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This edition was generated on Sun Aug 9 08:45:01 EDT 2009

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:

Nine feared dead after New York mid-air collision AFP/Getty Images
Investigators search for clues in NYC air crash AP – 10 mins ago

HOBOKEN, N.J. – Police boats on Sunday circled the wreckage of a submerged tourist helicopter as investigators resumed their search for debris and missing bodies from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, raining wreckage down on the New Jersey waterfront and into the Hudson River. Full Story »

French language teaching assistant Clotilde Reiss sits next to Iranian policewoman in a court room in Tehran
Iran's police chief acknowledges prisoner abuse AP – 55 mins ago
Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area AP – 8 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz responds to questions during a news conference as AP

Ortiz says supplements may have landed him on list

AP – 1 hr 31 mins ago

NEW YORK – David Ortiz said he never knowingly used steroids and that over-the-counter supplements and vitamins likely caused him to land on a list of alleged drug users circulated by the federal government. Full Story »

Padraig Harrington, from Ireland, hits from the sand to the 16th green during

Harrington leads Tiger by 3 at Firestone

AP – 1 hr 51 mins ago
Former Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins player Bruce Smith stands with his

Distinct Bills flavor at Hall of Fame ceremony

AP – 1 hr 51 mins ago

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

FILE -- In this July 29, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama listens to a AP

Consumer protections lost in health care debate

AP – 1 hr 35 mins ago

WASHINGTON – It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone — even the insurance lobby — seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness. Full Story »

Bruce Josten, chief lobbyist of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is seen on Capitol

Chamber of Commerce opposed to Obama's plans

AP – Sun Aug 9, 2:36 am ET
A New York City Police helicopter hovers low over the Hudson River as it drops a

DOT report warned about lax safety oversight

AP – 1 hr 36 mins ago

  • Obama says US economy saved from 'catastrophe'

    AFP – Fri Aug 7, 6:20 pm ET
    US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy in the Rose Garden... AFP

    WASHINGTON, Aug 7, 2009 (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Friday seized on a surprise drop in job losses to proclaim his policies had staved off economic catastrophe, seeking new momentum after days of draining political attacks. Full Story »

  • Correction: GMAC earnings story

    AP – Fri Aug 7, 7:09 pm ET

    DETROIT - In an Aug. 4 story about GMAC Inc., The Associated Press reported erroneously the percentage change and figures for the company's second-quarter revenue. GMAC's net revenue fell 22 percent to $1.03 billion from $1.32 billion, not 28 percent to $1.27 billion from $1.76 billion. Full Story »

  • BMW, Daimler see July deliveries decline

    AP – Fri Aug 7, 4:49 pm ET

    FRANKFURT - Germany's Daimler AG and BMW AG said Friday that their worldwide car sales fell by more than 10 percent in July as the global economic downturn curbed demand for luxury autos. Full Story »

  • Freddie Mac reports first profit in two years

    Reuters – Fri Aug 7, 6:37 pm ET
    The headquarters of mortgage lender Freddie Mac is seen in Mclean,... Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the second largest provider of U.S. home mortgage funding, on Friday posted its first quarterly profit in two years as gains from hedges and a one-time accounting change offset still-lofty credit losses. Full Story »

  • CarMax renews, lowers warehouse facility

    AP – Fri Aug 7, 3:32 pm ET

    RICHMOND, Va. - Automotive retailer CarMax Inc. said Friday that it has renewed its borrowing facility and lowered the limit for its financing arm by $200 million. Full Story »

  • Go-to guy on foreclosure cleanouts sees it all

    AP – Sat Aug 8, 1:24 pm ET
    In this photo taken May 19, 2009, Nick Hazel empties debris from... AP

    GROVELAND, Fla. - 393 Ed Douglas Road was a hot potato now, not a home — just another ghost property in the resale pipeline with curtainless windows, a yard populated by fire ants and weeds, and the telltale flier taped to the front door: "U.S. Government Property." Full Story »

  • Oil prices drop as dollar rise nips rally

    AFP – Fri Aug 7, 4:19 pm ET
    Pumps draw petroleum from oil wells in California. Oil prices... AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices declined Friday as a stronger dollar muted the impact of better-than-expected jobs data in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation. Full Story »

  • Freddie Mac swings to profit, after steep losses

    AFP – Fri Aug 7, 5:04 pm ET
    The exterior view of Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia. US mortgage... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac announced Friday it swung to a profit of 768 million dollars in the second quarter, after a 9.9 billion dollar loss in the previous quarter. Full Story »

  • Panel: Senators' VIP loans broke no ethics rules

    AP – Fri Aug 7, 8:28 pm ET
    FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Senate Banking Committee... AP

    WASHINGTON - The Senate ethics panel cleared Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad Friday of breaking rules by getting mortgages through a VIP program, but it scolded them for not being more careful to avoid the appearance of sweetheart deals. Full Story »

  • The Health Insurers Have Already Won

    BusinessWeek – Fri Aug 7, 8:08 am ET

    As the health reform fight shifts this month from a vacationing Washington to congressional districts and local airwaves around the country, much more of the battle than most people realize is already over. The likely victors are insurance giants such as UnitedHealth Group , Aetna , and WellPoint . The carriers have succeeded in redefining the terms of the reform debate to such a degree that no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous bill Congress may send to President Obama this fall, the insurance industry will emerge more profitable. ... Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 9, 2009
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
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Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
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John Cage (1912 - 1992)
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