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August 9, 2007

• Increasing demand for at home employees - http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TakeControlOfYourLife/story?id=3460214&page=1
• Brad Pitt does jury duty - http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/09/brads-case-no-contest/
• $200,000 tax bill for catching a baseball - http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2007/08/09/the-bonds-ball-and-the-tax-bill/
• Dow drops 200 points this morning, and nothing on CNN homepage
  • CNN money 11:16PST
    • DOW -225.26 13,432.60 -1.65%
    • NASDAQ -36.68 2,576.30 -1.40%
    • S & P 500 -28.67 1,468.82 -1.91%
    • 10YR +2 18/32 99 20/32 Yield:4.79%
    • OIL(NYM) -0.25 71.90 -0.35%
  • Wallstreet worried about credit defaults
    • Stocks slumped Thursday afternoon, as revived concerns about the global credit market caused investors to dump equities and seek safer havens for their money.
    • Fears about the subprime mortgage market and the credit crisis resurfaced Thursday after BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank, said it was halting withdrawals from three of its top funds because it can't value their assets in the current market.
    • Fears about the subprime mortgage market and the credit crisis resurfaced Thursday after BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank, said it was halting withdrawals from three of its top funds because it can't value their assets in the current market.

• Sixth body pulled from bridge site
• Minorities become the majority in 10 percent of U.S. counties
  • Census Bureau report shows population estimates by race and ethnicity
  • Figures show diversity is spreading to the suburbs and beyond
  • The biggest changes seen are in the New Orleans area
• Fossils reveal different theory of humans
• Glacier breaks into sea, too close tourists injured
  • Small cruise vessel was carrying about 50 British tourists
  • Four people were seriously hurt, others treated for minor injuries
  • Captain and expedition leader expected to be questioned by police
• Fixing common breast feeding mistakes
  • CDC study finds most women quit breast-feeding within six months
  • Common obstacles: worry about adequate milk production, inconvenience
  • Seeking help, from friends, lactation consultants is key, experts say
• Americans reject politicians plans use bridge collapse to raise taxes
  • Fifty-two percent of Americans worried that a bridge will collapse in the U.S.
  • One-third feel a bridge they drive over regularly will collapse
  • Nearly two-thirds reject higher gas taxes to inspect or repair bridges
• Airline renegs on promise to pay for alternate transportation after diverted flight
  • Passenger's flight to Philadelphia landed in Baltimore due to weather
  • Southwest agent said airline would pay for train fare to Philadelphia
  • Reimbursement initially was denied