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This edition was generated on Sun Apr 20 08:45:02 EDT 2008

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Sports News Update
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Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Pope to bless ground zero in NYC, pray for peace
AP - 18 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Pope Benedict XVI has reached out in compassion to beleaguered clergy, victims of clergy sex abuse and members of other religious groups during his first U.S. trip.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigns at Wilson Senior High School in West Lawn, Pa., Saturday, April 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Clinton, Obama press for advantage ahead of pivotal primary AP - 22 minutes ago

    WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and will say whatever people want to hear, a sharp jab at her character in the final chapter of the pivotal Pennsylvania primary campaign.

  • A model stands next to a Toyota FT-HS at the Auto China 2008 auto show in Beijing Sunday, April 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
    Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    BEIJING - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere.

  • This image provided by the Gloucester (Mass.) Police Dept. shows Lucille Gatchell, Friday, April 18, 2008 in Gloucester, Mass. Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday. The actress and her husband, Jesse James of TV's 'Monster Garage,' were being driven in a sport-utility vehicle Friday night when a station wagon crossed the center line and hit them. The other car was driven by Lucille Gatchell, who registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent. (AP Photo/Gloucester Police Dept.)
    Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car AP - 20 minutes ago

    GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday.

  • American winner Danica Patrick of Andretti Green Racing, right, poses with her trophy on the podium as second place finisher Brazil's Helio Castroneves of Team Penske shows his smaller one on the podium after the Indy Japan 300 auto racing at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, northeast of Tokyo Sunday, April 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
    Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history by winning Japan 300 AP - 24 minutes ago

    MOTEGI, Japan - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

  • San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, left, of Argentina, shoots the game-winning shot over Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell, right, during the second overtime in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff basketball series in San Antonio, Saturday, April 19, 2009. San Antonio won 117-115. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    Duncan carries Spurs to Game 1 win over Suns in double-OT AP - 19 minutes ago

    SAN ANTONIO - Midway through the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide. This time, would the shot fall? It did. And much later the Spurs' big man hit an even bigger one. Duncan's first 3 of the season with just ticks left sent his team into double overtime against the revenge-minded Phoenix Suns.

  • Iraqi soldiers talk to each other in Hayaniya district, a former stronghold of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, which government forces said they captured, in Basra, 550 km (342 miles) south of Baghdad April 20, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
    Rice in Iraq after Sadr's "open war" threat Reuters - 42 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an "open war" on security forces.

  • Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York April 19, 2008. (Gary Hershorn - /Reuters)
    U.S. Church needs purification, pope says Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 6:35 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, marking the third anniversary of his election, urged the U.S. Catholic Church on Saturday to overcome its divisions and seek "purification" and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd at a rally in West Chester, Pennsylvania April 19, 2008. (John Randolph/Reuters)
    Obama, Clinton trade barbs over negative tactics Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 10:15 PM ET

    CALIFORNIA/HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton accused each other on Saturday of waging negative campaigns as they sped across Pennsylvania before next week's potentially make-or-break primary election.

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini speaks to journalists during a news conference in Tehran February 12, 2007. Iran said on Sunday U.S. and British accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work. (Raheb Homavandi./Reuters)
    Iran dismisses Bush, Brown nuclear charges Reuters - Sun Apr 20, 4:36 AM ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday U.S. and British accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work.

  • An Afghan man looks at a U.S. army vehicle some 50 km (31 miles) west of Kandahar October 7, 2007. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
    U.S. commanders urge wider Pakistan attacks: report Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 8:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recently urged expanding the war effort, possibly including U.S. attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside Pakistan's tribal areas, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.

  • Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy Reuters - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Global food price rises are leading to "silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought "horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an Austrian newspaper on Sunday.

  • A Zimbabwean election agent carries ballot boxes watched by a diplomatic observer (R) in the rural district of Domboshawa outside the capital Harare April 19, 2008. Zimbabwe began a partial recount of votes from the March 29 elections on Saturday, despite opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears political stalemate could erupt into violence. (Howard Burditt/Reuters)
    Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises Reuters - 6 minutes ago

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.

  • A protester is carried away by policemen during a demonstration against Carrefour supermarket and French goods on a street in Kunming, Yunnan province April 20, 2008. Dogged by anti-Chinese protests from Paris to New Delhi, the Olympic torch relay has triggered an outpouring of nationalism in China, which state media has sought to channel into 'rational' expressions. Carrefour has been hit by boycott calls following anti-Chinese protests on the Paris leg of the torch relay. (Wong Campion/Reuters)
    China seeks to contain patriotic outbursts Reuters - 28 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Sunday to contain an outpouring of nationalism triggered by protests along the route of the Olympic torch relay, with state media urging people to channel their patriotism into "rational" expressions.

  • File picture from 2006 shows Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaking during a press conference. A top US general has warned that the military would strike back after Sadr threatened to launch a new uprising by his militia.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)
    US military threatens to hit back if Sadr launches war AFP - 28 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A top US general on Sunday warned that the military would strike back after hardline Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch a new uprising by his militia.

  • Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Tendai Biti gives a press conference on April 13. Biti has said that ten people have been killed in violence following a March 29 general election in Zimbabwe.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)
    10 people killed in Zimbabwe election violence: opposition AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Ten people have been killed in violence in the wake of the March 29 general election in Zimbabwe, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said on Sunday.

  • Chinese police cars are seen parked on the roof of the Carrefour supermarket in the coastal city of Qingdao which will play host to the Olympic sailing events later this year. Fresh protests have broken out across China with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics.(AFP/Mark Ralston)
    Tibet, Olympics spark Chinese anti-Western protests AFP - 49 minutes ago

    BEIJING (AFP) - Fresh protests broke out across China Sunday with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics.

  • A man walks along a street in Asuncion next to a poster of Paraguayan presidential candidate for the ruling Colorado party Blanca Ovelar on April 19. Thousands of Paraguayans have begun voting in a landmark presidential election in which a woman is competing for the first time but polls indicate the favorite is a suspended Catholic bishop.(AFP/Miguel Rojo)
    Ex-bishop, woman battling for Paraguay presidency AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    ASUNCION (AFP) - Thousands of Paraguayans began voting Sunday in a landmark presidential election in which a woman is competing for the first time but polls indicate the favorite is a suspended Catholic bishop.

  • A campaigner protests over biofuel legislation in London on April 15. Hailed as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food from the mouths of the poor(AFP/Ben Stansall)
    Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar AFP - Sun Apr 20, 5:36 AM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor.

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (seen here earlier this year) has said that the Bank of England will unveil a plan to take over high street banks' mortgage commitments in return for government bonds.(AFP/POOL/File/Andrew Stuart)
    Central bank to unveil help for British banks: finance minister AFP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England will unveil on Monday a plan to take over high street banks' mortgage commitments in return for government bonds, Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling said.

  • Petrol pumps at a petrol station in New Delhi. OPEC president Chakib Khelil has said that the oil-producer cartel should not increase output now because the market was well-balanced.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)
    No need for OPEC to raise output now: president AFP - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago

    KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - OPEC president Chakib Khelil said on Sunday that the oil-producer cartel should not increase output now because the market was well-balanced.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Wine bottles are displayed at the Vinitaly wine expo in Verona April 4, 2008. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
    Record $500,000 paid for 27 bottles of red wine Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 7:24 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - While the global credit crunch has forced many consumers to rein in spending, one Beijing-based billionaire has splashed out a record $500,000 on 27 bottles of red wine, London-based Antique Wine Company said on Saturday.

  • The last commander of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, Marek Edelman, seen here in a wheelchair in front of the Umschlagplatz monument in Warsaw during a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, honoured the memory of his comrades who died fighting Nazi Germany in the doomed Jewish stand against the Holocaust.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)
    Last commander marks 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising AFP - Sat Apr 19, 4:17 PM ET

    WARSAW (AFP) - The last commander of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, Marek Edelman, on Saturday honoured the memory of his comrades who died fighting Nazi Germany in the doomed Jewish stand against the Holocaust.

  • U.S. President George W. Bush gestures during an address to America's Small Business Summit in Washington April 18, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
    Was Bush lucky for U.S. soldier on TV game show? Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 6:55 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Did President George W. Bush bring luck to a soldier who was a contestant on the television game show "Deal or no Deal?" Stay tuned.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history by winning Japan 300

AP - 24 minutes ago

MOTEGI, Japan - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world

AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

BEIJING - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 20, 2008
There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.
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Clint Eastwood (1930 - )
A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.
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Jerome Blattner
Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
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Bill Watterson (1958 - ), "Calvin and Hobbes"
Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
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John Lennon (1940 - 1980)

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