scares from lesser opponents, but only Texas Christian paid for it in Sunday's latest USA Today coaches and Associated Press polls. Oregon remained No.1 in both indexes despite a tense ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-11-14T19:49:07Z)

No. 2 Baylor ready to challenge No.1 UConn

STORRS, Conn. (AP)—Both Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma and Baylor's Kim Mulkey head into Tuesday's showdown between the nation's top two women's teams insisting that a loss would not be that big of a deal. No. 2 Baylor has a chance to snap the t ... (Source: Collegebaseball.rivals.com 2010-11-15T20:02:15Z)

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