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This edition was generated on Tue Mar 4 08:45:01 EST 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:

Day of reckoning for Clinton, Obama
AP - 21 minutes ago

HOUSTON - Barack Obama sought a knockout against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as voting began Tuesday in crucial contests in Texas and Ohio, where the former first lady desperately needs a win to salvage her once-powerful candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

  • Police officers man the entrance to a West Palm Beach, Fla. Wendy's restaurant where a gunman killed himself after killing one other person and wounding three, Monday, March 3, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
    Paramedic slain at a Florida Wendy's AP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Paramedic Rafael Vazquez left a training course on how to help when several people are hurt at once, and went to lunch at a nearby Wendy's. He became exactly the kind of victim he was being trained to save.

  • Michael Jackson flashes a V-sign at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, in this 2007 file photo. Public documents show Jackson has repeatedly failed to make mortgage payments on a Los Angeles home that has been used for years by his family. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, FILE)
    Millions awarded in Jackson taping suit AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - The owner of a air charter service was ordered to pay attorney Mark Geragos and an associate several million dollars for ordering the secret videotaping of Michael Jackson and the lawyers as they flew with the pop star to his surrender on molestation charges in 2003.

  • In this false color image released by NASA showing an active avalanche on Mars taken by the Reconnaissance Orbiter on Feb. 19, 2008 is the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. The image shows tan clouds billowing away from the foot of a towering slope, where ice and dust have just cascaded down. (AP Photo/NASA, University of Arizona)
    Spacecraft photographs Mars avalanche AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

    PASADENA, Calif. - A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday.

  • New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss (81) during an NFL football game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in this  Dec. 29, 2007 photo. The Patriots re-signed Moss, a All-Pro receiver to a three-year deal Monday, March 3 2008, that is worth $27 million, according to ESPN.com. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
    Pats re-sign Randy Moss to 3-year deal AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    BOSTON - Randy Moss is staying with the New England Patriots. The defending AFC champions re-signed the record-breaking receiver on Monday to a three-year deal worth $27 million, his agent said. The signing was confirmed by the team shortly after Moss posted a message to fans on his Web site.

  • An Afghan medic treats a wounded  Afghan civilian in a hospital in Khost province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 3, 2008. A suicide car bomber attacked a government center protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post with soldiers inside, officials said. Three NATO soldiers were wounded in the attack, a U.S. military official said.(AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)
    Bombings in Afghanistan kill 5 AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

    KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber attacked a government building Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing a policeman a day after a similar blast left four people — including two NATO soldiers — dead.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to reporters on his campaign plane near Cleveland, Ohio, March 1, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Clinton gains steam in tight Ohio and Texas races Reuters - Tue Mar 4, 1:09 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton gained ground on rival Barack Obama to take a slim lead in Texas and pull even in Ohio before their crucial Democratic presidential showdowns, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Tuesday.

  • Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Presidential Palace in Cairo March 4, 2008. (Amr Dalsh/Reuters)
    Rice tries to revive Mideast peace talks Reuters - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to resume U.S.-sponsored peace talks suspended over Israel's offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

  • Rescue workers douse burning vehicles after a series of blasts in Lahore March 4, 2008. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)
    Suicide blast kills 6 at Pakistan navy college Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    LAHORE (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 19 in an attack on Tuesday on a Pakistan naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said.

  • Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, March 3, 2008. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
    U.N. council imposes new sanctions on defiant Iran Reuters - Mon Mar 3, 8:14 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council ratcheted up sanctions on Iran on Monday for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities, but Tehran dismissed the decision as illegal.

  • Gay couples gather together at City Hall on the first year anniversary of same sex weddings in San Francisco, February 12, 2005. Four years after San Francisco ignited passionate embraces and heated national debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top court hears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to a man and a woman. (Kimberly White/Reuters)
    California's top court ponders gay marriage Reuters - Tue Mar 4, 2:50 AM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Four years after San Francisco ignited passionate embraces and heated national debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top court hears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to a man and a woman.

  • A demonstrator chants slogans as he holds an image of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest in Baghdad's Sadr City February 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem
    Iraq's Sadrists demand U.S. release former minister Reuters - 36 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political bloc demanded on Tuesday that the U.S. military release a former deputy health minister after terrorism charges against him were dropped.

  • A Colombian soldier talks on a radio at the San Miguel bridge at the Ecuador-Colombia border March 3, 2008. (Guillermo Granja/Reuters)
    Colombia says FARC wanted to make radioactive bomb Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Tuesday that FARC rebels had been planning to make a "dirty bomb" with radioactive material, threatening the entire Latin American region.

  • Floods in Namibia kill 42 and displace thousands Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Floods in Namibia have killed 42 people and displaced thousands since early February and officials said on Tuesday more flooding can be expected.

  • Barack Obama bids Tuesday to knock Hillary Clinton out of the White House race after a mud-slinging campaign that Democratic grandees fear is helping nobody but Republican heir John McCain.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Polls open in key US primaries AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - Polls opened in Ohio Tuesday on a crucial day of presidential primaries that could see Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama end Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House.

  • US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah. Rice has pushed Israel and the Palestinians to renew peace talks that were dealt a major blow by Israel's deadly assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.(AFP/Abbas Momani)
    Rice tells Israel and Palestinians to do more for peace AFP - 39 minutes ago

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to renew peace talks that were dealt a major blow by Israel's deadly assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

  • Aerial photo of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virgina taken in 2003. An annual Pentagon report on China on Monday said Beijing's lack of transparency posed risks to stability, voicing concern over how it would use expanding military power.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/U.S. Air Force)
    China declares sharp rise in military spending AFP - Tue Mar 4, 4:41 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - China announced Tuesday its defence spending would rise 17.6 percent this year but insisted the increase was moderate, after the United States expressed concerns about Beijing's expanding military power.

  • A Russian oil worker operates the valve of a gas pipeline belonging to Gazprom.(AFP/File/Wojtek Lski)
    Gazprom slashes Ukraine gas supply AFP - Tue Mar 4, 5:05 AM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said Tuesday it would cut Ukraine's gas supply by a further 25 percent over a debt dispute.

  • File photo shows a woman making chapatis with her daughters at their home in village Jalahmajra of Nawanshahr District of Punjab. The Indian government plans to give cash incentives to the families of baby girls in an effort to limit the number of abortions of females because of a preference for sons.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)
    India to pay cash for baby girls to stem abortions AFP - Tue Mar 4, 5:08 AM ET

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Indian government plans to give cash incentives to the families of baby girls in an effort to limit the number of abortions of females because of a preference for sons.

  • File photo shows a woman walking past a branch of the Industrial and Commerical Bank of China in Kashgar. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's largest lender, said Tuesday it completed the acquisition of a 20 percent stake in South Africa's Standard Bank for 5.5 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)
    China's largest bank buys stake in South African lender AFP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's largest lender, said Tuesday it completed the acquisition of a 20 percent stake in South Africa's Standard Bank for 5.5 billion dollars.

  • A US court has ruled against a patent for Bayer's oral contraceptive Yasmin, one of its most profitable products, the German pharmaceutical and chemicals group Bayer said late Monday(AFP/File/John MacDougall)
    US court rejects patent for Bayer contraceptive Yasmin AFP - Tue Mar 4, 3:49 AM ET

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - A US court has ruled against a patent for Bayer's oral contraceptive Yasmin, one of its most profitable products, the German pharmaceutical and chemicals group said.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • A foreclosed home is seen in this picture Chicago January 28, 2008. Plans for sweeping government bailouts and wholesale rewriting of mortgage terms that were unthinkable at the start of the U.S. housing crisis are gaining traction as other efforts to stabilize the market fall short. (John Gress/Reuters)
    Housing crisis puts off first-time buyers Reuters - Sun Mar 2, 7:17 PM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - For decades, buying a home was a key step on the path to financial security for the American middle class.

  • REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) laughs at a  "Texas-Sized" Town Hall meeting in Austin, Texas March 3, 2008. Actress Eva Longoria (C) also attends the meeting. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)
    Obama and Clinton neck and neck in Ohio, Texas Reuters - Mon Mar 3, 1:08 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton and rival Barack Obama are running neck-and-neck in Ohio and Texas one day before their crucial Democratic presidential showdowns, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Monday.

  • Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, seen here on February 28, are waging a pitched battle for Texas and Ohio, three days before the two states vote on a possible day of destiny in the Democratic White House race.(AFP/Getty Images/Eric Thayer)
    On ropes, Clinton works to hold Ohio The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Mar 3, 3:00 AM ET

    HANGING ROCK, Ohio - Marissa Wilson originally supported John Edwards for president. But now the Ohio University student in early childhood education is on Hillary Rodham Clinton's team, making calls for her when her busy life of work and study permits. And when Senator Clinton appeared at the child development center here late last week in this poor, remote corner of Appalachian Ohio, Ms. Wilson was pleased.

  • Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting with his cabinet at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, March 1, 2008. (Miraflores Palace/Handout/Reuters)
    Latin America scrambles to defuse crisis in the Andes Reuters - Tue Mar 4, 3:26 AM ET

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Latin America scrambled to defuse a three-nation crisis that threatens the region's stability after Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and ordered troops to their neighbor's border.

  • Blind man holding his cane. An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye(AFP/File)
    Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye AFP - Thu Feb 28, 1:30 AM ET

    DUBLIN (AFP) - An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Pats re-sign Randy Moss to 3-year deal

AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

BOSTON - Randy Moss is staying with the New England Patriots. The defending AFC champions re-signed the record-breaking receiver on Monday to a three-year deal worth $27 million, his agent said. The signing was confirmed by the team shortly after Moss posted a message to fans on his Web site.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

OPEC not moving to ease high oil prices

AP - 26 minutes ago

VIENNA, Austria - OPEC has virtually ruled out pumping more oil to ease record-high prices, key oil ministers signaled Tuesday on the eve of a cartel meeting.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 4, 2008
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Tempest, Act II scene 1
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.
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