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Deals of the Hour / October 7, 2010, 3:42 pm

Man who took 3 people hostage at Virginia post office sentenced to 40 years in federal prison

ROANOKE, Va. - A man who took three people hostage at a Virginia post office has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Warren Aubra Taylor of Bristol, Tenn., was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. The 54-year-old Taylor pleaded ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-07T19:22:36Z)

Real Estate Firms Plan Notes Offerings

Sylmar-based construction company Tutor Perini Corporation announced that it intends to offer up to $300 million of Senior Notes. The notes, also referred to as senior loans, constitute debt that takes priority over other unsecured obligations of the ... (Source: Sfvbj.com 2010-10-06T22:08:26Z)

Tucson man gets 3 life sentences in tribal slaying

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man has been sentenced to three life sentences in prison for a violent killing in the Gila River Indian Community. Thirty-four-year-old Eugene Joseph Escalanti got his sentenced Monday in federal court after he was found ... (Source: YourWestValley.com 2010-10-07T09:21:19Z)

Few find work at Cohen's job fair

CHERRY VALLEY – Martina Love had two words to describe the job fair hosted Tuesday by Scott Lee Cohen, the independent candidate for Illinois governor: false advertisement. Out of work for a year, the 23-year-old said she's looking for a "real job ... (Source: Daily Chronicle 2010-10-06T10:26:55Z)

Few find work at Illinois candidate's job fair

Martina Love had two words to describe the job fair hosted Tuesday by Scott Lee Cohen, the independent candidate for Illinois governor: false advertisement. Out of work for a year, the 23-year-old said she's looking for a "real job" at a factory or ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-05T23:35:31Z)

CB Richard Ellis to offer $350 million in notes to repay debt

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. says it will launch a $350 million notes offering in a private placement. The company said the notes will be issued by its subsidiary, CB Richard Ellis Services Inc., and guaranteed by the company. The notes ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-05T22:38:15Z)

Governor Honors Man For Rescuing Kidnapped Fresno Girl

FRESNO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday honored the Good Samaritan who authorities say chased down a kidnapper and helped free an 8-year-old Fresno girl. Schwarzenegger called Fresno resident Victor Perez a hero and made a pitch for local ... (Source: BayInsider 2010-10-07T21:52:56Z)

'It Was A Big, Big Surprise,' New Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Tells NPR

As we reported earlier , the Swedish Academy has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature to Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, currently a visiting lecturer in creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, in recognition ... (Source: NPR News 2010-10-07T21:31:27Z)

Senior Notes from CB Richard Ellis

CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (NYSE: CBG - News ), the world's largest commercial real estate services firm (on the basis of 2009 revenues), has recently announced an offer to sell 6.63% senior notes due 2020 worth $350 million. BofA Merrill Lynch, the ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-10-06T20:13:54Z)

Wells Fargo in Mortgage-Relief Pact

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to offer hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage relief to borrowers in eight states as part of a pact over allegedly deceptive marketing of payment-option adjustable-rate mortgage loans offered by companies it acquired. The ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-06T19:45:16Z)

Woman wanted in 1984 NJ abduction arrested in NV

A 32-year-old Nevada woman apparently unaware she was the victim of a parental abduction in New Jersey in 1984 has unwittingly prompted the arrest of her mother suspected in the case.57-year-old Nancy Dunsavage Fiedler wasa taken into custody at her home ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-06T23:12:51Z)

Dystiny Myers' grandmother remembers the murdered teen

A Santa Maria teenager who was murdered nearly two weeks ago was remembered today by her grandmother. About 150 people attended a memorial service to honor 15-year-old Dystiny Myers. It was held on Wednesday morning at Pacific Christian Center in Santa ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-06T23:41:29Z)

Tucson man gets 3 life sentences in Ariz. tribal slaying

A Tucson man has been sentenced to three life sentences in prison for a violent killing in the Gila River Indian Community. Thirty-four-year-old Eugene Joseph Escalanti got his sentenced Monday in federal court after he was found guilty by a jury of first ... (Source: Arizona Daily Star 2010-10-06T23:27:10Z)

Murder Victim Remembered By Friends And Family

A memorial service was held Wednesday morning in Santa Maria for 15-year-old Dystiny Myers. Myers' burned body was found nearly two weeks ago near Santa Margarita, and five people are in custody in connection to her death. Friends and family gathered to ... (Source: KEYT 2010-10-06T20:06:44Z)

Wells Fargo In Pact To Provide $772M In Mortgage Relief

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) agreed to offer hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage relief to borrowers in eight states as part of a pact over allegedly deceptive marketing of payment-option adjustable rate mortgage loans offered by companies it acquired ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-06T19:02:19Z)

Feds found cadmium risk in 'Shrek' glasses if typical 6-year-old touched one 8 times a day

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators leaned on McDonald's to quickly recall 12 million " Shrek "-themed drinking glasses this spring because they concluded that a typical 6-year-old could be exposed to hazardous levels of the metal cadmium by touching ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-10-06T20:49:41Z)

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, 1st South American since 1982

STOCKHOLM - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-07T19:15:27Z)

Resident's quick action ends Fresno girl's kidnapping

FRESNO — An 8-year-old girl who was abducted by a stranger while playing outside a Fresno home escaped from her captor early Tuesday after a driver recognized the suspect's vehicle and cut it off, police said. The child was found in Fresno about 11 hours ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-06T08:46:42Z)

Tucson man gets 3 life sentences in tribal murder

TUCSON - A Tucson man has been sentenced to three life sentences in prison for a violent killing in the Gila River Indian Community. Thirty-four-year-old Eugene Joseph Escalanti got his sentenced Monday in federal court after he was found guilty by a jury ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-10-06T23:12:51Z)

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Wytheville post office hostage-taker sentenced

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Tennessee man who took three people hostage at a Virginia post office has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Warren Aubra Taylor of Bristol, Tenn., was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. The 54-year-old ... (Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 2010-10-07T20:48:30Z)

ND man faces charges for allegedly castrating dog without the owner's permission

KENSAL, N.D. - A Kensal man faces charges for allegedly castrating a woman's dog. Television station WDAY reported 55-year-old Kevin Gienger was arrested on suspicion of stolen property and mistreating animals in last weekend's incident. He's since been ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-07T21:17:08Z)

Memorial services today in honor of murdered Santa Maria teen

Memorial services get underway Wednesday morning, in honor of the Santa Maria teenager who deputies say was murdered last week. The body of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers was found burned on the side of Parkhill Road in Santa Margarita last Sunday morning. San ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-07T08:02:34Z)

Driver cuts off kidnapper's truck in Fresno, abducted California girl flees to safety

FRESNO, Calif. — An 8-year-old girl who was abducted by a stranger while playing outside a Fresno home escaped from her captor Tuesday morning after a driver recognized the suspect's vehicle and cut it off, police said. The child was found in Fresno ... (Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 2010-10-06T22:58:32Z)

Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel prize-winner punched Gabriel Garcia Marquez to make a political point

The writer Mario Vargas Llosa , a leading figure of the so-called "Boom" in Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s and an outsize political figure in his native Peru, has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here is Vargas Llosa's official ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-07T18:53:58Z)

Public is kept in the dark on gas line crisis plans

WASHINGTON — The emergency plans for companies operating natural gas pipelines such as the one that exploded in San Bruno, Calif., killing eight people and destroying a neighborhood, are effectively off-limits to the public and industry watchdogs because ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-07T11:51:38Z)

Wells Fargo to offer mortgage relief to Florida borrowers

More than 4,000 Florida homeowners will be eligible for loan modifications and mortgage-balance forgiveness totaling nearly $388 million under an agreement Wells Fargo Bank reached with eight states, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said Wednesday ... (Source: TradingMarkets.com 2010-10-07T15:55:01Z)

Job seekers express disappointment, hope at job fair hosted by candidate for Ill. governor

CHERRY VALLEY, ILL. — Martina Love had two words to describe the job fair hosted Tuesday by Scott Lee Cohen, the independent candidate for Illinois governor: "false advertisement." Out of work for a year, the 23-year-old said she's looking for a "real ... (Source: Washington Examiner 2010-10-06T12:35:46Z)

Nevada Mom Arrested In '84 Abduction

RENO, Nev. -- A 32-year-old Nevada woman apparently unaware she was the victim of a parental abduction in New Jersey in 1984 has unwittingly prompted the arrest of her mother suspected in the case. Nancy Dunsavage Fiedler, 57, was taken into custody at her ... (Source: KCRA.com 2010-10-06T23:34:20Z)

Mom arrested for abducting daughter 25 years ago

A 32-year-old Nevada woman who was unaware that her mother abducted her as a child from New Jersey inadvertently alerted authorities when she tried to change her name to get married, police said Wednesday. Nancy Dunsavage Fiedler, 57, was arrested Tuesday ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-07T00:02:58Z)

Post office hostage-taker sentenced to 40 years

A man who took three people hostage at a Virginia post office has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Warren Aubra Taylor of Bristol, Tenn., was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. The 54-year-old Taylor pleaded guilty in May to ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-07T19:22:36Z)

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