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Deals of the Hour / June 29, 2011, 8:51 pm

Amazon's Next Play: Kirshbaum's Comeback at Amazon Publishing

That the imprint launched by republishing a self-published fantasy novel by a 16-year-old was reassuring to publishers. As long as Amazon was offering an encore only to writers whom publishers had turned down in the first place, there were no apparent conflicts. (Source: New York Observer 2011-06-28T19:45:57Z)

WALTERS: New budget built on shaky assumptions

And the triggers ease the sale of those short-term operational notes that must be repaid by next June. The $4 billion revenue pop is not the only uncertain element, however. Many spending cuts are vague ("unallocated" in Capitolspeak), and specific ones in ... (Source: North County Times 2011-06-30T02:54:16Z)

Los Almos fires continue to rage, officials remain hopeful

The Las Conchas Fire began on private land Sunday and expanded into the Santa Fe National Forest and Jemez Ranger District, according to InciWeb, an online database that keeps track of natural disasters such as fires and floods. The fire was 3% contained Wednesday. (Source: CNN 2011-06-30T02:47:06Z)

LSE Dropping Toronto Bourse Bid Pushes CEO Rolet Toward Nasdaq's Greifeld

Rolet said this week that the bourse will "absolutely not" be put up for sale should the TMX deal fall through, according to the Times newspaper in London. LSE "knows that they are takeover bait, regardless of what they say," said Sachin Shah , a ... (Source: Bloomberg 2011-06-30T02:54:16Z)

FDA panel against use of Avastin for breast cancer

Ralph Lauren Sale The panel took a small far more than an hour for its deliberations, much less than half of the time allotted by the FDA. The advisers also voted unanimously that Avastin didn't have positive aspects in breast cancer and that its risks ... (Source: PR-USA.net 2011-06-30T02:11:19Z)

Vietnam jails 3 for trafficking women to China

HANOI, Vietnam—Three women in southern Vietnam have been sentenced to prison for trafficking women to China. Presiding Judge Nguyen Van Tong says 29-year-old Nguyen Thi Thuy was convicted Wednesday of selling six women and sentenced to 10 years behind ... (Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 2011-06-30T03:30:03Z)

Firefighters make small headway on Los Alamos blaze

The so-called Las Conchas Fire has scorched at least 90,000 acres of pine-covered mountain slopes in the Santa Fe National Forest since erupting on Sunday and continued to lap at outskirts of the sprawling Los Alamos National Laboratory. But newly ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-30T03:01:25Z)

Editorial: Let parents control kids' video games

The U.S. Supreme Court was right to strike down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. Some of these games are indeed stunningly harsh, but they are part of a wide range of expression protected under the First Amendment to the ... (Source: News-Press 2011-06-30T02:54:16Z)

South Carolina repeats as College World Series champions

Our goal year in and year out is to win championships." After closing out historic Rosenblatt Stadium with a championship, the Gamecocks (55-14) opened beautiful TD Ameritrade Park with another, winning a NCAA record 16 straight tournament games in the process. (Source: Collegebaseball.rivals.com 2011-06-29T13:39:42Z)

CORRECTING and REPLACING FDA Unveils Final Cigarette Warning Labels

When implemented in September 2012, all cigarettes manufactured for sale or distribution in the United States will need to include the new graphic health warnings on their packages. The introduction of these warnings is expected to have a significant ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2011-06-28T16:11:12Z)

Fires of New Mexico: it's not a new problem, and it's not just in Los Alamos

Some of them were young women: The Apache women are taught to be strong and independent. The area is beautiful, but the hospital so crappy that we were understaffed and overworked because we couldn't keep help. For example, in the year 2000, we had no ... (Source: Bloggernews.net 2011-06-30T02:54:16Z)

Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace

That's a small fraction of the $580 million that News Corp. paid for the site six years ago. The sale resulted in the layoff of about half of the site's remaining 500 workers, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. (Source: WonderWall 2011-06-30T02:54:16Z)

Gamecocks: National Champions 2nd Year In A Row

Video USC Wins Back To Back National Championships Victory Party Planned; Championship Gear On Sale USC Batboy, Cancer Survivor, Celebrates USC Win Celebrate With Scott Wingo, CWS Most Oustanding Player Celebrate With Michael Roth, Gamecock Ace The ... (Source: msnbc.com 2011-06-30T03:08:35Z)

Myspace Sold To Specific Media For $35 Million (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Myspace CEO Mike Jones released a company-wide email and press release announcing the social network's sale to Specific Media. "Specific Media, a digital media company, today announced it has acquired Myspace from News Corporation," the release reads. (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2011-06-29T19:44:46Z)

10 Biggest Violent Video-Game Controversies

This week's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that a California law banning the sale of violent video games to kids went too far is just the latest in a long string of headline-grabbing moments in gaming history. (source: edition.cnn.com (Source: The Future of Things 2011-06-30T03:22:54Z)

Do You Play Violent Video Games?

The Supreme Court struck down a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to children. Do you play video games that would be considered violent? If so, which ones? Do you think minors should be allowed to buy them? If you don't play such ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2011-06-28T20:00:16Z)

Senate Bill 5 repeal effort sets record

Workers may still bargain for wages and some terms and working conditions, but management has the right to impose its offer if the two sides reach an impasse. When asked about the opponents of Senate Bill 5 on Wednesday, Gov. John Kasich said ... (Source: Journal-News 2011-06-30T02:47:06Z)

California tells online retailers to start collecting sales taxes from customers

"We have to consider it," said Loren Bendele, chief executive of Savings.com, a West Los Angeles website that links viewers to hundreds of money-saving deals. "It does not look good for our business." The larger bite from buyers' pocketbooks will be eased ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2011-06-30T03:22:54Z)

Doing the math on News Corp.'s disastrous MySpace years

So what's the real damage to News Corp. from this botched online venture? Just subtracting the sale price from the original price tag and calling it a $545 million short-sale doesn't do it justice, because then you're ignoring the puts and takes of running ... (Source: Ars Technica 2011-06-30T02:11:19Z)

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