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This edition was generated on Thu Aug 5 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:

Same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wedn AP
Appeal of ruling could delay gay weddings in CA AP – 1 hr 48 mins ago

SAN FRANCISCO – A judge struck down California's same-sex marriage ban as an unconstitutional violation of gay couples' civil rights, but a pending appeal of the landmark ruling could prevent gay weddings from resuming in the state any time soon. Full Story »

Harry Cheramie
BP to pump cement into blown-out Gulf oil well AP – 1 hr 54 mins ago
Elena Kagan
Senate to confirm Kagan as court's 4th-ever woman AP – 1 hr 39 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Chuck Greenberg AP

Nolan Ryan group wins auction for Rangers

AP – 1 hr 37 mins ago

FORT WORTH, Texas – Some of Nolan Ryan's best moments occurred in a Texas Rangers uniform: turning the struggling franchise around after he was brought in as a free agent in 1988, his 5,000th strikeout and his 300th victory. Full Story »

Brett Favre

Agent, coach: Favre will play if ankle is healthy

AP – Thu Aug 5, 3:31 am ET
Alex Rodriguez , Derek Jeter

Alex Rodriguez hits homer No. 600 in Yankees win

AP – Thu Aug 5, 3:59 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York Reuters

Futures slide as jobless claims rise

Reuters – 6 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures extended losses on Thursday after data showed an unexpected rise in weekly applications for first-time unemployment insurance. Full Story »

People wait in line to enter the CUNY Big Apple job fair in New York

Jobless claims rise unexpectedly last week

Reuters – 4 mins ago
Shoppers at Costco in Fairfax, Virginia

Costco July same-store sales up 6 percent

Reuters – Thu Aug 5, 3:57 am ET

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 5, 2010
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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G. M. Trevelyan (1876 - 1962), English Social History (1942)
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I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.
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Herbert Rappaport
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
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Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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