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This edition was generated on Mon Aug 2 08:45:01 EDT 2010

Table of Contents

General News Update
Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather

General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Crises at home sap Obama's outreach abroad AFP/File
Obama: US commitment in Iraq is shifting AP – 25 mins ago

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will set a course Monday for the nation's changing mission in Iraq as the military prepares to end its combat operations there. Full Story »

A woman carries her child as she wades through floodwater next to her collapsed house in Kamp Koroona village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Monday, Aug.
Risk of disease rises amid deadly Pakistan floods AP – 2 hrs 12 mins ago
Capt. Rusty Graybill, a shrimp, crab and oyster fisherman poses on his boat in Yscloskey, La., Friday, July 30, 2010. About 70 percent of Louisiana wa
La. fishermen wrinkle their noses at 'smell tests' AP – 2 hrs 12 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Stuart Appleby AP

Magic number: Appleby's 59 wins Greenbrier Classic

AP – 21 mins ago

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Stuart Appleby understands the scrutiny that might come with shooting a 59 on a par-70 course. Full Story »

James Shields

Rays' Shields shuts down A-Rod and Yankees

AP – Sun Aug 1, 5:20 pm ET
Darrelle Revis

Jets CB Darrelle Revis holding out from camp

AP – Sun Aug 1, 9:11 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as federal interest rates are announced in New York Reuters

Stock futures rise on earnings season optimism

Reuters – 1 hr 9 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures were sharply higher on Monday, building on last month's solid gains, as investors focused on encouraging corporate results. Full Story »

To match Special Report GEELY-VOLVO/

China's Geely completes Volvo buy

Reuters – 1 hr 3 mins ago

Loews and CNA earnings up on investment gains

Reuters – 22 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 2, 2010
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.
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Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
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George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech on May 17, 2002
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
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