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This edition was generated on Sun Dec 20 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:

Two taxis are stuck in the snow trying to get into a gas station early Sunday, AP
Storm continues to wallop East Coast, heads north AP – 25 mins ago

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the mid-Atlantic with nearly 2 feet of snow reached southern New England on Sunday, continuing its assault on the East Coast after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving empty stores normally crammed with holiday shoppers. Full Story »

President Barack Obama speaks on climate change and healthcare reform in the
Senate Democrats seek to seal health care overhaul AP – 54 mins ago
FILE - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, 86, who was once the heir apparent
Iranian dissident cleric Montazeri dies AP – 1 hr 17 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

New Orleans Saints fans watch their team loss to the Dallas Cowboys 24 -17 in AP

March over: Cowboys send Saints to first loss

AP – 1 hr 14 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS – A perfect record would have been lagniappe, as they say in Louisiana — a little something extra. Full Story »

Penn State's Arielle Wilson (7) hits over the defense of Texas' Rachel Adams,

Penn St. wins record 3rd straight volleyball title

AP – Sat Dec 19, 11:02 pm ET
Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels (5) throws as Fresno State defensive

Wyoming beats Fresno St in 2OT in New Mexico Bowl

AP – Sun Dec 20, 12:01 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

-- FILE -- Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of AP

Iraq initials deal on prized oil field

AP – Sun Dec 20, 5:37 am ET

BAGHDAD – Iraq has initialed a deal with a consortium led by European giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Malaysia's state-run Petronas to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields. Full Story »

Hyundai Motor announces China truck venture

AP – Sun Dec 20, 3:57 am ET
President Barack Obama speaks on climate change and healthcare reform in the

Senate Democrats seek to seal health care overhaul

AP – 54 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 20, 2009
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
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Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.
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Jimmy Wales, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.
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John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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