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...partnership with Rolling Stone magazine to host “Rock Hard,” a Boston-wide search for the best college bands.The idea originated with Spaniola, who decided to approach Rolling Stone, a long-time sponsor of Veritas. The magazine responded enthusiastically, and the plans have since expanded to include eight Boston schools: BU, BC, Emerson, Northeastern, Berklee, MIT, Tufts, and Harvard.In February, each school will host its own Battle of the Bands in order to select its most talented group. On April 10, a winner will be selected in a final round. The event will include...
...also trying to expand its coverage beyond the usual green-media hot spots of New York and Northern California by hiring college journalists, with the aim of getting at least one reporter in each of the 50 states. But the real soul of MNN is in its green-living features - leavened with the help of Leavell's celebrity friends. If you want to get green tips from the likes of Jeff Goldblum or Jane Fonda, MNN is the place to go. Given that just about the only two subjects that remain viable in today's blasted media landscape are celebrity...
...close the deficit through higher taxes in the late 1970s. And Ronald Reagan made tax cuts the down payment on every election since. George W. Bush, of course, imitated Reagan in cutting taxes, thereby creating huge new budget deficits. Voters are still willing to permit the government to expand its share of GDP, particularly in the face of national crises - and we are certainly in the middle of one. Tax revenues jumped from just 5% of GDP in 1936 to 15% to 20% during and after World War II, creating our modern tax system...
...Health care: A $100 billion package features money to expand health insurance for laid-off workers, known as Cobra, for longer periods of time and for those who did not have health insurance with their former employers, as well as funds to help state shortfalls on Medicaid. Of this package, $20 billion would be used as a "down payment" for one of Obama's campaign pledges: a separate $50 billion program to modernize the nation's medical records, most of which sit in filing cabinets instead of being recorded online. While the Medicaid grant to states would be a onetime...
...agency's bleak outlook means the Postal Service will take more drastic steps. Some are primarily intended to attract more customers. Starting Jan. 18, for instance, online discounts and other savings plans begun in May 2008 will expand to make Postal Service prices more competitive - a move that could be showcased in a spring advertising campaign that will promote Priority Mail...