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Vermont Today: News from around the stateFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:06AMWILLISTON — Gubernatorial candidate Susan Bartlett says there are many inventors in Vermont, and she wants the state to help them get their ideas into the marketplace. ...

Immigration raid upsets Las Vegas Hispanic CommunityFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:03AMHomeland Security says the raid was carried out by Border Patrol Agents in Las Vegas from Arizona to disrupt human and narcotics trafficking. Some in the local Hispanic community feel like they're caught in the middle of a political tug-of-war.

Humor festival draws world’s cartoonistsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:20AMCartoonists from around the world are submitting works on the themes of freedom and Edward M. Kennedy, the late Massachusetts senator, for an international humor contest scheduled in Boston. Mario Barros, a Cuban refugee and organizer of the Boston International Humor Festival, said that more than 1,000 works from about 400 cartoonists have been submitted as today’s deadline approaches ...

Mag publishers, Apple in subscription app scrapFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:00AMOnly three months ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was being hailed as a potential savior in the publishing world for getting magazines involved in the launch of the iPad. Now he's involved in a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war over annual subscriptions and the question of whether to share customer data with...

Frazier gets the call Mud Hens shut out after Tigers tab outfielderFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:46AMBy JOHN WAGNER Blade Sports Writer Jeff Frazier was called into manager Larry Parrish's office before the Mud Hens' game with Pawtucket on Thursday. "I wasn't sure what it was about," Frazier said. "LP and [hitting coach Leon] "Bull" Durham surprised me." The Hens' coaches poured some champagne on the surprised Frazier and told him he was being promoted to Detroit. That's the reason the team's ...

Maine-New Hampshire bridge safe, officials insistFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:02AMPORTLAND -- A breakaway chunk of rusty metal that plunged from the Memorial Bridge into the Piscataqua River between Maine and New Hampshire may have heightened concerns about the bridge, but it won't change the timetable for action on the 80-year-old span, officials said Thursday.

Contemporary art exhibit explores spiritual themesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:00AMFor centuries, the Western art tradition was largely a religious one. A new exhibit, "Sitting Up with the Dead," reinvests contemporary art with such contemplation.

IBM Simulates Monkey Brains as Researchers Seek Breakthrough for RevenueThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:53PMIn a small, windowless room in the basement of International Business Machines Corp. ’s Almaden lab in Silicon Valley, Dharmendra Modha is building a simulated monkey brain using images projected on flat-screen TVs.

Modern OdysseysThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:48PMThe hope and the hurt of uprooting in a restless world.