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This edition was generated on Thu May 6 08:45:01 EDT 2010

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:

With a sheen of oil as far as the eye can see, the Joe Griffin arrives at the rig explosion site carrying the containment vessel which will be used to AP
APNewsBreak: Boat with containment box at oil site AP – 2 mins ago

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – A boat carrying a 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico arrived Thursday at the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons a day. Full Story »

New York bomb suspect talking, probe shifts to foreign ties
Official: NYC bomb suspect did dry run days before AP – 13 mins ago
Productivity grows 3.6 percent in first quarter AP – 8 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Goran Dragic, Tony Parker AP

Stoudemire leads 'Los Suns' over Spurs, 110-102

AP – 1 hr 54 mins ago

PHOENIX – Los Suns ganaron. That means the Suns won. Amare Stoudemire had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Channing Frye made 5 of 6 3-pointers, and Phoenix, wearing its orange "Los Suns" jerseys in part to protest Arizona's new anti-immigration law, pulled away for a 110-102 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Full Story »

Tuukka Ras

Bruins beat Flyers 4-1, lead series 3-0

AP – Wed May 5, 9:51 pm ET
Roberto Luongo, Jonathan Toews, Dustin Byfuglien, Alexander Edler

Byfuglien scores 3; Blackhawks take 2-1 lead

AP – Thu May 6, 2:16 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Productivity grows 3.6 percent in first quarter

AP – 8 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Productivity growth posted a better-than-expected gain in the first three months of the year while labor costs dropped more sharply than expected. That combination is good for corporate profits but means household incomes continue to be squeezed, putting the economic recovery at risk. Full Story »

Susan Pinto

New jobless claims drop for third straight week

AP – 1 min ago
In this May 4, 2010 photo, a customer looks at wide screen television sets at a Costco store in Mountain View, Calif. Early reports from retailers sho

Retailers report more modest April shopping

AP – 19 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 6, 2010
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
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The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
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Lucille S. Harper
I'm a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits.
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David Hoselton, House M.D., Guardian Angels, 2007
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