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This edition was generated on Wed Jul 1 08:45:02 EDT 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:

As fans watch, florists hang a white rose wreath on the gates of the late AP Jackson's will to be filed in court Wednesday AP – 1 hr 2 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – Heavy construction equipment and workers passed through the wrought-iron gates of Neverland Ranch, fueling speculation that it could soon be hosting a funeral or a permanent memorial to Michael Jackson. The activity occurred Tuesday, the day before Jackson's will was expected to be filed in court. Full Story »

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis (20) celebrates his two-run home run with Julio AP

Orioles rally for stunning 11-10 win over Boston

AP – 1 hr 17 mins ago

BALTIMORE – Nick Markakis hit a two-run double off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to complete the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history, an 11-10 win Tuesday night before a mixture of delirious hometown fans and stunned Red Sox backers. Full Story »

General Mills 4th-quarter profit almost doubles

AP – 1 hr 22 mins ago

MINNEAPOLIS – General Mills Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit almost doubled as consumers flocked toward the food maker's well-known brands such as Cheerios cereal and Yoplait yogurt. Full Story »

  • Treasury OKs 3 firms for mortgage relief program

    AP – Tue Jun 30, 5:11 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department said Tuesday that it has approved three more firms for its mortgage relief program. Full Story »

  • Capitalizing on Cheap Natural Gas

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    While the price of a barrel of oil has doubled since early March, to about $68, natural gas prices are languishing at about $4 per million BTUs. In markets where traders make bets based on those standard measures of barrels and BTUs, the 18-to-1 price ratio for oil is about double the typical ratio of 8 or 9 to 1. That has some speculators betting natural gas prices will spike. Full Story »

  • Thinking of Switching Financial Planners?

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    You've got a dirty little secret. During long lunch breaks, or after work when everyone else heads home to their families, you're sneaking out to a secret rendezvous. You know what you're doing is perfectly justified, but you still feel a little bad afterwards. You never thought it would come to this. But here you are -- cheating on your financial planner. Full Story »

  • Program saves 60 percent of homes from foreclosure

    Reuters – Tue Jun 30, 5:00 pm ET

    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A program to avert residential mortgage foreclosures has saved almost 60 percent of its participants from losing their homes in a sheriff's sale, officials said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • The Family Doctor: A Remedy for Health-Care Costs?

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    The primary-care doctor is gaining new respect in Washington. Battles may be breaking out left and right over the various health-care bills emerging from Congress, but reformers on both sides agree that general practitioners should be given a central role in uniting the fragmented U.S. medical system. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 1, 2009
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
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Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "The Devil's Disciple" (1901), act II
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), The Black Cottage

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