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This edition was generated on Thu Dec 17 08:45:02 EST 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:

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Amy Gress, top, hands a resume to high AP
New jobless claims rise unexpectedly AP – 1 min ago

WASHINGTON – The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation's battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts. Full Story »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a press briefing at the
Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate AP – 25 mins ago
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, a shopper walks toward the pharmacy at
Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole' AP – 1 hr 57 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

FILE - In this June 15, 2008, file photo, Tiger Woods reacts after sinking a AP

Tiger Woods voted AP's top athlete of the decade

AP – Wed Dec 16, 11:10 pm ET

As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. Full Story »

New Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay speaks to members of the media

Phillies get Halladay, Mariners acquire Lee

AP – Thu Dec 17, 3:48 am ET
New Philadelphia Phillies baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, right, poses for

On day like no other, 2 Cy Young winners swapped

AP – Thu Dec 17, 12:31 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Amy Gress, top, hands a resume to high AP

New jobless claims rise unexpectedly

AP – 2 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation's battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts. Full Story »

In this photo made Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, drivers organize packages for their

FedEx issues cautious 3Q forecast

AP – 25 mins ago
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 picture, Brian Moynihan, bank of America

Brian Moynihan to succeed Ken Lewis as BofA CEO

AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 17, 2009
You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times, Dec. 23, 1929
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The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Orthodoxy; p. 14
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
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