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Deals of the Hour / September 19, 2010, 4:40 am

Rihanna In Lawsuit Over Fake Concerts

Unique Sports and Marketing agreed to pay $1.7 million to book Rihanna for three shows in Brazil in November. But the company they made the deal with - Vegas Style Entertainment - doesn't and has never represented ... (Source: 411mania.com 2010-09-18T13:40:04Z)

Officials searching for man who was trying to swim back from sandbar near Fort Desoto Park

FORT DESOTO PARK -- Pinellas County officials are searching for a missing swimmer near the Fort Desoto Park at North Beach. ... search in cooperation with St. Petersburg Fire ... (Source: Bay News 9 2010-09-15T21:00:17Z)

Rescuer 'Grateful' to be in Right Place, Right Time

A Vadnais Heights ... honorees: Christopher Cremons of North Oaks, who saved a young man from drowning; James Mason of White Bear Township, who performed CPR on a man suffering cardiac arrest; and Michael Struve of ... (Source: KSTP 2010-09-18T07:20:41Z)

Discover, Citigroup student loan deal

BOSTON — Citigroup Inc. said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and the student lender Sallie Mae, Citi's latest move ... (Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 2010-09-19T10:47:05Z)

United, Continental shareholders approve airline deal

... parent UAL Corp. will own 55 percent of the new company, to be called United Continental Holdings Inc. and based in United's hometown of Chicago. It will be led by Continental Airlines Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek. (Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 2010-09-19T05:10:39Z)

Authorities: 6 dead in wreck on NY Thruway

WOODBURY, N.Y. (AP) - At least six people have died and more were injured when a minivan carrying members from a church crashed on the New York State Thruway, about five miles north of the Woodbury Common shopping ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-18T22:44:06Z)

Swimmer goes missing off Fort DeSoto Park

... Fort DeSoto Park Wednesday afternoon. The male adult swimmer was in the water with two friends at north beach when he went missing at 3 ... Divers from the Pinellas County Sheriff's office and St. Petersburg ... (Source: St. Petersburg Times 2010-09-15T21:57:33Z)

UAL, Continental shareholders approve deal to merge airlines

... United parent UAL Corp. will own 55 percent of the new company, to be called United Continental Holdings Inc. and based in United's hometown of Chicago. It will be led by Continental Airlines Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek. (Source: Tampa Bay Online 2010-09-19T04:42:01Z)

Apple, Google may settle in US antitrust probe of anti-poaching deals

Apple and Google are joined by Disney's Pixar, Intel, Adobe and Intuit in the "final stages of negotiations" with the U.S. government, according to The Wall Street Journal . The Justice Department was looking into ... (Source: Apple Insider 2010-09-17T15:28:38Z)

Search suspended for missing swimmer off Fort Desoto Park

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Coast Guard began to search for a swimmer who went missing Wednesday afternoon off Fort DeSoto Park. Kevin ... trying to swim from Fort DeSoto North Beach to Shell Key ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-16T03:41:09Z)

Israeli PM: Palestinian recognition of Israel's Jewish character crucial for peace deal

is the Palestinian negotiating team's demand that Israel extend a curb on new construction in Jewish West Bank settlements, due to expire on Sept. 26. Netanyahu has not tipped his hand, but he faces conflicting ... (Source: Orlando Sentinel 2010-09-12T14:58:46Z)

DOJ said to be near deal with Apple, Google, others, on staff poaching

Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe Systems, Intuit and Pixar Animation could avoid appearing in court, said the report, citing people familiar with the matter. Staff with inside knowledge of how a competitors' products are ... (Source: Computerworld 2010-09-17T12:08:12Z)

Fowler's Mill deal off course; EPA pull out of deal

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has pulled out of a controversial Fowler's Mill Golf Course deal, and has recommended that Munson Township trustees try again for funding next year. In a three-page ... (Source: News-Herald.com 2010-09-11T04:15:42Z)

Ramsey County honors 4 for heroism

... Christopher Cremons, a North Oaks resident who pulled a young man to safety from Long Lake last June as the man nearly drowned. "I'm just happy I was there," said Henry Anderson, a Vadnais Heights ... Michael ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-18T22:58:25Z)

Paris Hilton Agrees to Plea Deal, Says D.A.

Paris Hilton has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors in her drug-possession case – and she will be sentenced to a year of probation but no jail time, reports the Las Vegas ... Attorney David Roger. (Source: WCTV 2010-09-19T02:11:41Z)

Citigroup sells off student loan unit

BOSTON — Citigroup Inc. said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and the student lender Sallie Mae, Citi's latest move ... (Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 2010-09-19T11:15:43Z)

Coal-state lawmakers go after EPA policy

There may be wide swaths of the American population who could not tell you the name of the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. But in coal country, nearly everyone knows it's Lisa Jackson ... (Source: Courier-Journal 2010-09-19T06:36:33Z)

Airline shareholders approve deal

... United parent UAL Corp. will own 55 percent of the new company, to be called United Continental Holdings Inc. and based in United's hometown of Chicago. It will be led by Continental Airlines Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek. (Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle 2010-09-19T11:08:33Z)

Rihanna Embroiled in Fake Concert Lawsuit

... 825,000 initial fee to secure Rihanna for the concerts - but Vegas Style Entertainment bosses allegedly had no connection to the star and pocketed the money. And on Thursday Unique Sports and Marketing chiefs ... (Source: Teen Music 2010-09-18T22:01:09Z)

EPA's Jackson: IT Dashboard tip of the iceberg

Environmental Protection Agency chief information officer Malcolm Jackson likes the transparency of the IT Dashboard . But Jackson says it only shows the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the health of EPA's ... (Source: FederalNewsRadio.com 2010-09-16T18:57:24Z)

Paris Hilton Strikes a Deal in Vegas, Avoids Felony Cocaine Charge

... Paris Hilton will not be facing a trial or jail time after her Aug. 27 arrest for felony cocaine possession, according to the Las Vegas Review ... over her future," said Clark County D.A. David Roger. " (Source: Pop Eater 2010-09-19T03:08:57Z)

Israel grinds to a halt for Yom Kippur fasting day

... sundown Friday as Jews began observing the start of the holiest day of the Jewish ... concerns that Palestinian militants could carry out attacks, Israel's military closed crossings from the West Bank into Israel, (Source: Las Vegas Sun 2010-09-19T07:33:49Z)

6 dead on Thruway in Harriman; northbound side reopens

WOODBURY — A church van crash on the New York State Thruway this afternoon has claimed six lives. Emergency responders at the scene five miles north of Exit 16 said the van blew a tire and began rolling ... (Source: LoHud.com 2010-09-19T03:16:07Z)

6 dead in church van wreck on Thruway near Woodbury

WOODBURY — A church van crashed Saturday on the New York State Thruway, killing six people. Emergency responders at the scene 5 miles north of Harriman said the van blew a tire and began rolling over ... (Source: Poughkeepsie Journal 2010-09-19T00:24:19Z)

Ramsey County sheriff to honor citizen heroes

Henry Anderson, of Vadnais Heights, pulled a disabled man ... They and two other men -- Christopher Cremons, of North Oaks, and Michael Struve, of Shoreview -- are being honored by Sheriff Bob Fletcher for going ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-18T04:43:12Z)

Paris Hilton gets year probation in plea deal

LAS VEGAS — Paris Hilton will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony conviction under ... Clark County District Attorney David Roger said. Roger said the celebrity socialite has agreed to plead guilty Monday ... (Source: Deseret News 2010-09-19T05:53:36Z)

Citigroup's Student Loan Corp. Said to Be Near Sale

(Updates with board meeting in the third paragraph.) Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. is nearing a sale of its Student Loan Corp. business to Sallie Mae and Discover Financial Services in a deal that ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-09-17T12:29:40Z)

Biggies Reportedly Close to DOJ Deal on No-Poaching Agreements

Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Pixar were reportedly close to settling with the Justice late Thursday night over charges they colluded to hold down wages by not poaching each others' people, the Wall Street ... (Source: Soa Wolrd 2010-09-17T19:39:10Z)

Rihanna's Brazilian Concerts Are Fake: Con Scheme Sparks $4.7 Million Lawsuit

... Brazilian company Unique Sports and Marketing fell victim to a major hoax when they inked a deal with Rihanna's bogus "reps" for three Brazilian concerts this November. Vegas Style Entertainment signed the ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-09-18T15:56:04Z)

Israeli FM wants to eject Israeli Arabs

Lieberman believes Israel should redraw its borders to incorporate Jewish settlements, while placing Arab villages now in Israel on the Palestinian side. Lieberman himself lives in a West Bank settlement. (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-19T09:56:58Z)

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