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This edition was generated on Thu Jul 3 08:45:01 EDT 2008

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General News Update
Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month
AP - 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.

  • A passenger aircraft waits on a taxiway as another takes off  from a farther runway at Newark Liberty International Airport, Friday, June 27, 2008, in Newark, N.J.  At Newark Liberty International Airport, where three runways intersect at the northeast corner of the airport, planes often have to be sent around when two of them approach intersecting runways at the same time. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    AP IMPACT: 'Go-arounds' are possible safety hazard AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    NEWARK, N.J. - A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway.

  • In this Jan. 30, 2008, file photo, radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gary He, file)
    Rush Limbaugh to get $38M a year for next 8 years AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh will make about $38 million a year to continue his radio show over the next eight years. In addition, he says will be getting a nine-figure signing bonus from Premiere Radio Networks.

  • A slice of watermelon is shown at the Gutierrez Produce stand at the Dallas Farmers Market, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Dallas. Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects AP - 59 minutes ago

    LUBBOCK, Texas - A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra — but don't necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks all night long.

  • Venus Williams of the US., returns to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn during their Women's Singles quarterfinal match on the Number One Court at Wimbledon, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
    Venus, Serena a step away from Wimbledon finals AP - 55 minutes ago

    WIMBLEDON, England - The women's semifinals at Wimbeldon are set for today, with Venus and Serena Williams favored to set up their first all-sibling final since 2003 Wimbledon.

  • Alex Rodriguez, left, and his wife Cynthia Scurtis arrive at the grand opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club at the Palazzo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, in this Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 file photo. Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News Thursday July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FILE)
    Report: Baseball star Alex Rodriguez, wife split AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    NEW YORK - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

  • Kyle Scott signs up with the Manpower temp agency in Park Ridge, Illinois April 10, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)
    U.S. cuts jobs for 6th month Reuters - 10 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut workers from their payrolls for the sixth straight month in June for the country's longest losing streak since 2002, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, government data on Thursday showed.

  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy arrive at the airport in Cartagena July 1, 2008. (Fredy Builes/Reuters)
    Long presidential campaign not yet tiring voters Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 4:46 AM ET

    LONG BEACH, New York (Reuters) - With his wetsuit around his waist, Peter Flintoft walks wearily along the Long Beach boardwalk. While worn out by the surf, he is not yet tired of the lengthy U.S. presidential campaign.

  • U.S. contractors Keith Stansell (L), Marc Gonsalves (2nd L) and Thomas Howes (3rd L) listen to ambassador to Colombia William R. Brownfield in an aircraft in Colombia after being rescued by army forces July 2, 2008. (US Embassy In Colombia/Handout/Reuters)
    Freed U.S. defense contractors arrive in Texas Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 1:23 AM ET

    SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three American defense contractors landed late on Wednesday in Texas, hours after they were freed from years of captivity in the jungles of Colombia.

  • U.S. envoy in Israel plays down plans to attack Iran Reuters - 20 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Israel was on Thursday quoted as playing down speculation that an attack on Iranian nuclear sites by either country was imminent, saying that the allies agreed force should remain a last resort.

  • Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (not pictured) in the Kremlin in Moscow June 30, 2008. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)
    Paulson: inflation becoming top global focus Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 4:56 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take their toll.

  • Police officers patrol around the perimeter of Heathrow Airport in west London, August 18, 2007. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
    Second al Qaeda suspect freed from British jail Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - An Algerian accused by Britain of links to Osama bin Laden and bomb plots in the United States and France has been freed on bail after more than seven years in prison, a spokeswoman for a British tribunal said on Thursday.

  • Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa addresses the media in Lusaka in a June 2008 file photo. Mwanawasa died in a Paris hospital on Thursday after suffering a stroke earlier this week, South Africa's Talk Radio 702 reported. (Mackson Wasamunu/Files/Reuters)
    Zambia denies President Mwanawasa is dead Reuters - 50 minutes ago

    LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's vice president denied on Thursday media reports that President Levy Mwanawasa had died, saying he was in a stable condition in a Paris hospital.

  • Kidnapped French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt is seen in a video released by the Colombian government in Bogota November 30, 2007. (Presidencia/Handout/Reuters)
    Colombia tricks rebels in bloodless hostage rescue Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 4:17 AM ET

    BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian troops tricked rebels into freeing politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans in a bold but bloodless jungle rescue that dealt a severe blow to Latin America's oldest left-wing insurgency.

  • A poster offering money for information about three kidnapped US contractors is displayed in Miami, Florida in 2007. French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday after years in captivity by a daring Colombian military operation.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)
    Colombia rescues hostages in daring raid AFP - Thu Jul 3, 5:42 AM ET

    BOGOTA (AFP) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC guerrillas Wednesday by Colombian commandos who posed as rebels and flew them out of the jungle by helicopter.

  • The area where an Air France concorde crashed during take-off at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport in July 2000, killing 113 people. US Continental Airlines and two of its employees are to stand trial for manslaughter over the crash, judicial officials have said.(AFP/HO/File/Joachim Bertrand)
    Continental to stand trial for 2000 Concorde crash AFP - 53 minutes ago

    CERGY, France (AFP) - US Continental Airlines and two of its employees are to stand trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde airliner in 2000 that killed 113 people, officials said Thursday.

  • An oil trader working in the pit at the International Petroleum Exchange in London, September 2004. The price of oil has set a record high above 146 dollars a barrel in London owing to falling reserves of US crude, simmering tensions over Iran and a weak dollar, traders said.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abonizzio)
    Oil price flies to record high beyond $146 AFP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil set a record high above 146 dollars a barrel here on Thursday owing to falling reserves of US crude, simmering tensions over Iran and a weak dollar, traders said.

  • Map locating where the bodies of two French students were found in the New Cross district of London. Police said the two students who were found in the burning apartment were subjected to a "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack".(AFP Graphic/Zm/Jfs)
    London police probe 'frenzied' double murder of French students AFP - 11 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Two French students found stabbed to death in a burning London flat were subjected to a "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack," police said Thursday.

  • The destroyed headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in Ulan Bator. The leader of Mongolia's Democratic Party has insisted that the national election had been "stolen" and demanded a recount after the poll watchdog said the rival MPRP had won in a landslide.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)
    Ex-communists won 'fair' Mongolia poll: election watchdog AFP - 59 minutes ago

    ULAN BATOR (AFP) - Mongolia's former communist party won a landslide victory in national polls, the country's electoral watchdog said Thursday as it dismissed vote-rigging claims that triggered deadly riots.

  • Overall view shows the banks of the Elbe river with the old centre of the eastern German city of Dresden in the background. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has began deliberations in Quebec City and, among other tasks, will broach the delicate issue of whether or not to delist Dresden during the July 2-10 session.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)
    UNESCO considering 45 new heritage sites AFP - Thu Jul 3, 12:19 AM ET

    QUEBEC CITY (AFP) - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee began deliberations Wednesday in this oldest of Canadian cities over which of the globe's architectural and natural wonders to add to its list of protected sites.

  • A giant Euro symbol in front of the European Central Bank's Eurotower in Frankfurt in 2007. The ECB has raised its main interest rate by a quarter of a point to a seven-year high point of 4.25 percent to choke record inflation.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)
    ECB raises eurozone lending rate to 4.25% to choke inflation AFP - 42 minutes ago

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its main interest rate by a quarter of a point to a seven-year high point of 4.25 percent on Thursday to choke record inflation.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • **FILE PHOTO** Former Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt gives a thumbs up while speaking to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Cincinnati, Friday, July 11, 2003.(AP Photo/Al Behrman)
    GOP Envisions Gephardt as Possible Obama Running Mate U.S. News & World Report - Wed Jul 2, 12:56 PM ET

    Republican strategists trying to game Sen. Barack Obama's choice for a running mate are focusing more and more on the possibility that he might pick former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, a friend of labor and blue-collar workers. "Gephardt is the one we're most afraid of," said a key GOP strategist and Bush ally.

  • A Lodamin nanoparticle with TNP-470 (the drug's active ingredient) at the core, protected by two short polymers (PEG and PLA) that allow TNP-470 to be absorbed intact when taken orally is seen in an undated handout illustration. (Children's Hospital Boston/Handout/Reuters)
    Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug Reuters - Sun Jun 29, 6:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

  • A participant of the Copenhagen Pride Parade dresses up as a policewoman in Copenhagen August 25, 2007. (Keld Navntoft/Scanpix/Reuters)
    Denmark world's happiest country, survey finds Reuters - Tue Jul 1, 12:56 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on Monday.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Last-minute deal lets Sonics move to Oklahoma City

AP - Thu Jul 3, 1:53 AM ET

SEATTLE - Clay Bennett finally found a dollar amount that would sever his contentious relationship with the city of Seattle — $75 million.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month

AP - 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 3, 2008
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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Nicholas Butler (1862 - 1947)
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.
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Gerald R. Ford (1913 - 2006)

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