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Liberty Global Denies Report of Talks Over Intel’s TV Project

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European cable operator Liberty Global (LBTYA) denied a report that its in talks to buy Intels (INTC) online television venture.

Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that negations between the chip maker and Liberty Global are in an early stage and could still fall apart.

The London-based company, led by media mogul John Malone, would use Intels service outside the U.S. Liberty Global owns U.K. cable provider Virgin Media, as well as systems in Germany, Belgium and other European countries.

Liberty Global denied it has expressed interest in Intels video service, saying the report is without foundation. Intel declined to comment.

Intel has been shopping the pay-TV service amid a struggle to obtain programming. Several recent reports pegged Verizon Communications (VZ) as another company interested in taking on the project, called OnCue.

The subscription service would stream live and on-demand programming over the Internet. OnCue was expected to launch later this year, competing with streaming video services from Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Google (GOOG).

But agreeing to content deals has become an obstacle. Despite talking to several big media companies, Intel has yet to announce any moves to add programming to the service.

Shares of Liberty Global were down 2% at $77.83 Tuesday afternoon. Intel rallied nearly 1% to $24.39.

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MarkWest Energy Partners To Start Open Season For Previously Announced Liberty Ethane Pipeline

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) and MarkWest Liberty Ethane Pipeline, L.L.C. (MarkWest Liberty), collectively MarkWest, will hold a binding open season for the previously announced Liberty Ethane Pipeline. The open season will commence at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time on November 8, 2013 and will end at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on December 9, 2013. This pipeline is part of MarkWests comprehensive ethane solution in the Northeast, which will include purity ethane transportation infrastructure and de-ethanization facilities located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.

Subject to the outcome of the binding open season and all of the necessary regulatory authorizations, the Liberty Ethane Pipeline will transport purity ethane from Majorsville, Pennsylvania, to Houston, Pennsylvania. From there, shippers will have direct access to multiple, major ethane takeaway projects including Mariner West, Mariner East, and ATEX. The Liberty Ethane Pipeline is expected to become operational in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The binding open season will allow interested parties to make volume commitments and execute long-term transportation contracts with MarkWest Liberty for transportation on the Liberty Ethane Pipeline. Shippers electing to make long-term volume commitments to MarkWest Liberty will be eligible to receive priority transportation service at a premium transportation rate for their committed volumes.

The Liberty Ethane Pipeline will provide transportation of purity ethane to ethane markets in North America and internationally. MarkWest is the first midstream operator in the Northeast to offer its producer customers the ability to recover and produce purity ethane and provide access to all announced large-scale ethane pipeline projects. Ethane produced in the Northeast has the potential to become a key driver for the future expansion of the global petrochemical industry.

Parties interested in participating in the open season and shipping on the Liberty Ethane Pipeline should contact Joshua Hallenbeck, VP of Finance and Treasurer at (866) 858-0482 or investorrelations@markwest.com. Information on the Liberty Ethane Pipeline and the binding open season can also be found on MarkWests website at: http://www.markwest.com/operations/ferc-pipelines/liberty-ethane-pipeline.

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. is a master limited partnership engaged in the gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas; the gathering, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. MarkWest has a leading presence in many unconventional gas plays including the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Huron/Berea Shale, Haynesville Shale, Woodford Shale and Granite Wash formation.

This press release includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary significantly from those expressed or implied in such statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Although MarkWest believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, MarkWest can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that affect operations, financial performance, and other factors as discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among the factors that could cause results to differ materially are those risks discussed in the periodic reports filed with the SEC, including MarkWests Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. You are urged to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures made in those filings, specifically those under the heading Risk Factors. MarkWest does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.

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Liberty Women's Soccer Win Big South Title

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CONWAY, S.C. No. 2 Liberty forward Geena Swentik scored a pair of goals, while Brittany Aanderud and Alanna Dunkle each dished out a pair of assists to lead the Lady Flames to the 5-0 win over No. 1 Radford in the Championship match of the 2013 Big South Women's Soccer Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting Sunday at the CCU Soccer Field on the campus of Coastal Carolina University. The win secured Liberty's first Big South Women's Soccer Championship since 2005 and is the Lady Flames' fourth championship overall.

With the win, Liberty receives the Big South's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.

Liberty took the 1-0 lead in the 14th minute. Aanderud took the ball and dribbled to the top of the 18 and fired low shot into the left-center of the goal.

The Lady Flames scored again five minutes later to extend their lead to 2-0. Dunkle served up a looping cross deep in the box on the left hand side of the goal. Swentik followed the ball across the mouth of the goal and one-timed the ball into the goal on the right side.

Liberty tacked on another score in the 54th minute to push its lead to 3-0. Aanderud got the play going with a pass up the right side. Dunkle sent a cross through the box and found the foot of Swentik who placed the ball into the right side of the goal.

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Presbyterian falters at Liberty, 35-14

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LYNCHBURG, Va. Liberty scored 14 unanswered in the second half to break open a one-touchdown game and take the 35-14 win over the Presbyterian College football team tonight at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Va.

Heys McMath completed 20-of-28 pass for 153 yards with one interception and one touchdown. The ground game was controlled by LaQua Mayes who took five carries for 29 yards. Arthur Williams caught four passes for a team-leading 49 yards. Jeremiah McKie led the team in all-purpose yardage with 82.

PC drops to 3-6 overall and 1-2 in the Big South while Liberty improves to 6-4, 3-1. PC travels down the road to Conway Nov. 16, to take on Coastal Carolina in a 3 p.m. contest.

The Blue Hose converted 15 first downs, to Libertys 23 and had the ball for 26:44, compared to 33:16 for the Flames. PC racked up 244 yards of offense, 153 of them coming from the air. Liberty came away with 378 yards of offense with 241 coming above.

Ed Britt led the team in tackles with a career-high 11. Two of them for a loss, followed by Cory White with his 10, just one shy of his career-best.

Liberty took its opening drive 65 yards in seven plays for the games first score. Josh Woodrum, who went 13-of-17 on the night, threw a 20-yard pass to Darrin Peterson to cap the drive and give the Flames the early 7-0 lead with 11:25 left on the clock

The Flames forced PC to punt away on its opening drive but Liberty fumbled the return, giving the Blue Hose the ball at the LU 41-yard line. After driving to the Liberty 10-yard line in seven plays, PC fumbled the ball, giving the Flames the ball back.

Liberty capitalized, driving the field in 18 plays to score its second touchdown of the game. After reaching the one-yard line, Desmond Rice took the ball the short distance, giving the Flames the 14-0 lead with 11:11 to go in the second.

PC fought back on its next possession, scoring in an eight-play, 65 yard drive. Highlighting the series was a 15-yard rush by McMath and Rouse, as well as an 11-yard carry by Rouse. The drive was capped by a nine-yard completion by Joey Gilkey, his third of the season.

The Blue Hose defense held Liberty just outside the red zone on their next possession, forcing a field goal attempt, which sailed wide to give PC the ball at its own 28-yard line. The Blue Hose reached the 44-yard line before an interception by McMath ended the drive. Jacob Hagen picked off the pass and ran it back 44 yards to the PC 32-yard line.

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Liberty Gains Ground in Big South Race

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LYNCHBURG, Va. The Flames scored four of their five touchdowns on the ground and rushed for 231 yards en route to a 35-14 victory over Presbyterian College, Saturday afternoon, at Williams Stadium.

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The victory, Liberty's third in a row, ups the Flames' overall record to 6-4 and 3-1 in Big South play. The loss, PC's second-consecutive setback, drops the Blue Hose to 3-6 on the season and 1-2 in league play.

The win also keeps the Flames in the hunt for their sixth Big South title in the last seven years. Earlier in the day, No. 18/16 Charleston Southern upended No. 5/3 Coastal Carolina, 31-26, at home, placing the Buccaneers in first place in the Big South at 3-0.

Liberty travels to Charleston, S.C., to face the Buccaneers (10-1) the last week of the regular season on Nov. 23.

The Flames scored on their opening drive of the game thanks to a pair of deep passes downfield by Josh Woodrum.

Following 20-yard completion to tight end Brandon Apon over the middle of the field, Woodrum found Darrin Peterson open in the far corner of the end zone. The wide receiver's team-leading sixth touchdown reception of the year, which went for 20 yards, gave Liberty the early 7-0 lead with 11:25 left in the first quarter.

The rest of the quarter saw the two teams turnover the ball over, each one time. Following PC's first drive, the Blue Hose punted to Kevin Fogg. The senior managed to return the kick six yards before Cannon Jordan forced the ball loose and Kenyon Brown jumped on the football.

The Blue Hose managed to drive into the Flames' red zone where they handed the ball off to Blake Roberts. The redshirt freshman got to the outside, but Jacob Hagen was able to jar the ball free from the running back's hands and Scott Hyland recovered the miscue.

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