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


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Senate plans vote today on anti-foreclosure plan
AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A plan to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure is drawing bipartisan support in the Senate, setting the stage for high-stakes negotiations among congressional Democrats.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with women during a round table discussion at the Flying Star Cafe facility in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, June 23, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    James Dobson accuses Obama of `distorting' Bible AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement's biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution.

  • In this April 9, 2007 file photo, radio personality Don Imus appears on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
    Don Imus says he was making a 'sarcastic point' AP - 19 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Don Imus said Tuesday morning on his radio show that he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood.

  • Brain injuries cause half of seniors' fall deaths AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

    ATLANTA - The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls.

  • Visa business network boosts Facebook's ad efforts AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc.'s quest to lure more advertisers to its popular online hangout is getting an assist from Visa Inc.'s marketing machine.

  • Ana Ivanovic of Serbia reacts as she defeats Rossana De los rios of Paraguay, during their Women's Singles, first round match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Monday, June 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    Venus, Nadal, Roddick play today at Wimbledon AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    WIMBLEDON, England - Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, and Jelena Jankovic are in action today at Wimbledon. Williams takes on Naomi Cavaday, Nadal faces Andreas Beck, Roddick goes against Eduardo Schwank and Jankovic takes on Olga Savchuk.

  • Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the media in Harare June 22, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
    Pressure mounts to call off Zimbabwe election Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

    HARARE (Reuters) - African pressure mounted on Tuesday for President Robert Mugabe to call off a June 27 election after the U.N. Security Council issued an unprecedented condemnation of violence against opposition supporters.

  • Presumptive Republican presidential candidate US Senator John McCain pauses while delivering a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa June 20, 2008. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
    McCain defends position switch on offshore oil Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 3:20 AM ET

    SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is defending his decision to switch position in favor of U.S. offshore oil drilling as he seeks votes in environmentally conscious California.

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini speaks to journalists during a news conference in Tehran February 12, 2007. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)
    Iran says EU sanctions could hurt nuclear diplomacy Reuters - 19 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday new sanctions imposed on it by the European Union over its nuclear plans could hurt diplomatic efforts to resolve the row.

  • Iraqi security forces patrol a marshland in Amara, 185 miles southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
    Bomb kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans at Baghdad meeting Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed 10 people, including two U.S. government employees and two U.S. soldiers at a council meeting in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, officials said.

  • A village, hit by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar is seen in this picture taken June 5, 2008. (GMI/Handout/Reuters)
    Myanmar cyclone toll rises to 138,000 dead, missing Reuters - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

    YANGON (Reuters) - More than 138,000 are dead or missing from the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar last month, the government said on Tuesday, according to an Asian diplomat.

  • China's air force personnel stand inside a military administrative area near the Olympic Green in Beijing, June 24, 2008. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)
    Olympic venue security bolstered by missile launchers Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 5:19 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China has bolstered its Olympic security effort by deploying a battery of surface-to-air missile launchers a kilometer south of the showpiece venues for the Beijing Games.

  • Relatives of passengers of a capsized ferry cry as they await the latest news on their love ones outside the office of Sulpicio Lines in the port area of Manila June 22, 2008. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)
    Divers find only death in sunken Philippine ferry Reuters - 44 minutes ago

    SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Divers found bodies in lifevests bobbing in airpockets of a giant sunken ferry in the Philippines on Tuesday, and an official said it would be a miracle if any of the hundreds of missing had survived.

  • First contractor convicted under U.S. military law in Iraq Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 3:28 AM ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. military court has sentenced a Canadian-Iraqi translator to five months in jail over a stabbing in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

  • Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses media in Harare, on June 22. Tsvangirai sought assurances for his safety from his shelter in the Dutch embassy as President Robert Mugabe's regime seemed set to defy the world and hold a run-off vote.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)
    Tsvangirai seeks safety guarantees as Zimbabwe defies world opinion AFP - 19 minutes ago

    HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tuesday sought assurances for his safety from his shelter in the Dutch embassy as President Robert Mugabe's regime seemed set to defy the world and hold a run-off vote.

  • Residents of Sibuyan island watch the Philippine coastguard rescue personnel recovering victims from the sunken ferry MV Princess of the Stars. Philippine rescue divers have said they found many bodies inside the ferry that sank with more than 850 people on board, confirming the worst fears of desperate relatives.(AFP/Romeo Gacad)
    'Many' bodies found in Philippine ferry AFP - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

    OFF SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine rescue divers said they found many bodies Tuesday inside the ferry that sank with more than 850 people on board, confirming the worst fears of desperate relatives.

  • US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is welcomed by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana at a one-day conference in support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law at the foreign ministry in Berlin. Rice called on donor nations to make good on their commitments to the Palestinian Authority and help build the security infrastructure needed for a viable state.(AFP/Barbara Sax)
    Rice calls on donors to support Palestinian security AFP - 31 minutes ago

    BERLIN (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Tuesday on donor nations to make good on their commitments to the Palestinian Authority and help build the security infrastructure needed for a viable state.

  • Indian people queue for drinking water in Hyderabad in 2007.The world's water resources must be carefully managed to meet the needs of billions of people flocking to urban centres, experts said at a Singapore conference on sustainable development.(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)
    World must manage water carefully: experts AFP - Tue Jun 24, 4:39 AM ET

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world's water resources must be carefully managed to meet the needs of billions of people flocking to urban centres, experts said Tuesday at a conference on sustainable development.

  • People forming the shape of a whale and the word "Sanctuary" in Santiago on June 22. The International Whaling Commission, a treaty organization grouping 80 countries, is to meet in Chile to debate a possible resumption of commercial whale-hunting.(AFP/Whaleman Foundation/File/Jeff Pankunthoff)
    Whaling commission meets with own future at stake AFP - Tue Jun 24, 4:01 AM ET

    SANTIAGO (AFP) - The 80-nation International Whaling Commission gathered here at its annual meeting Monday with its very existence at stake amid tension over Japan's perennial bid to resume commercial whale hunting.

  • Gasoline prices over $5 per gallon are displayed at a Shell station in San Mateo, California, June 23. OPEC president Chakib Khelil has rebuffed calls from oil consuming countries to increase supply, saying the cartel had already done what it could on high prices.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    OPEC president sees no consumer relief from high oil prices AFP - 40 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - OPEC president Chakib Khelil on Tuesday rebuffed calls from oil consuming countries to increase supply, saying the cartel had already done what it could on high prices.

  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition May 15 in Chicago, Illinois. Federal Reserve policymakers open a two-day meeting Tuesday looking for a new message to keep inflation expectations in check, without having to boost interest rates, economists say.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)
    Fed seeking finely tuned message to ward off inflation AFP - Tue Jun 24, 12:59 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Federal Reserve policymakers open a two-day meeting Tuesday looking for a new message to keep inflation expectations in check, without having to boost interest rates, economists say.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Gas and diesel pumps along with gas prices are shown at an Exxon gas station in Carlsbad, California May 28, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
    Some signs of relief on gasoline prices The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Jun 23, 4:00 AM ET

    New York - Some of the long-term factors that have pushed oil prices to record levels are starting to change.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama waves as he arrives at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami, Florida, June 21, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Obama's race a campaign issue: poll, interviews Reuters - Mon Jun 23, 12:59 PM ET

    PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice.

  • US intelligence image of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor that North Korea was helping to build close to the Euphrates River. UN atomic experts are set to begin a three-day visit to Syria, to inspect a mysterious site that was bombed by Israel in September 2007.(AFP/US Govt./File)
    UN nuclear team to inspect bombed Syria desert site AFP - Sun Jun 22, 11:01 AM ET

    DAMASCUS (AFP) - Senior UN atomic experts are set to begin a three-day visit to Syria on Sunday to inspect a mysterious site bombed by Israel last year amid US allegations that it was a nuclear facility.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Bryant, James to lead US team

AP - Mon Jun 23, 5:03 PM ET

CHICAGO - MVP Kobe Bryant has a shot at another big prize after falling short of the NBA championship, and he'll have plenty of help along the way.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Dow Chemical raising prices by another 25 percent

AP - 6 minutes ago

MIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. plans to raise the price of its products for the second time in a month to deal with what it calls the relentless rise in costs of energy and related raw materials.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 24, 2008
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
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Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
The only paradise is paradise lost.
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Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

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