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Deals of the Hour / November 3, 2010, 5:40 am

Tight Race In First Ivory Coast Elections

(ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast) — The first major results from an election aimed at reuniting war-divided Ivory Coast showed a tight race early Wednesday between President Laurent Gbagbo and this West African nation's main opposition leader. Electoral commission ... (Source: Time 2010-11-03T04:02:58Z)

Conan's Back! Team Coco Puts Together First New Conan O'Brien Episode "Show Zero" (Video)

Conan O'Brien, the fire-headed former host of NBC's "Tonight" Show has been off the air for far too long, and has given way to upstarts like Jimmy Fallon in the late night world after getting shafted for his time slot by Jay Leno. O'Brien plans to make his ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-11-02T23:59:35Z)

Vikings coach Brad Childress fumbles Randy Moss deal

RC : There are probably 25 teams out there who would take talented Moss in a heartbeat. But some of them will do it with a blindfold and a nose plug to keep from seeing and smelling evil. Moss can win you games, but he can also break your heart. Moss maybe ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-02T23:16:38Z)

Potash Corp. Bid Proposed by Russia to Counter BHP

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia asked local fertilizer makers to consider a joint bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., countering a BHP Billiton Ltd. offer, according to OAO Acron, the nation's third-largest producer of nitrogen soil nutrients. Acron ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-03T11:05:18Z)

Autopsy set for surfing champion Andy Irons

Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas, Texas Tuesday. He was on a layover on his way home to Kauai, Hawaii. Irons was returning from Puerto Rico where he was supposed to compete in the 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search. He withdrew from the meet, saying he ... (Source: KABC 2010-11-03T11:48:15Z)

Data watchdog to audit Google UK

Google UK's data protection practices are to be audited by the Information Commissioner's Office, which has judged the collection of personal data by Google's Street View cars to have breached the Data Protection Act. Google UK: Street View controversy The ... (Source: Brand Republic 2010-11-03T12:09:43Z)

Cablevision deal with News Corp. restores Fox programs

NEW YORK — Fox programming was back on Cablevision late Saturday after the cable company reached what it called an unfair deal with News Corp. Fox said signals for all stations and cable channels were restored for 3 million viewers before the first ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-30T23:34:30Z)

Ivory Coast: first election results released

The first major results from an election aimed at reuniting war-divided Ivory Coast show a tight race early Wednesday between President Laurent Gbagbo and this West African nation's main opposition leader. Electoral commission spokesman Bamba Yacouba has ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-03T01:39:48Z)

Hawaii Surfer Andy Irons Dies

KITV.com Three-time former World Champion and Hawaii surfer Andy Irons is dead. Irons died of dengue fever in Dallas, Texas. He was heading home to Kauai, after falling ill and pulling out of a surf contest in Puerto Rico. Images: Surfer Andy Irons Friends ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-03T11:41:05Z)

Cablevision-Fox fight may raise hurdle for Comcast-NBC

The spat between News Corp. and Cablevision System Corp. that blacked out Fox programming for more than 3 million subscribers may raise hurdles for Comcast Corp.'s $28 billion deal to take control of NBC Universal. Comcast, which is buying a majority stake ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-11-01T16:51:16Z)

Analysis: Americans united but divided

America is united in its frustration over the economy, over Washington, over where the country is heading. But it's deeply split about how to fix some of the nation's biggest woes — a ballooning federal debt, near 10 percent joblessness and a sluggish ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-03T08:13:30Z)

Ivory Coast: Gbagbo leads poll with partial result

Partial election results released Wednesday gave President Laurent Gbagbo only a three-point lead over the main opposition leader, portending a possible runoff in three weeks in this tense African nation that remains divided in the wake of a civil war ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-03T10:08:02Z)

Best Andy Richter Moments

Andy Richter never meant to become a sidekick. When Conan O'Brien took over 'Late Night,' head writer Robert Smigel hired Richter to be a writer. But in the weeks leading up to the new show's premiere, it became obvious O'Brien was nervous on camera (it ... (Source: Tvsquad.com 2010-11-02T11:42:16Z)

Bob Herbert: Seriously haywire

The clearest explanation yet of the forces that converged over the past three decades or so to undermine the economic well-being of ordinary Americans is contained in the new book, "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer -- and ... (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-11-03T03:55:48Z)

Google escapes Wi-Fi 'spying' fine

SEARCH giant Google committed a "significant breach" of data protection laws, the Information Commissioner said today. Christopher Graham said the internet powerhouse broke the law when Street View cars collected personal data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks ... (Source: The Sun 2010-11-03T11:55:24Z)

Global Markets Look Past U.S. Election to Fed

PARIS — Stocks were mixed Wednesday in Asia and little changed in Europe after U.S. midterm election results showed major gains for the Republican Party , but the attention of investors was focused mainly on an important Federal Reserve meeting. Trading ... (Source: New York Times 2010-11-03T09:39:24Z)

Rift between Childress, Vikings players goes way back

Randy Moss wasn't the only Vikings player to question Brad Childress late on Sunday afternoon, after Minnesota blew every bit of its first-half momentum against New England in the kind of loss this team is becoming accustomed to. Percy Harvin , implicitly ... (Source: NFL 2010-11-03T10:00:52Z)

South Korean president optimistic about final deal on free trade with US

SEOUL , South Korea (AP) — President Lee Myung-bak expressed confidence Wednesday that South Korea and the United States can finalize a long-stalled free trade deal though offered no clues about narrowing key differences on beef and autos ahead of a ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-11-03T05:50:20Z)

Young workers' careers to carry lifelong scars of Great Recession

WASHINGTON - As the nation struggles with the aftermath of the Great Recession, few groups have suffered greater setbacks or face greater long-term damage than young Americans - damage that could shadow their entire working lives. Unemployment for 20- to ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-02T19:20:24Z)

Surfer Andy Irons Dies

KITV.com Three-time world surfing champion Andy Irons died, sources confirmed to KITV4. The 32-year-old from Princeville, Kauai, was supposed to attend a competition in Puerto Rico, but missed it because of illness. He was in Texas and planned to return to ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-03T12:09:43Z)

UK Rules Google Street View Breached Data Privacy Law

Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) committed a "significant breach" of the UK's Data Protection Act when its Street View cars collected personal data including full emails and passwords from unsuspecting users, the UK information commissioner confirmed today ... (Source: paidContent.org 2010-11-03T12:16:53Z)

Britain and France sign sweeping defense pacts

PARIS - France and Britain signed treaties outlining unprecedented military cooperation Tuesday, including a joint rapid-deployment force and shared laboratories for maintaining and testing nuclear warheads. The pacts, announced at a summit conference in ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-03T07:37:42Z)

Fox TV-pocalypse ended at Cablevision, averted at Dish Network

Cablevision and Dish Network subscribers can stop worrying about missing the end of the World Series: Over the weekend, the two TV services settled separate carriage disputes with Fox Networks that ended one standoff and avoided another. Dish struck a deal ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-11-01T11:21:59Z)

From Favre's investigation to Moss' abrupt exit, Vikings going through season of drama

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â€" Brad Childress and the Minnesota Vikings have another big mess on their hands. Randy Moss' abrupt departure was just the latest in what has been a season long on drama and short on success for a 2-5 team that started with Supe... (Source: NFL 2010-11-03T10:29:30Z)

UK, France set 50-year defense pact

LONDON — Britain and France signed defense agreements yesterday that promised cooperation far beyond their past alliances, including the creation of a joint expeditionary force, shared use of aircraft carriers, and combined efforts on the safety and ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-11-03T09:03:36Z)

Wall Says Province to Sue Canada If BHP Bid Approved

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Saskatchewan is poised to sue the federal government if Canada approves BHP Billiton Ltd.'s $40 billion hostile takeover offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Premier Brad Wall said. "We've made a well-rounded, compelling ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-11-03T11:55:24Z)

Team Coco goes online to help draw interest for new TBS show

In less than a week, Conan O'Brien will return to television as the host of "Conan," a new late-night talk show on TBS. After nearly 10 months without any sign of string dancing and chaotic dancing, the wait is nearly over – and I can't wait. Such a long ... (Source: The Daily Athenaeum 2010-11-03T02:51:23Z)

Canada says no decision yet on BHP-Potash deal

By Euan Rocha and David Ljunggren TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada insisted on Tuesday it made no decision on BHP's $39 billion offer to buy Potash Corp, even as two newspapers reported that bureaucrats were advising that the bid should go ahead and ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-02T17:40:11Z)

White House seeks South Korea trade deal before Seoul meet

Negotiators will put "maximum effort" toward resolving objections in the Congress to a U.S.-South Korean free-trade agreement by the time President Barack Obama goes to Seoul on November 10, an administration official said on Monday. The United States and ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-01T17:55:41Z)

France, Britain strike a historic military deal

LONDON - What would Napoleon or Lord Nelson make of this? Britain and France struck a historic defense deal Tuesday aimed at preserving military muscle in an age of austerity, pledging to deploy troops under a single command, share aircraft carriers, and ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-11-03T07:01:55Z)

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