Creating Todo or Event in iCal from Email messages

Here is the workflow I would like to create -
I have a series of e-mail messages that I have placed in a folder called "Today" in Mail.
I want to copy the text of these messages, Then have that text placed in one ( or more) Todo items for today.
I seem to have been able to get the messages selected, text copied - but I don't see an automator item to create a new todo item. -
Ideally, I would be able to set an alarm on this, so that I can have iCal automatically notify me of a list of things I need to address today.
Any help??\ Thanks
Brian

I to have been wishing to figure out this process. I
have even tried to create an Applescript that would
open applications, however, I can't seem to program a
pretermined text or copy text and paste into iCal.
someone please find an answer, this would be great!
Automator can't do it, and You can't just cut + paste text into iCal. You need to make events and todos in a iCal calenader and set their properties. ie:
tell application "iCal"
activate
make new event at end of events of calendar 1 with properties {summary:"test"}
end tell
Look at iCal's AppleScript dictionary for syntax, and head to AS forum there are good people willing to help you.

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