NEWARK, Ohio -- City workers will receive no pay raises next year under a plan designed to help plug a projected $3.4 million hole in the general-fund budget. Full Article at Columbus Dispatch

Sequoia refers to this move in it's release as "the first public disclosure of source code from a voting systems manufacturer". Full Article at Freedom to Tinker

A string of burglaries at Leechburg businesses that netted $40,000 in stolen items early Saturday morning ended with the arrest of two men about 24 hours later. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment

You might call it a gone-out-of-business sale. Furniture, fixtures and equipment once owned by Cooperative Bank – and now by the FDIC – are being auctioned online. Full Article at Wilmington Star-News

NEWARK -- No pay raises for most city employees in 2010 is the first of many steps in a long budgeting process, Mayor Bob Diebold said Monday. Full Article at The Newark Advocate

GMVS Senior The dynamic midfielder was one of the state's top two-way players, helping the 5-8 Gumbies force a penalty kick shootout against U-32 in the Division II playdowns. Full Article at Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

NEWARK -- Not only has the city of Newark met its goal to reduce fire department overtime in 2009, but it gained nine firefighters at no additional net cost. Full Article at The Newark Advocate

NEWARK -- Newark City Council is expected to get its first chance to debate reductions in the city's 2010 budget Monday, and some council members already have concerns. Full Article at The Newark Advocate

NEWARK -- Despite steep drops in revenue, Newark city officials likely won't finalize all the cuts the city needs to make in 2010 until March. Full Article at The Newark Advocate

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There are no major economic reports scheduled today and so a day of the data vacuum awaits. Full Article at The Capital Spectator

There are no major economic reports scheduled today and so a day of the data vacuum awaits. Full Article at iStockAnalyst

There aren't words for this. Something like 40 million Republicans are now convinced that ACORN (!) somehow managed to steal an election that McCain lost by seven percentage points. Another 20 million think they might have stolen it but aren't sure. Full Article at Mother Jones

It was the year the Berlin Wall came down, the San Francisco 49ers edged the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 to win Super Bowl XXIV, when one of the top movies of the year was “Good Morning Vietnam,” and “The Cosby Show” topped the TV ratings. Full Article at Naples Daily News

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM). Has been paying dividends for more than a century; has raised those dividends every year for 27 consecutive years. Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR). Has been paying quarterly cash dividends since 1919. National Fuel Gas (NYSE: NFG). Full Article at Town Hall

LANSING - A decision could be made as soon as next week on a plan to unify the three Catholic elementary schools in Lansing into one system. Full Article at Lansing State Journal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Scott City volleyball team's second trip to the final four did not start as planned. The Rams entered pool play Friday morning knowing they first would face Hermann, which defeated them in the state championship match a year ago. Full Article at Southeast Missourian