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This edition was generated on Fri Oct 16 08:45:01 EDT 2009

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:

FILE - In this April 23, 2009, file photo, Ed Pegler, left, Jason Ramirez, and AP
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus boon for South, Southwest AP – 1 hr 12 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Businesses in the South and Southwest benefited most from the first federal contracts awarded under President Barack Obama's stimulus program, according to initial data released by a government oversight board. Military construction and environmental cleanup contributed to a boost of about 30,000 jobs. Full Story »

Six-year-old Falcon Heene listens to questions during a news conference outside
Balloon boy gets sick twice during TV interviews AP – 52 mins ago
People watch the destruction on a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Oct
Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station AP – 3 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz hits a three-run home run as Los Angeles AP

Homer-happy Phils beat Dodgers 8-6 in NLCS opener

AP – 50 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – Brad Lidge has regained that nasty slider. Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz are stroking big hits. Cole Hamels is winning postseason games without his best stuff. Boy, this is looking real familiar for the Philadelphia Phillies. Full Story »

US talk show host Limbaugh to be dropped from bid group, report

Limbaugh blasts critics after losing bid for Rams

AP – Thu Oct 15, 5:03 pm ET
Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros stretches the ball over the goal line to

No. 8 Cincinnati loses QB, but beats No. 21 USF

AP – Thu Oct 15, 11:48 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

In this photo made Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, a branch office of Bank of America AP

Bank of America loses $2.24B as loan losses rise

AP – 12 mins ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America Corp. said Friday it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as loan losses kept rising, providing further evidence that consumers are still struggling to pay their bills. Full Story »

GE 3Q earnings drop on finance woes

AP – 1 hr 9 mins ago
Banking sector delivers more earnings in hopeful sign

Bank of America losses drag European markets down

AP – 15 mins ago

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 16, 2009
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.
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Phillip Lopate
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957), Lord Peter Wimsey in "Gaudy Night"
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Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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