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This edition was generated on Wed Aug 11 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:

Michael Bennet AP
Primary winners highlight political inexperience AP – 11 mins ago

WASHINGTON – All hail inexperience — the less familiarity with politics the better, no matter the party or state. Full Story »

Ted Stevens
Survivors of Alaska plane crash spent cold night AP – 1 hr 12 mins ago
Rescue workers search for victims as a disinfectant crew spays the area after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of nort
Death toll in China landslides rises to 1,117 AP – 8 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Scott Rolen, Jonny Gomes, Yadier Molina, AP

Cardinals brawl with Reds, beat 'em 8-4

AP – Tue Aug 10, 10:36 pm ET

CINCINNATI – Yadier Molina jawed with Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in the first inning Tuesday night, sparking a benches-clearing fight, and the Cardinals followed their catcher's lead to an 8-4 victory that moved St. Louis back into first place in the NL Central. Full Story »

Phil Mickelson hits a drive on the seventh hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Whistling

Like most majors these days, PGA is anyone's title

AP – Wed Aug 11, 2:38 am ET
Phil Mickelson looks over the 16th green during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Whistling Straits

Prognosis good after Mickelson reveals arthritis

AP – Tue Aug 10, 9:27 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

The final numbers of the day's trading is shown on a board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York Reuters

Stock futures slump on Fed's gloomier outlook

Reuters – 15 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures dropped sharply on Wednesday as weaker manufacturing data in China and a gloomier economic outlook from the Federal Reserve led to mounting concerns about the health of the global economy. Full Story »

A worker tends yarn-spinning equipment

Trade gap widens sharply in June

Reuters – 8 mins ago

Setback for BlackBerry in India

Reuters – 20 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 11, 2010
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
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Russell Green
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.
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H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946), 1903
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
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Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
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