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This edition was generated on Thu Dec 23 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:

A firefighter helps a woman from her vehicle in a flooded street in Los Angeles Thursday, Dec. 22, 2010.  The tail end of a storm that dumped rain on AP
Storm lashes California and leaves polluted water AP – 2 hrs 13 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – California residents who endured flooding, mudslides and evacuations during a weeklong onslaught of rain now have another problem: contaminated water and fouled beaches. Full Story »

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Doug Martin, Lamar Champan AP

Martin powers Boise State past Utah in MAACO Bowl

AP – 1 hr 19 mins ago

LAS VEGAS – It wasn't the bowl Boise State wanted to be in, and for the better part of the first half Wednesday night, the Broncos played as if they were thinking about the one that got away. Full Story »

Auburn QB Newton wins AP Player of Year

AP – Wed Dec 22, 3:27 pm ET

Brown is out as Bobcats coach; Silas takes over

AP – Thu Dec 23, 12:22 am ET
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Reuters

Futures dip after data

Reuters – 4 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures ticked lower on Thursday after data showed consumer spending rose for a fifth straight month in November but first-time jobless claims barely budged last week. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 23, 2010
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), (attributed)
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
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Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004

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