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This edition was generated on Wed Dec 22 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:

People attempt to pull a truck out of the rain-swollen Santiago Creek near Modjeska Canyon, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Orange County AP Rain-soaked Calif. braces for biggest storm yet AP – 9 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – After days of relentless rain, Southern California is awaiting the most intense storm system yet, with evacuations ordered, roads covered by water and mud, and residents anxiously eyeing already saturated mountainsides denuded by wildfires. Full Story »

Nancy Pelosi, Victor Fehrenbach, Mike Almy, Stacy Vasquez
Obama signing 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal AP – 1 hr 39 mins ago
John Kerry, Richard Lugar
US poised to approve nuclear arms pact with Russia AP – 1 hr 39 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Connecticut's Caroline Doty, left, Tiffany Hayes, center, and Maya Moore, right, celebrate the team's 93-62 win over Florida State in an NCAA basketba AP

No. 89: UConn tops UCLA, beats Florida St 93-62

AP – 1 hr 41 mins ago

HARTFORD, Conn. – No. 89 came and went as effortlessly as nearly all their previous games. This season. Last season. And the season before. Full Story »

Promoter: Pacquiao to fight Mosley on May 7

AP – Tue Dec 21, 10:37 pm ET
Tyson Chandler, Earl Clark

Mavericks beat new-look Magic for Florida sweep

AP – Tue Dec 21, 11:09 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

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

Futures cut gains after GDP data

Reuters – 4 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index future trimmed gains on Wednesday after a government report showed U.S. economic growth was a touch higher than previously estimated in the third quarter, but below expectations. Full Story »

Third-quarter growth revised up to 2.6 percent

Reuters – 6 mins ago
William Walker, CEO of Walker & Dunlop, speaks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after his company's IPO

Home loan demand drops, lowest in nearly 1 year

Reuters – 1 hr 43 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 22, 2010
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
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Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - )
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
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