Sunday 16 November 08 - Morning Edition

Entertainment: Quantum of Solcace blowing out the ciniplex doors in North America.

From dictionary.com: Quantum - –noun
1.quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence.
2.a particular amount.
3.a share or portion.
4.a large quantity; bulk.
5.Physics. a.the smallest quantity of radiant energy, equal to Planck's constant times the frequency of the associated radiation.
b.the fundamental unit of a quantized physical magnitude, as angular momentum.–adjective
6.sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity.

From dictionary.com: Solace -noun, verb, -aced, -ac⋅ing. –noun Also called sol⋅ace⋅ment.
1.comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
2.something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister's visit was the dying man's only solace. –verb (used with object)
3.to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).
4.to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).

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NFL: Standings

NFL: Schedule for today

NFL: Michael Vick is only making .12 cents an hour these days. Wants to play football. What team would chance hiring him?

Layoffs: Miami schools to say good-bye to 440 jobs.

Florida Keys Economy: Economic Tsunami crushes marinas

Healthcare: Boston Globe's top of the fold headline today: "A healthcare system badly out of balance"


Economy: More American "consumers" fall into bankruptcy


Global Politics: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "warms up" to the USA because of our new President-Elect


Verdict: Supposed red neck "Red State" of Kentucky jury tells the KKK to GTH. Bedsheet boyz will have to pay up $2.5 million for beating Latino (150 pounds) at the Kentucky state fair.


Yo, KKK: here are some real Americans, any one of whom have more cojones than the whole lot of you:


De0n Taylor: A brother in arms


Cody J. Eggleston: A brother in arms


James A. Bryant: A brother in arms


Jose Garibay: A brother in arms


Jorge Gonzalez: A brother in arms


To the KKK and their paranoid supporters . . . here is the entire list of real hornorable Americans you cowards will not acknowledge . . . unless . . . of course . . . their skin is your color

California Wildfires: Entire 500 unit trailer park burned to embers. Hundreds of homes destroyed. Fifteen square mile area up in smoke.

Manhattan: Gay Rights advocates take to the streets


Gay Nuptial Bans: Motley Fool poster ROTJob addresses the "supporters" of Proposition 8

News for Saturday - 15 November 08

California: Brush fires rage.


Five-thousand evacuated. Hurricane force winds stop water drops from helicopters. Associated Press Photographer, Dan Steinberg, has eight photos demonstrating how dangerous the situation has become. Click here to see Steinberg's slide show.

George Will: In tomorrow's Sunday Washington Post he writes "Socialism? It's already here."

Housing: Luxury builders say good-bye to granite tops, stainless steel appliances and McMansions.

Housing: Realtors are now being blunt and honest with Home Sellers: "You have to show them what's happening in the market and if they can't handle the price they'll just have to take it off the market."

Housing: Poster and Atlanta Realtor "Sonny Page" on Motley Fool explains the jitters of homeowners everywhere with another real life example.

Jobs: Citigroup announces 10% cut of workforce. Around 35,000 jobs will be lost!

Automakers: Absolutely the most brilliant analysis of the Automakers problems in this latest blog from Watching the Herd and titled: An Automotive Hail Mary. Very easy read written by another Motley Fool poster. Must read. p.s. In a few minutes, we are adding Watching the Herd's blog to our honor roll of websites to visit.

Washington: Obama names Valerie Jarrett, long time friend, to be Senior Advisor in his adminstration. Her job is comparable to what Karen Hughes did for Bush.

Health: Open enrollment in Medicare begins. Wall Street Journal does a fine job explaining the new changes. Must read for AARP members. You've got the next six weeks, Seniors, to adjust your Medicare.

China: The $585 Billion Renovation plan for the most populous country on Earth. Plus stock tips on companies which might benefit from this major investment in infrastructure buildout in China.

Business: Firms to cut back on hard to open clamshell packaging which consumers need pinking shears and blow torches to open.

Technology: Google's brilliant new voice activated search app for the iPhone.

Republicans: Now they're accusing Democrats of stealing elections?

Economy: Soros says Deep Recession, maybe even a Depression

Global Economy: The G-20 World leaders meet in DC to end Global Crash.

President Elect Obama: Will use Youtube to distribute Presidential addresses!

Santa Clara, CA: Three die in office shooting.

NASCAR: New rule to help teams save money: no more testing on tracks before races!

NBA: Iverson, Detroit Pistons hand LA Lakers their first defeat of the season!

NBA: Nuggets (now 4-1 with Chauncy Billups) stun the Celtics.

NBA: Steve Nash and Matt Barnes of Phoenix Suns and Rafer Alston of Houston Rockets are suspended for fighting last night. Shaq and Tracy McGrady are fined $35,000 and $25,000 respectively for their smaller parts.

NBA: More scores from around the league with stories.

NBA: Standings

NFL: John Lynch, 9 time Pro Bowler and one of the hardest hitting players retires!

NFL: Hallelujah! Pittsburg Steelers stay in the hands of the Rooney family!

NFL: Week 11 Schedule for tomorrow & Monday Night

NFL: Standings

UFC: Huge bout tonight with former 5 time heavyweight and light heavy weight champ of UFC, Randy Couture, coming out of retirement to fight one time pro-wrestling star, Brock Lesnar. Lesnar had to drop weight to make the cut for this fight.

Cape Kennedy: Beautiful night time launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour goes off with no problems. Beautiful photo by Matt Stroshane for Getty Images running in today's New York Times.

News for Friday 14 Nov 08 - Afternoon Edition

India: First landing on moon by space vehicle in 32 years is a giant step for India's space program!

Bailout: Freddie Mac loses $25 Billion last quarter; Taps into $13.8 Billion of promised $100 Billion government loan.


Housing: FDIC unveils plan to prevent 1.5 million foreclosures Cost? $24.4 Billion


Health: Big waist doubles your risk of dying early


Pakistan: Taliban has no faith in Obama


Business: San Francisco's Sun Microsystems to layoff 6,000


Religion: South Carolina priest tells Obama voters not to take communion


US Economy: Retail sales drop in October by most on record

News for Friday 14 Nov 08 - Morning Edition

California: Wildfire erupts and burns 300 acres in wealthy Santa Barbara County.


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The Institue of Non-Existence: Meet the two pranksters who invented the story Sarah Palin did not know Africa was a continent and other such gems of misinformation.

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Cape Kennedy: At 7:55 PM tonight Space Shuttle Atlantis will blast off with "space plumbers"

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Washington to Detroit: Don't count on any stimulus/aid while Bush still in the white house.


Israel: Gaza in darkness as Isreali blockade tightens

NBA: Cavaliers' Lebron & Mo take down Nuggets' Carmelo & Chauncy 110-99.

Other NBA scores . . . . . and for NBA standings

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NFL: Jets take over 1st place in AFC East with win against the Patriots in Foxboro. The win, 34-31, came in overtime.

Economy: Jobless claims jump, budget deficit soars as massive government rescue gets under way


Health: FDA begins blocking all milk products from China


Washington: Hillary Clinton emerges as top candidate for Secretary of State.


Pakistan/Afghanistan Border: CIA - Bin Laden isolated from Al Queada.


College Football: University of Miami beats Virginia Tech 16-14 . . . takes first place in the Atlantic Coastal Conference.

Key West: New York Times take on last week's Super Boat International World Championship.

Fastest saltwater race boat in the world, capable of speeds in excess of 200 MPH and winner of last week's Super Boat International World Championship in Key West. Photo by Richard Perry of NYT.

China: Factories are shutting, workers are suffering. More than 67,000 Chinese factories have closed within the first half of 2008!

Colorado: Drunk big-rig beer truck driver overturns his trailer with 45,000 pounds of beer. Took exit ramp at 70 MPH.

Peru: Presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala rails against wealth while campaigning in the jungles.

Portugal: Investing 12 Billion Euros in its energy sector over the next four years. Top of Europe's "Green Ladder"!

Hong Kong: First Recession in five years for Hong Kong

Nice, France: President Medvedev attends first EU-Russian Conference since the invasion of Georgia. This is the 20th EU-Russian Conference in History.

News for Thursday 13 Nov 08 - Afternoon EXTRA Edition

Artillerymen fire a 155mm Howitzer at a Taliban position October 22, 2008 from Camp Blessing in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. (John Moore/Getty Images - double click image to enlarge)

EXTRA for the Afternoon Edition: Boston Globe's "Big Picture Blog" posts 31 photos of our war in Afghanistan. Each photo has captions like the one above.


Astronomy: Telescopes photograph first planets outside our Solar System.

Conspiracy Theory Laid to Rest? Discovery Channel "proves" fatal JFK shot came from Oswald by using modern blood spatter analysis and expert marksman.

Football: Must see TV for college fans tonight - Miami (6-3) vs. Va. Tech (6-3) at 8:00 PM to determine ACC leader . . . . and must see TV for NFL fans tonight - New England Pats (6-3) vs. New York Jets (6-3) for lead in the AFC East at 8:15PM!


Miami: Palin holds a press conference - no seriously!


Wall Street: Dow Industrial Averages finishes the day UP 6.7%.


Chicago: "The City That Works" to morph into "The City That Lays Off"


World: Global Economies, battered, on the ropes.


The Golden Years look less glittery.


Housing: Foreclosures rise 25% year over year.

As global deflation sets in, oil falls below $56 a barrel

US Trade defecit falls on decline in fuel imports.

The International Energy Agency made new cuts Thursday to its global oil demand forecasts for this year and next as rich-world economies sink into recession and growth slows in the developing countries.

German government says its official . . . RECESSION is here and it's going to last a while.


Key West home prices falling harder than drunks off a Duval Street barstool.


Stores see "seismic shift" as consumers clamp down

Global hedge funds lost $100 Billion in October from withdrawals by investors

Nigerian communications satellite built and launched by China loses power

China finally loosens control on Western financial news providers

BT, Great Britains largest telecom, to lay off 6,000.

Will Boeing's white collar union will settle new deal with Company today?

Three Puget Sound counties declare States of Emergency with heavy rains and flooding.

Should we really bail out the Big 3 automakers with $73.20 per hour labor?

A Buy & Hold Forever Dividend Stock Portfolio

More than 60 Groups call on President Elect Obama to rescind Bush's Secrecy Orders

McCain heads to Georgia to whip voter enthusiasm for a Senator he once called "reprehensible"?

Good grief! No one overseeing the hundreds of billions given away in the Wall Street bailout?

GOP Governors down at the mouth over future prospects.

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Democratic Mayor of Anchorage, sustains his lead in absentee vote counting over shamed Senator Stevens (R - Alaska).

News for Thursday 13 Nov 08 - Morning Edition - Con Man Leaves the USA with $85 Million!

Humor: Breaking Story from the most reputable source in news . . . The Onion . . . tells the sordid tale of international con man, Barrack Obama, who fled the USA with $85 million!

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Economy: Lawyers being laid off everywhere. Several large lawfirms have gone bankrupt leaving hundreds of lawyers out in the cold!

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Sports: NBA roundup. Lakers go 7-0, now only undefeated team in the NBA as Hawks drop their first loss of the season to the Celtics. Video and print wrap up from Yahoo. Click here.

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Philadelphia vs Toronto
Philadelphia
106
Toronto
96
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Indiana vs New Jersey
Indiana
98
New Jersey
87
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Atlanta vs Boston
Atlanta
102
Boston
103
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San Antonio vs Milwaukee
San Antonio
78
Milwaukee
82
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Utah vs Washington
Utah
87
Washington
95
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Orlando vs Oklahoma City
Orlando
109
Oklahoma City
92
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Portland vs Miami
Portland
104
Miami
96
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New York vs Memphis
New York
132
Memphis
103
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LA Lakers vs New Orleans
LA Lakers
93
New Orleans
86
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Houston vs Phoenix
Houston
94
Phoenix
82
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Sacramento vs LA Clippers
Sacramento
103
LA Clippers
98
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Click here to see standings of all NBA teams.


Washington: Team Obama plans major overhaul of the Justice Department


Sports/Humor: Pigskin picking camel (record of 10-0 so far) says New England Patriots will beat the New York Jets tonight.


Economy: Buying Binge slams into a mountain of debt.

Economy: US Treasury shifts focus to helping the consumer.


Music Biz: Kenny Chesney awarded Country Music Entertainer of the Year by CMA.

Sports: Kitesurfer meets whale's tale. Video of photos showing Australian kitesurfer with giant whale.


Business/Technology: AMD unleashes new "server" on a chip. Thus far, customers are giving "thumbs up" for this chip named "Shanghai".


Taiwan: Ex-President Chen Shui-bian goes on hunger strike to protest arrest on corruption charges.


Washington: Several Clinton appointees are beckoned to work in DC again . . . along with some new blood . . . by Obama.


Afghanistan: Suicide car bomber kills at least 20 civilians and one US troop. At least 50 are injured.


Music Critic: Man batters karaoke singer over lousy heavy metal cover.


NASA: Space shuttle Atlantis scheduled for night launch this Friday at Kennedy!


Space Technology now: Turning urine into water inside the Space Station.


Alsaka Politics: In manual count of ballots, Senator Stevens (R) is now behind Mark Begich (D), mayor of Anchorage. Counts of absentee ballots will continue late into this week.


Economy and Wall Street: New York Times's Sorkin - Treasury's Henry Paulson changes mind about buyig crap assets under the $700 Billion Troubled Assets Relief Program. Now plans for the US to invest directly in all sorts of different companies, possibly including credit card firms and companies that make auto loans.


Russia: Russian Stock Market halts after a 12% drop. Lower oil prices, uncertainty over the rouble, and worries about the Kremlin’s interference in the economy are blamed for the fall.

Health: USA gets "D" on pre-term health.


Entertainment: Rush Limbaugh buys one of his callers a Vince Flynn novel and a new $58,000 fully loaded GM Tahoe "on a whim".


Business: You Tube sells video advertising based on searches.


Wall Street: Stocks down on bleak economic forecast. Retailors rocked.


Humor: From the Church of the Perpetual Hard On - Preacher challenges his congregation to have sex for 7 days straight.


Iraq: 2 US Troops Killed by Iraqi Soldier


Chinese Economy: Economic growth has finally slowed down to single digits; Chinese prepare for the worst.


British Economy: Bank of England set to reduce rates all the way to 0%? Economy faces sharpest downturn in 30 years.


Corporate Welfare: GE Wins FDIC Insurance for Up to $139 Billion in Debt