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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:

Italian tenor Pavarotti dies at 71
AP - 38 minutes ago

ROME - Luciano Pavarotti, opera's biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died Thursday. He was 71. He was the son of a singing baker and became the king of the high C's.

60 MINUTES ON YAHOO! NEWS

Tennis 

greats

From great rivalries to great tantrums.

THE WEEK IN PHOTOS

Images of the week

A visible lunar eclipse, tomatoes fly at the Tomatina festival and more.

PEOPLE OF THE WEB

The real reality TV

Meet "lifecasters" who live their lives in front of mobile webcams.

60 MINUTES ON YAHOO! NEWS

The people's princess

Hear from the sole survivor of the deadly car crash.

  • Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (L) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) take part during Fox News Channel Republican Presidential debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, September 5, 2007.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)
    Republicans, Paul clash over Iraq war AP - Thu Sep 6, 2:59 AM ET

    DURHAM, N.H. - Republican presidential contenders voiced support for the Iraq war Wednesday night despite a warning from anti-war candidate Ron Paul that they risk dragging the party down to defeat in 2008.

  • Armed German special police officers escort a handcuffed suspect (L) from the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe September 5, 2007. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
    Germany searching for 10 terror suspects AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

    BERLIN - German authorities were searching Thursday for about 10 suspected supporters of an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida believed to have assisted three militants arrested for plotting imminent attacks against Americans in Germany, an official said.

  • Productivity grows at faster pace AP - 1 minute ago

    WASHINGTON - Worker productivity rebounded, growing at the fastest pace in nearly two years, while wage pressures eased sharply in the spring — developments that should reduce inflation worries.

  • Mama moose bashes through woman's door AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    POCATELLO, Idaho - Anita Ovard moved to her small home in this town in the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains because she wanted to see more wildlife. But the view got a little too close when a moose decided to make itself at home in her front room.

  • Andy Roddick of the United States lunges to return a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
    Navratilova to face Novotna at U.S. Open AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Martina Navratilova faces Jana Novotna, Carlos Moya takes on Novak Djokovic and Juan Ignacio Chela goes against David Ferrer tonight at the U.S. Open.

  • Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti poses with his new wife Nicoletta Mantovani and their 11-month-old daughter, Alice in an official picture issued by the tenor following his marriage at Modena's main theatre in this December 13, 2003 file photo. Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of September 6, 2007, his manager Terri Robson said. He was 71. (Pool/Reuters)
    Luciano Pavarotti dead at 71 Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.

  • An Israeli Air Force fighter jet lands at an Air Force Base in northern Israel, July 20, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed unidentified Syrian targets early on Thursday, causing no damage or casualties, the official Syrian news agency said. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
    Israeli planes bomb Syrian targets: Syrian agency Reuters - 37 minutes ago

    DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes bombed unidentified Syrian targets early on Thursday, causing no damage or casualties, the official Syrian news agency said.

  • Host Jay Leno (R) listens as actor and former senator Fred Thompson announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in Burbank, California September 5, 2007. Thompson formally entering the 2008 White House race with the TV interview as his Republican rivals gathered for a debate. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Handout/Reuters)
    Thompson takes aim at Clinton Reuters - Thu Sep 6, 12:49 AM ET

    DES MOINES (Reuters) - Former Sen. Fred Thompson took aim at Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday as he made a long-delayed entry into the Republican presidential race and immediately took good-natured jabs from rivals.

  • Residents gather at the scene of a U.S airstrike in Baghdad September 6, 2007. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters)
    U.S. air strike in Baghdad kills 14: police Reuters - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. airstrikes on a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad overnight killed at least 14 people and destroyed 11 houses, Iraqi police and residents said on Thursday.

  • An indigenous Miskito man looks at his house which was damaged by Hurricane Felix, in Puerto Cabezas on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast September 5, 2007. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)
    Felix kills 38 in Nicaragua Reuters - Thu Sep 6, 5:25 AM ET

    PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Soldiers searched for more bodies on Thursday after Hurricane Felix killed 38 people in Nicaragua, while 52 members of a group of Miskito Indians washed ashore alive in neighboring Honduras.

  • Australia's Prime Minister John Howard (L) and his wife Janette wait for the arrival of President Bush at the entrance to Kirribilli House in Sydney September 5, 2007. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
    APEC rift opens over climate change debate Reuters - 24 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney Declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.

  • Pilot Steve Fossett smiles as he meets the media after landing in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer March 17, 2006, to successfully complete a closed circuit distance record of more than 24,937 miles (40,132 km) during his third around-the-world flight without refueling in the custom-built jet. Air crews scouring rugged terrain in Nevada for Fossett are expected to press on with a high-tech search on Thursday morning. (Dave Kaup/Reuters)
    Search for adventurer Fossett to resume Reuters - 56 minutes ago

    RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - Air crews scouring rugged terrain in Nevada for missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett are expected to press on with a high-tech search on Thursday morning.

  • Marines ponder if "shoot first" justified Reuters - Thu Sep 6, 4:21 AM ET

    CAMP PENDLETON, California (Reuters) - Does a U.S. Marine serving in Iraq have the right to shoot first and ask questions later if hostile forces could be nearby?

  • Operatic legend Luciano Pavarotti performs at the Bercy arena in Paris, 2005. Pavarotti, whose glorious tenor voice, showmanship and crossover celebrity turned him into a global superstar, died at his home in northern Italy at the age of 71.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)
    Opera great Pavarotti dead at 71 AFP - 45 minutes ago

    ROME (AFP) - Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, whose glorious tenor voice, showmanship and crossover celebrity turned him into a global superstar, died Thursday at his home in Italy at the age of 71.

  • A German federal police officer takes a photo of an evidence in Oberschledorn. German police have launched an international hunt for 10 accomplices of the three men held over a foiled Islamist plot to blow up airports and US installations in Germany.(AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)
    Germany hunting 10 more suspects in Islamist bomb plot AFP - 29 minutes ago

    BERLIN (AFP) - German police have launched an international hunt for 10 accomplices of the three men held over a foiled Islamist plot to blow up airports and US installations in Germany, a top official said Thursday.

  • U.N. Secretary-General South Korean Ban Ki-moon (C) waves to the crowd as he visits internally displaced persons at the Al Salam camp in El Fasher. Ban holds talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir to win his support for a rapid deployment of a massive new peacekeeping force i(AFP/Zohra Bensemra)
    UN chief holds talks with Sudan leader on Darfur AFP - Thu Sep 6, 5:31 AM ET

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Thursday to win his support for a rapid deployment of a massive new peacekeeping force in Darfur, a region wracked by four years of war and human suffering.

  • Screen star and Republican ex-senator Fred Thompson attends the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, August 2007. After months of hints, and false starts, Thompson launched his run for president, promising to stop "another Clinton" from seizing the White House.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    Fred Thompson enters the race for White House AFP - Thu Sep 6, 5:19 AM ET

    DES MOINES, United States (AFP) - After months of hints, and false starts, screen star and Republican ex-senator Fred Thompson Thursday launched his run for president, promising to stop "another Clinton" from seizing the White House.

  • New iPod Nanos are seen on display at an Apple special event in San Francisco. Apple has unveiled a slick touch-screen version of the iconic iPod as part of a product line overhaul.(AFP/Justin Sullivan)
    Apple revamps the iPod AFP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple has unveiled a slick touch-screen version of the iconic iPod as part of a product line overhaul.

  • A giant Euro symbol, the currency of the EU, stands in front of Frankfurt's Eurotower, July 2007. The European Central Bank has said it had pumped 42.24 billion euros (57.4 billion dollars) into the euro money markets via a one-day tender aimed at quelling persistent volatility.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)
    ECB pumps 42.24 billion euros into money market AFP - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank pumped fresh cash into the banking sector on Thursday to ease fears of a global credit squeeze, as its directors sat down to decide whether to change eurozone interest rates.

  • The Bank of England left its key interest rate at 5.75 percent and said it was "too soon" to judge the full economic disruption of the ongoing global credit squeeze.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)
    Bank of England holds interest rate at 5.75 percent AFP - 53 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England left its key interest rate at 5.75 percent on Thursday and said it was "too soon" to judge the full economic disruption of the ongoing global credit squeeze.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • E. coli bacteria is seen in an electron microscope photo from the Department of Agriculture. Fairbank Farms, a U.S. ground beef producer, said on Wednesday it is voluntarily recalling beef patties sold to Shaw's Supermarkets in New England because of concerns about bacterial contamination. The meat producer said the patties may have been contaminated with a form of E.coli, a bacteria commonly found in human intestines. (USDA/Handout/Reuters)
    Company recalls beef patties sold in New England Reuters - Wed Sep 5, 9:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fairbank Farms, a U.S. ground beef producer, said on Wednesday it is voluntarily recalling beef patties sold to Shaw's Supermarkets in New England because of concerns about bacterial contamination.

  • Screen star and Republican ex-senator Fred Thompson talks to a supporter at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, August 2007. After months of hints, and false starts, Thompson launched his run for president, promising to stop "another Clinton" from seizing the White House.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Thayer)
    Thompson takes aim at Clinton Reuters - Thu Sep 6, 12:49 AM ET

    DES MOINES (Reuters) - Former Sen. Fred Thompson took aim at Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday as he made a long-delayed entry into the Republican presidential race and immediately took good-natured jabs from rivals.

  • Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti performs on open-air stage in Buenos Aires in this December 15, 1991 file photo. Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of September 6, 2007, his manager Terri Robson said. He was 71. (Stringer/Files/Reuters)
    Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71 Reuters - Thu Sep 6, 1:44 AM ET

    MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died early on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.

  • Iraqi Translators Finally Get Visas U.S. News & World Report - Wed Sep 5, 12:57 PM ET

    As many as 2 million Iraqi refugees have fled the violence at home, but the Bush administration has been criticized for allowing very few of them into the United States.

  • A church is seen in San Diego, California, February 28, 2007. The growth of megachurches in the United States has spawned mega revenues, leading many to find the financial light and embrace transparency to assure their congregations that their offerings are well spent. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)
    U.S. churches find financial transparency Reuters - Tue Sep 4, 8:26 AM ET

    DALLAS (Reuters) - The growth of megachurches in the United States has spawned mega revenues, leading many to find the financial light and embrace transparency to assure their congregations that their offerings are well spent.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Navratilova to face Novotna at U.S. Open

AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Martina Navratilova faces Jana Novotna, Carlos Moya takes on Novak Djokovic and Juan Ignacio Chela goes against David Ferrer tonight at the U.S. Open.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Productivity grows at faster pace

AP - 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - Worker productivity rebounded, growing at the fastest pace in nearly two years, while wage pressures eased sharply in the spring — developments that should reduce inflation worries.

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 - September 6, 2007
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
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Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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Stephen King (1947 - ), "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes", 1988

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