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GRANTSunday, August 1, 2010 @ 1:41AMCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Learning to be green Warwick School District receives $100,000 grant

Out-source of painSunday, August 1, 2010 @ 12:45AMJobs are fleeing the US for lower-cost countries at an alarmingly higher rate. Information technology, finance, back-office staffing, call-center and manufacturing firms are setting up shop abroad amidst a record trade deficit, soaring unemployment -- and a protectionist movement at home led by New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, The...

Around and about in local businessSunday, August 1, 2010 @ 12:17AMAround and about in local business.

Massachusetts’ decision on gambling weighs heavily in NHSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:26PMAt week’s end, it looked as if the Massachusetts Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick were finally going to get their act together and embrace legislation to legalize three casinos and at least one racetrack slot machine parlor. Whatever comes out of this weekend’s negotiations, never underestimate the power of greed to keep any deal from actually becoming law. The forces against expanded gambling ...

ESCONDIDO: D'Agosta wants City Council term limitsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:25PMMayoral candidate Tom D'Agosta says City Council members inEscondido should be limited to eight years in office, contendingthat long-serving politicians become stagnant, too cozy with"special interests" and difficult to defeat.

Wales Denies Request for FundingSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:27PMThe Wales Town Board has declined a request from officials of Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center on Reiter Road to help the organization with a yearly contribution from the town's general fund, in an apparent shift in policy toward non-profits. The Town Board has annual appropriations to volunteer organizations on a regular basis in the past.

With slow U.S. recovery rises new fear: stagnationSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:09PMEven as Congress moves to extend jobless benefits for millions of workers, a growing body of evidence suggests the United States is heading toward an economic netherworld — avoiding a slide back into recession but growing so slowly that unemployment will remain high, home prices low and incomes essentially stagnant.

Guest commentary: Florida’s latest strategy for improving schools promises more of the sameSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 1:18PMFlorida policy makers are embarking on another in a long series of kindergarten through 12th grade education reform efforts likely to be of uncertain benefit.

July 27: Letters to the editorTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:11AMToday’s topics: census anger; Ground Zero tolerance; employment equity ... and more