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Tax Collections Up 10.6 PercentTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:35AMTax collections for the Massachusetts fiscal year that ended June 30 exceeded projections by $723 million, leaving the state with what appeared to be a significant surplus despite continued economic and financial uncertainty.

Michele Bachmann: Who are the anti-Bachmann bloggers?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:28AMNewsweek/DailyBeast

Readercon: Science fiction as it was bornTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:10AMAt Readercon science fiction fans come to celebrate the genre in its original form

Vail Christian students bound for ChinaMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:11PMThese nine Vail Christian High School students are the only students from the United States selected to attend the Beijing International Youth Camp. They are, from top left, Branden Currey, Thomas Cheesman, Patrick Beaudine (history teacher and chaperone), Jordan Mesch, Kevin Boselli, Cole Caynoski, Amie Hixon, Kyra Webb, Samantha Hancock and Kristen Currey.

Lender Accion gets $1.5 million grantMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:19PMshare: digg facebook twitter Accion President and CEO Janie Barrera said 80 percent of the funds will be used for loans and loan loss reserves. “Community economic development is a term used quite often in Washington, but it is a term understood best by the dedicated community partners like Accion who commit to more opportunity for small business development,” Doggett said in a prepared ...