WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.----Haights Cross Communications, Inc. announced today that Kevin McAliley has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of Triumph Learning.

Fearing a bitter future when United States Sugar Corp. leaves the town that sugar built, people here are rallying around their mayor's call for a role in negotiating the company's controversial exit.

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The D.C. Council on Tuesday adopted a 2009 budget that sets aside more than $50 million for 170 community organizations as it cuts the commercial property tax rate, doubles the cigarette tax and plots a course toward universal health care.

It's been a given in the library profession since the 1930s: When the economy goes south, libraries get busier. "Any time the economy goes down, usage figures start going up, so we knew to start looking for that," said Monterey Public Library Director