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Deals of the Hour / June 18, 2011, 8:42 pm

Yanks edge Cubs as rally falls short despite HR

3B Dante Bichette Jr. has agreed to a deal with the Yankees, and New York's top draft pick will begin his professional career with the club's rookie-level team in Florida. Girardi played with his father, Dante, who hit .299 with 274 homers in 14 seasons in ... (Source: ESPN.com 2011-06-19T02:02:53Z)

In Hindsight: HP, Apple, IBM and our 'computer overlords'

Friday In Silicon Valley, employers added 2,100 humans to their payrolls last month, and the jobless rate in the beautiful (if bureaucratically named) San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area dipped to 9.9 percent, the California Employment Development ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2011-06-18T19:00:33Z)

Obama and Boehner link up on links

Aides to both men played down the chances of deals being struck on the par-72 East Course at Joint Base Andrews, but acknowledged the outing could improve a relationship that is respectful, but hardly close. The White House made a rare exception and ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2011-06-19T03:00:09Z)

Obama, Boehner team up in golf match

Since May, Biden has been leading talks with a group of lawmakers. Without a deal to allow the nation to issue more debt, the Treasury Department has warned the government will begin defaulting on obligations on August 2. Kasich, a former congressman ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-19T02:24:22Z)

Westwood not ready to concede win to McIlroy

"I said maybe if I can get to 10 under at the weekend, but you don't know how Rory is going to do. You don't know how he's going to deal with the big lead. He had a big lead in a major and didn't deal with it well before. There's pressure on him with ... (Source: CBS Sports 2011-06-19T03:21:38Z)

Granderson, Gardner lead Yankees over Cubs 4-3

3B Dante Bichette Jr. has agreed to a deal with the Yankees, and New York's top draft pick will begin his professional career with the club's rookie-level team in Florida. Yankees manager Joe Girardi played with his father, Dante, who hit .299 with 274 ... (Source: Chippewa Herald 2011-06-19T02:38:41Z)

Matt LaPorta on 15-day DL

242 with eight homers and 32 RBIs in 59 games. LaPorta twisted his ankle when he was caught in a rundown between second and third base in the third inning of a 5-1 win Friday. He had to be helped from the field. LaPorta, the key player acquired in the ... (Source: ESPN.com 2011-06-19T02:17:12Z)

Juneteenth: 'It's a beautiful day'

"I hope you're enjoying yourself," she said as she walked through the crowd of friends and strangers. "It's a beautiful day." The streets of her longtime Grant Hill-area neighborhood were filled with people and gospel music, boys shooting hoops ... (Source: San Diego Union-Tribune 2011-06-19T02:53:00Z)

Hollyblog: Father's Day Films -- How Films Echo My Relationship With My Dad

Every Father's Day, my mind immediately thinks of movies. Although my Dad passed away almost five years ago now, I will always treasure our trips to the movies. Especially as a kid, I was thrilled that my Dad would take me to a place where my imagination ... (Source: TheWrap 2011-06-19T02:24:22Z)

Martin holds on to help Yankees beat Cubs 4-3

3B Dante Bichette Jr. has agreed to a deal with the Yankees, and New York's top draft pick will begin his professional career with the club's rookie-level team in Florida. Girardi played with his father, Dante, who hit .299 with 274 homers in 14 ... (Source: YAHOO! 2011-06-19T02:10:03Z)

Why Can't Every Day Be Father's Day (And Mother's Day)?

So for those who take these teachings to heart, is Father's Day anything special, or is it simply the day when other people make a big deal of something we attempt to do each and every day? I think that the answer to both questions is yes. If you ... (Source: FOX News 2011-06-18T16:08:45Z)

Friendly, familiar faces celebrate Juneteenth in Norwich

"I think it's wonderful," Miranda said. "Good food, good music, good deals." Miranda and Parrish have been attending Juneteenth for all of its 23 years. Juneteenth is a celebration of the date on which the last slaves learned they were ... (Source: Norwich Bulletin 2011-06-19T03:21:38Z)

Radiation spike halts work at Japan nuclear plant

But a resumption, he said, was critical to deal with the highly radioactive water. Officials say 110,000 tons, the equivalent of 40 Olympic swimming pools -- is stored at the plant, 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo. "Unless we can resume the operation ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-19T02:17:12Z)

View from Calgary: Seedy side was there before Cup riot in Vancouver

Those of us who really know Vancouver know there is a pervasive seedy, ugly side to our beloved city that is always bubbling away under the shiny, breathtakingly beautiful surface ... in some parts, deep dark side to Vancouver, there is, more importantly ... (Source: The Vancouver Sun 2011-06-19T03:07:19Z)

Crowd goes wild for Bruins and the Cup

"I've been waiting for this a really long time. I came here to see the Cup. It's so beautiful, it's the greatest trophy in sports," said Casey Meserve, 30, of Brockton. Down by the Bobby Orr statue at the TD Garden, where the parade ... (Source: Boston Globe 2011-06-18T20:40:46Z)

P.M. Cleveland Indians links: With recent hitting almost historically bad, Travis Hafner's presence is a necessity

If each of the above had been scattered throughout the various teams the Indians had fielded over their 111 years in the American League, it wouldn't be such a big deal. But that's not the case. On most days, the above players are four of the nine hitters ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2011-06-18T21:30:52Z)

Friendly Obama-Boehner golf game has high stakes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A friendly round of golf between President Barack Obama and Republican leader John Boehner has unusually high stakes, since any positive sentiment it yields may help lead to a debt deal. Obama and Boehner, speaker of the House of ... (Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 2011-06-19T02:24:22Z)

Bruins and city share love with the Cup

The Bruins should be prepared for these kinds of guerilla tactics in Boston, however, because it's a pretty damned big deal that the Stanley Cup has ... and that's a very beautiful thing. (Source: NECN 2011-06-19T02:24:22Z)

McIlroy sets another US Open mark for 8-shot lead

"He had a big lead in a major and didn't deal with it before," Westwood said. "There's pressure on him with regards to that. So we'll see. All I can do is control my game and try and shoot as low a score as possible for me." (Source: CharlotteObserver.com 2011-06-19T03:14:28Z)

Report: Apple doesn't fear, actually helping Facebook with 'Project Spartan' HTML5 app plan

"They believe that HTML5 will eventually take down the native model. But perhaps Apple just has the mentality that they'll deal with that issue when it actually becomes a problem." Siegler also reports, "Apple has been working with Facebook on ... (Source: Macdaily News 2011-06-19T02:38:41Z)

Taymor Calls New 'Spider-Man' Much Simpler

LOS ANGELES – In her first public comments about "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" since the opening of the $70 million Broadway musical, the director Julie Taymor on Saturday described the new show as "much simpler" than the version she created ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2011-06-19T02:17:12Z)

McIlroy gets to 14 under at US Open

But I've played with big leads in the past. It's not easy. We'll see what happens." McIlroy, trying to close the deal after letting a four-shot lead at the Masters slip on the final day, did make a bogey on No. 10 after hitting his tee shot on the par-3 ... (Source: The Ledger 2011-06-19T03:07:19Z)

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