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This edition was generated on Mon May 17 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:

BP cagey as oil tube registers 'some' success AFP/Getty Images/File
Worry that Gulf oil spreading into major current AP – 19 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS – BP said Monday it was siphoning more than one-fifth of the oil that has been spewing into the Gulf for almost a month, as worries escalated that the ooze may reach a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast. Full Story »

Plane carrying 43 crashes in Afghanistan: ministry
Afghan passenger plane crashes with 44 on board AP – 1 hr 1 min ago
Explosion at Turkish coal mine traps about 25 AP – 8 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Ray Allen, Dwight Howard AP

Celtics smother Magic 92-88, take 1-0 series lead

AP – 1 hr 40 mins ago

ORLANDO, Fla. – The hair is a little grayer. The ankles and knees no longer so sturdy. Even with a roster full of aging superstars, the Boston Celtics are still standing tall. Full Story »

Braydon Coburn, Simon Gagne

Flyers rout Canadiens in East finals opener

AP – 1 hr 40 mins ago
Sam Hornish Jr.

Busch wins Sprint Cup race at Dover

AP – Sun May 16, 6:32 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

File photo of General Motors logo outside its headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit Reuters

GM rides cost cuts, new model sales to 1Q profit

AP – 7 mins ago

DETROIT – General Motors Co. says it rode cost cuts and strong sales of new models to its first quarterly profit in nearly three years. Full Story »

Olli Rehn

Euro slides amid European debt crisis

AP – 46 mins ago
City workers make phone calls outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square in the City of London

Stock futures rise slightly ahead of open

AP – 46 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 17, 2010
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
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Franklin P. Jones
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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
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