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Deals of the Hour / September 16, 2010, 4:40 am

Pope Benedict XVI in Scotland for historic 4-day state visit, admits failures in ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland – EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly ... (Source: FOX News 2010-09-16T10:36:19Z)

EU leaders eye S.Korea, Pakistan trade deals

BRUSSELS (AFP) – European leaders scrambled Thursday to break an impasse on giving Pakistan trade-linked aid and to convince Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ... summit agenda after Italy used its veto ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-09-16T09:46:13Z)

Apple IPhone Design Flaw May Cap Sales, Analyst Says

... phone cases in response to criticism that the iPhone 4 loses signal strength when held a certain way. The issue caused Consumer Reports magazine to withhold its recommendation for the phone. Apple gained $5.11, (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-08T20:11:19Z)

NRG Energy to Acquire Green Mountain Energy Company, the Leading Retail Provider ...

PRINCETON, N.J. - (Business Wire) NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation's leading retail provider of clean energy products ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-16T10:57:48Z)

Consumer Reports Gives Apple Thumbs Down #2

It's the best smartphone Consumer Reports said it has ever tested, but it's got a fatal flaw. We've learned that Apple will be making good on its word that it'll be ending the free iPhone 4 case program at the end of ... (Source: Tom's Guide 2010-09-15T10:08:53Z)

Obama to meet with Sudan leaders in effort to save peace plan

The Obama administration ... separate conflict in the Darfur area is resolved, the administration will work to remove restrictions on foreign investment and lift economic sanctions, officials said. If Sudan's ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-09-16T09:03:16Z)

Woman charged with naked taxi theftWoman charged with naked taxi theft

Covington, La. -- A Detroit-area woman is accused of stripping to her birthday suit in the back seat of a taxi in Louisiana and then stealing the cab. Jennifer Gille, 29, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., was ... (Source: The Money Times 2010-09-16T03:26:50Z)

US steps up pressure, outlines incentives on Sudan ahead of independence referendum

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is offering the prospect of restoring full diplomatic relations with Sudan if it improves conditions in the Darfur region and doesn't undermine a referendum that could lead to ... (Source: San Francisco Examiner 2010-09-15T21:36:04Z)

NextEra Energy Announces Sale of Equity Units

JUNO BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE - News ) announced today that it intends to sell $350 million of equity units. Each equity unit will have a stated amount of $50. Each equity unit ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-14T21:44:25Z)

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.

COVINGTON, La., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A Detroit-area woman is accused of stripping to her birthday suit in the back seat of a taxi in Louisiana and then stealing the cab. Jennifer Gille, 29, of St. Clair ... (Source: United Press International 2010-09-16T09:53:22Z)

Female hiker is released by Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - American hiker Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf to Oman on Tuesday, after an apparent diplomatic deal covered her $500,000 ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-16T07:08:44Z)

Consumer Reports knocks Apple for ending iPhone free case deal

new iPhone 4 owners must contact Apple support to request a free Bumper case. That didn't sit well with Consumer Reports. "Putting the onus on any owners of a product to obtain a remedy to a design flaw is not ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-09-16T00:56:30Z)

Pope Benedict XVI in UK for historic 4-day visit, admits church failures in sex ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who ... (Source: 33 KDAF-TV 2010-09-16T10:36:19Z)

Hess to Present at Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power Conference

BusinessWire - Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today it will present at the Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 at 11:05 a.m. (EDT). Chairman ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-15T19:41:32Z)

U.S. Unhappy with Plea in Serbian Case

Crowley said Wednesday the agreement provides too light a sentence for 23-year-old Miladin Kovacevic ... repeatedly kicking 24-year-old Bryan Steinhauer in the chest and head after a barroom brawl in upstate New York. (Source: WETM 18 2010-09-16T08:20:19Z)

Relief well is ready to deal killing blow to source of gulf spill

were within 20 to 25 feet of the designated intercept point deep underground below the gulf bottom, retired Adm. Thad Allen, the national spill-response chief, said from Kenner, La. Once the damaged well is intercepted, (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010-09-16T04:52:44Z)

INTERVIEW-U.S. offers Sudan new incentives for peace deal

... package marks a new phase of the Obama administration's push to resolve decades of conflict in Sudan, a vast state which has been riven by civil war and a separate rebellion in the western region of Darfur. (Source: Reliefweb.int 2010-09-14T21:01:28Z)

Luzerne commissioners balk at baseball deal

Luzerne County's three commissioners said Wednesday they aren't interested in playing ball on a deal to sell the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Gov. Ed Rendell ... repairs at PNC Field. Mr. Urban added Lackawanna ... (Source: Scranton Times-Tribune 2010-09-16T07:58:50Z)

E.U. to Ratify First Free Trade Deal With Asian Partner

The agreement was announced before the arrival in Brussels of Silvio Berlusconi , the Prime Minister of Italy, whose arrival was delayed after his plane made a precautionary emergency landing because of a problem ... (Source: New York Times 2010-09-16T11:12:07Z)

State Dept. Disappointed With Kovacevic Plea Deal

... Serb college basketball player who beat an American student into a coma. A State Department spokesman says the agreement for Miladin Kovacevic ... student Bryan Steinhauer in the chest during a barroom brawl in ... (Source: NewsChannel 36 2010-09-16T05:57:09Z)

Luzerne County key to stadium

... lifespan of PNC Field ... Lackawanna County needs financial help – specifically from Luzerne County. During a meeting with Luzerne and Lackawanna county commissioners Tuesday in Harrisburg, Gov. Ed Rendell ... (Source: Times-Leader 2010-09-16T04:59:53Z)

EU agrees free trade deal with South Korea

BRUSSELS ... summit agenda after Italy used its veto power to stall the agreement over concerns that it would damage its auto industry, dominated by car giant Fiat. Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is struggling on ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-09-16T09:46:13Z)

US Hiker Sarah Shourd Freed From Iran Prison

TEHRAN, Iran - Sarah Shourd was released from prison in Iran on $500,000 bail more than a year after she and two fellow American hikers were detained. Shourd's lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, said his client is in ... (Source: myfoxny.com 2010-09-14T15:25:02Z)

Luzerne County leaders won't play ball

Luzerne County's three commissioners said Wednesday they aren't interested in playing ball on a deal to sell the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Gov. Ed Rendell ... repairs at PNC Field. Urban added Lackawanna County ... (Source: Standard Speaker 2010-09-16T08:41:47Z)

Miladin Kovacevic plea deal expected

... Tuesday in the trial of a former Serb ... Miladin Kovacevic is accused of inflicting severe bodily harm with possible deadly consequences on Bryan Steinhauer of Brooklyn, New York, after a barroom brawl in May ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-09-14T11:43:07Z)

Naked Woman Steals Cab For Michigan Trip

Naked Woman Steals Cab - A Detroit-area woman is accused of stripping to her birthday suit in the back seat of a taxi in Louisiana and then stealing the cab. Jennifer Gille, 29, of St. Clair Shores ... (Source: Newsoxy.com 2010-09-15T23:37:46Z)

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 2010-09-16T07:58:50Z)

Pope visits UK, admits failures in abuse scandal

E DINBURGH, Scotland — Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who rape ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-16T10:57:48Z)

Official: Blown-out Gulf well to be sealed by Sunday

KENNER, La. — The U.S. government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Wednesday that BP's blown ... National Incident Commander Thad Allen told reporters gathered at a seafood distributor in Kenner, (Source: Pottstown Mercury 2010-09-16T10:43:29Z)

Blown-out gulf oil well to be sealed within 96 hours

KENNER, La. -- The blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico could be pronounced dead in a matter of days. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man for the oil spill, said ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-09-16T09:10:25Z)

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