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This edition was generated on Tue May 10 08:45:02 EDT 2011

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:

Death of Osama bin Laden
Flood waters claim an abandoned bus in Satartia, Miss., Monday, May 9, 2011. Residents and farmers along the Mississippi River and its tributaries rac AP
Mississippi crests in Memphis at nearly 48 feet AP – 49 mins ago

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling inches short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. Full Story »

In this March 22, 2011, photo, Afghan National Army commandos practice a house clearing during a training session at Camp Morehead on the outskirts of
Afghan special ops units a key to US exit AP – 2 hrs 33 mins ago
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, the Skype logo is reflected in the eye of a reader using a handheld smartphone, in Berlin, Germany. Microsoft
Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B AP – 10 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

TRENDING NOW:Hillary Clinton disappears and Samoan time travel

Thabo Sefolosha, Russell Westbrook, James Harden AP

Thunder tie series with Memphis with 3 OT thriller

AP – 2 hrs 36 mins ago

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Trading comebacks and clutch shots, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies looked as if they might play all night. Full Story »

Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alexander Edler

Canucks beat Predators to advance to West finals

AP – Tue May 10, 4:24 am ET
Rajon Rondo, Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers

James, Wade lead Heat past Celtics 98-90 in OT

AP – 2 hrs 35 mins ago

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

TRENDING NOW:Hillary Clinton disappears and Samoan time travel

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 45.94 points, or 0.36 percent, at 12,684.68 Reuters

Stock futures gain after strong Chinese data

Reuters – 44 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as strong Chinese trade data eased concerns of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and pointed to strong global demand. Full Story »

Friends use Skype software to chat from an internet cafe in central London

Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

Reuters – 27 mins ago

EU paymaster Merkel guarded on new aid for Greece

Reuters – 1 hr 8 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 10, 2011
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778), (Attributed); originated in "The Friends of Voltaire", 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004)
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The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
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Woody Allen (1935 - ), Without Feathers (1976)
The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.
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Meredith Willson, The Music Man
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