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This edition was generated on Sat Sep 19 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:

Map shows U.S. and Russian missile defense AP Minister: Russia won't deploy missiles near Poland AP – 22 mins ago

MOSCOW – Russia will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland because the U.S. no longer wants to place a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday. Full Story »

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U.S. News

A criminally insane killer from eastern Washington is on the run after escaping during a field trip to the county fair that his mental hospital organized. Full Story »

World News

Nigeria's information minister says one of the summer's biggest blockbusters is not welcome in Nigeria because it portrays Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals. Full Story »

Entertainment News

Disney studio chief Dick Cook stepping down

AP – Fri Sep 18, 10:42 pm ET

Walt Disney Co. studio chief Dick Cook announced Friday he's stepping down immediately, after nearly four decades with the company. Full Story »

News Services

Sports News

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Fresno State's Ryan Mathews runs for a 60-yard touchdown past Boise State's AP

No. 10 Boise St wins 51-34 shootout over Fresno St

AP – 2 hrs 10 mins ago

FRESNO, Calif. – The offenses barely had a chance to rest before the other team responded with a big play. It was a classic game of "can you top this?" between Boise State and Fresno State, with the Broncos digging up just enough game-busters to win their WAC opener. Full Story »

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

File - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testifies AP

Reports: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules

AP – 8 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday. Full Story »

  • Gov't home loan agency faces money squeeze

    AP – Fri Sep 18, 5:05 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - The Federal Housing Administration is tightening rules for lenders after reporting that its financial cushion will sink below mandatory levels for the first time in its 75-year history. Full Story »

  • Suntech to perform in line with peers-analyst

    AP – Fri Sep 18, 4:08 pm ET  

    NEW YORK - Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. is positioned to perform in line with its peers, as the Chinese solar energy company similarly suggests that demand will be stronger than normal in the coming quarters, an analyst said on Friday. Full Story »

  • In Buying Mint, Intuit Looks to Revitalize

    BusinessWeek – Fri Sep 18, 8:08 am ET  

    Last year, Intuit's legal department sent a threatening letter to Mint.com demanding that the upstart rival in personal finance software explain its breakneck pace of growth. The correspondence was leaked and Intuit was upbraided in the blogosphere for what looked like bullying behavior. Even Intuit CEO Brad Smith later professed dismay. "It looked like Goliath picking on David," Smith said in an April interview with BusinessWeek. At the same sitting, Smith praised Mint's "brilliant" approach to helping consumers manage their money on the Web. Full Story »

  • Will the $8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Be Extended?

    U.S. News & World Report – Fri Sep 18, 4:56 pm ET  

    As we mark the one-year anniversary of the financial meltdown's most gut-churning period--Uncle Sam's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the downfall of Lehman Brothers, the hasty sale of Merrill Lynch--signs of optimism in the housing market are everywhere. Existing home sales rose in July for the forth time in as many months, something the market hasn't seen since 2004. Inventory totals are off their record levels of a year ago. And prices, while still declining sharply, are no longer in free fall. ... Full Story »

  • Campus Life: A User's Guide

    BusinessWeek – Fri Sep 18, 8:08 am ET  

    For each of the past four years, BusinessWeek has ranked the nation's best undergraduate business programs, asking business students their opinions on everything from professors and facilities to career services and work load. With this information, prospective students interested in studying business have a roadmap to where they might want to start their college search and what to look for in a business program. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 19, 2009
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.
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Russel Lynes
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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Abraham Maslow (1908 - 1970)
In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
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Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), 1983

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