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


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

2 car bombings kill at least 10 in Iraq
AP - 45 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Two nearly simultaneous car bombs targeted a local police chief and a prominent Sunni sheik working with U.S. forces against al-Qaida in Iraq in a northern city on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said.

60 MINUTES ON YAHOO! NEWS

The Boss is back

Springsteen defends his new album as patriotic.

THE WEEK IN PHOTOS

Images of the week

Miners emerge safe in South Africa, North Korea meets South Korea, and more.

People of the Web

Expensive tastes

Take a tour of New York on a million dollars a day.

HOT ZONE

'A World of Conflict'

Kevin Sites traces a yearlong journey through the world's war zones.

  • Coors, Miller to combine operations AP - 22 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Brewers Molson Coors Brewing Co. and SABMiller PLC plan to combine their U.S. operations in a joint venture, which the makers of Miller Lite and Coors Light said should help them compete more effectively.

  • GM OnStar system could halt stolen cars AP - 55 minutes ago

    DETROIT - Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at work. If it's equipped with General Motors' OnStar service, he could be in for a big surprise and you could get a little revenge — and even see your car again.

  • TiVo to feature Rhapsody music service AP - 57 minutes ago

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - TiVo Inc. is introducing music to its mix of entertainment services, offering owners of the company's digital video recorders access through their TVs to the Rhapsody music service.

  • Man jailed for trying to pass $1M bill AP - 42 minutes ago

    PITTSBURGH - Change for a million? That's what a man was seeking Saturday when he handed a $1 million bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket. But when the Giant Eagle employee refused and a manager confiscated the bogus bill, the man flew into a rage, police said.

  • Cleveland Indians catcher Kelly Shoppach, front, and pitcher Joe Borowski, back right, celebrate with a teammate after beating the New York Yankees 6-4 win Game 4 and clinch the American League Division Series  Monday, Oct. 8, 2007 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
    Indians eliminate Yankees with 6-4 win AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    NEW YORK - Paul Byrd and the Cleveland Indians bullpen closed out the New York Yankees 6-4 in Game 4 of their American League Division Series last night, completing the third straight first-round debacle for the Yankees, one that might cost manager Joe Torre his job.

  • Blackwater Chief Executive Erik Prince testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 2, 2007. The Iraqi government wants security firm Blackwater to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed in a shooting, a senior government source said on Tuesday. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
    Iraq wants Blackwater to pay $136 million compensation Reuters - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government wants security firm Blackwater to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed in a shooting, a senior government source said on Tuesday.

  • A photo released October 30, 2006 is said to show North Koreans taking part in a rally south of Pyongyang to celebrate the country's nuclear test. North Korea on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear test that made it globally ostracized and the target of painful sanctions by calling it a 'great miracle' for all Koreans. (Korea News Service/Reuters)
    Unrepentant North Korea marks "miracle" nuclear test Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 2:02 AM ET

    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear test that made it globally ostracized and the target of painful sanctions by calling it a "great miracle" for all Koreans.

  • Peter Grunberg (L) and Albert Fert (R) are seen in this April 18, 2007 photo. Fert and Grunberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics for their work with nanotechnology, the Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. (Everett Kennedy Brown/Pool/Reuters)
    Nanotechnology pioneers win physics Nobel Reuters - 34 minutes ago

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for discoveries allowing the miniaturization of hard disks in electronic devices from laptops to iPods.

  • Motorists wait in a traffic jam on a motorway during the evening rush hour as they head out of central Sydney October 2, 2007. The global economic boom has accelerated greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold not expected for a decade and could potentially cause irreversible climate change, said one of Australia's leading scientists. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
    Greenhouse gas emissions hit danger mark: scientist Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 1:01 AM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - The global economic boom has accelerated greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold not expected for a decade and could potentially cause irreversible climate change, said one of Australia's leading scientists.

  • United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger on September 24, 2007. With just over a day remaining until a strike deadline, representatives of the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC bargained into Tuesday morning in a bid to reach a new contract for some 49,000 U.S. factory workers. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)
    Chrysler, UAW talks intensify as strike deadline looms Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 4:14 AM ET

    DETROIT (Reuters) - With just over a day remaining until a strike deadline, representatives of the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC bargained into Tuesday morning in a bid to reach a new contract for some 49,000 U.S. factory workers.

  • Myanmar's Deputy Minister for Labour, Major General Aung Kyi, speaks during a news conference in Nay Pyi Taw December 17, 2006. The appointment of Aung Kyi, by Myanmar's junta, as a go-between for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi suggests the generals may be serious about negotiations, analysts said on Tuesday. (Aung Hla Tun/Reuters)
    Myanmar names trusted fixer as Suu Kyi go-between Reuters - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's main opposition gave a cautious welcome on Tuesday to the junta naming its main trouble-shooter as "Minister of Relations" to act as a go-between with detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

  • The rocket carrying the three-tonne SELENE orbiter is pictured blasting off from the island of Tanegashima, about 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo, on September 14, 2007. Japan plans to launch its first mission to land a spacecraft on the moon in the next decade, officials said on Tuesday, joining China and India in a race among Asian nations to explore the lunar surface. (Kyodo/Reuters)
    Japan plans unmanned mission to the moon Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to launch its first mission to land a spacecraft on the moon in the next decade, officials said on Tuesday, joining China and India in a race among Asian nations to explore the lunar surface.

  • Residents gather on the roof of a collapsed house at the site of a bomb attack in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad October 9, 2007. (Sabah al-Bazee/Reuters)
    Car bombs kill 22 in northern Iraq Reuters - 21 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombs killed at least 22 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday in attacks targeting a police chief and a Sunni Arab tribal leader working with U.S. forces to fight al Qaeda.

  • Pakistani jets pounded militant hideouts in the tribal area of North Waziristan for a third day, killing around 50 militants and injuring a similar number, security officials told AFP.(AFP Illustration)
    Pakistani civilians flee after clashes kill 195 AFP - Tue Oct 9, 3:37 AM ET

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Hundreds of people fled a Pakistani tribal town on Tuesday after some of the heaviest-ever clashes near the Afghan border left 150 militants and 45 soldiers dead, officials and witnesses said.

  • Iraqi pedestrians run moments after a car bomb exploded in Baghdad. Two suicide bombers blew up fuel-laden trucks against the homes of an Iraqi police chief and a tribal leader in simultaneous bombings that killed 19 people.(AFP/Ali Al Saadi)
    Suicide truck bombers kill 19 in Iraq attacks AFP - 17 minutes ago

    TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) - Two suicide bombers blew up fuel-laden trucks against the homes of an Iraqi police chief and a tribal leader in simultaneous bombings that killed 19 people on Tuesday, police said.

  • Fighters of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minawi man their armoured vehicle at the Graida Internally Displaced People's Camp in southern Darfur, July 2007. The group -- the only Darfur rebel group to have signed a peace deal with Khartoum -- has said that four of its fighters were killed repelling an attack on a town by Sudanese government forces as violence mounts ahead of new peace talks this month.(AFP/File/Stuart Price)
    Darfur rebels say Khartoum using growing violence ahead of peace talks AFP - 8 minutes ago

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - The only Darfur rebel group to have signed a peace deal with Khartoum said on Tuesday that four of its fighters were killed repelling an attack on a town by Sudanese government forces as violence mounts ahead of new peace talks this month.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivers a speech during a parliament session in Jerusalem. Olmert was grilled by police over his alleged abuse of influence in the privatisation of Israel's second largest bank two years ago.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)
    Israeli police grill Olmert in corruption probe AFP - 45 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was grilled by police on Tuesday over his alleged abuse of influence in the privatisation of Israel's second largest bank two years ago.

  • German professor Peter Gruenberg delivers a speech after receiving the 2007 Japan Prize in Tokyo. Albert Fert of France and Gruenberg have won the Nobel Physics Prize for work that led to the miniaturised hard disk, one of the breakthroughs of modern information technology.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)
    Thanks for the memory: Hard-disk breakthrough wins Nobel Physics Prize AFP - 42 minutes ago

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Albert Fert of France and Peter Gruenberg of Germany on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for pioneering work that led to the miniaturised hard disk, one of the breakthroughs of modern information technology.

  • Yuan banknotes on display at a Bank of China branch in Hong Kong. China has come under European pressure to allow its currency to trade more freely in foreign exchange markets amid growing concerns that its huge surpluses are destablising the global economy.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)
    EU urges flexibility from China over exchange rates AFP - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

    LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - China came under European pressure on Tuesday to allow its currency to trade more freely in foreign exchange markets amid growing concerns that its huge surpluses are destablising the global economy.

  • World Bank President Robert Zoellick, seen here in August 2007, has told the Wall Street Journal that Arab countries have been "underserved" by the development lender and that he wants to develop an initiative to get more involved in the Arab world.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)
    World Bank chief says lender wants to help Arab states AFP - 5 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Arab countries have been "underserved" by the development lender and that he wants to develop an initiative to get more involved in the Arab world, according to an interview published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • Board the plane, turn off your phone ... and surf the Web The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Oct 9, 4:00 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Coming soon to an airplane near you: broadband.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions hit danger mark: scientist Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 1:01 AM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - The global economic boom has accelerated greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold not expected for a decade and could potentially cause irreversible climate change, said one of Australia's leading scientists.

  • Marion Jones cries as she makes a statement to the media after leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse in White Plains, New York, October 5, 2007. Jones has returned the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a source close to Jones told Reuters on Monday. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
    Jones returns Olympic medals and accepts two-year ban Reuters - Mon Oct 8, 11:30 PM ET

    SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has relinquished the five Olympic medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Games and accepted a two-year ban after admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Monday.

  • Mario R. Capecchi, professor of human genetics and biology at the University of Utah's Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, seen at his home in Salt Lake City, October 8, 2007, talks on a telephone to a reporter in Italy after after hearing he won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Capecchi shares the award with 2 other scientists, Oliver Smithies at the University of North Carolina in Cahpel Hill and Sir Martin J. Evans of Cardiff University in Wales. (Steve Wilson/Reuters)
    Nanotechnology pioneers win physics Nobel Reuters - 34 minutes ago

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for discoveries allowing the miniaturization of hard disks in electronic devices from laptops to iPods.

  • Hundreds of new cars wait in a holding area for new Chrysler automobiles near a railroad yard in Auburn, Wash. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, in this aerial photo. As negotiations continued Monday, Oct. 8 at Chrysler LLC's Auburn Hills, Mich.  headquarters, the United Auto Workers set a deadline of Wednesday morning to agree on a new contract, or else workers could strike.(AP Photo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Joshua Trujillo)
    Chrysler, UAW talks intensify as strike deadline looms Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 4:14 AM ET

    DETROIT (Reuters) - With just over a day remaining until a strike deadline, representatives of the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC bargained into Tuesday morning in a bid to reach a new contract for some 49,000 U.S. factory workers.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Indians eliminate Yankees with 6-4 win

AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

NEW YORK - Paul Byrd and the Cleveland Indians bullpen closed out the New York Yankees 6-4 in Game 4 of their American League Division Series last night, completing the third straight first-round debacle for the Yankees, one that might cost manager Joe Torre his job.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Coors, Miller to combine operations

AP - 22 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Brewers Molson Coors Brewing Co. and SABMiller PLC plan to combine their U.S. operations in a joint venture, which the makers of Miller Lite and Coors Light said should help them compete more effectively.

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 - October 9, 2007
The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
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Doug Larson
The world is round; it has no point.
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Adrienne E. Gusoff
There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.
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Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)

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