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This edition was generated on Wed Dec 8 08:45:01 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:

Nancy Pelosi AP Obama facing tough sell in own party on tax deal AP – 1 hr 5 mins ago

WASHINGTON – In a role reversal, President Barack Obama now has to lobby fellow Democrats to vote for a bill he considers crucial — legislation that would retain existing tax rates for the middle class and stretch the safety net for the jobless. Full Story »

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi
House Democrats' bill freezes most agency budgets AP – 44 mins ago
Chile prison fire kills at least 81 AP – 31 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Albert Haynesworth AP

Redskins suspend Haynesworth 4 games without pay

AP – 1 hr 59 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Simmering all year, the antagonism between Albert Haynesworth and Mike Shanahan finally reached the boiling point Tuesday when the two-time All-Pro defensive lineman was suspended by the Washington Redskins coach without pay for the rest of the season. Full Story »

SAMPRAS

Most of Pete Sampras' tennis trophies stolen

AP – 2 hrs 38 mins ago
Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter, Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner

Most every team is a player at winter meetings

AP – Wed Dec 8, 3:52 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

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

Futures flat as bond yields rise

Reuters – 18 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday, pressured by rising bond yields and a stronger dollar. Full Story »

Costco profit tops forecast on higher sales

Reuters – Wed Dec 8, 3:42 am ET

McDonald's November sales weaker than expected

Reuters – 33 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 8, 2010
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.
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David Letterman (1947 - )
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
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Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
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Jose Marti
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Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
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Thomas Sowell (1930 - ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993
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