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This edition was generated on Thu Dec 9 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:

Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi AP
Unhappy Democrats say tax bill likely to pass AP – 2 hrs 17 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Slowly, painfully and reluctantly, congressional Democrats are slogging their way toward acceptance of President Barack Obama's tax cut compromise, which would let rich and poor Americans keep Bush-era tax cuts that were scheduled to expire this month. Full Story »

Defaced photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and his youngest son Kim Jong Un are displayed by conservative activists during a rally deno
Senior Chinese official meets North Korea's Kim AP – 50 mins ago
John Prados, Thomas Blanton, Malcolm Byrne
US, Canada are close allies. That's classified? AP – 2 hrs 17 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

AP source: Crawford gets $142M deal with Red Sox

AP – Thu Dec 9, 1:24 am ET

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Outfielder Carl Crawford has reached a preliminary agreement with the Boston Red Sox on a $142 million, seven-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Full Story »

Florida head football coach Urban Meyer announces his resignation during a news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Joh

Florida football coach Meyer resigns

AP – Wed Dec 8, 9:26 pm ET

Belmont faces criticism for gay coach's departure

AP – Wed Dec 8, 9:54 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

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

Futures add gains after jobless claims data

Reuters – 3 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures added gains on Thursday after the government reported the number of U.S. workers filing for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week. Full Story »

Jobless claims revive hopes of recovery

Reuters – 11 mins ago

Mastercard set to buy part of Travelex: sources

Reuters – 2 hrs 7 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 9, 2010
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
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Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978), (Charlie McCarthy)
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I could prove God statistically.
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George Gallup (1901 - 1984)
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
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Dave Barry (1947 - )
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
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Dick Cavett (1936 - )
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