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In her first month as UMass Dartmouth's interim chancellor, Dr. Jean MacCormack is searching to find the money needed to sustain many of her predecessor's initiatives.
"Internally we're doing some pretty intensive reviews," said Dr. MacCormack in a meeting yesterday afternoon with members of The Standard-Times' editorial board. "We've overinvested, maybe by a million dollars, maybe more."
By Ric Oliveira, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- A 3rd District Court judge yesterday acquitted City Councilor Joseph "Jo-Jo" Fortes of charges that he assaulted the mother of his child.
Judge Joseph Macey heard testimony from Mr. Fortes, the councilor's mother, his son and a police officer who responded to the alleged incident.
Dick White
It started off slowly, almost imperceptibly, this addiction of mine.
It began with an insidious mix of a half-hour of "Howdy Doody" here, a half-hour of "Amos 'n' Andy" there, an hour-and-a-half of "The Wide World Sports" every Saturday.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The strongest quake in Taiwan in decades jolted the island early today, killing at least 400 people, wrecking a 12-story hotel in Taipei and destroying more than 100 homes nationwide, the government said.
About 2,000 people were injured.
BRYAN, Texas -- A second white supremacist was convicted yesterday in the dragging death of a black man whose gruesome end shocked the nation.
Lawrence Russell Brewer, 32, could get the death penalty for murdering James Byrd Jr. in the town of Jasper last year.
BOSTON -- Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston are promising to cut controversial ATM surcharges at some machines once their merger is finalized, saving consumers an estimated $300,000 a month.
Terrence Murray, chairman and chief executive of Fleet Financial Group, revealed the proposal in a letter to Treasurer Shannon O'Brien last week.
BOSTON -- Monday marked the 75th day since the budget standoff began between Senate President Tom Birmingham and House Speaker Tom Finneran.
The impasse is more than a battle of wills between two men who may be running for governor soon. It's a fight between the two wings of the Democratic party that for decades defined the state's political landscape.
VIENNA, Austria -- Consumers could pay more to heat their homes and drive their cars this winter, with worldwide demand for petroleum products rising and OPEC members showing little sign of budging beyond their reduced levels of oil production.
Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are expected to stick by their most recent round of production cuts when they meet tomorrow in Vienna, Austria. OPEC produces more than 26 million barrels of crude each day, almost two-fifths of the world's total.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ford Motor Co., the world's second-largest automaker, and No. 1 software company Microsoft Corp. are forming a venture to let Ford build cars to order through Microsoft's MSN CarPoint online car-buying service.
The companies plan to introduce the system in North America in the first quarter of next year. Microsoft holds a majority stake and the companies didn't disclose their investments.
NEW BEDFORD -- Dante Balestracci threw touchdown passes to three different receivers, but it was his fourth-quarter completion to wide receiver John Leite 37 yards shy of the end zone that helped New Bedford open the football season on a winning note.
The Balestracci-to-Leite pass came on a third-and-three situation with 1:31 left in the game and New Bedford nursing a 28-21 lead. It gave the home team a first down at the Whitman-Hanson 37 and enabled the Whalers to hold on for a seven-point victory.
This week we continue to see photographs of the devastating flooding in New Jersey and North Carolina caused by Hurricane Floyd, and we don't hesitate to support President Clinton's declaration of federal disaster areas to help these people out. Places are flooding now that never flooded before. People are losing everything -- belongings, homes, crops. Especially crops. This is a billion-dollar agricultural disaster for North Carolina. It sure puts into perspective President Clinton's 1998 disaster designation of many areas of Eastern Massachusetts in the spring floods.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona
I'm an engineer. If you believe in stereotypes, I'm a mild-mannered guy with a pocket protector (actually, I used to hand them out to my employees along with their Christmas bonuses).
But if you believe the lawyers, I'm a killer.
My job -- and the job of millions of engineers like me -- is to design usable and safe products, from toasters to cars. But our good name is under attack through outrageous abuse of the legal system.
Megan Staffel's novel "The Notebook of Lost Things" (Soho, $23) is set in rural Paris, N.Y., where the residents have lived all their lives and everybody knows each other's business.
Instead of weaving a story about quirky, nosy locals, however, Staffel highlights the solitude of the characters and explores how they emerge from loneliness.
Ask Martie Seidel of the Dixie Chicks if her group will be named the top entertainer in country music this year, and she immediately starts talking like Garth.
Not Garth Brooks. Garth from Wayne and Garth, the goofy duo made famous on "Saturday Night Live."
Q. Our son's fifth-grade teacher just called us in for a conference. She said he has ADD, which surprised us. He has a lot of energy, but no one has ever diagnosed him as hyperactive before. She wants him to start on Ritalin immediately. We are reluctant. What can you tell us about this drug?
A. The diagnosis of attention deficit disorder (ADD) is complex and requires an experienced physician or psychologist to evaluate the child. If medication is appropriate, it should be accompanied by a full treatment program with family as well as classroom involvement.
Turn to the "Help Wanted" section of the newspaper on any given day, and you're likely to find several listings for certified nursing assistants.
CNAs, as they are most commonly called, are the "backbone of the nursing industry," says Stacey Rebelo, director of nurses at Sippican Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Marion. They make up the bulk of the center's nursing staff, helping patients with personal hygiene and nutrition and, generally, keeping a watchful eye for any warning signs of a problem.
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