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Deals of the Hour / June 26, 2011, 2:47 pm

China Mobile Says It Talked With Apple, Nothing to Disclose

China Mobile Ltd. (941) , the world's largest mobile-phone company by users, said it held talks with Apple Inc. (AAPL) , after a newspaper reported that the two may be nearing an agreement to offer the iPhone in the country. "We have been negotiating ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-25T10:16:51Z)

College World Series finals preview

"We really haven't been an imposing team," Tanner said. "And not to discount my guys or anything like that, we're not a team that can throw a crooked number on you. We have to pitch and play defense and stay in the game and win one late." Florida ... (Source: Cincinnati.com 2011-06-26T20:38:26Z)

A decade on, no clear answers in Afghanistan war

Obama's drawdown announcement served to reinforce many of those fears. "This announcement, they fear, runs parallel to a possible power-sharing deal with the Taliban that may emerge during this period," Thomas Ruttig, co-director and senior analyst of the ... (Source: North County Times 2011-06-26T20:38:26Z)

Capture of Boston Gangster Could Mean More Scandal

If Bulger decides to cut a deal with prosecutors, he could implicate an untold number ... is charged in connection with 19 murders. He was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, where he had lived for 15 of the last 16 years, according to his landlord. (Source: FOX News 2011-06-24T11:58:15Z)

Stephen Jackson: How Captain Jack Helps Improve the Milwaukee Bucks

That is, until they traded for Stephen Jackson on draft night. With the Bucks sitting with the tenth pick in the draft they decided to be a part of a three team deal involving the Kings and Bobcats. This trade had them sending out John Salmons, Corey ... (Source: Bleacherreport.com 2011-06-26T20:59:54Z)

Florida-S. Carolina rivalry about to heat up again

"We really haven't been an imposing team," Tanner said. "And not to discount my guys or anything like that, we're not a team that can throw a crooked number on you. We have to pitch and play defense and stay in the game and win one late." Florida and South ... (Source: HuskerExtra.com 2011-06-26T21:07:04Z)

EU Leaders Appoint Draghi As Next ECB President

The stronger language on aid for Greece was also made possible after debt inspectors from the EU and the International Monetary Fund reached a final deal Thursday with the government in Athens on euro28 billion worth of new austerity measures. The measures ... (Source: NPR News 2011-06-24T14:57:12Z)

New England Mafia is weakened but still pursued

"These mob families have been taken apart." Bulger, 81, was captured Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif., where he apparently had been living for most of the time he was a fugitive. Bulger, who appeared Friday afternoon inside a heavily guarded federal ... (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2011-06-26T20:59:54Z)

Whitey Bulger, a savvy, feared fugitive, is found frail and paranoid

But soon after Bulger was lured out of a Santa Monica apartment on Wednesday and arrested at long last, it became clear that the reputed mobster was an old and ailing man living a quiet life. The end did not come in a hail of gunfire, as he'd once ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-24T17:20:22Z)

'Cars 2' keeps Pixar in driver's seat with $68M

That will be followed in mid-July by the Warner Bros. fantasy finale "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." "With `Cars 2' and the one-two punch of `Transformers' and `Harry Potter,' I think we have a shot at knocking that revenue deficit down to ... (Source: WHDH.com 2011-06-26T20:52:45Z)

African Union: Gadhafi will not be part of peace negotiations

(CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will not be part of the African Union's next attempt to map out a peace deal in the war-torn nation, the organization said in a statement Sunday. "The AU high-level ad hoc committee welcomes Colonel Gadhafi's ... (Source: 10Connects.com 2011-06-26T20:31:16Z)

Intelligence shift shows change in Afghan war aims

The thinking is that Taliban leaders will be more ready for a deal if they feel threatened personally. The U.S. has confirmed preliminary outreach to the Taliban, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said last week that fruitful talks probably are ... (Source: The Guardian 2011-06-26T20:52:45Z)

Greek 'Rebels' May Block Reforms On Austerity Moves

Two of its legislators have already announced they will not support the deal in the coming week, and a third reiterated on Sunday he would do so only if new Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos gave him assurances. "I have submitted a 16-point paper to Venizelos... (Source: CNBC 2011-06-26T20:45:35Z)

John Lasseter fuels up for 'Cars 2'

Four of them have immediate business, and three get a hug. (Goodbyes and hellos are a big deal for the gregarious Lasseter, whose Dachshund, Frank, gets a long see-you-later before Lasseter climbs into the car.) If his commute seems like it has a lot of ... (Source: Sioux City Journal 2011-06-26T21:21:23Z)

Gaddafi revives offer of vote to end Libya conflict

The Libyan government on Sunday renewed its offer to hold a vote on whether Muammar Gaddafi should ... Instead, they say, the Libyan leader is holding out the possibility of a deal to try to widen cracks that have been emerging in the alliance ranged ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-26T13:43:15Z)

Greek rebel lawmakers may block austerity: deputy PM

I will make a last-minute-decision," Thomas Robopoulos told Reuters. A third Socialist MP has said he will support the deal only if Venizelos gives him assurances on certain measures. With Greece unable to return to international bond markets next year ... (Source: YAHOO! 2011-06-26T21:14:13Z)

Judge Unexpectedly Halts Casey Anthony Trial Until Monday

One witness was to offer a second opinion on the chloroform readings that the state's witness, Dr. Arpad Vass, provided from Casey Anthony's trunk. The trial will resume at 8:30 a.m. ET Monday. On Friday, defense attorneys showed jurors several photos that ... (Source: FOX News 2011-06-25T19:20:53Z)

Obama slides toward Afghan exit

In his speech, Obama lowered the goals for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and invited the Afghan government to negotiate a deal with the Taliban, the ultra-orthodox Islamic group that hosted al Qaeda organizers of the 9/11 mass-murder. "Our position on ... (Source: YAHOO! 2011-06-23T04:49:56Z)

Nick Charles, First Sports Anchor for CNN, Dies of Cancer at 64

He was 64. Charles died at his home in Santa Fe , New Mexico , CNN said, citing his wife Cory. On the set for CNN's debut June 1, 1980, Charles and Fred Hickman anchored the Atlanta-based cable network's "Sports Tonight" for most of the next two decades. (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-26T03:20:29Z)

Cashing in on the Casey Anthony Trial

Kabrawala said the company has also struck a deal with Anthony Lazzaro, one of Casey's ex-boyfriends, to participate in a question and answer session during the tour once he is no longer a part of the trial. And the company said it is also in talks with ... (Source: FOXBusiness 2011-06-23T23:55:16Z)

How will Casey Anthony explain her avalanche of lies?

area. Flens and many others have said that, after Baez's opening statement, the defense has to now "deal with this bizarre theory." Making matters worse, Anthony may be the only one who can explain her lies. But that would mean her taking the stand and ... (Source: INFORUM 2011-06-26T20:59:54Z)

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