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Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Bomb blasts in Algerian capital; 45 dead
AP - 16 minutes ago

ALGIERS, Algeria - Two car bombs, one of which targeted the U.N. refugee agency's offices, killed at least 45 people including 10 U.N. staff members Tuesday, authorities said.

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Speaking gorilla

They have an intricate language for danger, love and more.

PRI/YAHOO! NEWS INTERACTIVE

Nowhere to go

Some now homeless, Palestinians in Lebanon are stuck in limbo.

People

Daredevil funeral

Mourners gather in Montana for Evel Knievel's funeral.

ELECTION '08

The 'O Factor'

Oprah Winfrey's star power is already boosting Barack Obama's draw.

  • Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, with leaders of the parties that proposed his candidacy for presidential elections a day earlier. Medvedev, as first deputy prime minister, has been prominently shown on state-controlled television addressing an array of social services concerns. That image as a socially engaged politician would be likely to appeal to voters who feel left behind even as Russia's economy soars on oil revenues.  (AP photo/Mikhail Metzel, pool)
    Medvedev: Putin should be prime minister AP - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

    MOSCOW - Dmitry Medvedev, the hand-picked candidate to succeed President Vladimir Putin, called Tuesday for Putin become prime minister after the March 2 election.

  • As many as twenty bullet holes riddle the entryway of the New Life church in Colorado Springs, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, where a day earlier a gunman entered the building. Two are dead in addition to the gunman and another three are injured in the second shooting to hit a Colorado religious organization in a day. The gunman in the Colorado Springs shooting was killed by a church security guard.  (AP Photo/Kevin Moloney, POOL)
    Colo. gunman's posting hinted of attacks AP - 6 minutes ago

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Authorities believe the man who killed four people at a church and missionary training center posted an anti-Christian diatribe online that closely repeated a rant by one of the Columbine killers, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

  • Ask.com to unveil new privacy control AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being deposited in data banks.

  • Led Zeppelin lets the 'Good Times' roll AP - 34 minutes ago

    LONDON - After that performance, Led Zeppelin really must go on tour.

  • New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, center, is stopped for no gain on fourth down by Atlanta Falcons' Montavious Stanley, bottom, during the first quarter of a football game in the Georgia Dome, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/John Amis)
    Saints rough up emotional Falcons 34-14 AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    ATLANTA - With Reggie Bush watching from the sideline, Drew Brees passed for 328 yards and three touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints bounced back from a devastating loss with a 34-14 rout of Atlanta on Monday night.

  • Rescue workers carry the body of a bomb blast victim near the Constitutional Court building in Algiers December 11, 2007. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
    Twin car bombs kill 47 in Algiers Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    ALGIERS (Reuters) - At least forty-seven people were killed when two car bombs exploded in upscale districts of Algiers on Tuesday, a security source said, in the bloodiest attack since the 1990s on the capital of the OPEC member state.

  • Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a public broadcast in Moscow December 11, 2007. (RIA-Novosti/Kremlin/Reuters)
    Russia's Medvedev backs Putin to become PM Reuters - 10 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said on Tuesday he wanted Putin to become prime minister under him, mapping out a route for the outgoing leader to retain influence.

  • (Front L-R) World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swan pose with other delegates after opening the High Level Event On Climate Change Finance Ministers conference in Jimbaran, Bali island, December 11, 2007. (Supri/Reuters)
    Row over emissions goal sours Bali talks Reuters - Tue Dec 11, 12:56 AM ET

    NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The European Union took a veiled swipe at the United States at climate talks in Bali on Tuesday over Washington's efforts to remove tough 2020 emissions guidelines for rich nations from draft text.

  • Ukraine's prime minister candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks in parliament in Kiev December 11, 2007. Tymoshenko, a leading force in Ukraine's 2004 'Orange Revolution' that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power, failed to win parliamentary backing to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
    Tymoshenko fails in bid for Ukraine premiership Reuters - 29 minutes ago

    KIEV (Reuters) - Yulia Tymoshenko, leading force in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution," failed to win backing from parliament to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the ex-Soviet state into new political uncertainty.

  • Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Tehran University October 8, 2007. (Stringe/Reuters)
    Group says Iran resumed nuclear arms program: report Reuters - 23 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran did shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003 but restarted it a year later, dispersing the equipment to thwart international inspectors, an overseas Iranian opposition group told the Wall Street Journal.

  • Iraq's National Security Advisor Mowaffaq al-Rubaie speaks at news conference in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone September 12, 2007. (Hadi Mizban/Pool/Reuters)
    Iraq rejects permanent U.S. bases: adviser Reuters - 44 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government's national security adviser said.

  • Map showing New Delhi, India. A schoolboy shot and killed a classmate on Tuesday in a private school in a suburb of the Indian capital, police said. (Graphics/Reuters)
    Boy shoots classmate dead in Indian school Reuters - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A schoolboy shot and killed a classmate on Tuesday in a private school in a suburb of the Indian capital, police said.

  • China's Vice Premier Wu Yi (C) welcomes U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (R) during the 18th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing December 11, 2007. (Ng Han Guan/Pool/Reuters)
    China and U.S. spar over trade, product safety Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China agreed to stiffer food and drug export controls on Tuesday after a day of trade talks with the United States which were strained by tensions over how to handle consumer alarm about the "made-in-China" tag.

  • Algerian rescue workers and bomb experts search for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building near the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) offices in the Hydra district of Algiers. Two bomb attacks -- one on the UN refugee agency -- have rocked the Algerian capital, killing at least 52 people with foreigners among the casualties, hospital sources and officials said.(AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
    Twin bomb blasts kill 52 in Algiers AFP - 48 minutes ago

    ALGIERS (AFP) - Two bomb attacks -- one on the UN refugee agency -- rocked the Algerian capital on Tuesday, killing at least 52 people with foreigners among the casualties, hospital sources and officials said.

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) at the Kremlin in Moscow, 10 December 2007. Putin should become Russia's prime minister after leaving the Kremlin, Medvedev, the main contender to replace Putin in an election next March, has said.(AFP/Ria Novosti/Pool)
    Putin should be prime minister: Medvedev AFP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin should become Russia's prime minister after leaving the Kremlin, Dmitry Medvedev, the main contender to replace Putin in an election next March, said Tuesday.

  • Israeli soldiers take position at the border with Gaza Strip, October 2007. Three Palestinian militants were killed in the Gaza Strip as Israel launched its largest operation in months in the south of the Hamas-run territory, medics and witnesses said after another militant was killed by an air strike in the north.(AFP/File/Avi Roccah)
    Four militants killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

    GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three Palestinian militants were killed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Israel launched its largest operation in months in the south of the Hamas-run territory, medics and witnesses said after another militant was killed by an air strike in the north.

  • South Koreans wave 'unification' flags as the cargo train departs for North Korea at the Dorasan station in Paju, near the demilitarized zone dividing two Koreas, 11 December 2007. The first regular train service between South and North Korea for over 50 years crossed the heavily fortified border.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
    First regular train service crosses inter-Korean border AFP - Tue Dec 11, 1:37 AM ET

    DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AFP) - The first regular train service between the two Koreas for over 50 years crossed the heavily fortified border on Tuesday, in the latest reconciliation project between the historic enemies.

  • Kosovo Albanians rally for an immediate declaration of independence in Pristina. Russia will demand that the UN Security Council annul any unilateral declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo, Interfax has quoted Russia's chief Kosovo negotiator as saying.(AFP/File/Dimitar Dilkoff)
    Russia to demand UN annul any Kosovo independence: Interfax AFP - Tue Dec 11, 4:59 AM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia will demand that the UN Security Council annul any unilateral declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo, Interfax quoted Russia's chief Kosovo negotiator as saying Tuesday.

  • Former Hollinger International chairman Conrad Black arrives at federal court for sentencing in Chicago, Illinois. Black was found guilty on 3 counts of fraud and obstruction of justice in a trial stemming from charges he looted over 50 million USD from Hollinger.(AFP/Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis )
    Media mogul Black sentenced to 6.5 years AFP - Tue Dec 11, 3:45 AM ET

    CHICAGO (AFP) - Disgraced media baron Conrad Black was sentenced to six and half years in prison Monday for raiding the coffers of his once mighty newspaper empire and trying to cover up his crime.

  • Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Ben Bernanke addresses the Cato Institute's 25th Annual Monetary Conference 14 November, 2007 in Washington, DC. The US economy has sailed through a series of rough patches, but the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates Tuesday to guard against the effects of a brewing economic storm, analysts say(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Fed eyes rate cut, prepares for economic storm: analysts AFP - Tue Dec 11, 1:40 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy has sailed through a series of rough patches, but the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates Tuesday to guard against the effects of a brewing economic storm, analysts say.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • An artist's rendition shows the Tulip Island in the Netherlands in this undated handout satellite photo. The Netherlands, world leaders in land reclamation, are considering an island in the shape of a tulip to fight overcrowding and shield the coastline from the rising sea. (Innovation Platform/Handout/Reuters)
    Dutch debate building Tulip Island in North Sea Reuters - Sun Dec 9, 7:24 PM ET

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands wants to redraw the map of Europe -- literally.

  • Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pauses during a statement to the press at a hotel in Richmond, Virginia, August 27, 2007. Vick was sentenced on Monday to 23 months in prison for his role in an illegal dogfighting ring in which he had admitted he was involved in the killing of at least eight dogs. (Jason Reed/File/Reuters)
    Disgraced football star Vick sentenced to 23 months Reuters - Mon Dec 10, 3:48 PM ET

    RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Disgraced U.S. football star Michael Vick was sentenced on Monday to 23 months in prison for his role in an illegal dogfighting ring in which he had admitted he was involved in the killing of at least eight dogs.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama (R) addresses the crowd while talk show host Oprah Winfrey (C) and Obama's wife Michelle cheer at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire on December 9. Winfrey drew the biggest ever crowd to an Obama campaign rally as polls showed him gaining on Hillary Clinton in the battle for the Democratic White House nomination.(AFP/Getty Images/Darren McCollester)
    Obama and the 'Oprah Effect': can she sway voters? The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Dec 10, 3:00 AM ET

    DES MOINES, Iowa; and LOS ANGELES - Melanie White wasn't paying much attention to the presidential campaign. But when she heard Oprah Winfrey was coming to Des Moines to campaign for Barack Obama, politics suddenly mattered. She wanted to see Oprah.

  • Argentine President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner gives a speech during the launching ceremony for the Bank of the South, at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, December 9, 2007. Six South American presidents launched the bank, the region's answer to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as a source for development funds(AFP/Juan Mabromata)
    South America launches rival to the IMF, World Bank AFP - Sun Dec 9, 11:28 PM ET

    BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Six South American presidents on Sunday launched the Bank of the South, the region's answer to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as a source for development funds.

  • Michelle Obama (L) and talk show host Oprah Winfrey (R) wave to the crowd before introducing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during a campaign rally at William Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, December 9, 2007. (Chris Keane/Reuters)
    Oprah tries to give Obama a lift with black voters Reuters - Sun Dec 9, 6:30 PM ET

    COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has long been a role model for black women because of her rags-to-riches story, her status as a tastemaker and her message of self improvement.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Vick gets 23 months for dogfighting

AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Vick's outlook changed as the dogfighting case against him grew, going from disbelief that he could be hurt to depression at what he'd lost.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

H&R Block 2Q losses soar

AP - 7 minutes ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - H&R Block Inc., the nation's largest tax preparer, said in a preliminary earnings report Tuesday that it expected a huge second-quarter loss as it continued to wrestle with its disintegrating mortgage arm.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 11, 2007
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
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Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
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John A. Wheeler
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
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Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)

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