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Deals of the Hour / November 16, 2010, 3:40 am

Facebook takes on Google, Yahoo in Web messages

Facebook rolled out an all-in-one messaging service that for the first time allows its half-billion members to communicate with people outside the social network, intensifying a battle with Google Inc and Yahoo Inc for users' Internet time. Addressing ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-15T22:54:03Z)

What Prince George's can do to clean up corruption

IN THE AFTERMATH of the federal charges last week against Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife, Leslie, it's unclear how many more arrests and indictments are in store. Monday's moves by federal agents - the arrests of three county ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-16T04:51:58Z)

TX: Timing, mixed messages hurt White

AUSTIN (AP) - He was the first Democrat in a generation said to have a real shot at winning the Texas governor's race, but Bill White picked an awful year to stage a revival of his moribund party. And his scattershot campaign rhetoric never threw Gov. Rick ... (Source: KRQE News 13 2010-11-03T14:18:34Z)

Facebook service aims to centralize messages

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook unveiled a messaging platform yesterday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail. Though chief executive Mark Zuckerberg did not go as far as declaring e-mail dead, he sees the four-decade-old ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-11-16T06:39:20Z)

9 more arrests in Prince George's

Nine people, including three Prince George's County police officers, were arrested Monday on charges involving drugs, guns, and black-market alcohol and cigarettes as authorities ratcheted up a sprawling corruption probe in the county. Federal agents ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-16T09:52:37Z)

Discount retailer Loehmann's files for bankruptcy

U.S. discount retailer Loehmann's is filing for bankruptcy after its Dubai government-linked owner failed to reach a debt-extension deal with creditors. Loehmann's says the filing Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-15T22:32:35Z)

Prince George's County Exec Returns to Work

Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson returned to work just days after he and his wife were arrested by federal authorities and charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence. As Johnson left for work Monday, he said he was feeling well ... (Source: NBC Washington 2010-11-16T00:55:45Z)

Lifestyle impacts on cardiovascular health

Two large studies from Northwestern Medicine have confirmed that a healthy lifestyle has the biggest impact on cardiovascular health. "Health behaviours can trump a lot of your genetics ," said Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair and professor of preventive medicine ... (Source: Times of India 2010-11-16T09:23:59Z)

Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson arrested

Outgoing Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife were arrested Nov. 12 and charged with tampering with a witness and evidence in connection with a federal offense, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Baltimore. The charges ... (Source: Birmingham Business Journal 2010-11-13T21:52:00Z)

Study: Seven steps can cut a person's death risk by more than half

LOS ANGELES -- For those interested in reducing their risk of death from cardiovascular disease, heart experts have some good news: regular exercise, a healthy diet and five other simple measures can cut one's near-term risk of death by more than half. But ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-11-16T02:21:38Z)

White says he won't run for US Senate

HOUSTON — Failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White says he won't run for U.S. Senate in 2012. Texas voters on Nov. 2 rejected White and re-elected GOP Gov. Rick Perry with 55 percent of the vote. White told the Houston Chronicle that since ... (Source: Austin American-Statesman 2010-11-12T23:54:53Z)

Facebook takes shot at e-mail, Google

S AN FRANCISCO — Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail. Although blogs had been speculating that Facebook would announce an e-mail service to rival Google Inc.'s Gmail and ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-11-16T05:13:26Z)

Colin Campbell NHL Stephen Walkom Marc Savard

The NHL does not seem to be too alarmed that a email that league vice president Colin Campbell sent in 2007 calling Boston Bruins center Marc Savard a "little fake artist" and "the biggest faker going" has been released . The email became public record ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-16T10:57:02Z)

Is Heart Disease Genetic Destiny or Lifestyle?

CHICAGO --- Is cardiovascular health in middle age and beyond a gift from your genes or is it earned by a healthy lifestyle and within your control? Two large studies from Northwestern Medicine confirm a healthy lifestyle has the biggest impact on ... (Source: Northwestern University 2010-11-15T19:55:06Z)

Bill White says he won't run for US Senate

Texas voters on Nov. 2 rejected White and re-elected GOP Gov. Rick Perry with 55 percent of the vote. White told the Houston Chronicle that since then he's been busy planning a family Christmas trip. The former Houston mayor also says he's "looked forward ... (Source: KABC 2010-11-15T13:50:01Z)

FBI Arrests Prince George's County Officers

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- A Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman in Maryland said "several" police officers have been arrested in Prince George's County. FBI spokesman Richard Wolf said Monday that the FBI arrested the officers, but he declined to say ... (Source: Wbaltv.com 2010-11-15T14:54:27Z)

Riots break out in Haiti cities over accusations peacekeepers brought cholera; at least 1 dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Anti-U.N. riots rocked several Haitian cities and towns on Monday, led by demonstrators who blame a contingent of Nepalese peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera. Protesters barricaded roads, burned cars and exchanged gunfire ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-11-16T04:30:29Z)

Haiti cholera crisis fans protest of peacekeepers

(11-16) 04:00 PST Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- Protesters who hold Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers responsible for a deadly outbreak of cholera that has killed 1,000 people in three weeks threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in the country's second ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-11-16T10:57:02Z)

Study finds being healthy a struggle for most Americans

LOS ANGELES — For those interested in reducing their risk of death from cardiovascular disease, heart experts have some good news: Regular exercise, a healthy diet and five other simple measures can cut one's near-term risk of death by more than half ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-11-16T06:03:33Z)

Healthy lifestyle has biggest impact on cardiovascular health

Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): Two large studies from Northwestern Medicine have confirmed that a healthy lifestyle has the biggest impact on cardiovascular health. "Health behaviors can trump a lot of your genetics," said Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair and ... (Source: Newstrack India 2010-11-16T07:22:17Z)

Discount retailer Loehmann's files for bankruptcy

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. discount retailer Loehmann's is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after its Dubai government-linked owner failed to reach a debt-extension deal with creditors. Loehmann's says the Chapter 11 filing Monday in the U.S ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-16T01:17:13Z)

3 Prince George's County Officers Arrested

WBALTV.com Three Prince George's County police officers are among nine people who have been indicted on charges that include extortion and conspiracy. Sgt. Richard Delabrer, 45, of Laurel, and Cpl. Chong Chin Kim, 42, of Beltsville, were charged in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-16T10:14:05Z)

Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, M.D., recipient of the American Heart Association's 2010 Chairman's Award

Chicago - On November 14, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones MD, received the 2010 Chairman's Award in Chicago at the opening sessions of the American Heart Associations (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2010. The Chairman's Award is the highest honor bestowed by the AHA for ... (Source: Genetic Engineering News 2010-11-15T19:33:37Z)

Discount Retailer Loehmann's Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Loehmann's Holdings Inc., filed for bankruptcy after failing to exchange $110 million of bonds, Bloomberg News reported. "The decline in economic conditions in several markets in which Loehmann's stores are concentrated, mainly California, the Northeast ... (Source: Daily Finance 2010-11-15T13:14:14Z)

Colin Campbell's e-mails give glimpse inside NHL

TORONTO—At the very least, Colin Campbell's e-mail gives a glimpse inside the workings of the NHL that is seldom seen. The league disciplinarian comes across as very blunt in a series of three-year-old messages to former director of officiating Stephen ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-11-16T00:41:26Z)

Haiti rioters attack U.N. troops, one protester killed

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Protesters in Haiti, blaming United Nations troops for a cholera epidemic that has killed hundreds of people, attacked U.N. peacekeepers in two cities on Monday. One protester was shot dead in the clashes and six U.N ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-16T05:13:26Z)

Colin Campbell's e-mails give glimpse of NHL's inner workings

TORONTO (AP) — At the very least, Colin Campbell's e-mail gives a glimpse inside the workings of the NHL that is seldom seen. The league disciplinarian comes across as very blunt in a series of 3-year-old messages to former director of officiating ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-16T02:50:16Z)

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