Top Stories'Cold as ice' Conn. beer deliveryman kills 8, selfHouston Chronicle - - 13 minutes ago By STEPHEN SINGER AP Writer © 2010 The Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. - A driver caught stealing beer from the warehouse where he worked agreed to resign his job Tuesday and then as "cold as ice," one of his victims said, went on a shooting rampage ... At Company, a Culture of Family and Charity New York Times Underwhelming BlackBerry spells doom for RIMmsnbc.com - - 12 minutes ago People test the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smart phone after it was introduced at a news conference in New York on Tuesday. By Wilson Rothman On Tuesday, Research In Motion needed a miracle. BlackBerry Maker Resists Governments' Pressure New York Times RIM: Why AT&T again? CNET BP Begins Static Kill on Gulf Oil WellVoice of America - - 56 minutes ago Photo: AP BP oil company has begun pumping heavy mud into a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to seal it off permanently. 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