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Deals of the Hour / September 10, 2010, 11:42 am

Volleyball mom pulls gun on 7th graders after daughter's team loses

... suburban San Antonio. Judson school district spokesman James Keith says the girls on the Kirby Middle School volleyball team fled when the woman confronted them with a gun Thursday night in the school's parking ... (Source: WFAA 2010-09-10T16:05:34Z)

Red Sox rout reeling Rays

Marco Scutaro hit two homers and Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz and Victor Martinez also connected as warm temperatures on a late ... Wakefield (4-10) surpassed Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, who was 43 when he got his ... (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-09-10T09:31:51Z)

Rockies Pitcher Hit by Line Drive, Suffers Broken Leg

... Colorado Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook has a broken leg after being hit by a line drive from Cincinnati's Joey Votto. Cook's lower right leg was fractured in the sixth inning Wednesday night. Rockies manager Jim ... (Source: KOLO TV Reno 2010-09-09T05:51:08Z)

No Deal Made To Halt Quran Burning, Muslim Leader Says

(CNN) -- A Florida Muslim leader is disputing claims by the Rev. Terry Jones that he brokered a deal to get the Islamic center project near New York's ground zero moved if the pastor called off his Quran burning ... (Source: WIBW 2010-09-10T12:52:17Z)

Apple's Banner Year Is 2011 -- with Verizon Wireless

Constant rumors have Verizon Wireless ... not iPhones and the 2010-released iPad, it's opening the iPhone to a network that boasts over 90 million subscribers in the U.S. That's the untapped market, and it's at AT&T' (Source: Bloggingstocks.com 2010-09-10T18:28:44Z)

Report: US must deal with homegrown terror problem

authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths traveling from Minnesota to Mogadishu in 2008 to join extremists was not an isolated issue. Instead, the movement was one among several instances of a broader, (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-10T17:02:50Z)

Triple Crown not out of his reach

... Boston's Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967. No National League player has done it since St. Louis' Joe Medwick in 1937. Heading into action Wednesday night, the man who has been dubbed "CarGo" was the NL leader in ... (Source: Pioneer Press 2010-09-09T05:36:49Z)

Rockies RHP Aaron Cook has broke leg after being struck by line drive

... Colorado Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook has a broken leg after being hit by a line drive from Cincinnati's Joey Votto. Cook's lower right leg was fractured in the sixth inning Wednesday night. Rockies manager Jim ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-09T05:15:21Z)

Australian swimmer Rice loses endorsement deal over homophobic slur on Twitter

... she made on Twitter ... celebrating Australia's last-minute win over South Africa in a rugby Test match at Bloemfontein on Saturday. Rice, who reportedly is dating Australia fly half Quade Cooper, later deleted ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-09-07T14:00:16Z)

44-year-old Wakefield oldest to win for Red Sox

BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield became the oldest pitcher to win for Boston ... Marco Scutaro hit two homers and Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz and Victor Martinez also connected as warm temperatures on a late-summer night ... (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-09-09T02:37:52Z)

Texas mom pulls gun on 7th grade students

... suburban San Antonio. Judson school district spokesman James Keith says the girls on the Kirby Middle School volleyball team fled when the woman confronted them with a gun Thursday night in the school's parking ... (Source: KABC 2010-09-10T16:19:53Z)

Retail chains embrace selling cell phones

... Verizon Wireless store or an independent company such ... to negotiate with manufacturers for the exclusive rights to popular handsets such as the deal AT&T has with the iPhone, Michael Pachter, an analyst at ... (Source: Argus Leader 2010-09-05T06:53:09Z)

Casper, Wyo., man arrested twice in one night for DUI

CASPER, Wyo. -- A Casper man racked up two ... Police first arrested Albert Metz Jr. about 9:30 p.m. Sunday after clocking him at 61 mph in a 40 mph zone on Wyoming Boulevard. Metz, a retired physician, told the ... (Source: Rapid City Journal 2010-09-10T15:36:56Z)

MLB News: Colorado Rockies Pitcher Aaron Cook Suffers Broken Leg

... Joey Votto in the 6th inning of Wednesday nights game. Aaron Cook was cruising through the first 5 ... I can't speak about that right now," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said after the game. "This may not be a ... (Source: Inside Pulse 2010-09-09T15:59:35Z)

Confusion surrounds church's planned Quran burning

After a call from the Pentagon and talks with Muslim leaders, Florida Pastor Terry Jones said Thursday evening he'd call off Saturday's Quran-burning. Hours later Jones accused the Muslim leader standing ... (Source: WBIR 2010-09-10T14:11:02Z)

Boston bats awaken; Tim Wakefield gets rare victory

BOSTON — Tim Wakefield became the oldest pitcher to win for Boston ... Marco Scutaro hit two homers and Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz and Victor Martinez also connected as warm temperatures on a late-summer night ... (Source: South Coast Today 2010-09-09T15:45:16Z)

Silicon Valley Heavy Hitters Push for A's to San Jose

... Silicon Valley. In an open letter to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, 75 Silicon Valley leaders have endorsed moving the A's to San Jose. The two ... executives as Cisco Systems' John Chambers, Yahoo's Carol Bartz, (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-09T17:11:10Z)

Rice loses endorsement deal after Twitter slur

... made on Twitter ... Australia's last-minute win over South Africa in a rugby union test match at Bloemfontein on Saturday. Rice, who reportedly is dating Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper, later deleted the tweet ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-07T08:45:18Z)

Silicon Valley backs A's San Jose move

SAN JOSE — In an open letter to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, some 75 Silicon Valley leaders have endorsed ... Signatures include such chief executives as Cisco Systems' John Chambers, Yahoo's Carol Bartz, (Source: Modesto Bee 2010-09-10T08:41:45Z)

Rockies star makes Triple Crown push

... thick of the pennant race ... Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967. No NL player has done it since St. Louis' Joe Medwick in 1937. Heading into action Wednesday night, the man his teammates have dubbed "CarGo" was ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-10T03:55:25Z)

Silicon Valley leaders endorse A's move to San Jose; Oakland fire called suspicious

... San Jose In a show of unity and a flexing of the region's political and economic might, 75 Silicon Valley CEOs have signed a letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig ... Systems' John Chambers, (Source: Inside Bay Area 2010-09-09T23:37:43Z)

Man arrested twice in one night for DUI

CASPER, WYO.: Police in Wyoming arrested a 67-year-old man for driving under the influence twice in the same night. Police say Albert Metz Jr. posted bail on the first arrest Sunday night and was picked up ... (Source: Akron Beacon Journal 2010-09-10T16:55:40Z)

Jaguar dumps swimmer after anti-gay tweet

... Australia swimmer Stephanie Rice, a triple Olympic gold medalist, after she sent a tweet using an anti-gay slur ... I made a comment on Twitter on Saturday night in the excitement of the moment. I did not mean ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-07T17:27:52Z)

Florida Pastor, imam at odds over deal to stop Quran burning

Gainesville, Fla .-- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened to publicly burn copies of Islam's holy text left the heated debate in a ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-10T11:04:55Z)

U9/11 commission heads say U.S. must attend to homegrown radicals

authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths traveling from Minnesota to Mogadishu in 2008 to join extremists was not an isolated issue. Instead, the movement was one among several instances of a broader, (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-09-10T16:27:02Z)

AT&T spends $145M to upgrade D.C.-area network

All those people who use iPhones are straining AT&T 's wireless networks, with mobile ... carrier, with speculation Apple may also strike a deal with Verizon Wireless, which consistently ranks higher than AT&T ... (Source: Washington Business Journal 2010-09-09T10:51:47Z)

U.S. must deal with domestic radical problem, study says

authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths traveling from Minnesota to Mogadishu in 2008 to join extremists was not an isolated issue. Instead, the movement was one among several instances of a broader, (Source: Denver Post 2010-09-10T07:23:00Z)

CarGo carrying Rockies' playoff hopes

... Boston's Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967. No NL player has done it since St. Louis' Joe Medwick in 1937. Heading into action Wednesday night, the man his teammates have dubbed ``CarGo'' was the NL leader ... (Source: Krextv.com 2010-09-08T20:25:38Z)

Texas Mom Pulled Gun on 7th Grade Students

... suburban San Antonio. Judson school district spokesman James Keith says the girls on the Kirby Middle School volleyball team fled when the woman confronted them with a gun Thursday night in the school's parking ... (Source: Time 2010-09-10T16:05:34Z)

Wyoming man arrested twice in 1 night for DUI

CASPER — Police in Wyoming arrested a 67-year-old man for driving under the influence twice in the same night. Police say Albert Metz Jr. posted bail on the first arrest Sunday night and was picked up again about ... (Source: Billings Gazette 2010-09-10T15:58:24Z)

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