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This edition was generated on Fri Aug 21 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:

An election worker count votes at a polling center in a mosque in Kabul, AP
Karzai, Abdullah teams claim wins in Afghan vote AP – 1 hr 22 mins ago

KABUL – President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves Friday as the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, one day after millions of Afghans braved dozens of militant attacks to cast ballots. Full Story »

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, a car turned in as a clunker sits in a
Cash for Clunkers to end on Monday AP – 1 hr 30 mins ago
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting on healthcare at Gallatin Field in Belgrade
Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama AP – 2 hrs 56 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates setting a new World Record as he wins the Men's AP

Rest day for Bolt after another record performance

AP – Fri Aug 21, 4:11 am ET

BERLIN – Give Usain Bolt a rest on his birthday. After two gold medals and two world records in six days, he surely deserves it. Full Story »

FILE -- In this March 29, 2008, file photo, Memphis coach John Calipari, right,

Memphis not giving up Final Four run without fight

AP – 29 mins ago
Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin hits a grand slam during the sixth inning of

Martin's slam boosts slumping Dodgers past Cubs

AP – Fri Aug 21, 4:19 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

FILE -- This Wednesday, March 15, 2006 file photo shows the antiviral drug AP

WHO: Save Tamiflu for the young, old and pregnant

AP – 50 mins ago

LONDON – Healthy people who catch swine flu do not need antivirals like Tamiflu, but the young, the old and the pregnant surely do, the World Health Organization declared Friday in new advice to doctors. Full Story »

A man looks at an electronic stock board as a woman walks past him in central

World stocks up on another Shanghai advance

AP – 57 mins ago
FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, a car turned in as a clunker sits in a

Cash for Clunkers to end on Monday

AP – 1 hr 30 mins ago
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  • Ailing Home Loans Continue To Swell, But Factories Revive

    Investor's Business Daily – Thu Aug 20, 7:15 pm ET  

    Americans fell behind on their mortgage payments at a record pace this spring while the number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but Thursday's reports also included fresh signs that the U.S. is pulling out of recession. Full Story »

  • Oil hits 2009 high above $74, eyes Fed speech

    Reuters – 44 mins ago  
    A worker stands near the oil refinery Camilo Cienfuegos in Cienfuegos... Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil touched a high for this year above $74 a barrel on Friday ahead of further pointers on the economic health of the United States and as the dollar flagged against a stronger euro. Full Story »

  • Summary Box: Foreclosures hit new record

    AP – Thu Aug 20, 5:49 pm ET  

    WHAT HAPPENED?: A quarterly report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association found that more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage have fallen behind on their payments or are in foreclosure. Full Story »

  • Real Estate Rallies Despite Bad News

    Investor's Business Daily – Thu Aug 20, 6:08 pm ET  

    The real estate sector shrugged off more negative news Thursday to lead the market higher. Nearly one in eight homeowners -- a record high -- were either late on payments or in the foreclosure process in second quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. Full Story »

  • Admissions Advice for Foreign B-School Applicants

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    There is no denying that international MBA applicants and students face tougher challenges than ever before if they want to study or work in the U.S. From visas to co-signer required loans, enrolling in a U.S. business school and sticking around after graduation seem more formidable than getting through the admissions process. But there is hope, says Graham Richmond, co-founder and CEO of the admissions consulting firm Clear Admit, who spent two weeks speaking with admissions directors at several top-10 U.S. business schools about the international application volume, visa, and loan ... Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 21, 2009
There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.
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Robertson Davies
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page.
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Bill Clinton (1946 - ), announcement of Next Generation Internet initiative, 1996
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Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
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Paul Eldridge
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
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Emo Phillips, Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations
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