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Deals of the Hour / June 13, 2011, 4:45 am

Jury deliberates in Blagojevich corruption retrial

CHICAGO—Jurors at the retrial of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are set to continue deliberations. The 11 women and one man begin their first full day of deliberations Monday. The jury got the case on Friday and received jury instructions. At the first ... (Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 2011-06-13T11:21:11Z)

Arsenal Transfer Prospects: Should Wenger Sell Samir Nasri for £25 Million?

Wenger is expected to table a new, improved contract for his young play maker but there is speculation the Arsenal manager will offload Nasri should clubs offer £25 million. German giants Bayern Munich were reported to be willing to match the offer which ... (Source: Bleacherreport.com 2011-06-13T10:45:24Z)

David Ortiz locked, loaded

The ball is back-spinning. He's not getting that ball that top-spins. He's staying behind it so well. That was a beautiful swing today." Ortiz' three-run homer off Blue Jays starter Kyle Drabek in the fifth was a howitzer. He's now hitting (Source: Boston Herald 2011-06-13T10:38:14Z)

Roaring Arizona fire creating health risks

State health officials warned residents as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe about potential respiratory hazards as soot levels from smoke in eastern Arizona were nearly 20 times the federal health standard. Microscopic particles, about 1/28th the width ... (Source: United Press International 2011-06-13T11:21:11Z)

Summers calls for new boost to economy

He said the cost would be a little over $200 billion. "These measures offer the prospect of significant improvement in economic performance over the next few years translating into significant increases in the tax base and reductions in necessary ... (Source: Reuters 2011-06-13T11:28:21Z)

Barone: The End of a Surprisingly Good Political Career

He foresaw that Republicans could win congressional races in the small-town South and worked hard to prove it, losing first in the Watergate year and then in 1976, when Jimmy Carter swept Georgia, before he beat a conservative Democrat in 1978. I remember ... (Source: GOPUSA 2011-06-13T11:06:52Z)

Gingrich to continue fighting for Republican nomination

"No," Abraham Wacht, a businessman from Santa Monica, Calif., said with a smile and a shake of his head. "You can't start a campaign like that. I love him, but reality is reality." But Brett Nemeth, a lawyer from Huntington, Beach, Calif., said Americans ... (Source: 13 WHAM 2011-06-13T11:14:02Z)

Apple moves to support developers in patent fight

But Apple insists that its own license covers the developers too. "The license expressly permits Apple to offer and otherwise make available to its developers' products and services that embody the inventions contained in the patents in suit," the Apple ... (Source: TG Daily 2011-06-13T10:52:33Z)

Larry Summers: Boost the payroll tax cut

Summers says a payroll tax cut would cost $200 billion in the near-term and would "offer the prospect of significant improvement in economic performance over the next few years." That, he says, would ultimately "translat[e] into significant increases ... (Source: Politico.com 2011-06-13T10:45:24Z)

BBC to screen assisted suicide

Mr Thompson accused the BBC of repeatedly giving voice to pro-euthanasia views in both fiction and non-fiction programming but failing to offer the opposite view. The campaigners claim that this is the fifth programme produced by the BBC in three years ... (Source: The Guardian 2011-06-13T10:45:24Z)

Switched On: Apple's cloud conundrum

Second, it has been difficult for Apple to pounce on a key maturing technology to offer disruptive timing or pricing the way it has with other technologies. Unlike with capacitive touch screens and retina displays on the iPhone, flash memory in the first ... (Source: engadget 2011-06-12T23:54:00Z)

Tech Queries: iPhone 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S II

If you can wait, the PSP will offer bigger bang for your buck - though it is not a phone and the games will be more expensive than iPhone/Android games. The BlackBerry Bold 3 is not meant for hardcore gaming. (Source: Economic Times 2011-06-13T00:51:16Z)

Arizona fire spreads, health conditions worsen

Health officials warned residents as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe about potential respiratory hazards, noting sensitive groups such as those with asthma, lung or heart disease, children, pregnant women and seniors should take extra precautions. (Source: CBS News 2011-06-13T00:29:47Z)

Dos Santos batters Carwin to earn UFC title shot

Calgary native Nick Ring (12-0) kept his perfect record in tact, bouncing back from a slow first round to dominate James Head (7-2) on his way to a submission win at 3:33 of the third round in a middleweight match. Ring bloodied Head in the second round ... (Source: Calgary Herald 2011-06-13T11:21:11Z)

UFC 131: Carwin vs Dos Santos title decider not for the 'feint of heart'

Canadians performed well on the undercard: Winnipeg pro-wrestler Krzysztof "The Polish Experiment" Soszynski had no trouble dominating Mike Massenzio, and Albertan kickboxer Nick "The Promise" Ring earned a submission win over American James Head. (Source: The Vancouver Sun 2011-06-13T11:28:21Z)

Firefighters 'Turn a Corner' Against Arizona Blaze

"The air quality is probably not good for our little one," he said. New Mexico residents as far away as Santa Fe and Albuquerque are being cautioned, and more at-risk groups such as children, seniors, pregnant women and those with already-existing ... (Source: ABC News 2011-06-12T23:39:41Z)

Sitoa Global Enters China E-Commerce Marketplace With First Online Social Networking Retail Site

We are thrilled to have Chunjie365 as our partner in this effort to bring Chinese retailers and consumers together and offer them a convenient, highly successful focused shopping experience that will even provide opportunities not typically seen in the ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-13T11:14:02Z)

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