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onion market in a vegetable market
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Farm to School program changes kids' views on food
Houston Chronicle
| SHARON, Vt. - The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown because they'v...
Onion Farm
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Farm to School program plants seeds of healthy eating in kids
Hartford Courant
SHARON, Vt. (AP) — The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown becau...
APNewsBreak: FairPoint files its bankruptcy plan
The News & Observer
| PORTLAND, Maine -- Financially troubled FairPoint Communications Inc. has submitted its bankruptcy reorganization plan after two months of delays. | The document was filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where FairPoint filed for Chapt...
In steps of a busy grandma: Ohio trail honors pioneering hiker
The News & Observer
| Hocking Hills is Grandma Gatewood Country. | Ohio's No. 1 must-see state park, Hocking Hills lies southeast of Columbus in Hocking County. One of the park's most famous trails is dedicated to Ohio's No. 1 long-distance hiker. | That would be the la...
FairPoint reorg plan would cut debt sharply
The News & Observer
| PORTLAND, Maine -- The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday. | The plan outlined in a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, wh...
FairPoint reorg plan would cut debt sharply
Philadelphia Daily News
| CLARKE CANFIELD | The Associated Press | PORTLAND, Maine - The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday. | The plan outlined in a filing ...
Steak
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Here's the beef
The Press Democrat
| You'll receive impeccable service in either room. It's nice to experience a restaurant where the elements of good service are known and practiced. These elements, so quietly on d...
Apple iPhone - Smartphone
WN / Yolanda Leyba
iPhone App Creator Helps Fans Connect With Celebrities
Hartford Courant
Feel the need to turn a cute photo of your toddler into a bloody vampire portrait? | 's Robert DeFranco — CEO of 211me, a applications company — has created a unique ap...
Barack Obama in Berlin
Creative Commons / Matthias Winkelmann
Obama Moving to Expand Credit for Small Businesses
ABC News
February 5, 2010 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, looking for ways to drive down high U.S. unemployment, will announce plans on Friday to expand credit for small bu...
Sea Ray Signs Ten New North American Dealers
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 09:41 CST | KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to sales and service leadership, Sea Ray's numbers speak for themselves: More than 400 dealers operating on six continents. Twenty-five representat...
Greek debt crisis could mean years of sacrifice, with or without bailout
Star Tribune
| ATHENS, Greece - Is there any way out of Europe's debt morass? | Greece's efforts to restore confidence in its finances have only called attention to its woes, and now investors are fretting debt contagion could spread to other countries, starting ...
Main Street America reports 18.2% return on equity
Business Journal
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USA
Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut
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Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut
The Boston Globe
| WASHINGTON-Federal workers got a day off as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out Monday from as much as 3 feet of snow that left tens of thousands without power while making travel nearly impossible. And there's another storm brewing. | With more snow expected Tuesday into Wednesday -- as much as a foot in some places -- stranded travelers and the ten...
Business
Google
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Spain's Telefonica may charge Internet search engines like Google for network bandwidth
Star Tribune
| MADRID - Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. | Speaking Monday at a press conference in the northern city of Bilbao, President Cesar Alierta said companies like Google use a lot of network bandwidth for free, something which was lucky for them but no...



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