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Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Teacher arrested in Mexico, boy released AP - 13 minutes ago

LEXINGTON, Neb. - A female schoolteacher was arrested in Mexico on Saturday and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with was turned over to his relatives, a prosecutor said.

Travel

Passport gouging?

Investigation indicates people may have been overcharged.

The Week in Photos

Editor's picks

Darfur peace talks postponed, Noel lashes Caribbean and Hingis retires.

Health

Red-wine headache

New device may help prevent the dreaded side effect.

U.S.

Asleep at the wheel

Drowsy driving kills more than 1,550 Americans a year.

  • Water vapors rise into the air from some of the nine cooling towers at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, seen in this Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999, file photo near Wintersburg, Ariz. Security officials at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station detained a contract worker with an explosive device in the back of his truck Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 and the plant was put on lockdown. (AP Photo/Jason Wise)
    Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    WINTERSBURG, Ariz. - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.

  • James Antonoff poses with his daily prescriptions at his home, in Alpharetta, Ga. in this Nov. 18, 2006, file photo. Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, file)
    Changes ahead for Medicare drug program AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year.

  • Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson ducks into a car outside the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada September 19, 2007 after being released from jail on bail of $125,000. A third defendant in the Simpson memorabilia robbery case told a Las Vegas judge on Monday that he would plead guilty and testify against the former football star, a court official said. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
    FBI knew of O.J. Simpson plan in advance AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    LOS ANGELES - Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

  • Duane 'Dog' Chapman, star of the reality series 'Dog, the Bounty Hunter' is shown in this Nov. 7, 2006 file photo. Chapman on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, apologized for using a racial slur repeatedly in a profanity-laced tirade during a private phone conversation with his son that was recorded and posted online.  (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, FILE)
    A&E pulls 'Dog' series from schedule AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's show has been pulled from the air indefinitely by A&E, two days after a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly was posted online.

  • Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett (5) and teammate Paul Pierce head for the bench late in the fourth quarter of their 103-83 win over the Washington Wizards in an NBA basketball game in Boston Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
    Big debut for Big Three; James has 45 AP - 59 minutes ago

    The Big Three made a big statement, and King James conjured up memories of past NBA royalty. Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 20 rebounds and five assists in a dazzling debut with Boston, and the Celtics rolled to a 103-83 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

  • People hold Turkish national flags and banners during a demonstration against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, November 1, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Iraq vows to arrest Kurd rebel leaders Reuters - 17 minutes ago

    ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq said on Saturday it was ready to track down and arrest Kurdish guerrilla leaders responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey from northern Iraq.

  • Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood in Villahermosa November 1, 2007. Thousands of homes were flooded after several rivers burst their banks in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco and heavy rains left 70 percent of the swampy region under water. (Manuel Lopez/Reuters)
    Thousands flee floods in Mexico Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 8:16 PM ET

    VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled a Mexican city on Friday after flood waters burst through sandbag barriers in a disaster that left 800,000 people homeless and most of the state of Tabasco under water.

  • Spacewalker Scott Parazynski works on the end of the International Space Station's Canadarm 2 boom extension as he prepares equipment for his solar array repair mission in this image from NASA TV November 3, 2007. (NASA/Reuters)
    Astronauts take on risky spacewalk Reuters - 7 minutes ago

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two astronauts floated out of the International Space Station on Saturday on a risky spacewalk for what could be a make-or-break repair for completion of the $100 billion space outpost.

  • A digitalglobe satellite image shows a nuclear facility in Yongbyon, North Korea September 29, 2004. U.S. technicians are expected to begin on Monday the process to dismantle North Korea's nuclear complex, which makes weapons-grade plutonium, a senior U.S. envoy said on Saturday. (Digital Globe/Reuters)
    North Korean nuclear disabling to start Monday Reuters - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A team of U.S. technicians will on Monday start disabling North Korea's nuclear complex which makes weapons-grade plutonium, a senior U.S. envoy said on Saturday, under a multinational disarmament deal.

  • Citigroup CEO Charles Prince looks on during the Setting Priorities session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2005. Prince plans to resign this weekend, the Wall Street Journal said, as the widening subprime mortgage crisis deals a final blow to a reign long under attack. (Sebastian Derungs/Reuters)
    Citigroup CEO Prince to resign: reports Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 10:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Charles Prince plans to resign this weekend, the Wall Street Journal said, as the widening subprime mortgage crisis deals a final blow to a reign long under attack.

  • Hollywood writers call Monday strike Reuters - Sat Nov 3, 12:24 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing U.S. screenwriters called for a strike against film and TV studios starting on Monday in a move giving negotiators one last weekend to reach a contract deal or shatter 20 years of Hollywood labor peace.

  • Mist rises from the forest covering the Mount Kelud volcano near the village of Wilayang Ngantang in Indonesia's East Java province November 2, 2007. Mount Kelud volcano appears to have erupted, a top official said on Saturday, based on seismographic signals, but is obscured from view by heavy cloud cover. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters)
    Indonesian volcano Kelud erupts: official Reuters - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Kelud volcano appears to have erupted, a top official said on Saturday, based on seismographic signals, but the volcano is obscured from view by heavy cloud cover.

  • Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey answers questions on the second day of his Senate confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington October 18, 2007. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Mukasey's attorney general bid improves Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 5:44 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the next U.S. attorney general appeared virtually assured on Friday when two key Democrats declared their support, despite concerns by others about the retired judge's view of torture.

  • U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks gives a news conference in Ankara. A US judge ruled Friday that Rice, White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, and other top officials can be subpoenaed to testify in a spying case against lobbyists for Israel.(AFP/Adem Altan)
    Rice, Hadley to be subpoenaed in pro-Israel lobby spy case AFP - Fri Nov 2, 9:45 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A judge ruled Friday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley can be subpoenaed to testify in a sensitive spying case that has focused attention on pro-Israel lobbying in the United States.

  • Residents of Villahermosa, the capital of the state of Tabasco, are rescued by the Mexican Navy, 01 November 2007. Rescuers on Friday worked on saving hundreds of thousands of people trapped by the worst floods on record in Mexico's southern state of Tabasco.(AFP/File/Gilberto Villasana)
    More than a million affected by floods in southern Mexico AFP - Fri Nov 2, 10:33 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Rescuers Friday battled to reach people stranded on rooftops as more than one million struggled in the worst floods on record in Mexico's southern Tabasco state and President Felipe Calderon canceled a foreign visit to help.

  • Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. The foreign ministers of Iraq and other countries in the region met here Saturday ahead of talks with major Western powers to seek ways to stabilise the war-ravaged country(AFP/File)
    Mideast neighbours meet on Iraq turmoil AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:07 AM ET

    ISTANBUL (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Iraq and other countries in the region met here Saturday ahead of talks with major Western powers to seek ways to stabilise the war-ravaged country.

  • A Buddhist monk in Bago, some 90 km north-east of Yangon. The UN's special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, was expected in Yangon on Saturday for talks with the country's ruling generals amid a row over the threatened expulsion of another key diplomat(AFP/File/Khin Maung Sothy)
    UN envoy heads to Myanmar amid expulsion row AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:59 AM ET

    YANGON (AFP) - The UN's special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, was expected in Yangon on Saturday for talks with the country's ruling generals amid a row over the threatened expulsion of another key diplomat.

  • Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran (C) paying respects to his slain de facto deputy leader S. P. Thamilselvan at an undisclosed location inside rebel-held territory, the guerrillas said Saturday(AFP/HO)
    Sri Lanka fears retaliation as Tigers honour slain chief AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:30 AM ET

    COLOMBO (AFP) - The elusive leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday paid his respects to his slain deputy and five others who died in a government air raid, as security was stepped up across the island.

  • Chairman of Hamburg's HHLA group, which runs Hamburg's port, Klaus-Dieter Peters poses in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange building.(AFP/Martin Oeser)
    Port of Hamburg shares rise sharply on listing AFP - Fri Nov 2, 2:54 PM ET

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - Hamburg's HHLA group made a stock market splash Friday as the second biggest European port operator raised cash from investors to keep up with the rapidly expanding global shipping industry.

  • Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas celebrates after scoring against Slavia Prague during a Champions League in October 2007. Arsenal can take a huge stride towards reclaiming the Premier League title by beating Manchester United in an enticing top-of-the-table clash at the Emirates stadium in London.(AFP/File/Carl De Souza)
    Title rivals Arsenal, Man Utd vie for top spot in Premier League AFP - Sat Nov 3, 4:59 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - There was a time when the verbal sparring between the managers in the run-up to an Arsenal-Manchester United match was conducted with all the ferocity of Roy Keane or Patrick Vieira ploughing into a 50-50 challenge.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Winner of the 2007 World Backside Championships Kristina Dimitrova of Bulgaria, shows off her backside in Munich. A Bulgarian woman and a Romanian man have the world's best-looking bottoms, according to the jury of a backside beauty contest sponsored by a lingerie firm, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.(AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch)
    Best bottoms come from Balkans AFP - Thu Nov 1, 10:15 PM ET

    BERLIN (AFP) - A Bulgarian woman and a Romanian man have the world's best-looking bottoms, according to the jury of a backside beauty contest sponsored by a lingerie firm, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.

  • Panel links poor U.S. Army contract system to fraud Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 6:41 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent panel on Thursday called for an overhaul of the U.S. Army's military contracting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying systemic problems such as a lack of oversight had contributed to fraud.

  • A resident walks on an empty beach in South Beach, Miami as Tropical Storm Noel moves close to the south of Florida October 30, 2007. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Noel becomes hurricane, moves away from Bahamas Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 9:07 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Noel, whose rains have killed at least 108 people in the Caribbean, strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic on Thursday as it moved away from the Bahamas toward Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said.

  • The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission's final report, presented by Chairman Hans Blix (not pictured), is seen at the United Nations in New York June 1, 2006. An Iraqi defector made up his claim that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons, a threat cited by the Bush administration as a key reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. news program '60 Minutes' said on Thursday. (Chip East/Reuters)
    U.S. program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 7:12 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iraqi defector made up his claim that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons, a threat cited by the Bush administration as a key reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. news program "60 Minutes" said on Thursday.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) looks over at rival Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as they stand onstage together before the start of a debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, October 30, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
    Iran letter sparks new fight between Clinton, Obama Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 9:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton signed a letter to President George W. Bush on Thursday warning he has no authority from Congress for an attack on Iran, setting off a new round of fighting with Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Believe the hype: KG, Boston top Wizards

AP - Sat Nov 3, 12:51 AM ET

BOSTON - Kevin Garnett's dazzling debut with the Celtics gave their fans and long-suffering Paul Pierce plenty to celebrate. Garnett had 22 points, 20 rebounds and five assists, Pierce scored 28 points and sparked Boston's take-charge rally in the first half, and the Celtics opened their promising season with a 103-83 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Ford, UAW reach tentative contract deal

AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union said early Saturday it reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with Ford Motor Co., avoiding even the threat of a strike against the struggling automaker.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Top Ten Good Things About Being Elected To The National Baseball Hall Of Fame Presented By Tony Gwynn And Cal Ripken, Jr.

10. While traveling the country, I can shower with any team I choose

9. Can now advertise my garage sales as "Hall of Fame garage sales"

8. George Steinbrenner just offered me $20 million to play again

7. On Bobblehead Day, guess who gets two bobbleheads?

6. At any moment, there's a good chance Bob Costas is boring someone with stories about me

5. It's nice to be mentioned in the same breath as Arky Vaughan, Burleigh Grimes, and Gabby Hartnett

4. Free chalupa from Taco Bell if I mention them in my induction speech

3. Made all those years playing in southern California's lousy climate worth it

2. I can now admit I broke my streak in 1998 because I had tickets to "Les Mis"

1. Get to be on national television-- even if it is this show

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 3, 2007
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), quoted in Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962
All marriages are mixed marriages.
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Chantal Saperstein
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
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Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

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