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  • Joe Hill Louis, B.B. King and Rufus Thomas appear on a new multi-disc compilation of electric blues, <em>Plug It In! Turn It Up!</em>
    Turning Up The Volume On The Electric Blues
    A new 12-disc compilation traces the history of electric blues from its inauspicious start through its heyday in the 1950s and '60s. Critic Ed Ward says Plug It In! Turn It Up! does "a great job of illuminating one particular aspect of the blues."
  • There's a greenhouse boom around the country, thanks in part to the "buy local" movement. Paul Mock grows tomatoes, herbs and other veggies year-round in his Berkeley Springs, W.Va., greenhouse and sells to groceries and restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic.
    Tastier Winter Tomatoes, Thanks To A Boom In Greenhouse Growing
    Just because it's cold doesn't mean we should have to give up delicious tomatoes. The "buy-local" movement has spurred a boom in greenhouse grown winter tomatoes in cold climates from Jackson Hole, Wyo., to Madison, Maine. And it uses less water and less land than conventional methods.
  • Liberal Activists Rally On The "Fiscal Cliff"
    Dozens of activists from labor, faith-based and community groups rallied on Main Street in Springfield Massachusetts Thursday to send a message to budget…
  • New York City Subways.
    Superstorm affects MTA
    New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority took a serious financial hit as a result of Superstorm Sandy.Officials assure riders the cost will…
  • An iceberg that likely calved from Jakobshavn Isbrae, the fastest glacier in western Greenland.
    Greenland, Antarctic Ice Is Melting Faster
    The good news: Sea level has risen by just a half-inch in the past 20 years as a result of shrinking ice. The bad news: The melting is now speeding up. Over the next century, this could contribute to another 2- to 3-foot rise in sea level — enough to flood New York City every few years.
  • Would Raising Taxes On Investment Income Hurt The Economy?
    The rates on capital gains and dividends are on the table in the negotiations over the fiscal cliff. Some complain that it would hurt companies' stock prices, giving them less money to invest. But other economists say it's unlikely to have strong effects.
  • Some Vermont Parents Object to Vaccine Exemption Form
    Vermont Health Department officials have rewritten rules designed to implement a new law on childhood immunizations, but some parents aren't satisfied…
  • Pittsfield Area Burger King Restaurants Sold in Foreclosure Auctions
    Three former Burger King restaurants in the Pittsfield area that were abruptly shut down earlier this year have been sold to new owners. WAMC’s Berkshire…
  • Vermont Paper Aware of Reporter's Sex Offense
    The publisher of a Vermont newspaper is defending his paper's hiring of a convicted sex offender to cover police and courts.Barre-Montpelier Times Argus…
  • Homeless Advocates Get Shelter Permit in Vermont Town
    A Bennington group that works with the homeless has received preliminary approval for a new shelter in the southern Vermont town.The Bennington Coalition…
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