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This edition was generated on Mon Apr 7 08:45:02 EDT 2008

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General News Update
Sports News Update
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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Officials extinguish Olympic torch twice
AP - 3 minutes ago

PARIS - The Olympic torch was extinguished and put on a bus for protection at least twice Monday as it moved through Paris amid heavy protests, including at least one attempt to rush a torch-bearer.

  • Zimbabweans read a copy of a South African national Sunday paper outside the High Court in the capital Harare April 7, 2008. Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the release of presidential election results, but delayed the case until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said. REUTERS/Howard Burditt (ZIMBABWE)
    Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai in South Africa AP - 34 minutes ago

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's top opposition leader on Monday called for international help in getting President Robert Mugabe to step down and held meetings in neighboring South Africa.

  • Building lumber is unloaded at a construction site in Manchester, N.H., Friday, April 4, 2008. Employers buffeted by talk of recession slashed 80,000 jobs in March, the most in five years and the third straight month of losses. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
    Job winners and losers in hard times AP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Hospitals, schools and the assembly line at an airplane factory look like pretty good places to be with a recession looming and unemployment rising. Construction workers, real estate agents and auto workers aren't expected to fare as well.

  • The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. US Internet company Yahoo has rejected software giant Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept a takeover offer, but left the door open to a higher bid.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
    Yahoo promises to 'amp' up ad platform AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. believes it's poised to revolutionize online advertising after years of being outmaneuvered by rival Google Inc.

  • Actor Charlton Heston is shown in this August 1993 photo. Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing 'Ben-Hur' and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts, FILE)
    Heston left cinematic, political mark AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston's death. President Bush hailed him as a "strong advocate for liberty," while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.

  • Kansas vs. Memphis in NCAA final tonight AP - 47 minutes ago

    SAN ANTONIO - Kansas plays Memphis tonight for the NCAA men's college basketball championship. It's once-beaten Memphis against a Kansas team that was able to open a 28-point lead on top-ranked North Carolina Saturday in easily winning its national semifinal. Both teams are athletic, like to push the ball up the court and run at every opportunity.

  • Police security run around the bus where the torch was placed after setting off from the Eiffel Tower in Paris April 7, 2008. (Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)
    Olympic torch extinguished on Paris run Reuters - 3 minutes ago

    PARIS (Reuters) - Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch on Monday on the Paris leg of its journey, disrupted by protesters against China's crackdown on Tibet.

  • Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain delivers remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, April 2, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
    McCain says Democrats can't keep promises on Iraq Reuters - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will accuse his Democratic rivals of making promises they cannot keep with regard to Iraq on Monday in a speech that kicks off a week in which the war returns to center stage of the presidential campaign.

  • Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr chant slogans as they march in Basra, south of Baghdad, April 4, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
    Iraq Sadr to disband militia if clerics give order Reuters - 8 minutes ago

    NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said on Monday.

  • Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) lawyer Alec Muchadehama leaves the High Court during a recess in the capital Harare April 6, 2008. Zimbabwe's opposition went to court on Sunday to try to force the release of presidential election results after President Robert Mugabe's party called for a delay and a recount. (Howard Burditt/Reuters)
    Zimbabwe court delays poll ruling again Reuters - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the release of presidential election results, but delayed the case until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton addresses a town hall meeting at Northstar-Neptune Aviation at Missoula International Airport in Missoula, Montana, April 6, 2008. (Anne Medley/Reuters)
    Clinton's top strategist quits Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 11:31 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's chief political strategist, Mark Penn, stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes.

  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin and United Russia party leader Boris Gryzlov in Moscow, December 17, 2007. The pro-Kremlin leader of Russia's biggest party said on Monday he wanted outgoing President Vladimir Putin to take over as party chief. (Pool/Reuters)
    Russia's biggest party to ask Putin to lead it Reuters - 42 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's biggest party will invite Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party's chief said on Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin's influence after he steps down from the presidency next month.

  • Guards are seen at the gate of a complex housing Americans and other Westerners in Sanaa, Yemen, April 6, 2008. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
    Al Qaeda says behind Yemen attack: Yemeni official Reuters - Mon Apr 7, 4:46 AM ET

    SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni security official said al Qaeda had claimed responsibility in a statement on Monday for an apparent mortar attack on a complex housing Americans and other Westerners in the Yemeni capital on Sunday.

  • Realtors Tony Arko and Danilo Bogdanovic (R) inspect a foreclosed house in Leesburg, Virginia, that was placed back on the market for more than $1 million, in this picture taken December 19, 2007. Just as the foreclosure crisis has hollowed out poorer neighborhoods, 'for sale' signs are sprouting in upscale developments so new they don't show up on GPS navigation screens. (Andy Sullivan/Reuters)
    Foreclosures come to McMansion country Reuters - Mon Apr 7, 4:17 AM ET

    LEESBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Million-dollar fixer-upper for sale: five bedrooms, four baths, three-car garage, cavernous living room. Big holes above fireplace where flat-screen TV used to hang.

  • French policemen stand behind a fence during a pro-Tibet protest near the Eiffel Tower. French police have pushed back pro-Tibet activists trying to reach the foot of the Eiffel Tower, as the Olympic flame began its high-security relay across Paris.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)
    Protestors disrupt Olympic flame relay in Paris AFP - 38 minutes ago

    PARIS (AFP) - The Beijing Olympic flame had to be confined to the safety of a bus Monday as hundreds of pro-Tibet activists disrupted its progress through Paris despite a heavy police escort.

  • A graphic showing final results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to the electoral commission. Zimbabwe was anxiously awaiting the outcome of an opposition legal bid to force the publication of poll results as Robert Mugabe stoked racial tensions ahead of a possible run-off.(AFP/Graphic)
    Tension high as Zimbabwe waits on legal bid AFP - Mon Apr 7, 4:41 AM ET

    HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe anxiously awaited Monday the outcome of an opposition legal bid to force the publication of poll results as Robert Mugabe stoked racial tensions ahead of a possible run-off.

  • US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks at a fundraising event in Los Angeles, California on April 3. Clinton's presidential campaign was in crisis mode after her top strategist was forced to quit amid a political firestorm sparked by disclosure of his lobbying ties to Colombia.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
    Clinton campaign in crisis mode after top strategist quits AFP - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton was in crisis mode Monday after her top strategist was forced to quit amid a political firestorm sparked by disclosure of his lobbying ties to Colombia.

  • An interior view of the economy class cabin on the Airbus A380 superjumbo airliner. The European Commission has introduced new rules to allow mobile phones to be used on planes via an onboard network.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
    EU unveils plans to allow mobile phone use on planes AFP - 16 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission introduced new rules on Monday to allow mobile phones to be used on planes via an onboard network.

  • An ophtalmologic clinic in El Alto. Climate change will increase the risk of people losing their sight through cataracts because of higher levels of ultraviolet rays, an expert said(AFP/File/Aizar Raldes)
    Climate change increases cataract blindness risk: experts AFP - Mon Apr 7, 1:50 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Climate change will increase the risk of people losing their sight through cataracts because of higher levels of ultraviolet rays, an expert said Monday.

  • Employees of Yahoo! China are seen through the window of its office in Beijing. US Internet company Yahoo has rejected software giant Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept its takeover offer.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)
    Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft takeover bid AFP - 46 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Internet company Yahoo on Monday rejected software giant Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept a takeover offer, but left the door open to a higher bid.

  • Deputy Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L), accompanied by Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura (R), at the bank headquarters in Tokyo last month. Japan's government has nominated Shirakawa as the next central bank chief, seeking to end a political deadlock over the key post, public broadcaster NHK and other media reported(AFP/JiJi Press/File)
    Japan nominates BoJ deputy as central bank chief: report AFP - Mon Apr 7, 5:04 AM ET

    TOKYO, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's government Monday nominated Bank of Japan deputy Masaaki Shirakawa as the next central bank chief, seeking to end a political deadlock over the key post, public broadcaster NHK and other media reported.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Foreclosures come to McMansion country Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 8:21 PM ET

    LEESBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Million-dollar fixer-upper for sale: five bedrooms, four baths, three-car garage, cavernous living room. Big holes above fireplace where flat-screen TV used to hang.

  • Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan seen in this file photo in Washington October 21, 2007. There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
    More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 6:15 AM ET

    MADRID (Reuters) - There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

  • US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) addresses a town hall meeting at Northstar-Neptune Aviation at Missoula International Airport in Missoula, Montana, April 6, 2008. (Anne Medley/Reuters)
    Hillary Clinton strategist quits amid Colombia trade flap Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 7:32 PM ET

    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A top campaign aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton, under fire for meeting with a Colombian diplomat to discuss a free trade deal that the presidential candidate opposes, quit his post on Sunday, the campaign said.

  • A sneaker store in China's southern city of Guangzhou February 17, 2008. A recent poll has found that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type that other people. (Joseph Chaney/Reuters)
    Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: poll Reuters - Tue Apr 1, 9:50 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type than other people.

  • Hollywood actor Charlton Heston waves to his fans after he received the 'Golden Medal of the City of Vienna,' from Vienna's Mayor Michael Haeupl in this April 29, 1995 file photo. Heston passed away at the age of 84, his family said on April 5, 2008. (Stringer/Files/Reuters)
    Oscar-winner Charlton Heston dies at 84 Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 5:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning U.S. actor Charlton Heston, whose chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo and became the face of American gun rights, died on Saturday night at age 84.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Tibet intrudes on IOC meeting in Beijing

AP - Mon Apr 7, 5:28 AM ET

BEIJING - Unrest in Tibet became a major topic among an Olympic officials meeting in Beijing on Monday, despite Beijing's calls against mixing politics with the upcoming Summer Games.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Novartis spending $38 billion for Alcon

AP - 53 minutes ago

GENEVA - Switzerland's Novartis AG said Monday it will spend about $38 billion in a two-step bid for a majority stake in U.S. eye-care company Alcon.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 7, 2008
Reality is something you rise above.
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Liza Minnelli (1946 - )
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
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Alvin Toffler
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
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Dave Barry (1947 - )
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), to Archibald Stuart, 1791

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