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This edition was generated on Wed Dec 1 08:45:02 EST 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:

Data brightens outlook for US economy AFP/File
2 million lose jobless benefits as holidays arrive AP – 2 hrs 23 mins ago

Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans begin to run out Wednesday, cutting off a steady stream of income and guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay. Full Story »

U.S. President Obama speaks to the press in Washington
Lawmakers stand firm on taxes as talks start AP – 10 mins ago
Julian Assange
Lawyer: Assange is being persecuted in Sweden AP – 5 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

David Beckham AP

Putin opts out of helping Russia's World Cup bid

AP – 8 mins ago

ZURICH – With Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pulling out of helping Russia's 2018 World Cup bid, the frantic last day of politicking was left to other leaders, princes and soccer greats to work their charm on the 22 FIFA voters. Full Story »

Tiger Woods addresses the media during a news conference at the the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks,

Tiger Woods gets last chance for a win this year

AP – Tue Nov 30, 10:32 pm ET
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Steelers' Harrison fined $25K for Fitzpatrick hit

AP – Tue Nov 30, 6:04 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Reuters

Futures tick higher after ADP data

Reuters – 20 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday after data from payrolls processor ADP showed private sector jobs rose more than expected in November. Full Story »

ECB talk lifts battered euro as crisis worries spread

Reuters – 43 mins ago
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is pictured at the financial stability oversight council meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington

Time for Fed to show who crisis loans benefited

Reuters – Wed Dec 1, 1:17 am ET

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 1, 2010
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
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Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
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Only the mediocre are always at their best.
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Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
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Japanese Proverb
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Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
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Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004), Dear Me (1977)
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