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Cornish -- What would Augustus Saint-Gaudens have wanted? See full story New York -- Goldman Sachs said yesterday that its top 30 executives will forgo cash bonuses for 2009, instead receiving all their year-end pay in the form of restricted stock that can't be cashed in for five years. Full Story »

Cornish -- What would Augustus Saint-Gaudens have wanted? The question echoes at the center of a controversy over a tree-cutting project at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site here -- work that was put on hold after neighbors raised their voices in protest last week. Full Story »

Des Moines, Iowa -- A gigantic storm dumped more than a foot of snow across much of the Midwest and New England as it marched eastward yesterday, creating blizzard conditions, burying cars under huge drifts and providing ammunition for a massive campus snowball fight in Wisconsin. Full Story »

Lebanon -- Snow day. Two of the sweetest words a kid can hear. Considering many schools across the Upper Valley were closed yesterday, including those in Claremont, Hanover, Lebanon, Windsor and Hartford, the celebrations hit the streets. Full Story »

Hanover -- New Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim yesterday said he and other top college officials would personally apologize to Harvard's president and to the family of a Crimson athlete who was heckled last week during a squash match at Dartmouth. Full Story »

After working her way through four of the five exercises set out for her, Plainfield Elementary School teacher Susan Pullen has a red face and she's sweating -- and smiling. Full Story »

In the school's music room, Pullen and two of her colleagues are doing pushups and lifting a tire rim above their heads as part of an exercise program for teachers that started this fall. Bringing exercise into the school is a way to make it easier for teachers to participate. Full Story »

Norwich -- When one of Marty James' young children helped herself to a lollipop from Dan & Whit's General Store, the surprised mother marched her young charge back downtown so the girl could apologize to owner Dan Fraser. Full Story »

Last month, the Valley News asked its readers for their recollections of where they were when they learned that the Empire of Japan had attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching America into World War II. Full Story »

Hanover -- A group of about 10 fans led by Big Green men's soccer players pelted Harvard competitors with obscene language and what was interpreted by the parents of a visiting player as an anti-Semitic slur Wednesday when the Dartmouth men's and women’s squash teams lost to the Crimson at Berry Sports Center. Full Story »