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Deals of the Hour / October 5, 2010, 3:44 am

Newell man to serve eight years for raping girl

BELLE FOURCHE (AP) – A Newell man has been sentenced to prison time for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. David Glasgow was sentenced last week in 4th Circuit Court to 12 years each for fourth-degree rape and sexual contact with a child younger than ... (Source: Argus Leader 2010-10-04T00:13:41Z)

Commonwealth Games organizers consider giving away free tickets to children to fill venues

NEW DELHI - Organizers of the Commonwealth Games are considering giving away free tickets to children in an effort to fill venues at the crisis-hit event. Local organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi says "steps are being taken in that direction ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-05T07:14:50Z)

Man headed to prison for raping 13-year-old

A Newell man has been sentenced to prison time for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. David Glasgow was sentenced this past week in Fourth Circuit Court to 12 years each for fourth-degree rape and sexual contact with a child under age 16. Four years of ... (Source: Aberdeen News 2010-10-04T22:03:39Z)

British team wins eventing medal at World Equestrian Games

LEXINGTON - They whooped. They waved American flags. They stomped the floor like basketball fans at a Kentucky-Tennessee game. They gasped and moaned. So much for decorum and all that. Fans occasionally turned the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games into a ... (Source: Cincinnati.com 2010-10-04T12:38:09Z)

Q+A-Japan PM twin woes complicate deals with opposition

TOKYO Oct 5 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces two big headaches of strained ties with China and how to handle scandal-tainted party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, as the Japanese leader struggles with a weak economy and a huge public debt. Missteps ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-05T06:24:44Z)

Newell man gets 12 years in prison for raping 13-year-old

A Newell man has been sentenced to prison time for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. David Glasgow was sentenced this past week in Fourth Circuit Court to 12 years each for fourth-degree rape and sexual contact with a child under age 16. Four years of ... (Source: Rapid City Journal 2010-10-04T14:32:40Z)

MAP Pharmaceuticals closes $50 million common stock offering

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it closed its offering for $50 million in common stock. On Sept. 29, the company offered 3 million shares at $14.50 apiece, marking a 4.5 percent discount at the time. It expected the offer ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-04T17:03:00Z)

U.S. sues American Express, reaches proposed deal with Visa, Mastercard

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Monday sued the three largest U.S. credit card companies for anticompetitive practices and reached a proposed settlement with two of them, MasterCard and Visa. "We want to put more money in consumers' pockets, and by ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-04T18:43:13Z)

India Secures New Delhi for Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- India deployed thousands of security personnel in New Delhi for today's opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as the country hosts its biggest sporting event in almost three decades. Police in the city canceled all leave and ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-02T22:27:30Z)

India Secures Delhi for Commonwealth Games Ceremony

(Updates with ticket sales in second paragraph.) Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- India deployed thousands of security personnel in New Delhi for today's opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as the country hosts its biggest sporting event in almost three ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-03T10:01:51Z)

Eventing leaderboard gets a major shake-up at World Equestrian Games

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games' eventing competition will shift from slow and sophisticated to fast and furious today. Michael Jung of Germany and his horse La Biosthetique-Sam FBW are in first place after the dressage phase, and ... (Source: Courier-Journal 2010-10-02T05:45:20Z)

Cross country day filled with spills at World Equestrian Games

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The announced crowd of 50,818 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games saw a show full of adventure, avoidance and attrition Saturday. Seventy-nine horse-and-rider combinations answered the call for the cross-country phase of the World ... (Source: Courier-Journal 2010-10-03T06:55:44Z)

Werner Enterprises Named One of Inbound Logistics' Top 100 Motor Freight Carriers

For the third year in a row, Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN), a premier transportation and logistics provider, has been named as one of Inbound Logistics' Top 100 Motor Freight Carriers. Inbound Logistics' editors chose Werner Enterprises from over ... (Source: PR Inside 2010-10-04T20:52:04Z)

PSSA scores show no progress

Wissahickon High School did not achieve adequate yearly progress for the fourth consecutive year based on recently released results of the 2010 PSSA exams. While the high school did not reach AYP, the district's six other schools did so, and the district ... (Source: Reporter 2010-10-04T10:29:18Z)

MAP offering $43.5 million in stock

MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it is offering $43.5 million in common stock. The company is offering 3 million shares at $14.50 apiece, marking a 4.5 percent discount to Tuesday's closing price of $15.19. Shares fell 29 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $ ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-29T17:37:34Z)

Chinese, Japanese leaders meet in Europe amid spat

The Chinese and Japanese prime ministers held an impromptu meeting in a hallway at a conference in Europe, in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter territorial dispute erupted a month ago, both governments confirmed Tuesday ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-05T09:02:12Z)

Next Xbox 'could be a handheld'

Next-gen successors to Microsoft and Sony's powerhouse consoles would benefit from no longer being tethered to the living room TV, the vice president of Epic Games has said. "Imagine a future Xbox 360 that is actually a tablet you carry around," said ... (Source: MCV 2010-10-04T10:29:18Z)

China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan: trader

China has ended a de facto ban on exports to Japan of rare earth minerals, a Japanese trading firm source said on Wednesday, easing concerns about fallout from a bitter feud between Asia's two biggest economies. Tokyo and Beijing have been bickering over ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-29T02:28:28Z)

NHL Network To Air 78 Games This Season

NY, NY, United States (AHN) - NHL Network U.S. will televise 78 live games this season, all in HD, with live game action from every NHL Club spread over multiple days a week throughout the regular season. Three"flex" games in addition to the 75 listed ... (Source: All Headline News 2010-10-04T23:29:33Z)

Epic Games VP Sees a Mobile Future for Consoles

Connect system to your TV wirelessly, then bring the console with you for on the road fun. Mark Rein's description of the future of console gaming sounds an awful lot like an iPad. The Epic Games vice president says successors to the Xbox 360 and ... (Source: Gamespy.com 2010-10-04T18:43:13Z)

MEASURING SUCCESS: Some educators say No Child Left Behind is a double-edged sword

When Wayne McAllister was starting his career in education, many kids would fill in the dots on standardized tests with a level of concentration typically reserved for Saturday morning cartoons. "Before No Child Left Behind, test results were used as an ... (Source: Delaware County Daily Times 2010-09-27T09:18:51Z)

NASD middle schools achieve AYP designation (video)

WEST NORRITON — For the first time this year, the three middle schools in the Norristown Area School District achieved adequate yearly progress (AYP) in PSSA tests administered last spring. At the same time, students at the Norristown Area High School ... (Source: Montgomery Media 2010-10-04T12:16:40Z)

VimpelCom Signs $6.5 Billion Deal With Egypt's Sawiris

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian mobile operator VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP) agreed to combine with the highly indebted telecom assets of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris in a $6.5 billion stock-and-cash deal, transforming two regional emerging-markets companies ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-05T03:47:15Z)

Justice Department sues Visa, Mastercard

The U.S Attorney General is accusing them of holding consumers hostage. That is why the Justice Department sued Visa, Mastercard and American Express. It says the companies are eliminating competition by not allowing merchants to offer discounts on other ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-05T02:14:11Z)

Could The Next Consoles Be Mobile?

Mark Rein has made a bold prediction that the next generation of game consoles could resemble something more like a tablet than a clunky device plugged into your television. Citing the huge strides made recently in the sophistication of mobile gaming techn ... (Source: TheSixthAxis 2010-10-05T05:56:06Z)

Justice Dept. sues Amex, reaches deal with Visa and Mastercard over credit card 'swipe fees'

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it had filed an antitrust suit against American Express for preventing retailers from offering customers discounts for using rival credit cards with lower processing fees. Federal officials added that they had ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-10-05T06:39:03Z)

Sawiris says OT deal to respect shareholder rights

CAIRO Oct 5 (Reuters) - Minority shareholders in Orascom Telecom ( ORTE.CA ) will have their rights respected when the company is split as part of an acquisition deal with Russia's Vimpelcom ( VIP.N ), OT Executive Chairman Naguib Sawiris said. Earlier on ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-05T08:55:03Z)

MAP closes $50 million stock offering

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it closed its offering for $50 million in common stock. On Sept. 29, the company offered 3 million shares at $14.50 apiece, marking a 4.5 percent discount at the time. It expected the ... (Source: Product Design & Development 2010-10-04T18:21:44Z)

Egypt and Russia telecom companies agree to merger

Russia's VimpelCom Ltd and Weather Investments, the investment company headed by Egyptian telecom mogul Naguib Sawiris, said Monday they are merging to form what would become the world's fifth largest mobile telecommunication service provider in a deal ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-05T07:36:18Z)

Golf Deal Part of Growing Chinese Links to Japan Inc.

TOKYO—When Japanese golf-club maker Honma Golf Co. was searching for a partner, it immediately knocked on the doors of investors in the world's fastest-growing golf market: China. The Chinese took notice. Though struggling financially, Honma is known in ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-05T06:46:12Z)

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