Friday, 3/19/2010
NEWS:
Hartford School Board to Consider Cutting 13 Teaching Positions
White River Junction -- The Hartford School Board will consider cuts of approximately $1.2 million at its March 23 meeting. See full story
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NEWS:
Last Draft of Health Plan Put on Table
Washington -- Buoyed by estimates that their health care overhaul would cut the deficit by $138 billion over the next decade, congressional Democrats unveiled their final blueprint yesterday and set the stage for a dramatic House vote Sunday. See full story
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SPORTS:
Junior Olympian Skis His Way to the Top
Lyme Center -- Tim and Margaret Caldwell had only two hard and fast rules for their three children as they were growing up: They had to learn how to ski both downhill and cross country, and they had to take piano lessons through eighth grade. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Track Records
And the Snoop You Carry
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We suppose it should not have come as a surprise that cell phones can be used to pinpoint their users' whereabouts -- although we don't imagine that we were alone among the owners of the nation’s 277 million cell phones in not realizing this fact until recently. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: ‘Instrumental in My Life'
Hanover -- In 1986, the nation's top health officer put aside political pressure and authored the first comprehensive report on AIDS, disputing once and for all the myth that the disease could be spread by casual contact.
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NEWS: Vt. May Win Medicaid Subsidy
Vermont's congressional delegation yesterday said it has secured more than $100 million over the next 10 years in additional Medicaid funding in the proposed health care reform bill as part of an effort to protect the state from being penalized unduly for its early efforts to cover low-income residents.
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NEWS: Delay in Rezoning Proposal May Benefit City and Builder
Lebanon -- The City Council's decision Wednesday to delay a possible rezoning of land off Route 10 and allow developer David Clem several months to file his plans for River Park gives both Clem and the council something they wanted, officials said yesterday.
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NEWS: Camel Ads Enticed Girls, Study Finds
Washington -- Fashioned-themed advertisements for Camel No. 9 brand cigarettes featuring a shocking pink logo have piqued the interest of teenage girls in what health advocates say is just another example of the tobacco industry's long history of exploiting women.
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