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This edition was generated on Sat Aug 22 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:

Flags fly above the sign for Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba Reuters
AP sources: Report reveals CIA methods AP – 1 hr 14 mins ago

WASHINGTON – As the Justice Department considers whether to investigate alleged harsh interrogation practices sanctioned by the Bush administration, sources say a soon-to-be-released report by the CIA's inspector general reveals that agency interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects. Full Story »

In this image made from television Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, right, who was found
Britain under pressure amid Lockerbie release AP – 1 hr 13 mins ago
Ballot boxes are piled up to be counted at the counting center in Kandahar
Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters AP – 37 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles AP

Ricketts family to buy Cubs for $845 million

AP – Sat Aug 22, 4:29 am ET

CHICAGO – A billionaire brokerage family will attempt what a newspaper publisher and a chewing-gum dynasty failed to do: Break baseball's longest World Series drought. Full Story »

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre (4) is hit as he throws by Kansas City

Favre shaky but Vikings beat Chiefs in his debut

AP – 56 mins ago
New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui, right, is congratulated by Jerry Hairston Jr.

Yanks move 7 1/2 up on Red Sox after 20-11 victory

AP – Sat Aug 22, 4:17 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Large Texas bank shut down by federal regulators

AP – Sat Aug 22, 5:19 am ET

WASHINGTON – Guaranty Bank became the second-largest U.S. bank to fail this year after the Texas lender was shut down by regulators and most of its operations sold at a loss of billions of dollars for the U.S. government to a major Spanish bank. Full Story »

Report: Honda to sell electric cars in US

AP – Sat Aug 22, 5:21 am ET
In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, damage seen at the

Report: Russian hydro plant called unsafe in 1998

AP – Sat Aug 22, 5:07 am ET

  • IBD's Top 10 - Friday

    Investor's Business Daily – Fri Aug 21, 7:31 pm ET  

    1 The major averages rallied in sharply higher volume to their best levels of the year. The S&P 500 and NYSE composite rose 1.9%; the Dow climbed 1.7% and the Nasdaq 1.6%. Strong home sales and an upbeat Fed chief fueled stocks. Top rated Aeropostale and Salesforce.com soared on strong results and outlooks. The 10-year T-yield jumped 14 ticks to 3.57%. Full Story »

  • Aircraft sent to Australian oil rig leak

    AFP – Sat Aug 22, 1:58 am ET  
    This Australian Maritime Safety Authority photo received on August... AFP/HO

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Aircraft carrying tonnes of chemicals were Saturday sent to spray a massive oil and gas leak which forced the evacuation of an oil rig off Australia's northwest coast, officials said. 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 »

  • Homebuilders jump on home sales, Bernanke comments

    AP – Fri Aug 21, 3:16 pm ET  

    NEW YORK - Shares of homebuilders climbed Friday after the National Association of Realtors said homes sales surged in July, while Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recovery. Full Story »

  • Experts on Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, and Taxes

    BusinessWeek – Fri Aug 21, 8:08 am ET  

    While a key labor-market gauge disappointed the market on Aug. 20, broader measures of the economy provided some measure of cheer. The Labor Dept's report on weekly initial jobless claims showed a larger-than-expected rise. But the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators for July and the Philadelphia Fed's index of manufacturing conditions for August provided a more positive read on the big picture. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 22, 2009
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Steven Weinberg (1933 - ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999
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There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
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Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
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