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Sports News Update
Business News Update
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Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Clinton, McCain move ahead - for now
AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton were victors in contentious nominating contests, but neither party can claim front-runners as early presidential contests give way to big-state battles.

PRI/YAHOO! NEWS INTERACTIVE

Airport misery

Where is this familiar scene? See the world's worst airports.

The Week in Photos

Editor's picks

Surfing giant waves, enduring in Kenya, a wind-inspired car, and more.

Election 2008

Contentious week

Clinton tries to seize the momentum after winning in Nevada.

Pakistan

On killers' trail

A 15-year-old confesses to joining team of Bhutto assassins.

  • James Russell walks through the falling snow in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Residents of central Alabama awoke to a light snow which was expected to continue through most of the day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
    Caution urged on icy Southern roads AP - 53 minutes ago

    ATLANTA - Meteorologists warned the mixture of rain and snow that fell across the South a day earlier could make for icy roads early Sunday, with overnight temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s.

  • Suzanne Pleshette speaks during a discussion for TV Land's 35th anniversary tribute to 'The Bob Newhart Show,' in this Sept. 5, 2007 file photo, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pleshette, star of films and Broadway plays who found her greatest fame portraying Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running 'The Bob Newhart Show,' has died, said her attorney and family friend Robert Finkelstein. She was 70. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
    'Newhart' actress Suzanne Pleshette dies AP - 52 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.

  • Snowblowers are lined up in front of the Sears store in Berlin, Vt., in this Nov. 29, 2007 file photo.  Shares of Sears Holdings Corp. tumbled Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, after the retailer warned falling sales would force it to post fourth-quarter and full-year earnings well below analyst estimates. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)
    Report: Sears to reorganize into units AP - 51 minutes ago

    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Sears Holdings Corp. plans to reorganize into several companies in another bid to pull the ailing 121-year-old retailer out the doldrums, according to a report published Saturday.

  • Veteran of the Afghan and Iraq wars Peter Mohan, right, hugs Vietnam veteran Robert Whitfield, of Haydenville, Mass., left, in a hallway at a veterans homeless shelter, in Leeds, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Whitfield is a Veterans Administration employee.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    New generation of homeless vets emerge AP - 47 minutes ago

    LEEDS, Mass. - Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a sad cliche: a homeless veteran.

  • Spain's Rafael Nadal, left, consoles Paul-Henri Mathieu of France after Mathieu was forced to reired injured from their fourth round Men's Singles match  at the Australian Open tennis tournament  in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008.  (AP Photo/Rick Stevens)
    Nadal advances when Mathieu retires AP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    MELBOURNE, Australia - Even Rafael Nadal was through the fourth round in two sets at the Australian Open on Sunday, when quick results were the norm following the longest day in Grand Slam history.

  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the start of his Florida swing in Jacksonville January 19, 2008, after winning the Nevada primary. (Mark Wallhesier/Reuters)
    McCain and Clinton look to next battle Reuters - 38 minutes ago

    COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.

  • Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop in Reno, Nevada, January 18, 2008. Romney said on Saturday his $233.4 billion economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the 'tipping point' of recession. (Max Whittaker/Reuters)
    Romney says stimulus proposal would rescue economy Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 7:56 PM ET

    JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday his $233.4 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the "tipping point" of recession.

  • Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah smile as they arrive in New Delhi, January 20, 2008. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
    UK's Brown wants more India cooperation on terrorism Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 4:59 AM ET

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for greater cooperation with India on combating terrorism as he began a visit to New Delhi on Sunday.

  • Muslim protesters shout slogans in a protest after Friday prayers in downtown Nairobi January 18, 2008. (Antony Njuguna/Reuters)
    At least three killed in fresh Kenya clashes Reuters - 57 minutes ago

    NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least three people were hacked to death with machetes in a slum in Kenya's capital on Sunday in ethnic clashes triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election last month, witnesses said.

  • A paramilitary surveillance helicopter flies during a Shi'ite religious procession ahead of the Ashura festival in Karachi January 19, 2008. Pakistani police said on Saturday they had averted a disaster with the arrest of five militants planning to attack Shi'ite Muslim processions with cyanide and suicide bombs. Ashura, a 10-day-long event, commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Iman Hussein in a battle in the Iraqi city of Karbala 1,300 years ago. (Zahid Hussein/Reuters)
    Pakistan forces press attack on militant stronghold Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 3:14 AM ET

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers said gunship helicopters launched strikes on Sunday in an area regarded as a stronghold of a Taliban commander linked with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

  • An Israeli police explosives expert removes the remains of a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, after it landed near Kibbutz Nir Am, January 16, 2008. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
    Gaza power plant begins shutting down Reuters - 4 minutes ago

    GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders, a move taken in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.

  • Pilgrims wave religious and Iraqi flags as they attend the ceremony of Ashura in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad January 19, 2008. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)
    Millions mark Shi'ite ritual in Iraq after clashes Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 3:06 PM ET

    KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A major Shi'ite ritual ended peacefully in the southern city of Kerbala on Saturday after Iraqi forces imposed tight security around 2.5 million pilgrims, but attacks in the north killed nine worshippers.

  • U.S. tells embassy staff to raise Algiers security Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 3:48 AM ET

    ALGIERS (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Algeria has instructed employees in Algiers to tighten security due to a risk of terrorist attacks in the city, a message to U.S. expatriates said.

  • An ethnic Kosovo Serb passes a shop covered with pre-election posters showing Serbian ultra-nationalist Radical Party acting leader Tomislav Nikolic in the Serb enclave of Gracanica, Kosovo, January 19. Serbians have voted in a presidential election seen as crucial for the Balkan state's future in Europe with tensions rising as its breakaway province of Kosovo heads toward independence.(AFP/Robert Atanasovski)
    Serbians vote for president amid rising Kosovo tensions AFP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

    BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbians voted Sunday in a presidential election seen as crucial for the Balkan state's future in Europe with tensions rising as its breakaway province of Kosovo heads toward independence.

  • Arizona Senator and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain addresses a campaign rally following his victory in the South Carolina Republican primary in Charleston, South Carolina.  McCain scooped a sweet victory in South Carolina late Saturday as Democrat Hillary Clinton took Nevada handing the two front-running candidates big wins.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
    McCain scoops South Carolina as Clinton wins tight Nevada race AFP - Sun Jan 20, 3:18 AM ET

    COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful John McCain scooped a sweet victory in South Carolina late Saturday as Democrat Hillary Clinton took Nevada handing the two front-running candidates big wins.

  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and his wife Sarah wave as they arrive at Delhi's Air Force station. Brown arrived in India hailing relations between the two countries as a "partnership of equals" as he looked to further boost links.(AFP/Raveendran )
    British PM visits India in trade and climate change push AFP - 22 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in India on Sunday hailing relations between the two countries as a "partnership of equals" as he looked to further boost links.

  • Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili waves during a military parade devoted to his inauguration in central Tbilisi. Saakashvili has been sworn to lead this strategic Black Sea nation for a second five-year term as his opponents rallied for his election win to be overturned.(AFP/Vano Shlamov)
    Georgian president sworn in as opposition rallies AFP - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

    TBILISI (AFP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in Sunday to lead this strategic Black Sea nation for a second five-year term as his opponents rallied for his election win to be overturned.

  • A Palestinian tailor works by a gas-generated lamp in his shop in Gaza City, January 7. Gaza is reeling from power outages as Israel continues to seal off the Hamas-run territory in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings that the closure could spark a humanitarian crisis.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)
    Power outages as Gaza reels from Israeli lockdown AFP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    GAZA CITY (AFP) - Gaza reeled from power outages on Sunday as Israel continued to seal off the Hamas-run territory in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings that the closure could spark a humanitarian crisis.

  • Indian employees at a call centre in Mohali, in Punjab, in 2005. India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once red-hot sector faces tough times in 2008.(AFP/File)
    India software giants wary of US slowdown AFP - Sun Jan 20, 5:01 AM ET

    BANGALORE, India (AFP) - India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once red-hot sector faces tough times in 2008.

  • Two women walk past the window of a shop advertising sales in Berlin, January 16. The European Central bank threatens to raise interest rates to parry inflation risks but its next move will probably be a cut owing to a global economic slowdown, analysts say.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)
    Despite ECB threats, a new interest rate hike is unlikely: analysts AFP - Sat Jan 19, 10:41 PM ET

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central bank threatens to raise interest rates to parry inflation risks but its next move will probably be a cut owing to a global economic slowdown, analysts say.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer (R) moves a piece during a September 1992 match against his archrival, the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky, in the Yugoslav resort of Sveti Stefan. Fischer has died of a serious but unspecified illness, Iceland national radio reported on Friday. (Ivan Milutinovic/Files/Reuters)
    Chess legend Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland Reuters - Fri Jan 18, 4:51 PM ET

    REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became America's only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64.

  • Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee speaks during a campaign stop January 17 in South Carolina. The former Baptist pastor linked gay sex to bestiality and abortion to slavery in an interview Thursday, explaining why, if elected, he would try to amend the constitution(AFP/Getty Images/Eric Thayer)
    Huckabee links gay sex to bestiality, abortion to slavery AFP - Fri Jan 18, 2:56 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican presidential hopeful and former Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee linked gay sex to bestiality and abortion to slavery in an interview Thursday, explaining why, if elected, he would try to amend the constitution.

  • Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen in the crowd during an Ashura ceremony held in Beirut's suburbs January 19, 2008. (Issam Kobeisy/Reuters)
    Hezbollah has Israeli soldiers' body parts: Nasrallah Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 1:06 PM ET

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, making a rare public appearance, said on Saturday his guerrilla group possessed body parts of Israeli soldiers left on southern Lebanon's battlefields during the war in 2006.

  • Supporters of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto light candles during special prayers in Hyderabad, 160 km (100 miles) from Karachi January 15, 2008. Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security official said. (Akram Shahid/Reuters)
    Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 2:21 PM ET

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security official said.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton greets workers at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino on caucus day in Las Vegas January 19, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
    Clinton slams pro-Obama ad in Nevada Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 2:12 AM ET

    ELKO, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called on her chief rival Barack Obama on Friday to denounce ads being run on Spanish-language radio that accuse Clinton of not respecting Hispanic people.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Patriots looking to step up defense

AP - Sun Jan 20, 3:56 AM ET

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The Patriots are renowned for throwing new defensive twists at opponents. Here's one they'd like to show on Sunday: stopping long drives and getting the ball back into Tom Brady's hands faster.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Report: Sears to reorganize into units

AP - 51 minutes ago

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Sears Holdings Corp. plans to reorganize into several companies in another bid to pull the ailing 121-year-old retailer out the doldrums, according to a report published Saturday.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 20, 2008
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
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National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
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Rex Stout (1886 - 1975)

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