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Deals of the Hour / September 25, 2010, 9:41 am

Ahmadinejad Rant Deals Major Blow to 'Obama Doctrine'

The bizarre U.N. rant alleging a 9/11 conspiracy by Iranian strongman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivered from the same podium where President Obama had just hours before extended yet another of olive branch of diplomacy toward the rogue Persian regime, marks ... (Source: NewsMax.com 2010-09-25T07:48:10Z)

Alzheimer's brain tangles offer clues

Washington -- That sticky gunk coating Alzheimer's patients' brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might determine how fast patients go downhill. Nobody knows what ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-23T20:15:00Z)

Clearwire eyes debt as part of new funding

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp expects its next funding round to be debt with an equity investment from a company such as T-Mobile USA or money from a wireless spectrum sale, its chief executive said on Thursday. Clearwire, a wireless venture that is ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-23T21:48:03Z)

2 charged in killing of Ohio real estate agent

Two men are jailed without bond in Ohio in the strangling of a real estate agent, the first of two agents killed in a week while showing homes for sale in northeast Ohio. A police affidavit says 25-year-old Robert Brooks of Youngstown and 21-year-old Grant ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T17:36:20Z)

Toronto FC believes it's not over yet

TORONTO - Toronto FC's players have what they wanted. They had tired of the style of Preki, the coach who was fired last week. He was demanding, light on the Xs and Os and loved to make his players run. Nick Dasovic, Preki's replacement, has turned out to ... (Source: Calgary Herald 2010-09-25T13:53:14Z)

LIN Media Announces LIN Television Corporation's Exchange Offer for its 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2018

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LIN TV Corp. ("LIN Media"; NYSE: TVL), a local multimedia company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation, has commenced an offer to exchange all of LIN Television Corporation's ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-09-13T13:24:31Z)

Alleghany Announces Commencement of Senior Notes Public Offering

BusinessWire - Alleghany Corporation ("Alleghany") (NYSE-Y) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of its Senior Notes (the "Senior Notes"). Alleghany currently intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of its Senior Notes for general ... (Source: Forbes 2010-09-15T15:02:22Z)

Alzheimer's brain protein tangles offer clue on worsening

Memory researchers offer some suggestions on what works and what doesn't when it comes to improving your memory: Be mindful. If you're leaving the house and want to remember if you turned the stove off, pay attention and don't get distracted. Watch what ... (Source: USA Today 2010-09-21T00:57:44Z)

U.S. delegates walk out in protest at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.S. delegation walked out of the U.N. speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday after he said some in the world have speculated that Americans were behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, staged in an attempt to assure ... (Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010-09-25T03:59:06Z)

Toronto faces must-win match against San Jose

Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto FC snapped a six-game winless streak in Major League Soccer last weekend in interim coach Nick Dasovic's debut and its midweek trip to Mexico's Cruz Azul produced a scoreless draw. Now, Toronto FC returns to league ... (Source: WXIA 11 Alive 2010-09-24T17:07:42Z)

2 charged in Ohio real estate agent's slaying

Two men have been charged with killing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing a vacant house for sale, the first of two agents killed in a week in the region, authorities said Friday. Robert Brooks, 25, of Youngstown, and Grant Cooper, 21, of Hubbard ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-25T03:37:38Z)

Eyewitness recalls moments before crash that killed Nick Adenhart

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A minivan that ran a red light and caused a crash that killed a promising Los Angeles Angels pitcher and two others was going so fast it could not have stopped at the signal, an ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-16T21:42:03Z)

Prosecutor says Andrew Gallo drank for hours before killing Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A man charged with murder in a drunken-driving crash that killed rookie Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others fled on foot, even as people gave chase and yelled at ... (Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2010-09-15T18:01:19Z)

Man accused of killing Nick Adenhart in drunk driving crash fled the scene, witnesses say

Witnesses testified that Andrew Gallo , who is charged with murdering Angels' pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunk driving crash, fled from the accident on foot. Gallo, 23, talked on his ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-15T19:12:54Z)

Brazil's huge oil reserves fuel largest-ever share offer

SAO PAULO, Brazil - The exploration and production of Brazil's huge offshore oil reserves is the driving force behind the globe's biggest-ever share offering. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, the nation's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-09-25T07:12:23Z)

Talks with tyrants

W ell, so much for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's short-lived charm offensive. Yes, just a few hours after President Barack Obama told the U.N. General Assembly that the United States was still open to talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-25T04:13:25Z)

Brazil oil company Petrobras aims at offshore reserves with $70B stock offer, world's largest

BIG DEAL: Petroleo Brasileiro SA , or Petrobras, Brazil's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion through the sale of more than 4 billion common and preferred shares in Brazil and the U.S. BIG OIL: The money will fund Petrobras' ambitious $224 billion ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-24T18:19:17Z)

China Medical Technologies Announces Plan of Senior Notes Offering

BEIJING , Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China -based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, today announced that it plans to offer, subject to market and other ... (Source: Earthtimes 2010-09-21T13:22:12Z)

Lehman Bros sign, artworks auctioned off in UK

For sale: a sign of the times. Christie's is auctioning off the 10 foot-long (3 meter-long) sign that adorned the European headquarters of Lehman Brothers, along with paintings, furniture and other objects from the offices of the collapsed investment bank ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T18:55:04Z)

Toronto FC host San Jose with playoff positioning on the line

Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto FC snapped a six-game winless streak in Major League Soccer last weekend in interim coach Nick Dasovic's debut and its midweek trip to Mexico's Cruz Azul produced a scoreless draw. Now, Toronto FC returns to league ... (Source: TSN 2010-09-24T18:04:58Z)

Petrobras raises $70B in offer, world's largest

The exploration and production of Brazil's massive offshore oil reserves is the driving force behind the globe's biggest-ever share offering. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, the South American nation's state-run energy company, raised $70 billion ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-24T20:28:08Z)

Malcolm Forbes's Toys Are Up for Sale

The Forbes Galleries on lower Fifth Avenue will be emptying out their darkened maze of toys in dioramas, The Associated Press reported. Sotheby's will organize about 7,500 pieces, including metal marching bands, submarines, motorcycles and a box of ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-24T20:28:08Z)

Promising research findings on Alzheimer's

Researchers are talking up a promising new approach for people who suffer from Alzheimer's or will be stricken with it someday. They've zeroed in on a protein called tau, which seems to signal how aggressive the mind-robbing disease will be. Researchers ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-21T16:13:59Z)

2 men charged in slaying of Ohio real estate agent

CLEVELAND — Two men have been charged with killing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing a vacant house for sale, the first of two agents killed in a week in the region, authorities said Friday. Robert Brooks, 25, of Youngstown, and Grant Cooper, 21 ... (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-09-25T12:05:52Z)

Can Clearwire Bank On A Relationship With T-Mobile USA?

Clearwire ( NSDQ: CLWR ) is sounding fairly confident that an investment or network-sharing agreement with T-Mobile USA is in the works, but there's evidence that the deal isn't necessarily in the bag. The two companies have confirmed they are in talks ... (Source: paidContent.org 2010-09-24T21:03:55Z)

1,500 US museums offer free admission Saturday

Washington - More than 1,500 museums across the country are opening their doors for free as part of Smithsonian magazine's sixth annual Museum Day. About 90 museums that are participating have a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to show ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-25T16:16:24Z)

Sign of the times: Lehman Bros sign, artworks, up for UK auction as creditors sell off assets

LONDON (AP) — For sale: a sign of the times. Christie's is auctioning off the 10 foot-long (3 meter-long) sign that adorned the European headquarters of Lehman Brothers , along with paintings, furniture and other objects from the offices of the collapsed ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-24T19:02:14Z)

UPDATE 1-Clearwire eyes debt as part of new funding

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp ( CLWR.O ) expects its next funding round to be debt with an equity investment from a company such as T-Mobile USA or money from a wireless spectrum sale, its chief executive said on Thursday. Clearwire, a ... (Source: Reuters 2010-09-23T21:40:54Z)

1,500 museums across country offer free admission for Smithsonian Museum Day

WASHINGTON - More than 1,500 museums across the country are opening their doors for free as part of Smithsonian magazine's sixth annual Museum Day. About 90 museums that are participating have a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to show ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-25T13:31:46Z)

Museum Day: 1,500 US museums offer free admission

WASHINGTON — More than 1,500 museums across the country are opening their doors today for free as part of Smithsonian magazine's sixth annual Museum Day. About 90 museums that are participating have a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to show ... (Source: Pioneer Press 2010-09-25T16:16:24Z)

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