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Monday, March 11, 2013  The melting snow is having a positive effect on lawns, giving good moisture to topsoil in ways that will pay off in the spring.

Monday, January 09, 2012  Novinger baseball team raises money to buy new bats and apparel.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Report: Justice Department investigating Standard and Poor's mortgage securities ratings

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  US, others to clinch Arctic search-and-rescue pact - and tiptoe on some climate, oil questions

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  The crisis in Japan stands to make it harder and costlier for US nuclear industry to build reactors

Monday, March 14, 2011  Regional Round-Up is the place to click for interesting news and lifestyle stories across the area.

Monday, March 14, 2011  Tide of 1,000 bodies washes up in Japan, overwhelming crematoriums as nuclear crisis deepens

Sunday, March 13, 2011  Japan's prime minister called the crisis the most severe challenge the nation has faced since World War II.

Friday, February 18, 2011  The melting snow from the recent blizzard is causing another problem... flooding.

Thursday, September 02, 2010  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to go before a panel investigating the financial crisis Thursday.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  President Barack Obama plans to sign a sweeping remake of financial market rules brought on by the market meltdown of two years ago.

Friday, July 16, 2010  Resolving a high-profile government case linked to the mortgage meltdown, Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay a record $550 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex investments.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and the CEO of credit rating agency Moody's Corp. are scheduled to face questions Wednesday from a bipartisan panel probing the roots the financial crisis.

Thursday, April 29, 2010  Now that the debate is officially on in the Senate, both Democrats and Republicans will try to give the financial overhaul bill its final fit and finish.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010  President Barack Obama is trying to link the need to restrain Wall Street to preventing another financial meltdown.