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This edition was generated on Sun Jun 21 08:45:01 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:

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi protest on a street in Tehran Reuters Iran raises death toll in clashes to at least 19 AP – 51 mins ago

TEHRAN, Iran – State media reported Sunday at least 10 more deaths in post-election unrest and said authorities have arrested the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran's most powerful men. Full Story »

U.S Marine 1st Lt Brendan Mahoney from Redmond, WA and of the 2nd MEB, 2nd
Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, 2 troops dead AP – 1 hr 50 mins ago
People sit in the rubble of destroyed homes after a truck bombing near Kirkuk,
Iraqi police say bombing has al-Qaida signature AP – 2 hrs 5 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Course workers squeegee water off the third green during the third round of the AP

Barnes: record score on pushover US Open course

AP – Sat Jun 20, 9:01 pm ET

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Another day at the U.S. Open ended with a familiar drill. Players dodged puddles in the parking lot as they headed to their cars, a round left incomplete for the third straight day. The maintenance crew grabbed squeegees and pumps as they headed out to Bethpage Black to wage a losing battle against the rain. Full Story »

USC hires Kevin O'Neill to replace Floyd as coach

AP – Sat Jun 20, 1:55 pm ET

Struggling Dice-K to skip turn in rotation

AP – Sat Jun 20, 10:11 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

FILE -- In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, Norm Hanko harvests a field of soybeans AP

US exports to Iran up in Obama's first months

AP – 29 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Iran spent nearly twice as much on U.S. imports during President Barack Obama's first months in office as it did during the same period in 2008, showing that despite trade penalties and tense relations, the two countries are still doing business. Full Story »

Ammonia leak at NC plant kills 1, injures 4

AP – Sun Jun 21, 1:52 am ET
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs smiles during

Reports: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant

AP – Sun Jun 21, 12:46 am ET

  • Fire moves into houses abandoned by foreclosures

    AP – Sun Jun 21, 12:44 am ET
    In this May 14, 2009 photo, Elmer Crawley, Gordy Yoesting's half-brother,... AP

    FLINT, Mich. - Like the house across the street gone missing and the one at the corner stripped of its front door, the weathered brown bungalow at 1430 Jane Ave. bided its time, edging nearer to a meeting with a wrecking crew. Full Story »

  • Investors shun North Sea despite rebounding oil prices

    AFP – Sat Jun 20, 11:59 pm ET
    The Grangemouth oil refinery west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Despite... AFP/File

    ABERDEEN, Scotland (AFP) - Despite a recent spike in oil prices, energy industry chiefs warn that infrastructure investment in the North Sea will not jump in tandem as market volatility is scaring away investors. Full Story »

  • Senate confirms Allison as TARP chief

    Reuters – Fri Jun 19, 4:11 pm ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Herb Allison, the former chief executive of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae, as assistant Treasury secretary to oversee the government's $700 billion bank bailout fund. Full Story »

  • In Seattle, a Tight Housing Market

    BusinessWeek Online – Fri Jun 19, 8:08 am ET

    Two big factors will help bolster Seattle housing prices in the next few years: stringent building restrictions and basic geography. Full Story »

  • Jobless MBAs Opt for Entrepreneurship

    BusinessWeek Online – Fri Jun 19, 8:08 am ET

    Lindsay Giovachino was feeling frustrated as she approached her business school graduation this past May at the University of Miami School of Business(Miami Full-Time MBA Profile). Like many of her classmates, she had cast a wide net in her job search, applying for management jobs in fields ranging from the nonprofit world to the music industry, with little luck. The final blow came when people started suggesting that Giovachino, an aspiring singer and songwriter who goes by the stage name Lucia, take an unpaid internship with a record company. ... Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 21, 2009
I am no more humble than my talents require.
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
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Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
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George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
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