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Deals of the Hour / June 27, 2011, 8:48 pm

Purdue's Johnson, Moore stay together with Celtics

General manager Danny Ainge said he would make a qualifying offer this week to Jeff Green, meaning the Celtics would have the right to match any offer he receives. Gilbert Brown, undrafted after a senior season as a swingman for Pittsburgh, was to work out ... (Source: Eagle-Tribune 2011-06-28T02:35:10Z)

Southeast Asia Building Boom Beckons Investors

Infrastructure markets in Indochina countries such as Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, also offer opportunity for construction firms in neighbouring Thailand. Among them are rail projects in Vietnam's capital Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and Myanmar's $8 ... (Source: CNBC 2011-06-28T03:25:16Z)

NJ Senate sends benefits reform bill to governor

The New Jersey Senate has given final approval to a bill raising pension and health benefits costs to the state's more than 500,000 government workers. The Senate voted Monday to knock out a provision of the bill that would have restricted access to out-of ... (Source: Santa Maria Times 2011-06-28T02:49:29Z)

FBI's tip tale stinks as much as agency's past

I celand. Seriously? We are expected to believe that a woman from Iceland watching TV spotted Whitey Bulger and his girlfriend in Santa Monica where he has lived in the same apartment for 15 years just four miles from an FBI office? Why didn't the feds ... (Source: Boston Herald 2011-06-28T03:18:07Z)

Ex-Ill. governor guilty of 17 corruption charges

In his testimony, Blagojevich insisted that the taped calls, in which he appeared to bargain for cash or a high-ranking job for himself in exchange for appointing someone to the Senate seat, reflected standard political horse-trading, not a crime. (Source: USA Today 2011-06-28T02:35:10Z)

Wildfire prompts closure of Los Alamos lab

The lab is about 35 miles from Santa Fe. Special crews were sent to Water Canyon near the lab to protect the facility. All radioactive and hazardous material had been accounted for and protected, officials said. The wildfire, which is not contained ... (Source: United Press International 2011-06-28T03:25:16Z)

Whitey Bulger kept cash hidden in apartment and traveled frequently

Reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger kept hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash hidden behind the walls of his Santa Monica apartment and told ... business," the document said. He did not offer additional details about who he visited or when and ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-28T03:18:07Z)

Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations

"The hair on the back of your neck goes up," Los Alamos County fire chief Doug Tucker said of first seeing the fire in the Santa Fe National Forest on Sunday. "I saw that plume and I thought, 'Oh my god here we go again.'" Tucker said the current blaze ... (Source: WFAA 2011-06-28T03:03:48Z)

Galaxy's Ricketts to undergo surgery on left arm

He is expected to miss four to six weeks. The team says Ricketts underwent X-rays on Monday that revealed the extent of the injury and that he will have the surgery in Santa Monica. Ricketts was hurt in the first half of the Galaxy's 0-0 draw with the ... (Source: HuskerExtra.com 2011-06-28T03:03:48Z)

Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos National Lab

"The structures that are central to the operation of the laboratory are well protected." The lab is about 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of property owned by the Department of Energy. More than 11,000 employees work at the facility. (Source: Denver Channel 2011-06-28T02:56:38Z)

Whitey Bulger on Life as a Fugitive: 'I Was Armed to the Teeth'

Bulger spilled that staggering detail -- along with the news that he stashed money with people he trusted -- while traveling from California to Boston's Logan Airport after his capture at a Santa Monica rent-controlled apartment where he had spent the last ... (Source: ABC News 2011-06-28T03:39:35Z)

Supreme Court strikes down California video game law

"This is everything the industry could have asked for," said George Rose, chief public policy officer for Activision Blizzard Inc. , a Santa Monica game publisher. Steven R. Shapiro, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union , said the decision ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-28T02:20:51Z)

Rod Blagojevich sentencing: Experts weigh in on possible prison term

Backers could offer support and seek mercy in letters to the judge. But also at play could be Blagojevich's knack for making a national spectacle of himself, doing endless television interviews and public appearances that prosecutors thought occasionally ... (Source: FOX2now.com 2011-06-28T02:42:19Z)

Blagojevich on guilty verdict: 'I, frankly, am stunned'

Through intermediaries, Obama sent signals that he preferred the post go to his friend Valerie Jarrett, prompting Blagojevich to allegedly offer a swap — Jarrett to the Senate and Blagojevich to a Cabinet post or other high-level administration job. (Source: WDBJ7.com 2011-06-28T03:03:48Z)

Volcano Corporation (VOLC) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review - new company profile

Its product offerings include multi-modality consoles, which offer intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and functional measurement (FM) capabilities. The company also provides FM and IVUS disposables used in the consoles. Volcano operates through two business ... (Source: Transworld News 2011-06-28T03:03:48Z)

Barloworld Limited (BAW) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review - new company profile

It operates through four reportable segments namely, Equipment, Automotive, Handling and Logistics. The company aims to offer flexible, value adding, integrated business solutions to its clients by leading global brands. The company aim in developing and ... (Source: Transworld News 2011-06-28T02:35:10Z)

CELTICS NOTEBOOK: Lockout will make for a quiet summer for draft picks

The Celtics invited students to the event and provided them with laptop computers. Offer to Green: As expected, the Celtics will be making a qualifying offer of $5.9 million to restricted free agent forward Jeff Green this week. "It'll happen this week ... (Source: Patriot Ledger 2011-06-28T03:32:26Z)

Derek Jeter's return for Subway Series in doubt as Brian Cashman says he won't come off DL Wednesday

But Jeter, who initially tried to talk his way out of going on the DL, is not fit enough to be activated when eligible and Cashman wouldn't offer a projection. "No, he hasn't done anything yet other than (Sunday and Monday)," the GM said. Asked if the ... (Source: New York Daily News 2011-06-28T02:20:51Z)

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