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This edition was generated on Tue Dec 28 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:

An air passenger sleeps on a luggage conveyor belt at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) AP
Stranded by trains, planes after Northeast storm AP – 38 mins ago

NEW YORK – When Angela Madsen was pulled off her plane and her wheelchair stayed on board, she knew she was in for a rough night. The paraplegic athlete struggled to get into the bathrooms at Kennedy Airport. Turning the wheels on her borrowed wheelchair strained her shoulders. Sleeping was impossible. Full Story »

Lawrence Summers,
Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda AP – 6 mins ago
US drone kills 5 militants in Pakistan: officials
Intel: 3 suspected US strikes kill 17 in Pakistan AP – 1 hr 14 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Kemba Walker, Gary McGhee AP

Gibbs' 21 lead Pitt past Walker, UConn 78-63

AP – Mon Dec 27, 11:03 pm ET

PITTSBURGH – Ashton Gibbs scored 21 points as Pittsburgh's balance overcame Kemba Walker's one-man offense for No. 4 Connecticut, and the No. 6 Panthers easily won the Big East's first matchup of Top 10 teams by 78-63 on Monday night. Full Story »

Dirk Nowitzki

Mavs lose Nowitzki to injury, but beat Thunder

AP – Mon Dec 27, 11:40 pm ET
Reggie Bush, Joe Zelenka, Ovie Mughelli, Jason Snelling

Brees shakes off INTs, leads Saints to 17-14 win

AP – Tue Dec 28, 2:22 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

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

Futures climb as year-end rally appears on course

Reuters – 22 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures climbed on Tuesday ahead of an expected higher reading on U.S. consumer confidence, as Japanese production rose, indicating the global economic recovery was on track and adding fuel to a year-end rally. Full Story »

Dai-ichi to take over Australia's Tower for $1.2 billion

Reuters – Tue Dec 28, 5:04 am ET

Euro zone reform does not go far enough: ECB's Mersch

Reuters – 25 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 28, 2010
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.
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Konrad Lorenz (1903 - 1989)
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There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
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Doctor Who
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We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
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George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, Introduction
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