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This edition was generated on Fri Oct 10 08:45:01 EDT 2008

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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:

Wall Street seen adding to global rout
AP - 7 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Wall Street appeared headed to a sharply lower open Friday, extending a global sell-off on concerns that even low interest rates won't help end the worsening credit crisis. Dow Jones industrials futures plunged 282 points ahead of the opening bell in New York.

  • Georgia Lutz, left, talks with her partner Darryl Hendon about the upcoming election outside their home in Beaver Falls, Pa. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Lutz said she's voting for Obama, as did Hendon, 50.  A Democrat, Hendon said he thinks some white Democrats in the region are reluctant to back Obama simply because of his race. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
    McCain losing ground with working-class whites AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    KITTANNING, Pa. - The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.

  • This Aug. 13, 2002 file photo is a  satellite image provided by Space Imaging Asia of the Yongbyon Nuclear Center, located north of Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea announced Thursday Oct. 6, 2008 that it is preparing to restart the facility that produced its atomic bomb, clearly indicating that it plans to completely pull out of an international deal to end its nuclear program. North Korea told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it was stopping the process of disabling its main nuclear site and barring international inspectors from the Yongbyon facility, the agency said. (AP Photo/Space Imaging Asia, File)
    Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list AP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned.

  • A blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, is shown in this March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. Scientists have confirmed the second case of a 'virgin birth' in a shark. In a report in The Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. (AP Photo/Institute for Ocean Conservation Science/Matthew D. Potenski)
    Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

    RICHMOND, Va. - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark.

  • In this Oct. 4, 2008 file photo, actress Angelina Jolie attends a New York Film Festival screening of 'Changeling' at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
    Jolie apparently breastfeeding on W magazine cover AP - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - We've already seen the baby pictures — now see the photo of Angelina Jolie apparently breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine.

  • Philadelphia Phillies' Brad Lidge reacts at the conclusion of the Phillies 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League championship series Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

    PHILADELPHIA - Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener.

  • William Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground, in a 1968 booking photo. (FBI Handout/Reuters)
    McCain again raises Obama's ties with 1970s radical Reuters - Thu Oct 9, 10:23 PM ET

    WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Trailing in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee John McCain pressed his effort to raise doubts about Barack Obama's character on Thursday with a fresh attack on his Democratic rival's contacts with a former radical who became a college professor.

  • Share trader Tom Holler reacts on the opening course as he sits behind his trading terminal at the Frankfurt stock exchange, October 10, 2008. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
    Pressure on G7 leaders with stocks in freefall Reuters - 7 minutes ago

    LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's economic powers faced huge pressure on Friday to devise remedies to revive the global banking system and end panic selling in financial markets.

  • A street sign marks the intersection of Main Street and Wall Street in Windom, Texas October 8, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
    Wall St. woes spur new patterns on Main St. Reuters - 30 minutes ago

    GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - At one intersection of Wall Street and Main Street, retailers and shoppers say America's economic woes are spurring new patterns in consumer behavior.

  • Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain speaks during a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin October 9, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain Reuters - 45 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Friday.

  • Finland's former president and United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Vienna in this file picture taken February 21, 2007. (Herwig Prammer/Files/Reuters)
    Global mediator Ahtisaari wins Nobel Prize Reuters - 17 minutes ago

    OSLO (Reuters) - Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for a decades-long career of peacemaking around the globe from Namibia to Kosovo.

  • President Bush speaks on the phone with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss efforts to solve the spreading global financial crisis, October 7, 2008. (Eric Draper/The White House/Handout/Reuters)
    U.S. weighs backing bank debt, deposits: reports Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 1:24 AM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. government is weighing guaranteeing billions of dollars in bank debt and temporarily insuring al U.S. bank deposits, in a bid to unfreeze bank lending and staunch massive losses in equity markets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

  • A North Korean human rights activist shows one-dollar bill, ten-yuan bill and a leaflet before placing them in huge helium balloons during an anti-North Korea campaign at sea near Incheon, west of Seoul, October 10, 2008. The group released the balloons containing leaflets, dollar and Chinese yuan bills in the direction of North Korea on Friday to denounce North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's dictatorship, local papers reported. The United States and North Korea are near a compromise to save a crumbling nuclear deal, news reports said on Friday, while Japan said it could accept rewarding the North by taking it off a U.S. terrorism blacklist. REUTERS/Im Young-ju/Newsis (SOUTH KOREA).  NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.
    North Korea and U.S. near nuclear deal: reports Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 2:48 AM ET

    SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea are near a compromise to save a crumbling nuclear deal, news reports said on Friday, while Japan said it could accept rewarding the North by taking it off a U.S. terrorism blacklist.

  • Ex-president Carter slams Bush on market crisis Reuters - 51 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the "atrocious economic policies" of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

  • Two men look at the Australian Securities Exchange board as Australian shares plunge in Melbourne. Global stock markets spiralled ever deeper into the vortex as pressure mounted for world leaders to throw up a decisive wall to contain the worst financial inferno since the Great Depression.(AFP/William West)
    Stock market collapse raises heat for world action on crisis AFP - 57 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets spiralled ever deeper into the vortex on Friday as pressure mounted for world leaders to throw up a decisive wall to contain the worst financial inferno since the Great Depression.

  • Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels hand over their weapons during a disarmament ceremony in 2005. Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari -- who has helped mediate on conflict zones ranging from Kosovo to Indonesia -- has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)
    Troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize AFP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

    OSLO (AFP) - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has spent 30 years ending conflict in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia.

  • Pakistani tribesmen dance as they gather for a 2005 meeting in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people when he blew himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders close to the Afghan border.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)
    Suicide blast kills 15 anti-Taliban tribesmen in Pakistan AFP - 7 minutes ago

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

  • A day after violent clashes in Bangkok anti-government protestors warn they will continue their demonstrations and occupation of government house.(AFPTV)
    Thai protest leaders granted bail, vow new rallies AFP - Fri Oct 10, 4:03 AM ET

    BANGKOK (AFP) - Leaders of Thai anti-government protests were granted bail Friday after surrendering to police and immediately vowed new rallies, raising fears of mounting turmoil days after deadly street clashes.

  • US Republican Presidential Canidate John McCain speaks during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin. John McCain cranked up a searing character assault on Democrat Barack Obama, branding him "too risky" for the White House, as he raced to rescue his diving poll numbers.(AFP/Jim Watson)
    Obama warns against fear and panic as stocks tumble AFP - Fri Oct 10, 3:41 AM ET

    PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AFP) - Democratic White House front-runner Barack Obama warned against "fear or panic" and called for quick action on the Wall Street bailout after world stocks went into free-fall.

  • A pedestrian looks at a Hang Seng index monitor in Hong Kong. In the face of a growing financial firestorm finance chiefs from the Group of Seven nations were due to meet in Washington on Friday in search of a solution.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)
    World finance chiefs grasp for solutions in firestorm AFP - 23 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized nations were due to meet in Washington on Friday in search of a solution to the growing financial firestorm.

  • A Pakistan employee fixes a new petrol price on a board in Karachi, July 2008. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that approaching recession and a banking cash crisis are cutting deeply into global demand for oil.(AFP/Asif Hassan)
    Looming recession, cash crisis cut oil demand: IEA AFP - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

    PARIS (AFP) - Approaching recession and a banking cash crisis are cutting into global demand for oil and may set back investment in new oilfields, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • A series of mathematical equations in a combination image. Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday. (Composite/Reuters)
    Making math uncool is hurting America, report says Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 1:14 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday.

  • A child undergoes a medical check for possible kidney stones at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, September 21, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)
    China milk victims may have doubled to over 90,000 Reuters - Wed Oct 8, 3:45 PM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - The toll of Chinese children ill from toxic milk formula may have nearly doubled since the Health Ministry's last public count, local media reports show, but an official said on Wednesday the number of new cases was falling.

  • U.S. military commander in Iraq General David Petraeus salutes during a farewell ceremony for him at the Ministry of Defence in Baghdad September 15, 2008. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters)
    Petraeus sees value in talking to Taliban Reuters - Wed Oct 8, 3:48 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in sections of Afghanistan gripped by an intensifying insurgency.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener

AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

PHILADELPHIA - Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Wall Street seen adding to global rout

AP - 7 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Wall Street appeared headed to a sharply lower open Friday, extending a global sell-off on concerns that even low interest rates won't help end the worsening credit crisis. Dow Jones industrials futures plunged 282 points ahead of the opening bell in New York.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 10, 2008
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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Wendell Johnson
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
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Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)

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