Staff Writer The nation may have been at a loss for literary words, but that's the Ephrata Public Library's gain.
Homer is everywhere this summer. No, not the cartoon character. And no, not the ancient Greek poet. Winslow Homer, the American painter, has been the man this summer. Born in 1836 in Boston, Homer had his own artistic odyssey, but he spent the last 27 years of his life in Prouts Neck, south of Portland. Maine easily claims him as one of its own: His pastoral and coastal views helped put the state on the map. America proudly claims him, too: Art historians consider him one of the finest watercolorists. Town planners also could learn something from Homer. Think of him as a driving force in one of the country's early creative economies: an artist who came to an area, began working there, and inspired others to bring their families and affluence to the region in the 19th and 20th centuries....
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The nation may have just finished celebrating its Independence Day, but there are a good number of people whose idea of fun in the sun includes a trip to a winter wonderland that has snow-covered hills and a skating pond. Those folks can now indulge themselves to their heart's content in summertime heat. In an area that gets a bad rap for its winter weather, it's all snow all the time at Snow Park Niagara Falls -- except the blustery conditions currently are on ice.
NEW YORK - The local shelter may not always have enough beds, but the nation's unmarried and childless homeless haven't had to prove that it's their only option when they show up at the door. That could change under a policy proposed by New York City homelessness officials who want to begin turning singles away if the city determines they can rely on family, friends or other alternatives.
As retailers and shoppers prepare for the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, the question this year is not whether sales will be weak, but how weak they'll be. Despite some faint indications recently that the nation's economy may have stopped shrinking, retail experts and economists agree that this year's crucial Christmas retailing season is likely to see a sales decline from last year.
The growing income gap between rich and poor in the Dayton region and the nation may have dire consequences for households at both ends of the economic spectrum, observers say. Montgomery County had a higher level of income inequality than the state in 2009, and the highest in the region, with just less than half, 49.5 percent, of all income in Montgomery County earned by the top-earning 20 percent of households.
The U.S. Treasury next month will go back to relying on the kindness of strangers like never before to purchase the nation's burgeoning debts - and taxpayers may have to pay higher interest rates to attract enough foreign investors, analysts say. Though a significant rise in interest rates could be toxic for a softening U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve has said it will end its program of purchasing $600 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds as planned on June 30. The Fed is estimated to have bought about 85 percent of Treasury's securities offerings in the past eight months.
In a matter of weeks, the Osage Nation may have an answer to its three land-into-trust applications submitted to the U.S. Department of Interior, the tribe said on Monday. The Osage Nation has submitted the applications for its casinos in Tulsa, Skiatook and Ponca City that are not on Indian land.
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