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Deals of the Hour / September 29, 2010, 12:43 pm

Temperatures in Southern California were high Tuesday, but not nearly as high as the day before

Temperatures in inland areas of Southern California were in the high 90s and low triple digits Tuesday, but didn't compare to the blistering heat that hit the region Monday, the National Weather Service said. At the downtown Los Angeles weather station at ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-29T01:24:02Z)

NRA Endorses Johnson

The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Ron Johnson in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, saying it can trust him to defend the Second Amendment. OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Ron Johnson in ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-28T19:11:48Z)

Heat wave lifts, cooler temperatures on the way

The triple digit heat wave that hit Southern California earlier this week has finally eased, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures on Wednesday were expected to be warm but not crest above the low 90s, according to Stuart Seto, a weather ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-29T17:30:24Z)

NYC's Newtown Creek added to US Superfund list

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's Newtown Creek is among seven hazardous waste sites placed on the national Superfund list. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made the announcement Monday. The Superfund program investigates and cleans up the most ... (Source: Syracuse Post-Standard 2010-09-27T17:39:56Z)

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Privacy advocates criticize government's online eavesdropping proposal

Privacy advocates on Monday sharply criticized a U.S. government plan to make it easier for police and spy agencies to eavesdrop on Internet communications. National security and U.S. law enforcement officials are preparing to submit a bill to Congress ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-09-28T15:29:54Z)

U.S. wants spy power updated for Internet

WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is "going dark" as people increasingly communicate ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-09-27T15:23:56Z)

Los Angeles records hottest temperature ever

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The National Weather Service says downtown Los Angeles has recorded an all-time record high of 113 degrees as a heat wave bakes California. Weather forecaster Stuart Seto says the record high was reached about 15 minutes after noon ... (Source: USA Today 2010-09-27T21:14:41Z)

Body of missing Nevada teen found in canyon

BOULDER CITY, Nev. - A National Park Service official says the body of a Nevada teenager has been found near where he was reported missing along the Colorado River over the weekend. Lake Mead National Recreation Area spokesman Andrew Munoz tells The ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-09-29T06:31:50Z)

Polson GOP lawmaker wants Legislature to strike down law declaring homosexual acts illegal

HELENA - A Republican lawmaker says it is time to remove from the books an obsolete Montana law declaring homosexual acts illegal. State Sen. John Brueggeman says he is requesting a draft of a bill to strike down the law. The bill would be considered by ... (Source: Missoulian 2010-09-21T02:09:19Z)

Steamboat temperature hits record high Tuesday

Blog about this Blog about this page on your steamboatpilot.com blog. Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs saw a record high temperature late Tuesday afternoon, when National Weather Service observer Art Judson recorded a temperature of 84 degrees ... (Source: Steamboat Pilot & Today 2010-09-29T17:37:34Z)

NRA endorses Republican Johnson in Wisconsin's US Senate race, says he'll defend 2nd ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Ron Johnson in Wisconsin 's U.S. Senate race, saying it can trust him to defend the Second Amendment. The NRA's Political Victory Fund said Tuesday that Johnson will fight ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-09-29T03:54:22Z)

National Park Service searches for missing teen near Hoover Dam

LAS VEGAS – The National Park Service is searching for 16-year-old Shane McNeil of Henderson, who went missing Saturday night. Officials believed the teen was hiking somewhere in the area between Gold Strike Canyon and White Rock Canyon in Lake Mead ... (Source: KTNV 2010-09-27T04:03:53Z)

Newtown Creek is a Superfund site

More than a century's worth of sludge and gunk is set to be evicted from the murky bottom of Newtown Creek, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to place the waterway on the Superfund National Priorities List. Security image ... (Source: Queens Courier 2010-09-28T10:14:56Z)

Search Continues for L.A. Real Estate Broker

The search for veteran commercial real estate broker Ed Rosenthal, who was reported missing after his car was found at the Black Rock campground in Joshua Tree National Park, was expected to continue Tuesday night. Jason Megowan, a dispatcher with the ... (Source: Los Angeles Business Journal 2010-09-29T00:19:37Z)

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Obama Administration Said To Be Planning Internet Wiretap

The Obama Administration is framing a legislation that will allow law enforcement agencies to spy on social networking and VoIP platforms. According to The New York Times , federal and national law enforcement agencies are developing ways to wiretap social ... (Source: Itproportal 2010-09-29T09:23:38Z)

Montana Army National Guard deploys

BELGRADE - Before the sun rose Monday, dozens of families huddled together in an airport terminal outside Bozeman, exchanging last-minute embraces as they bid farewell to the service men of the 1-163 Combined Armed Battalion of the Montana Army National ... (Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle 2010-09-21T15:23:53Z)

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA: Body of missing Henderson teen found in canyon

The body of a 16-year-old Henderson hiker who went missing Saturday in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area was found at the bottom of a deep ravine Tuesday morning. National Park Service spokesman Andrew Munoz said the body of Shane McNeil was found by ... (Source: Las Vegas Review Journal 2010-09-29T09:02:10Z)

California broils in fall heat wave

California's fall heat wave has sent temperatures surging into triple digits again. Normally moderate downtown Los Angeles reached 107 degrees well before noon on Monday. Even beach cities are sweltering in temperatures over 100 degrees. The National ... (Source: Riverside Press Enterprise 2010-09-27T18:58:40Z)

Crews still searching for missing L.A. real estate broker in Joshua Tree National Park

Search crews Tuesday were still looking for a Los Angeles real estate broker who went missing in Joshua Tree National Park last week. Ed Rosenthal, 64, was last seen Friday near Big Rock camp after he told people that was going hiking. About 50 rescuers on ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-29T02:35:37Z)

Southland heat will continue, weather service says

Hot, dry weather in the Southland will continue to raise red-flag warnings for elevated fire danger through Monday evening, the National Weather Service reported. Scorching temperatures will continue through Tuesday before patchy morning coastal fog and ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-27T05:44:06Z)

L.A. real estate broker missing in Joshua Tree National Park

Authorities Monday afternoon were searching for prominent Los Angeles real estate broker Ed Rosenthal, who was reported missing in Joshua Tree National Park. Rosenthal, 64, helped broker last week's transaction involving the sale of historic Clifton's ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-09-27T23:59:19Z)

NRA Endorses Ron Johnson for U.S. Senate

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Ron Johnson in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race, saying it can trust him to defend the Second Amendment. The NRA's Political Victory Fund said Tuesday that Johnson will fight ongoing ... (Source: WSAW 2010-09-28T20:52:01Z)

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Report: New Obama regs would make Internet wiretaps easier

W ASHINGTON — Broad new regulations being drafted by the Obama administration would make it easier for law enforcement and national security officials to eavesdrop on Internet and e-mail communications like social networking websites and BlackBerrys, The ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-09-28T03:05:26Z)

U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet

WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is "going dark" as people increasingly ... (Source: New York Times 2010-09-28T00:27:57Z)

Cleanup for slimy creek

Newtown Creek, the 3½-mile estuary between Queens and Brooklyn, is among seven hazardous waste sites put on the national Superfund list by the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday. Long seen as an eyesore, the creek is the site of a decades-old oil ... (Source: New York Post 2010-09-28T06:18:43Z)

Internet Wiretapping Proposal Met With Silence

An Obama administration plan to make wire tapping the Internet easier for law enforcement and national security agencies was met with silence by online companies Monday. Next year, the Obama administration intends to ask Congress for new regulations that ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-09-28T16:48:38Z)

Trial on 'payday' loan initiative to begin Thursday in Polson

HELENA - A trial will begin Thursday in Polson on the "payday" lending industry's attempt to remove from the Nov. 2 ballot a measure imposing new limits on the industry, claiming Initiative 164 supporters used deceptive and illegal practices to get I-164 ... (Source: Missoulian 2010-09-26T23:53:21Z)

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