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This edition was generated on Thu Feb 18 08:45:01 EST 2010

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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

From left: Corinna Lankford, of Meridian, Idaho, Carla Thompson, 53, of

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US AP – 40 mins ago

MIAMI – Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. But two others remained detained in an ordeal sparked by the group's attempt to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country. Full Story »

A different ISAF patch is attached to a backpack of a U.S. soldier of the 1st

Insurgents put up resistance in Taliban town AP – 2 hrs 49 mins ago

January wholesale prices jump 1.4 percent AP – 10 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

FILE - This Nov. 10, 2009, file photo shows Tiger Woods during a news conference

Tiger Woods to end months of silence on Friday

AP – Wed Feb 17, 11:24 pm ET

MARANA, Ariz. – Tiger Woods will speak publicly Friday for the first time since his bizarre, Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called "the process of making amends" for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months. Full Story »

In this Oct. 13, 2009, photo, Washington Wizards' Antawn Jamison takes a shot

Cavaliers get Jamison from Wizards

AP – Thu Feb 18, 4:06 am ET

Tiger Woods jogs near his home Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Windermere, Fla.

Tiger doesn't understand he's not in charge

AP – Wed Feb 17, 11:03 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2010, file photo, job applicants fill out forms at a job

Jobless claims rise unexpectedly

AP – 1 min ago

WASHINGTON – The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly surged last week after having fallen sharply in the previous week. The gain dampened hopes about how quickly the labor market may improve this year. Full Story »

January wholesale prices jump 1.4 percent

AP – 10 mins ago

A customer leaves a Wal-Mart store in Rogers

Wal-Mart profit rises 22 percent for 4Q

AP – 30 mins ago

Video: Wal-Mart cuts about 11,200 Sam's Club staffers AP

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 18, 2010

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.: E. V. Lucas
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
- More quotations on: [Pets] [Dogs] [Cats]
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.: Henry Stimson (1867 - 1950)
- More quotations on: [Trust]
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)

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