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States have billions of federal COVID relief aid to spend. Some haven’t spent a dollar.

By Tribune Content Agency on Dec 26, 2021 10:00 am
States have until 2024 to spend their portion of the $350 billion in federal aid distributed to state and local governments as part of Biden’s American Rescue Plan.
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New parents slapped with surprise bills for treating newborns

By Kaiser Health News on Dec 26, 2021 09:53 am
The infant hearing test is an example of how some common medical procedures have become significantly more profitable for their providers.
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Maine to receive more than $5.5M in school meal assistance

By The Associated Press on Dec 26, 2021 09:38 am
Nearly $4 million will be supply chain assistance for schools, while the rest of the money will help food purchases, including from local producers.
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Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

By The Associated Press on Dec 26, 2021 08:26 am
An uncompromising foe of apartheid, Desmond Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall.
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NH brothers regift same hard candy for decades

By The Associated Press on Dec 26, 2021 08:03 am
It started in 1987, when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford "Santa's Candy Book" with assorted fruit flavors to his brother, Eric Wasson, as a joke for Christmas, knowing that Eric wouldn't like it.
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Holiday gifts taken from NH woman’s luggage, replaced with dog food

By The Associated Press on Dec 26, 2021 07:58 am
A woman who returned from a flight to Europe with more than $3,000 worth of gifts in her luggage found the contents gone — and replaced with dog food.
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Flight cancellations snarl holiday plans for thousands

By The Associated Press on Dec 26, 2021 07:51 am
Delta, United and JetBlue had all said Friday that the omicron variant was causing staffing problems leading to flight cancellations.
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This Bucksport film archive is home to the earliest color film of Gandhi

By Ethan Genter on Dec 26, 2021 01:00 am
The short clip highlights how this small Maine archive has a long reach and regularly supplies old footage to household names in show business.
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