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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:

US death toll in Iraq lower in October
AP - 51 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to being the lowest in nearly two years, with at least 34 troop deaths recorded as of Tuesday, but the military cautioned it's too early to declare a long-term trend.

60 MINUTES ON YAHOO! NEWS

Disappearing bees

Where are the bees? The mystery has scientists puzzled.

The week in photos

Editor's picks

California's wildfires, a superjumbo launch, space greetings and more.

YAHOO! NEWS INTERACTIVE

Safe from the flames

Left homeless by wildfires, animals take shelter in malls and schools.

MUSIC

Flamenco blues

Spain frets over the future of flamenco.

  • HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 12:01 A.M. EDT; graphic compares use of cholesterol and blood pressure drugs by age; 1c x 3 1/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 79.4 mm
    More young adults on cholesterol drugs AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    TRENTON, N.J. - Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly — at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.

  • In an image made from NASA television, Douglas Wheelock emerges from a hatch on the International Space Station to start the  spacewalk on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. Wheelock and Scott Parazynski  will  install a solar power tower on the international space station. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts conduct spacewalk AP - 46 minutes ago

    HOUSTON - Spacewalking astronauts bolted a solar power tower to the international space station on Tuesday, completing an ambitious three-day moving process and setting the stage for the unfurling of the beam's giant solar panels.

  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 26, 2007. (Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters)
    US stock futures dip, suggest lower open AP - 19 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures fell Tuesday, indicating a lower start to the regular session, as the Federal Reserve prepares to start a two-day meeting on interest rates.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and host Jay Leno chat during the taping of 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.  NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker says Conan O'Brien will take over 'The Tonight Show' in 2009.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
    NBC exec says Leno out as planned in '09 AP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them — at least not publicly.

  • Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre celebrates after throwing an 82-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings against the Denver Broncos on the first play of overtime in Green Bay's 19-13 victory in an NFL football game in Denver on Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
    Favre's 82-yard TD stuns Broncos in OT AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    DENVER - On the first play following the kickoff in overtime, Brett Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Denver Broncos 19-13 on Monday night.

  • Blackwater Chief Executive Erik Prince testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, October 2, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
    Blackwater guards offered immunity deals: report Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 10:33 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department investigators looking into the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad last month offered immunity deals to Blackwater security guards, The New York Times reported on Monday.

  • A technician works inside a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, April 3, 2007. Iran began a crucial round of talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday to clarify its nuclear activity amid disagreement between the IAEA chief and the West over judging Tehran's intentions. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)
    Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.

  • The Google website is shown in this photo. Google is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Handout/Reuters)
    Google plan sees phones by mid-2008: report Reuters - 16 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

  • Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pauses  before his address to the lawmakers of his Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. Erdogan said that is was 'unavoidable' for Turkey to step up its military measures, though suggested he was not pushing for an immediate cross-border operation against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
    Editor of Baghdad weekly paper murdered Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The editor of a Baghdad weekly newspaper was murdered at the weekend, Iraq's Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said on Tuesday.

  • Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill adjusts his glasses during a lunchtime address in Sydney, October 16, 2007. Hill, the top U.S. negotiator with North Korea, will visit China, South Korea and Japan this week and could meet his North Korean counterpart during his visit to Beijing, a U.S. official said on Monday. (Will Burgess/Reuters)
    North Korea nuclear disabling on track, U.S. says Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is on track to disable its nuclear program by the end of this year as its differences with the United States have mostly been resolved, a U.S. envoy said on Tuesday.

  • Pakistani police officials stand near a van damaged in a bomb explosion in Rawalpindi October 30, 2007. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)
    Pakistan suicide attack kills seven Reuters - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

    RAWALPINDI (Reuters) - A suicide attack killed at least seven people, including the bomber, less than a kilometer from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police said.

  • Spacewalker Doug Wheelock exits the International Space Station's Qwest airlock as he begins work installing the P6 truss on the station with fellow spacewalker Doug Parazynski (not pictured) in this image from NASA TV October 30, 2007. (NASA/Reuters)
    Astronauts install solar unit on space station Reuters - 43 minutes ago

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts made a tricky job look easy on Tuesday when they used a robot arm to latch a 17.5 tonne solar power girder to its new home at the end of the International Space Station.

  • North Korea to split aid between fuel and goods Reuters - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

    PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - Regional powers agreed on Tuesday to give half the aid they promised North Korea for disabling its ageing nuclear plant to help refurbish the communist state's dilapidated infrastructure.

  • Pakistani investigators gather evidence at the site of a suicide attack in Rawalpindi. A suicide bomber blew himself up close to where Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was holding talks at army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing seven people.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)
    Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf's HQ AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up close to where Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was holding talks at army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing seven people, officials said.

  • This handout picture taken 26 October 2007 in Abeche and released by the Chad Presidency Press Office shows Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno (C). Sixteen Europeans and two Chadians have been charged in Chad over an alleged operation by a French charity to abduct 103 children to France, which has been severely embarrassed by the case.(AFP/HO/File)
    18 people charged in alleged child abductions in Chad AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    ABECHE, Chad (AFP) - Sixteen Europeans and two Chadians have been charged in Chad over an alleged operation by a French charity to abduct 103 children to France, which has been severely embarrassed by the case.

  • File picture shows a helicopter belonging to private US security company Blackwater flying over Baghdad. State Department investigators offered immunity deals to the security guards working for the firm Blackwater USA involved in a deadly September 16 incident in Baghdad, two top US newspapers  reported Tuesday(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)
    Blackwater guards offered immunity deals AFP - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - State Department investigators offered immunity deals to the security guards working for the firm Blackwater USA involved in a deadly September 16 incident in Baghdad, two top US newspapers reported Tuesday.

  • A file photo taken 02 March 2004 shows bottles of "Dasani" water on display in a shop in central London. Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri )
    Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products AFP - Tue Oct 30, 1:42 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.

  • Picture from the Soviet daily Pravda dated 13 November 1957 of the dog Laika, the first living creature ever sent in space, onboard Sputnik II. Laika died a few hours after launch from stress and overheating, likely due to a malfunction in the thermal control system.(AFP/File)
    Canine pioneer: Soviet mutt was first earthling in space AFP - Mon Oct 29, 10:32 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Fifty years ago Saturday, a perky-eared mutt named Laika, scooped up from the streets of Moscow, became the first earthling to breach our planet's atmosphere and enter space.

  • A UBS sign is displayed at a branch in Geneva, 01 October 2007. UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, recorded third quarter losses of 830 million Swiss francs (495 million euros, 713 million dollars), blaming a lack of liquidity following a crisis in the US home loans market.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)
    UBS plunges to third quarter loss after US subprime crisis AFP - Tue Oct 30, 5:38 AM ET

    ZURICH (AFP) - UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, recorded third quarter losses of 830 million Swiss francs (495 million euros, 713 million dollars) Tuesday, blaming a lack of liquidity following a crisis in the US home loans market.

  • A Shanghai PertroChina petrol station. Asia's biggest oil and gas producer, said Tuesday it raised 66.8 billion yuan (8.9 billion dollars) in the nation's largest ever initial public offering (IPO)(AFP/Mark Ralston)
    PetroChina raises record 8.9 billion dollars in home IPO AFP - Tue Oct 30, 12:20 AM ET

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - PetroChina, Asia's biggest oil and gas producer, said Tuesday it raised 66.8 billion yuan (8.9 billion dollars) in the nation's largest ever initial public offering (IPO).

Most Popular Top Stories

  • A man infected with the AIDS virus rests outside a clinic in Port-au-Prince in a February 2006 photo. The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
    AIDS virus invaded U.S. from Haiti: study Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 5:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday.

  • A purchase is made on a credit card in an undated file photo. According to nonprofit groups providing debt counseling to home owners, more Americans risk being swept up by the next wave of home owners to default on their mortgages. (Vismedia/Reuters)
    Stressed borrowers use plastic to delay default Reuters - Sun Oct 28, 1:59 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - This may be Johari Reeves' last chance to catch up on her mortgage payments. The credit cards, she'll worry about later.

  • Pope Benedict XVI holds weekly Angelus prayers after a mass beatification ceremony for Spanish civil war victims at the Vatican October 28, 2007. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)
    Pope urges pharmacists to reject abortion pill Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 8:52 AM ET

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pharmacists must be allowed to refuse to supply drugs that cause abortion or euthanasia, Pope Benedict said on Monday, calling on health professionals to be "conscientious objectors" against such practices.

  • The death chamber at California's San Quentin State Prison, north of San Francisco, California is shown in this undated file photograph. The American Bar Association said on Monday it was renewing its call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, based on a three-year study of death penalty systems in eight states that found unfairness and other flaws. (California Department of Corrections/Handout/Reuters)
    Lawyers' group urges death penalty moratorium Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 10:40 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Bar Association said on Monday it was renewing its call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, based on a three-year study of death penalty systems in eight states that found unfairness and other flaws.

  • Former President Gerald R. Ford sits in the Oval Office in a 1975 photo. Dead men do tell tales: The late president believed a successor, Bill Clinton, had a sex addiction and felt Hillary Clinton had 'unlimited ambition' but the country was not ready for a woman president. (Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library/David Hume Kennerly/White House Photograph/Handout/Reuters)
    For Gerald Ford, dead men do tell tales Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 4:45 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dead men do tell tales: The late President Gerald Ford believed a successor, Bill Clinton, had a sex addiction and felt Hillary Clinton had "unlimited ambition" but the country was not ready for a woman president.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Favre's 82-yard TD stuns Broncos in OT

AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

DENVER - On the first play following the kickoff in overtime, Brett Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Denver Broncos 19-13 on Monday night.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

A police officer stands guard on the rooftop of Vienna's OPEC headquarters before the start of a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 11, 2006. OPEC has no power over many of the factors buffeting oil markets and the group is worried by record high prices that are threatening the world economy and future demand growth, OPEC ministers said on Tuesday. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
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Oil falls from record high

AP - 41 minutes ago

VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices dropped Tuesday from a record high in the previous session on the view that the disruption of a fifth of the oil production by Mexico's state oil company is only temporary.

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 30, 2007
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
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Redd Foxx (1922 - 1991)
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
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Thomas Hardy
The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
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Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005

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