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This edition was generated on Mon Sep 7 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:

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Malia and AP
Obama gets conflicting tips on health care speech AP – 2 hrs 3 mins ago

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is getting no shortage of advice on what to say in his health care speech to Congress, and much of it conflicts. Full Story »

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A Louisiana killing spree that left four family members dead, including a 2-year-old boy, marked the bloody culmination of an ongoing domestic dispute between the suspected gunman and his estranged wife, said the father of a woman who survived the shootings. Full Story »

World News

Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British maker of chocolate, gum and candy. Full Story »

Entertainment News

Talk about a one-man stimulus package: Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has given away 20 cars to people who wrote about their struggles to keep their jobs for a lack of wheels of their own. Full Story »

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Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Kim Clijsters, of Belgium, returns to Venus Williams, of the United States, in AP

Clijsters' comeback is talk of the town at US Open

AP – 2 hrs 8 mins ago

NEW YORK – When the Grand Slams roll around, the best stories often revolve around the prospect of Williams vs. Williams, Maria Sharapova, maybe even a possible breakthrough by No. 1 Dinara Safina. Full Story »

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Cadbury rejects Kraft's $16.7 billion bid

AP – 22 mins ago

LONDON – Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British maker of chocolate, gum and candy. Full Story »

  • Mortgage giants struggle a year after takeover

    AP – Fri Sep 4, 5:34 pm ET  
    FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Federal Housing Finance... AP

    WASHINGTON - A year after the near-collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants remain dependent on the government for survival and there is no end in sight. Full Story »

  • Oil prices rise despite low demand concerns

    AFP – 55 mins ago  
    An oil rig extracts crude in Taft, California. Oil prices have... AFP/Getty Images/File

    LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose on Monday but further gains may be capped by worries about low energy demand in the United States, the world's biggest energy consuming nation, traders said. Full Story »

  • FHA says won't need congressional support

    Reuters – Fri Sep 4, 2:16 pm ET  
    A new home sits for sale in Lemont, Illinois in this July 27,... Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Housing Administration said on Friday it would not need a congressional subsidy even if mortgage-related losses push its reserves below a level demanded by Congress. Full Story »

  • Fannie Mae meets price listing standard

    AP – Fri Sep 4, 12:06 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae, the government-backed mortgage company, said Friday it regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange's minimum price standard for listing common stock. Full Story »

  • Feds Hit Pfizer with a $2.3 Billion Fine

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion fine and plead guilty to one felony count to settle federal criminal and civil charges that it illegally promoted its Bextra painkiller and other drugs. The fine had been first reported back in January, but Justice Dept. officials disclosed details of the settlement on Sept. 2 in a splashy news conference that served as a pointed warning to other drug companies that it plans to come down hard on the industry for fraudulent marketing. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 7, 2009
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
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George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
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Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
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Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
We're actors - we're the opposite of people.
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Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967)

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