NORTH ADAMS -- Northern Berkshire Healthcare is seeking to partner with a health care organization as it faces a huge loss this fiscal year, with a deficit projected at $8.1 million and no improvement in the economy foreseen.   Full Story

TORONTO (AP) -- A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan said Wednesday that top ranking Canadian officials ignored evidence that prisoners Canada handed over to Afghanistan’s intelligence service a few years ago were tortured.   Full Story

BRATTLEBORO -- Vermont is among the eight states sharing roughly $4 million in federal stimulus funding to promote the growing green jobs program, according to Sen.   Full Story

There's never really a good time for the New York Jets to face the Patriots.   Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) - Regulators shut down two banks in Florida and one in California on Friday, boosting to 123 the number of U.S. bank failures this year as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.   Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.   Full Story