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World’s largest hedge fund gets handout from Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A commission approved a $22 million loan and grant package on Friday to help the world's largest hedge fund upgrade and expand its offices despite questions about whether the deal makes financial sense for a state facing continued budget problems. Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy said

Civil War

Civil War chivalry at Appomattox

The "Annals of America" contains a stirring account of the momentous encounter between Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House. The author of the document was Brigadier General Horace Porter, Grant's aide-de-camp. Porter vividly describes the historic meeting

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13 museums named recipients of art conservation grants

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen museums in seven countries have been named recipients of Bank of America grants for the conservation of artworks ranging from an Edouard Manet painting to a colossal ancient Chinese Buddha. The 2015 Art Conservation Project grants totaling more than $1 million were announced Friday. The recipients