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Schools improve certification for school lunches

AP News 4 days ago

Schools improve overall in direct certification for school lunches, but some states lag Schools are doing a better job of identifying students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, but some states are much better than others, the Agriculture Department ...

Children direct certified for school lunches

AP News 5 days ago

Children direct certified for school lunches The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school ...

Two U.S. deaths may be linked to bad beef

Reuters US Online Report Health News 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and may have caused two deaths in the U.S. Northeast, health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...

Oil Prices

AP News 5 days ago

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, Jessica Szmauz, of Ipswich, N.H., fills her Jeep with gas at a fueling station, in Waltham, Mass. Oil prices hovered near $77 a barrel Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Asia after a big ...

Higher Gas Prices

AP News 8 days ago

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, Russ Conde, of Kingston, N.H., fills his truck with gas at a fueling station, in Waltham, Mass. Americans are now paying more for gasoline than a year ago, and pump prices are expected ...

LaHood defends economic stimulus jobs on NH visit

AP News 8 days ago

US transportation secretary defends economic stimulus jobs in NH address to business leaders Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that the country still is a long way from declaring victory over hard economic times, but that federal stimulus money has helped put ...

Food Hog Heaven

AP News 8 days ago

FILE-This June 16, 2006 file photo shows Jay Mongeon, an employee of Lemay & Sons Beef of Goffstown, N.H., watching over a pig roast the company is catering for the annual roast of a motorcyclists' club, in Epsom, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole,File) ...

Hikers in NH must be prepared _ or pay for rescue

AP News 9 days ago

NH, seeking $25k from Eagle Scout, is the lone state to regularly fine hikers for rescues Stranded with a sprained ankle on a snow-covered mountain, Eagle Scout Scott Mason put his survival skills to work by sleeping in the crevice of a ...

3-state meeting slated to discuss FairPoint woes

AP News 9 days ago

Legislators from 3 northern New England states to discuss FairPoint bankruptcy Legislators and other officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have scheduled a meeting with FairPoint Communications' representatives to discuss the company's bankruptcy proceedings. FairPoint filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ...

NH House kills home heating date change bill

AP News 10 days ago

New Hampshire House kills home heating bill that shortened time for pre-buy contracts New Hampshire's House has killed a bill that would have shortened the time fuel dealers have to offer pre-buy contracts. The bill would have amended a two-year-old law meant ...

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