• 03 Nov 2009 08:32

  Tuesday, November 3, 2009

  MN: Cash-strapped colleges outsource their e-mail By Jenna Ross, Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- It takes manpower and money to run an e-mail system, and colleges and universities have less of both these days. So they're turning to outside providers such as Google and Microsoft to run their e-mail for free. CO: Ritter defends ex-aide over restricted records By Tim Hoover, The Denver Post Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday publicly defended Stephanie Villafuerte, the White House's nominee for U.S. attorney in Colorado, as questions linger about whether she played a role in the accessing of a restricted federal database while working on Ritter's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. HI: 3 in Hawaii win governor's innovation awards By Staff Reports, The Honolulu Advertiser Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday recognized three recipients of the Governor's Innovation Awards for their role in helping Hawai'i create an innovation-based economy and a stronger future for the state. MA: Wind turbine on line for base cleanup By George Brennan, Cape Cod Times CAMP EDWARDS Mass. — Rose Forbes, the woman who spearheaded a wind turbine project for the Air Force, said recently it made little sense for the base to clean up groundwater using energy that fouled the air through fossil-fuel emissions. MD: Tool titans merge By Andrea K. Walker, Lorraine Mirabella and Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Sun (Baltimore) BALTIMORE -- Black & Decker Corp., the Towson-based toolmaker founded here almost 100 years ago, said Monday that it plans to merge with The Stanley Works in a $4.5 billion all-stock deal that will bring together internationally known brands but reduce the number of local jobs. MN: Utilities kill plans for Big Stone II power plant By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo, St. Paul Pioneer Press Developers of the controversial Big Stone II power plant in Milbank, S.D., said Monday they will not build the $1.6 billion coal-fired project, ending a four-year battle between utilities and environmentalists over a significant portion of Minnesota's energy future. NH: Sierra Club seeks council chief's recusal By Chelsea Conaboy, Concord Monitor The acting chairman of a state council charged with hearing a case on Public Service of New Hampshire's Bow power plant is a former employee of the company. The state chapter of the Sierra Club, which is appealing a state permit issued for the plant, wants him disqualified from the case. NM: Eichenberg responds to 'Denish can't win' comments By Matthew Reichbach, New Mexico Independent Democratic State Sen. Tim Eichenberg recently made waves throughout the New Mexico blogosphere when he said that he didn't believe that Lt. Gov. Diane Denish could win the gubernatorial race next year. NV: Spokesman -- Gibbons 'made mistake' over Reid car bomb By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Jim Gibbons today repeated his belief on a Nevada political show that the bomb in Harry Reid's station wagon in 1981 was a telephone book in a shoe box. VA: Long-distance call from Alaska? By Staff Reports, Richmond Times-Dispatch Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a long-awaited entry into the Virginia governor's race via an automated call to as many as 350,000 state residents urging them to vote.

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