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This edition was generated on Fri Dec 25 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:

Pope Benedict XVI, centre, is assisted by Bishop Guido Marini prior to deliver AP
Pope delivers Christmas blessing after fall AP – 35 mins ago

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Full Story »

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Taliban release video of captured US soldier AP – 49 mins ago
Marchanna Brown holds her baby, Arianna Ellison, after they slept in the Dallas
Treetops glisten, but storm snarls Midwest holiday AP – 11 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, left, argues with referee Tom Washington in AP

Wizards say Arenas had firearms in locker

AP – 2 hrs 27 mins ago

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker, according to the team, and the NBA is looking into the situation. Full Story »

While covered by Nevada's Isaiah Frey, SMU wide receiver Aldrick Robinson drops

SMU dominates Nevada in return to postseason

AP – Fri Dec 25, 3:44 am ET
In this Feb. 8, 2009, photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) talks to Los

Kobe: 'Nothing there' for Cavs-Lakers rivalry

AP – Thu Dec 24, 7:55 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

A woman takes a brochure detailing how homeowners can make their mortgage payments more affordable at the Fannie Mae booth set up at the Housing Rescu Reuters

Treasury removes cap for Fannie and Freddie aid

AP – Thu Dec 24, 9:16 pm ET

NEW YORK – The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Full Story »

Last minute shopper Raedele Cubbage shops for Christmas gifts for her

Shoppers give stores last-minute sales surge

AP – Thu Dec 24, 2:41 pm ET
In this Dec. 22, 2009 photo, Diane Linehan watches in the mirror as owner

Jobless claims, goods orders signal modest rebound

AP – Thu Dec 24, 3:33 pm ET

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 25, 2009
Actions lie louder than words.
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Carolyn Wells
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Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.
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Mickey Rooney (1920 - )
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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
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Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.
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Bruce Grocott (1940 - )
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