Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / September 15, 2010, 2:40 am

AT&T to Offer TV, Internet Options in Triad

... AT&T announced on Monday that the company will offer television and internet options to customers in parts of the Piedmont. AT&T is bringing U-VERSE TV, high speed internet and U-VERSE voice to Guilford ... Triad (Source: My Fox 8 2010-09-13T21:31:17Z)

Iran releases American hiker Sarah Shourd from prison; 2 other Americans still ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state news agency says an American woman freed from prison in Tehran will travel to Oman where her mother is already waiting for her. Iran released Sarah Shourd on a a bail of ... (Source: Morris County Daily Record 2010-09-14T13:51:58Z)

Wisconsin plants to stay open, Harley board confirms

MILWAUKEE — Harley-Davidson Inc. agreed Tuesday to keep open its two Wisconsin production facilities ... of production jobs and assigns large volumes of work to part-time workers. Some 1,140 union members from the ... (Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette 2010-09-15T09:04:27Z)

Business briefs: Harley workers OK big concessions

... workers in Wisconsin ... part-time workers. Some 1,140 union members who work at the Menomonee Falls plant in suburban Milwaukee voted on the deal. It was approved by a 55 to 45 percent margin. Harley-Davidson Inc. (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-09-15T05:15:23Z)

Cessna to present machinists with offer Monday

Cessna will present its final contract offer to its machinists union late Monday ... Union officials tell Eyewitness News, the new offer cuts wages, increases health care costs and makes changes to pensions, (Source: KWCH.com 2010-09-13T15:54:51Z)

Cessna expected to deliver contract offer to union today

WICHITA — Cessna Aircraft is expected to deliver its final contract offer to its Machinists union today. The current contract expires Sunday. Union members are scheduled to vote Saturday on the offer. Union ... (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-09-13T11:08:31Z)

Detroit bomb plot suspect fires lawyers, hints at plea deal

DETROIT -- A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight with nearly 300 ... Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab didn't offer a specific reason for his displeasure with the four-lawyer, publicly ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-14T03:57:50Z)

Female TV reporter speaks on Jets flap

... Jets camp involving a TV Azteca reporter, and rebuked Clinton Portis for comments about the woman Tuesday, saying they were offensive and inappropriate. Ines Sainz ... interview quarterback Mark Sanchez, (Source: Jackson Clarion-Ledger 2010-09-15T06:19:49Z)

Woman's body found in Southampton

The body of a white female was discovered Monday morning in a wooded area adjacent to a soccer field on Buddtown Road in Southampton, New Jersey State Police said. The woman was found by an employee of the township's ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-14T10:45:51Z)

Suspect in Detroit plane attack plot hints at plea

2010 | 12:11 a.m. A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight with nearly ... Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab didn't offer a specific reason for his displeasure with the four-lawyer, publicly ... (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-15T07:17:05Z)

LIVERMORE: UPDATE: SACRAMENTO WOMAN KILLED WHEN HONDA CRASHES INTO CHP CAR ON I-580

An out-of-control Honda Accord crashed into the back of a California Highway Patrol car that was stopped along Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore this morning, killing a passenger in the Honda, a CHP spokesman said. A ... (Source: KPIX 2010-09-05T00:19:26Z)

SigAlert on 22 is cleared

the California ... made to the CHP, the crash involved a blue van and three other vehicles. Four vehicles were involved, according to reports made to the CHP. The vehicles on scene included a silver Honda Odyssey ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-14T16:15:08Z)

Lawyers seek deal in Detroit plane attack

DETROIT - Lawyers for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow ... made in a court filing seeking a new deadline to challenge evidence against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is accused of trying to set off a bomb ... (Source: Lansing State Journal 2010-09-10T09:03:13Z)

Portis, Jets under fire for bad behavior

... Jets camp involving a TV Azteca reporter, and rebuked Clinton Portis for comments about the woman Tuesday, saying they were offensive and inappropriate.  Ines Sainz ... interview quarterback Mark Sanchez, (Source: Pueblo Chieftain 2010-09-15T06:05:30Z)

Philly news drivers last holdout to court sale

... Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News have balked at plans to end company contributions to their ... The company also operates the Philly.com website. The Teamsters Union Local 628 said in a ... (Source: Delaware County Daily Times 2010-09-15T09:18:46Z)

Road rage prompts shooting in Menifee, CHP says

California Highway Patrol officials said Tuesday ... said CHP Officer Ron Thatcher. In an apparent fit of road rage touched off by tailgating, a gray four-door Honda pulled alongside the Jeep south of Newport Road ... (Source: Riverside Press Enterprise 2010-09-08T04:55:03Z)

Harley-Davidson to review labor deal, may stay in Wisconsin

Harley-Davidson Inc.'s three Wisconsin ... volumes of work to part-time workers. But it also saves hundreds of other jobs, at least in the short-term. Some 1,140 union members from a suburban Milwaukee plant voted, (Source: Rapid City Journal 2010-09-14T15:10:43Z)

A brilliant mind and a life deserving close attention

On Sept. 19, Pope Benedict XVI will be in Birmingham, England, to beatify John Henry Newman. Beatification is the penultimate step to canonization - that is, formally becoming a saint. This elevation of ... (Source: Burlington County Times 2010-09-15T06:55:36Z)

Union recommends rejecting Cessna contract offer

Cessna says it's their best and final offer, but Machinists union officials are telling members to reject it.The current contract between Cessna and its machinists ends in five days, but the pay cuts, increased ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-15T03:13:42Z)

NFL talks with Jets about reporter flap

... Jets camp involving a TV Azteca reporter, and rebuked Clinton Portis for comments about the woman Tuesday, saying they were offensive and inappropriate. Ines Sainz ... interview quarterback Mark Sanchez, (Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 2010-09-15T06:12:39Z)

Ex-Deptford softball star slain

Headley ran in front of the truck outside his mother's house in Pemberton Township, where he was ... was killed early Monday near the area off Buddtown Road near Route 206 where Southampton public works employees ... (Source: Courier-Post 2010-09-15T07:09:55Z)

Labor Union Blocks Philly Papers Deal

A deal to sell the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News collapsed due to a contract impasse with a labor union, The Wall Street Journal reports. The $135 million sale was dependent on reaching new labor ... (Source: Emii.com 2010-09-15T09:04:27Z)

Southampton workers find body of woman

SOUTHAMPTON ... found about 10:30 a.m. by township public-works employees, according to state police. The cause of death was under investigation. The wooded area is near Route 206 and Buddtown Road. (Source: Courier-Post 2010-09-14T14:34:55Z)

AT&T to bring U-verse service to Piedmont Triad

... Burlington residents now have another option for television and communications services after AT&T officials announced ... D-Guilford, said. "(Monday's) announcement makes that goal a reality for Triad residents." (Source: TMCnet 2010-09-14T14:27:46Z)

American woman freed by Iran

Tehran, Iran — In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, after an apparent diplomatic deal to ... (Source: LJWORLD 2010-09-15T09:18:46Z)

AT&T launches U-verse in Triad

AT&T on Monday announced the launch of AT&T U-verse services in parts of Guilford, Forsyth, Rockingham and Alamance counties, including AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse ... (Source: Dispatch 2010-09-14T21:15:47Z)

Vatican planning to beatify Cardinal Newman

... century cardinal John Henry Newman ... and Pope Benedict XVI has ruled Sullivan's quick recovery a miracle that resulted from Newman's intercession with God. The ruling clears the way for Newman's beatification (Source: Wichita Eagle 2010-09-15T05:01:04Z)

Philly newspapers set for second auction next week

The expedited re-sale of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News is now set for Sept. 23, this time in open court.Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Raslavich said the company has "languished" in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-15T06:41:17Z)

Pope visit: Pomp of state visit for Benedict XVI in secular Britain

to witness the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, the Victorian convert. It will be the first beatification overseen by Benedict as Pope. Benedict will make a final short trip by Popemobile to the ... (Source: Daily Telegraph 2010-09-15T05:58:20Z)

Out of Iran, Sarah Shourd will try to free fiance, friend

TEHRAN, Iran - In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf, after an apparent diplomatic deal to cover a $ ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-15T06:55:36Z)

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