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Deals of the Hour / October 15, 2010, 2:40 pm

Sports sunglasses used to ease Chile miners back into daylight

NEW YORK (AP) -- The sometimes tear-filled eyes of rescued miners in Chile are being shielded by a type of Oakley sunglasses designed to minimize heavy glare. The single-lens shield is a wraparound style. Using the darkest lens with a gray base and black ... (Source: Alliance Review 2010-10-14T03:36:34Z)

CME To Offer Rainfall Contracts

CME Group is launching rainfall futures, options on futures and binary options that will start trading from November 1. The monthly and seasonal contracts, which will be based on the CME Rainfall Index , will be available March through October in nine U.S ... (Source: Emii.com 2010-10-15T08:07:24Z)

Metro Changes Bus Passes

For the first time ever, Metro will offer weekly bus passes on SmarTrip cards. Bus riders will be able to load the Seven-Day Bus Pass directly onto their SmarTrip cards. The new program begins Sunday October 17. Bus passes on SmarTrip are valid for seven ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-12T17:14:59Z)

Overnight News Digest: "All you fascists bound to lose"

Here in OND, each editor strives to create a unique news presentation through format, story selection, and the addition of anything he or she thinks will be interesting or enlightening to the community. Reader participation is invited and encouraged, so ... (Source: DAILY KOS 2010-10-14T03:58:03Z)

35 miners have died in accidents in Chile this year

As of today, Oct. 15, 35 miners have died in accidents in Chile this year, reports the Chilean daily La Tercera (link in Spanish), two more than those rescued in the successful operation this week at the San Jose mine. The paper cites data from Chile's ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-15T21:00:30Z)

Liverpool Sale to Red Sox Owner Finalized

The battle for ownership of Liverpool F. C. ended Friday with the sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures, the owners of the Boston Red Sox , for about $480 million. The consummation of the deal came after the outgoing owners Tom Hicks and George ... (Source: New York Times 2010-10-15T20:31:52Z)

Donated glasses ease miners' day in the sun

NEW YORK - The sometimes tear-filled eyes of rescued miners in Chile are being shielded by a type of Oakley sunglasses designed to minimize heavy glare. The single-lens shield is a wraparound style. Using the darkest lens with a gray base and black iridium ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-14T07:18:29Z)

CME group will launch rainfall futures in US

CHICAGO (Commodity Online): CME Group announced today that it will begin listing and trading rainfall futures, options on futures and binary options beginning October 31 for trade date November 1. The monthly and seasonal contracts will be based on the CME ... (Source: Commodity Online 2010-10-15T10:01:56Z)

A Penny for Your Thoughts, A Dinner for Your Vote?

The South Dakota Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney have cautioned the state's major political parties that it's inappropriate to offer food for votes. A letter issued Thursday by Marty Jackley and Brenden Johnson says new concerns have been raised ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T01:48:01Z)

SD political parties warned against food for votes

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota attorney general and the U.S. attorney have cautioned the state's major political parties that it's inappropriate to offer food for votes. A letter issued Thursday by Marty Jackley and Brenden Johnson says new concerns ... (Source: KSFY.com 2010-10-14T21:30:19Z)

Soccer-Liverpool had better prepare for long legal battle

DETROIT, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Liverpool fans may be excited about the completion of the seemingly never-ending sale of their soccer team but they had better steel themselves for a legal battle that could distract the new owners for years. New England Sports ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T20:10:23Z)

Promised Metro SmarTrip Card Discount Won't Happen

Metro riders hoping for a price break on SmarTrip cards won't see a discount any time soon. The transit agency discussed a reduction as an incentive and a way to ease the burden on customers after its largest fare increase in history. The Metro Board's ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T16:42:48Z)

Durham art auction to raise funds for Fair Finance customers

Jennie Runevitch /Eyewitness News Cleveland - Artwork owned by embattled Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham goes up for bid this weekend in Cleveland. The sale could bring money to families who lost millions investing with Durham's failed company Fair ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T02:45:17Z)

Chilean-Houston connection proves key to miner rescue success

HOUSTON -- From psychologists at NASA, to a drilling contractor in Cypress and a maker of precision gyro measurement devices near the West Beltway, the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners owes a great deal to the high-tech expertise that can be found in ... (Source: KENS 5 2010-10-14T15:46:43Z)

Four miners trapped in a collapsed Ecuador mine, official says

Four miners were trapped 500 feet (150 meters) down a mine Friday, after a collapse in Portovelo, in Ecuador's southwest coastal province of El Oro, a civil defense source told AFP. "Four miners are trapped at the fifth level of the mine, roughly 150 ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-15T20:39:01Z)

Chilean Miner's Face New World

Once out of the hospital, the 33 Chilean miners now known as "los 33" are out of the government control that freed them from 68 days in the mine. Just 24 hours after their rescue, from around the world reporters, TV producers, publicity agents and ... (Source: Gather.com 2010-10-15T03:42:33Z)

Parties Warned: No Food For Votes

PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota attorney general and the U.S. attorney have cautioned the state's major political parties that it's inappropriate to offer food for votes. A letter issued Thursday by Marty Jackley and Brenden Johnson says new concerns ... (Source: Yankton Daily Press 2010-10-15T06:12:52Z)

Liverpool completes sale to New England Sports Ventures

L ONDON — Liverpool says the club has been sold to the owners of the Boston Red Sox [ team stats ] . The 300 million pound ($476 million) takeover by New England Sports Ventures was completed Friday after a bitter court fight with the club's previous ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-10-15T15:45:32Z)

With dramatic rescue, Chilean miners' private lives also tumble into the light

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — One is a great-grandfather four times over, another a 19-year-old dad. A third — the oldest — is 63, and has spent a half-century working the mines. A fourth had a wife and a mistress, too, waiting above ground. The men ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-14T00:01:49Z)

Art goes on the block

An online catalog for Cleveland Auction's Oct. 16 sale is at www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=ULTZ8RUWPM Jilted investors can only hope 110 pieces of colorful, flashy art owned by embattled Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham will ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-10-04T23:58:11Z)

CME Group To Launch Rainfall Contracts In Nine U.S. Cities - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - CME Group Inc. (CME: News ) announced that it will begin listing and trading rainfall futures, options on futures and binary options beginning October 31 for trade date November 1. The monthly and seasonal contracts will be based on the CME ... (Source: RTT News 2010-10-14T15:03:46Z)

Miners don sporty glasses

NEW YORK – The sometimes tear-filled eyes of rescued miners in Chile are being shielded by a type of Oakley sunglasses designed to minimize heavy glare. The single-lens shield is a wraparound style. Using the darkest lens with a gray base and black ... (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2010-10-14T06:57:00Z)

Chile miners rescue grips metro Phoenix, world

Thirty-three men emerged from a small hole in the ground near a small town in Chile, and as they did, they managed to raise the spirits of people around the world. In hotel lobbies and lunchtime bars and barbershops across the Valley, televisions usually ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-14T09:55:57Z)

The Chilean-Houston connection key to miner rescue success

HOUSTON -- From psychologists at NASA, to a drilling contractor in Cypress and a maker of precision gyro measurement devices near the West Beltway, the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners owes a great deal to the high-tech expertise that can be found in ... (Source: KHOU 2010-10-12T23:55:51Z)

Haunted by the world, miners guard their 'miraculous' story of survival in Chile

The first rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes Friday, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard their story so they can fairly divide the spoils of their media stardom. That could explain why ... (Source: Miami Herald 2010-10-15T20:31:52Z)

Auction Saturday of Akron-based embattled businessman's contemporary art

CLEVELAND -- This weekend, it's your chance to start -- or maybe finish -- the bidding on some art. It's an art collection belonging to embattled Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham, accused of bilking $200 million from investors. From Picasso lithographs ... (Source: WKYC 2010-10-14T20:47:22Z)

With rescue, miners' private lives come to light

One is a great-grandfather four times over, another a 19-year-old dad. A third — the oldest — is 63, and has spent a half-century working the mines. A fourth had a wife and a mistress, too, waiting above ground. The men who survived 69 days trapped ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-13T22:57:24Z)

Showers of offers for Chile miners

COPIAPO, Chile — Chile's 33 newly rescued miners are being showered with gifts from iPods to European travel after gaining celebrity status following a more than two-month entrapment. While underground, they received Oakley sunglasses and Elvis music ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-15T00:43:35Z)

Metro may not deliver on promised discounts

WASHINGTON -- Flawed information and system weaknesses may prevent Metro board members from following through on a promised discount for riders. After the largest fare increase in Metro's history this summer, board members promised a reduction in SmarTrip ... (Source: WTOP Radio 2010-10-14T22:41:54Z)

Chilean miner bios: ex-soldier, Elvis fan, diabetic

In order, the men pulled from the San Jose mine in Chile, with some details on each: No. 1 — 12:04 a.m.: Florencio Avalos, 31, the second-in-command of the miners, was chosen to be first because he was in the best condition, and best able to deal with ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-10-14T00:37:37Z)

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