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Deals of the Hour / June 16, 2011, 8:42 pm

The Tigers Take First Place Over Again

Mitch Talbot (2-4) allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks over four innings. "This was just one of those days where I had nothing to offer," he said. "I felt pretty good in the bullpen, but I got to the game mound, and it all went away." Frank ... (Source: The Business Insider 2011-06-17T03:16:50Z)

Greek Government, Economy In Turmoil

Mr. PSAROPOULOS: He says that he offered to give up his job in the negotiations with the main opposition conservative New Democracy Party and that this offer was belabored with conditions that were simply unacceptable, because they placed too much of an ... (Source: NPR News 2011-06-16T19:38:43Z)

Thomas Elias: Texas accelerates its anti-California campaign

Money talks. What Perry is doing, thus, is interfering in a fight against government corruption. Republican Assemblyman Cameron Smyth of Santa Clarita, one co-sponsor of the charter-revocation bill, described the move this way: "We have the opportunity to ... (Source: Pasadena Star-News 2011-06-17T03:24:00Z)

Report: Facebook users more trusting, engaged

This was especially true in the 1960s, when women not in the work force would move to the suburbs with their husbands and face a great deal of isolation, Hampton said. Now, with social networks, these ties are persistent. "Persistent and pervasive ... (Source: Gainesville Sun 2011-06-17T03:16:50Z)

Worries Grow About Breadth of Debt Crisis

Global markets froze. As European officials headed into a long weekend of critical talks, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund said that they were confident of a deal to secure a vital 12 billion euros ($17 billion) in outside aid needed ... (Source: CNBC 2011-06-17T03:02:31Z)

Parenthood helped Bello undertake role grief and parenting

"Most teenagers I know are moody, they hate their parents and they deal with so many issues. How would you know the difference between that, which is fairly typical, and something more serious?" (Source: San Francisco Examiner 2011-06-17T03:24:00Z)

Detroit 6, Cleveland 2: Ryan Raburn, Jhonny Peralta power Tigers back into first place

Mitch Talbot (2-4) allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks over four innings for Cleveland. "This was just one of those days where I had nothing to offer," he said. "I felt pretty good in the bullpen, but I got to the game mound, and it all went away." (Source: Detroit Free Press 2011-06-17T03:09:41Z)

Facebook user becomes riot villain

It didn't take long before the Facebook group was deluged with requests to join, and Arndt had to recruit three others to help deal with the flood of emails and manually click on each to approve new members. He eventually directed his group's followers to ... (Source: YAHOO! 2011-06-16T21:04:37Z)

Benefits bill advances over labor objections

Many Democrats agree. Christie said public employees in New Jersey will eventually appreciate a deal he struck with Democratic leaders in the Legislature to overhaul both systems. Speaking at the New Jersey Association of Counties in Atlantic City on ... (Source: Asbury Park Press 2011-06-17T03:02:31Z)

Benefits bill advances in NJ over labor objections

Pension payments would also increase. Gov. Chris Christie said public employees in New Jersey will eventually appreciate a deal to overhaul the pension and health insurance systems. Speaking at the New Jersey Association of Counties in Atlantic City on ... (Source: Salon 2011-06-16T19:53:02Z)

Klapisch: Brian Gordon, 32, makes his first big league start memorable

22, let him try on every possible hatsize until one fit. Then they handed him a baseball, pointed him to the mound and told him to find a way to deal with the American League champion Rangers. "Overwhelming," is what Gordon would later call it ... (Source: NorthJersey.com 2011-06-17T03:24:00Z)

Lamenting the Lakers' lost reserves from the 2010 NBA title team points to 20/20 hindsight

Signing Blake to a four-year, $16-million deal looked like the answer to shortening ... but didn't have much to offer on offense. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times / April 23, 2008 (Source: Los Angeles Times Blogs 2011-06-17T03:02:31Z)

University tuition going up in Kansas

KU does offer a compact tuition program that locks tuition rates for freshmen as they continue on a four-year graduation cycle. Jill Jess, associate director for news and media relations at KU, said that because of the program, 65 percent of returning KU ... (Source: Kansas City Star 2011-06-17T03:24:00Z)

A long, long (did I mention long?), strange night for Tigers

I felt like I was squatting a lot back there tonight. But that comes with the territory. "I mean, some games are gonna be slower than others and you just deal with it. That's pretty much it." Then again, maybe we're all just spoiled by watching — or ... (Source: Detroit News 2011-06-17T03:02:31Z)

Video: At Trenton Rally, Union Leader Calls Christie a Nazi

About that deal Chris Christie reached with Democratic leaders in the state legislature: government unions aren't going to let it go without a nasty fight. Here's a video of a protest today in Trenton where Christopher Sheldon, the vice president of the ... (Source: Weekly Standard 2011-06-16T19:02:55Z)

Lantern or Hornet: Films about emerald-hued heroes are no gems

Only in fits and starts, mostly in the most earthbound scenes between Reynolds and Blake Lively , does "Green Lantern" offer traces of real personality ... cannot find a way to deal with this punk, not even Hal's fellow Green Lanternite who goes by ... (Source: Daily Press 2011-06-17T03:02:31Z)

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