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This edition was generated on Sat Jul 25 08:45:01 EDT 2009

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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:

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2002 file courtroom sketch, Judge H. Kenneth AP
Report: Bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo AP – 53 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. Full Story »

Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, left, stands with Sgt. Leon Lashley, right,
Obama moves to dampen uproar over comment on race AP – 51 mins ago
Protesters call for end to Iranian rights abuses AP – 43 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Cavendish wins Tour 19th stage; Contador retains overall lead Canadian Press

Riders set off for Mont Ventoux in Tour climax

AP – 2 hrs 35 mins ago

MONTELIMAR, France – Tour de France riders are off on the last crucial stage, heading for a finish on the dreaded Mont Ventoux as winds swept wildly across its peak. Full Story »

Jerry Kelly of Madison, Wisc., watches his tee shot on the 7th hole during the

Kelly leads soggy Canadian Open

AP – Sat Jul 25, 4:35 am ET
USA's Fred Funk, right, celebrates with his caddie after hitting an eagle on the

Funk leads by 3 shots at Senior British Open

AP – Sat Jul 25, 12:28 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Ericsson Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg presents second-quarter results at AP

Ericsson buys Nortel wireless units for $1 billion

AP – 47 mins ago

STOCKHOLM – Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson on Saturday said it had penned a deal to buy a majority of Nortel Networks' North American wireless business for $1.13 billion. Full Story »

FILE -- In this July 15, 2009 file photo, Sec. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left,

Obama hawks health care overhaul, citing study

AP – 1 hr 1 min ago
The New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, Calif. is

Toyota to end Calif. joint venture with GM

AP – Sat Jul 25, 4:58 am ET

  • Key Senators push back on Palin climate claims

    Reuters – Fri Jul 24, 11:20 am ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. lawmakers on Friday defended their plans to establish a system capping greenhouse gas emissions, disputing attacks from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin that climate change legislation in Congress would destroy jobs and hurt the economy. Full Story »

  • Alexander & Baldwin 2Q profit falls with shipping

    AP – Fri Jul 24, 3:26 pm ET

    HONOLULU - Shipping, property and farming company Alexander & Baldwin Inc. on Friday said its earnings fell by more than half in the latest quarter, as trade with China declined. Full Story »

  • UK economy falls in Q2, dashing recovery hopes

    AP – Fri Jul 24, 8:20 am ET

    LONDON - The British economy contracted by twice as much as economists had forecast in the second quarter, leaving it mired in recession and dashing recent hopes of an imminent recovery as premature. Full Story »

  • Citigroup names former banking regulator to board

    AP – Fri Jul 24, 9:08 am ET

    NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. named three new outside directors Friday as the bank seeks to shift its focus back to traditional banking after it suffered a bruising hit from risky mortgage-backed securities. Full Story »

  • Amazon disappoints with ho-hum quarter, shares fall

    Reuters – Thu Jul 23, 7:21 pm ET
    A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in... Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc posted a 10 percent decline in second-quarter earnings and gave a modest third-quarter outlook on Thursday, taking the shine off the world's largest online retailer and sending its shares down nearly 7 percent. Full Story »

  • A Dozen Retirement Community Bargains

    U.S. News & World Report – Fri Jul 24, 2:30 pm ET

    Continuing care retirement communities provide lifetime housing and medical-care packages to retirees. But brutal housing and economic realities may be making the industry wish someone was providing it with lifetime care. The housing market meltdown of 2007 and 2008 dried up demand for CCRC living units because potential residents either couldn't sell their homes or sell them for enough money to fund the up-front entrance fees required by many CCRCs. There also are rental CCRCs, but they, too, require a substantial financing commitment over time. ... Full Story »

  • Nation - Friday

    Investor's Business Daily – Fri Jul 24, 7:14 pm ET

    Lawmakers approved a plan to close a $26 bil deficit, ending a stalemate that forced the state to issue IOUs. The budget cuts spending on schools, takes money from local gov'ts, permits the first new offshore oil drilling in over 40 years and uses accounting tricks. It does not impose any additional tax hikes. Full Story »

  • Report: Obama housing plan may fall short of goal

    AP – Thu Jul 23, 5:07 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's effort to persuade mortgage companies to lower payments for up to 4 million homeowners could fall short of its goal, according to congressional investigators. Full Story »

  • Frank defends oversight of Fannie, Freddie

    AP – Fri Jul 24, 11:11 am ET
    FILE -- In this March 24, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary... AP

    WASHINGTON - House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is defending Democrats' oversight of struggling mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Full Story »

  • Admissions Q&A: Minnesota

    BusinessWeek Online – Fri Jul 24, 8:29 am ET

    As a former student of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management (Carlson Full-Time MBA Profile) and its MBA admissions director for the last two years, Jeff Bieganek can describe the perfect MBA student for Carlson better than most. To hear Bieganek tell it, the ideal Carlson applicant is academically prepared, a team player, and a natural-born leader. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 25, 2009
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
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Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
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Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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