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This edition was generated on Mon Jun 9 08:45:02 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:

Bush leaves for final summit with European nations
AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush is on his way to Europe on a farewell trip to major capitals, expressing both concern and long-term confidence in the U.S. economy.

  • This image provided by NASA shows the interior of the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, also called Kibo, in its new home on the International Space Station on day eight of the mission, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts to finish tasks with new station lab AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    HOUSTON - A few final tasks related to the international space station's newest lab awaited space shuttle Discovery astronauts on Monday.

  • Faster-web iPhone expected to be introduced today AP - 24 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is widely expected to introduce iPhone 2.0 at the start of the tech firm's Worldwide Developers Conference today.

  • In this May 9, 2008 file photo, a foreclosure sign stands outside an existing home on the market in Denver. The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck, and backs and heads and stomachs, for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they're much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/file)
    AP IMPACT: Poll says debt stress tears at body AP - 25 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck — and the back and the head and the stomach — for millions of Americans.

  • In this Nov. 2005 file photo, singer Warren Griffin III, Warren G poses for a photo at the Art of Cart, a race sponsored by Red Bull, in Long Beach, Calif.  Warren G was arrested Sunday June 8, 2008 on a drug charge after police pulled over the car he was riding in.  Police say the 35-year-old rapper was arrested early Sunday after being pulled over for a red light violation. Officer Karen Smith says marijuana was found in the vehicle. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
    Rapper Warren G arrested on drug-related AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Warren G has been arrested on a drug charge after police pulled over the car he was riding in.

  • Los Angeles Lakers' Vladimir Radmanovic, left, from Serbia, defends Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce in the first quarter of Game 2 of the NBA basketball finals Sunday, June 8, 2008, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
    Celtics hold off Lakers 108-102, take 2-0 lead AP - 54 minutes ago

    BOSTON - The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, unknown Leon Powe added 21 and the Celtics held off a remarkable rally by Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-102 win Sunday night in Game 2 of these trip-down-memory-lane finals.

  • Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a ceremony to mark the death anniversary of the Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran June 3, 2008. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
    U.S. presence is Iraq's main problem: Iranian leader Reuters - 35 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a united country.

  • Soldiers pile up stones to build a temporary dam against the possible coming floods at the earthquake-hit Yong'an town of Anxian County, Sichuan province June 9, 2008. (Alfred Cheng Jin - CHINA/Reuters)
    Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake Reuters - 5 minutes ago

    CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake," as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tumbling into the water, state media reported on Monday.

  • An ambulance worker escorts a man at Tokyo's Akihabara shopping and amusement district June 8, 2008. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
    Blog warnings posted ahead of Tokyo knife rampage Reuters - 53 minutes ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A man arrested for killing seven people in a knife rampage on a crowded Tokyo shopping street posted dozens of warning messages on the Internet in the hours leading up to the attack, Japanese media reported on Monday.

  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington June 3, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
    Rice to hold talks with Israeli-Palestinian teams Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to hold a three-way meeting next week with the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday.

  • International Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East in Sharm el-Sheikh May 19, 2008. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
    Late U.S. tipoff hurts U.N. Syria probe: ElBaradei Reuters - 28 minutes ago

    BERLIN (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors set to examine a Syrian site for signs of a secret nuclear reactor project may find little in part because of tardy intelligence-sharing by Washington, their chief said in remarks published on Monday.

  • Zimbabwe's opposition leader of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to a group of villagers in Nkayi, 185 km (115 miles) east of Bulawayo June 7, 2008. (Emmanuel Chitate/Reuters)
    Fair poll impossible in Zimbabwe: rights group Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:04 AM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A systematic government campaign of murder and brutality has eliminated any chance of a fair presidential election in Zimbabwe, an international rights group said on Monday.

  • A worker stands near the oil refinery Camilo Cienfuegos in Cienfuegos December 20, 2007. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)
    Oil seen hitting $150 this summer: Goldman analyst Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:26 AM ET

    KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Oil prices are likely to hit $150 a barrel this summer season, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs said on Monday, as tighter supplies outweigh weakening demand.

  • A miner rescued from the Karl Marx pit in Donetsk region is greeted by his family June 9, 2008. (Valery Belokryl/Reuters)
    Ukraine govt says 21 more miners found alive Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Ukrainian government said 21 more coal miners had been rescued on Monday after an explosion at a pit, but reporters at the scene said efforts to bring them to the surface were still under way.

  • Spanish truck drivers block the Jonquera border crossing at the Spanish border. Truckers in Spain, France and Portugal have stepped up protests against rising fuel prices causing mayhem on highways.(AFP/Raymond Roig)
    Thousands of European truckers join fuel protests AFP - 49 minutes ago

    MADRID (AFP) - Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings.

  • Ukrainian miners Koval Ivan (L) and Vitenko Nikolay embrace one another after being rescued. Twenty-three miners have been found alive in a Ukrainian coal mine, more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, a rescue official said.(AFP/Alexander Khudoteply)
    Twenty-three Ukranian miners found alive AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    YENAKIYEVO, Ukraine (AFP) - Twenty-three miners were found alive Monday in a Ukrainian coal mine, more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, a rescue official said.

  • Sun is reflected in the stock exchange's building in Milan. European markets held steady despite a slump in Asia, after a breathtaking surge in oil prices and shock jump in US unemployment sent Wall Street spinning and fanned fears of a US recession.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)
    European stocks hold line despite Asian slump AFP - 37 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - European markets held steady on Monday despite a slump in Asia, after a breathtaking surge in oil prices and shock jump in US unemployment sent Wall Street spinning and fanned fears of a US recession.

  • US President George W. Bush is poised to kick off a tour of Europe during which he will ask its leaders for more help for Afghanistan, more pressure on Iran, and more cooperation on climate change.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
    Bush begins his European tour AFP - 28 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday headed to Europe to ask its leaders, who are already sizing up the candidates vying to become his successor, for more pressure on Iran, aid for Afghanistan and more cooperation on climate change.

  • Guns and other weapons seized by police in Washington, DC. World military spending has grown by 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditures, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has said.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    Global military spending soars 45 pct in 10 years AFP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - World military spending grew 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditures, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.

  • A doctor makes an ultrasound scan. Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in utero surgery of its type(AFP/File/Manoocher Deghati)
    Surgery on pregnant mum saves unborn baby's leg AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in-utero surgery of its type, the hospital said Monday.

  • A motorist holds a fuel pump at a petrol station. Oil prices dropped more than a dollar after rocketing to record heights near 140 dollars per barrel late last week, but some analysts warned of a bubble that could burst soon.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Oil price dip after record run close to 140 dollars AFP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dropped more than a dollar on Monday after rocketing to record heights near 140 dollars per barrel late last week, but some analysts warned of a bubble that could burst soon.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Actress Jessica Alba waves after accepting the award for Favourite Movie Actress at the Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles March 29, 2008. Alba, who married her long-time boyfriend Cash Warren three weeks ago, has given birth to baby girl, according to US Weekly magazine. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
    Jessica Alba has baby girl: report Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 1:12 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jessica Alba, who married her long-time boyfriend Cash Warren three weeks ago, has given birth to baby girl, according to US Weekly magazine.

  • A man puts his laundry into a washing machine which is part of an art istallation in Berlin's city centre September 6, 2000. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)
    UK to give waterless washing machine a spin Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:22 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year.

  • Japan's Crown Princess Masako waves to well-wishers during New Year celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo January 2, 2008. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
    Japan's "sad" princess marks 15th wedding anniversary Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 1:24 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japan's Crown Princess Masako marked her 15th wedding anniversary on Monday without pomp or ceremony, five years after being diagnosed with a stress-induced mental illness that keeps her largely from public view.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Celtics hold off Lakers 108-102, take 2-0 lead

AP - 54 minutes ago

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, unknown Leon Powe added 21 and the Celtics held off a remarkable rally by Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-102 win Sunday night in Game 2 of these trip-down-memory-lane finals.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Lehman raising $6B in capital, expects $2.8B loss

The exterior of the world headquarters for Lehman Brothers is seen in New York June 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermi/Reuters)
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Reuters
AP - 20 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on Monday said it will raise $6 billion in new capital to shore up its balance sheet after saying it expects to post an unexpectedly large second-quarter loss of nearly $3 billion.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 9, 2008
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
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Jonathan Winters
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
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Martin Gardner (1914 - ), "The Mathematical Magic Show"

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