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Deals of the Hour / September 17, 2010, 3:42 pm

Fri 4:50pm: Hurricane Karl hits Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane Karl ... city of Veracruz and forcing the country to shut down its only nuclear power plant and its central Gulf Coast oil platforms. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Karl's ... (Source: Warren Tribune Chronicle 2010-09-17T21:19:23Z)

Hurricane Karl bears down on Mexico's Gulf coast

... northeast of the port city of Veracruz on Friday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A Category 3 storm, Karl was blowing sustained winds of up to 120 miles per hour as it neared the coast. Mexico ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-17T21:48:01Z)

New drug allegation hits beleaguered SA athletics

Commonwealth Games 100m silver medallist Geraldine Pillay told Talk Radio ... administered by team doctor Maaki Ramagole on the advice of Ekkart Arbeit, a controversial former East German coach. An upset Pillay said ... (Source: Herald South Africa 2010-09-17T05:27:20Z)

Iowa faces toughest test yet at Arizona

The ninth ranked Iowa Hawkeyes face their most difficult test ... home in 2009 but Ferentz says the Wildcats have a more wide open attack with quarterback Nick Foles. Ferentz says last year they were more concerned ... (Source: Radio Iowa 2010-09-17T20:07:48Z)

Tetraphase Named as One of the "Fierce 15" Biotech Companies of 2010

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc ... Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) the company presented new clinical and preclinical data for its lead drug candidate, TP-434, which demonstrated the ... (Source: PharmiWeb 2010-09-15T15:52:28Z)

On 200th birthday, Mexico looks beyond drug war to celebrate its proud history ...

Olivia Torres in Ciudad Juarez, Gustavo Ruiz in Morelia, Mark Walsh in Monterrey and Istra Pacheco, E. Eduardo Castillo and John Rice in Mexico City contributed to this report. (Source: Baltimore Sun 2010-09-16T10:29:10Z)

Succession Gives Army a Stiff Test in Egypt

CAIRO — When a boiler at Military Factory 99 exploded in early ... message was unmistakable: the rules that apply to the rest of Egypt ... The beneficiary of nearly $40 billion in American aid over the last 30 ... (Source: Herald Tribune 2010-09-12T09:22:20Z)

Internet Explorer 9 Now Ready for You to Test Drive

SAN FRANCISCO--Just days after launching Internet Explorer 8 in March 2009, Microsoft's Dean Hachamovitch wrote a memo about what the company really needed to do with the next version of its browser. "A ... (Source: CBS News 2010-09-15T15:59:38Z)

Egypt's youth build new opposition movement

Inside a small apartment tucked away in a middle class Cairo neighborhood, a trainer teaches ... inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and download books from American scholar Gene Sharp, (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-16T07:15:53Z)

Mexico marks 200th birthday, hopes for peace

... grito was canceled in Ciudad Juarez ... city - Mexico's most violent - by hanging Mexican flags from their roofs and hosting family dinners as virtual grito was broadcast on TV. In the western city of Morelia, (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-09-16T10:00:32Z)

Egypt: Ancient burial chamber uncovered in Luxor

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's antiquities ... He says an Egyptian-American team stumbled on the burial chamber while doing restoration work at the site on the west bank of Luxor in southern Egypt. Hawass says the chamber was ... (Source: LIVE AUCTIONEERS 2010-09-16T18:14:27Z)

Whitman becomes biggest-spending candidate on a single campaign in U.S. history

... was donated Monday and reported to the Secretary of State ... downtown Los Angeles that commemorated the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence. "She's now the biggest spender in the history of the American (Source: Sacramento Bee 2010-09-16T02:51:02Z)

Despite slight ankle sprain, New York Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks confident he ...

EAST RUTHERFORD — Hakeem Nicks knows the old adage that says ... Giants will need another big outing by him or one of Eli's other wideouts — Steve Smith, Mario Manningham or Ramses Barden — for the Giants to ... (Source: Trentonian 2010-09-17T20:00:38Z)

Giants receivers a tough test

... when the New York Giants didn't have a clue who would emerge as their No. 1 receiver in the post-Plaxico Burress era. Steve Smith ... third-year pro Mario Manningham and second-year pro Hakeem Nicks giving them ... (Source: Times Union 2010-09-17T04:51:32Z)

Mexico turns 200

Olivia Torres in Ciudad Juarez, Gustavo Ruiz in Morelia, Mark Walsh in Monterrey and Istra Pacheco, E. Eduardo Castillo and John Rice in Mexico City contributed to this report. (Source: KXAN 2010-09-16T11:55:04Z)

Peace talks pose a test to Clinton's mettle

Los Angeles Times For much of her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has been less an architect than ... an allusion to President Bill Clinton's failed effort to broker a deal, most vividly at Camp David ... (Source: Bend Bulletin 2010-09-05T10:56:32Z)

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals present TP-434 drug preclinical data for serious ...

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals ... TP-271, from Tetraphase's antibiotics product portfolio, were presented in 10 poster presentations at the 2010 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC ... (Source: News-Medical.Net 2010-09-16T08:06:00Z)

SAfrican athlete claims she was injected with blood-boosting drug without knowing

Commonwealth Games 100-metre silver medallist Geraldine Pillay told a radio ... administered by team doctor Maaki Ramagole on the advice of Ekkart Arbeit, a controversial former East German coach. She said she is ... (Source: Big Hollywood 2010-09-16T17:38:40Z)

Karl Strikes Mexico, Bermuda Readies for 'Direct Hit' From Igor

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Karl roared ashore in Mexico about 10 miles north of Veracruz as a "major" Category 3 storm, the fifth of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center. Karl ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-17T18:49:04Z)

Hurricane Karl heads inland toward central Mexico

Hurricane Karl heads inland toward central Mexico ... 40 centimeters) of rain in some areas of Veracruz state, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a statement. As a tropical storm, Karl ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-09-17T21:40:51Z)

Obama Asks Thug Nations To Judge America

Los Angeles and Chicago -- spend ... former Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell defended DADT, and he urged former President Bill Clinton to back away from his promise to ... (Source: Town Hall 2010-09-16T07:01:34Z)

Microsoft Introduces Internet Explorer 9

Dean Hachamovitch explained, Corporate Vice President of Windows Internet Explorer at Microsoft. "The Web is about sites- the browser should be too. People go to the Web for sites not for the browser. Much as you go ... (Source: Newsblaze.com 2010-09-16T18:28:46Z)

Karl Loses Power in Mexico; Bermuda Readies for Blow From Igor

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Karl weakened to a Category 1 storm after roaring ashore in Mexico about 10 miles north of Veracruz as a "major" system earlier today, the National Hurricane Center ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-17T21:33:42Z)

MSU transfer Nick Foles shines at QB for Arizona

Nick Foles, after ... does it very well," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. "(He) does a good job getting the ball to different spots on the field and different players." Ferentz and the Hawkeyes will get a ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-09-17T20:14:57Z)

Drug case hits S. African athletics

Commonwealth Games 100m silver medallist Geraldine Pillay told Talk Radio ... administered by team doctor Maaki Ramagole on the advice of Ekkart Arbeit, a controversial former East German coach. South African Sports ... (Source: star.com.my 2010-09-16T23:50:54Z)

IE9: 5 Ways It Cuts Browser Clutter

and Web sites have become boxed in by the browser," said Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Internet Explorer GM, in his keynote . "With IE9 we are unboxing the Web browser experience so users can focus on sites." (Source: CIO 2010-09-17T11:53:53Z)

Three-headed receiving corps has become Giant strength

... year when the Giants didn't have a clue who would emerge as their No. 1 receiver in the post-Plaxico Burress era. Steve Smith ended ... third-year pro Mario Manningham and second-year pro Hakeem Nicks giving ... (Source: Times Herald-Record 2010-09-17T06:46:04Z)

Tetraphase Presents New Clinical and Preclinical Data for Novel AntibioticTP-434 ...

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. : , yesterday presented new clinical and preclinical data for its lead drug candidate, TP-434 : , which demonstrated ... on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) : in Boston, (Source: PR Inside 2010-09-16T10:00:32Z)

Iowa faces defensive test against Arizona

That will change Saturday as the No. 9 Hawkeyes (2-0) travel to ... which features quarterback Nick Foles and running back Nic Grigsby. When the two teams played last season in Iowa City — a game Iowa won 27-17 ... (Source: Daily Iowan 2010-09-17T12:51:09Z)

Hurricane Igor weakens; Karl makes landfall on the Gulf coast of Mexico

Hurricane Warnings were issued for Bermuda as Hurricane Igor weakened to Category 2 strength Friday afternoon. At 5 p.m. Friday, Igor was in the Atlantic about 635 miles south-southeast of Bermuda ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-17T21:33:42Z)

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