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This edition was generated on Wed Mar 19 08:45:01 EDT 2008

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Sports News Update
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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Bush speech marks 5 years of war in Iraq
AP - 20 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Five years after launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush is making some of his most expansive claims of success in the fighting there. Bush said last year's troop buildup has turned Iraq around and produced "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama bin Laden."

  • Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the crowd as she makes a campaign stop at Millersville University's Pucillo Gymnasium in Millersville, Pa., Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Clinton to release schedules as 1st lady AP - Wed Mar 19, 4:47 AM ET

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Hillary Rodham Clinton's schedules as first lady — thousands of pages worth — are being released after months of pressure and criticism that the Clintons were delaying making them public.

  • In this image provided by NASA astronaut Rick Linnehan, anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint,  participates in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity Monday March 17, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Robot moved to perch outside NASA lab AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dextre the robot got a prime parking spot at the international space station and should be able to keep it for at least a few months.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Obama tried to stem damage from divisive comments delivered by his pastor, while bluntly addressing anger between blacks and whites in the most racially pointed speech yet of his presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Obama confronts racial division AP - Wed Mar 19, 5:04 AM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements.

  • Producer of 'Girls Gone Wild' Joe Francis waves to fans and the press at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles in this March 12, 2008, file photo.  (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
    Spitzer call girl already gone 'Wild' AP - 38 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for "Girls Gone Wild" as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's founder said Tuesday.

  • Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett (5) goes up to dunk the ball as Houston Rockets' Luis Scola (4), of Argentina, defends during the fourth quarter of a basketball game Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in Houston. The Rockets 22-game win streak ended as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74.  (AP Photo/Bob Levey)
    Celtics snap Rockets' streak at 22 AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

    HOUSTON - The 22-game winning streak is over. Now the Houston Rockets have to make sure they reach the postseason in the wild Western Conference. Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics stopped the Rockets' remarkable run Tuesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 94-74 victory.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event at City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 18, 2008. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
    Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll Reuters - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but evaporated in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

  • Ashley Alexandra Dupre in a photo from her myspace.com web page dated St. Tropez 2007. The call girl at the center of the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal, watched the potential earnings from her new-found fame drop by $1 million on Tuesday as old nude videos of her emerged. (myspace.com/Reuters)
    Spitzer call girl loses $1 million offer over videos Reuters - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call girl at the center of the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal, watched the potential earnings from her new-found fame drop by $1 million on Tuesday as old nude videos of her emerged.

  • Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is surrounded by bodyguards as he leaves the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 19, 2008. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
    McCain says he is committed to Mideast peace settlement Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 5:22 AM ET

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he was committed to a peace settlement after President George W. Bush leaves office, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday.

  • Police arrest Tibetan exiles during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi March 18, 2008. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
    Tibet to stay on Olympic torch route despite riots Reuters - 12 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed on Wednesday to take the Olympic torch to Tibet despite deadly riots there and warned against international protests over its crackdown in the Himalayan region that are certain to dog the run-up to the Games.

  • Kate (L) and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, arrive at their solicitors' office in London September 20, 2007. Two newspapers said on Wednesday they will pay 'substantial' damages to Madeleine's parents for a series of articles alleging that they killed their daughter and covered up her death. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)
    British papers apologize to missing girl's parents Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Two British tabloid newspapers made unprecedented front page apologies on Wednesday to the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann for suggesting they might have killed their daughter and covered up her death.

  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press availability after their meeting in Moscow March 18, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
    Russia receives U.S. missile shield plan: agencies Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia received written U.S. proposals on Wednesday which Washington hopes will allay Moscow's concerns over plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in Europe, Russian news agencies reported.

  • Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, speaks to the media at a court house in Alexandria February 22, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Italy judge clears way for CIA "rendition" trial Reuters - 57 minutes ago

    MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered the resumption of a trial against U.S. and Italian spies accused of abducting a terrorism suspect, in a blow to efforts to halt a case that Rome says violates state secrecy rules.

  • Afghans point at the wall of a house damaged by a U.S.-led coalition raid in the village of Muqibel in the province of Khost, Afghanistan, March 19, 2008. (Kamal Sadat/Reuters)
    U.S.-led force kills Afghan civilians in raid Reuters - 52 minutes ago

    MUQIBEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition troops killed three men, two children and a woman, in a raid in southeastern Afghanistan, provincial officials and village residents said on Wednesday.

  • Tibetan spiritual leader in-exile the Dalai Lama gestures while speaking with media representatives in Dharamsala on March 18. The Dalai Lama wants talks between his government-in-exile and China to resume and is committed to a non-violent settlement of the Tibet issue, one of his close aides has told AFP.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)
    Dalai Lama wants resumption of talks with China: aide AFP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

    DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - The Dalai Lama wants talks between his government-in-exile and China to resume and is committed to a non-violent settlement of the Tibet issue, one of his aides told AFP Wednesday.

  • People celebrate Kosovo's independence in downtown Pristina in February 2008. Serbia's neighbours Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary have announced their recognition of Kosovo's independence, in a joint statement issued simultaneously in their three capitals.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)
    Serbia's neighbours recognise Kosovo AFP - 31 minutes ago

    ZAGREB (AFP) - Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary recognised Kosovo's independence on Wednesday in a new blow to Serbia's efforts to resist the province's breakaway.

  • Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 18. Asian equities chased Wall Street higher after a deep US interest rate cut but a European rally fizzled out amid rumours that a British bank was facing liquidity problems.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/Hiroko Masuike)
    Asia stocks rally after US rate cut but Europe falters AFP - 14 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Asian equities chased Wall Street higher on Wednesday after a deep US interest rate cut but a European rally fizzled out amid rumours that a British bank was facing liquidity problems.

  • Robert Zeigler, head of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), is seen at the rice growing paddy fields at Los Banos, a town south of Manila, on March 18. Zeigler has warned that as the price of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face the spectre of riots by hungry people.(AFP/Luis Liwanag)
    Expert warns of unrest as rice price soars AFP - Wed Mar 19, 4:30 AM ET

    LOS BANOS, Philippines (AFP) - As the price of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face the spectre of riots by hungry people, according to one of the world's leading rice experts.

  • The Svalbard archipelago 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the North Pole. The polar ice cap over the Arctic Ocean was slightly bigger last month than in February of last year due to a harsher winter, but the ice sheet is still shrinking overall, NASA has said.(AFP/File/Daniel Sannum-Lauten)
    Arctic ice cap still at risk: NASA AFP - Wed Mar 19, 4:08 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The polar ice cap over the Arctic Ocean was slightly bigger last month than in February of last year due to a harsher winter, but the ice sheet is still shrinking overall, NASA said Tuesday.

  • An Alitalia airplane at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. A plan by Air France-KLM to take over failing Alitalia is "in jeopardy" after the breakdown of talks with the Italian carrier's unions, the European giant's chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta has said.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)
    Alitalia takeover "in jeopardy", Air France-KLM boss says AFP - 13 minutes ago

    ROME (AFP) - A plan by Air France-KLM to take over failing Alitalia is "in jeopardy" after the breakdown of talks with the Italian carrier's unions, the European giant's chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta said Wednesday.

  • A Visa decal is reflected in a supermarket window in Cyprus. Credit card giant Visa raised more than 17 billion dollars Tuesday in the largest share offering in US history despite a growing financial crisis in the country.(AFP/File/Laura Boushnak)
    Visa raises 17.9 billion dollars in historic IPO AFP - Wed Mar 19, 1:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Credit card giant Visa raised more than 17 billion dollars Tuesday in the largest share offering in US history, despite a growing financial crisis in the country.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll Reuters - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but evaporated in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

  • Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke signs copies of his books at The Galle Literary Festival, January 14 2007. The pioneering science fiction writer and visionary, best known for his work on the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey', has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Reuters)
    Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke dies Reuters - Tue Mar 18, 9:10 PM ET

    COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pioneering science fiction writer and visionary Arthur C. Clarke, best known for his work on the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

  • Passersby walk past a burnt store in Lhasa, Tibet March 18, 2008. China warned of a "life and death" struggle with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday following a crackdown on protests in Tibetan regions that brought some calls for a boycott of Beijing's showcase Olympic Games in August. Picture taken March 18, 2008.  REUTERS/Kyodo (CHINA).  FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN.
    Tibet to stay on Olympic torch route despite riots Reuters - 12 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed on Wednesday to take the Olympic torch to Tibet despite deadly riots there and warned against international protests over its crackdown in the Himalayan region that are certain to dog the run-up to the Games.

  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press availability after their meeting in Moscow, March 18, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
    Russia, U.S. fail to agree on missile shield Reuters - Tue Mar 18, 2:31 PM ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States failed on Tuesday to find common ground over U.S. plans to deploy parts of a missile defence shield in eastern Europe.

  • Robert Zeigler, head of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), is seen at the rice growing paddy fields at Los Banos, a town south of Manila, on March 18. Zeigler has warned that as the price of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face the spectre of riots by hungry people.(AFP/Luis Liwanag)
    Expert warns of unrest as rice price soars AFP - Wed Mar 19, 4:28 AM ET

    LOS BANOS, Philippines (AFP) - As the price of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face the spectre of riots by hungry people, according to one of the world's leading rice experts.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Celtics snap Rockets' streak at 22

AP - Wed Mar 19, 1:07 AM ET

HOUSTON - The shots stopped falling, Boston's stars took over and just like that, the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak was history.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Morgan Stanley 1Q beats expectations

AP - 13 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley, one of the world's biggest investment banks, on Wednesday reported strong stock and bond trading pushed first-quarter above Wall Street projections.

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Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 19, 2008
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
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Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless.
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Paul Johnson
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
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