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Another year, another trillion dollars in debt. At least that seems to be the trend with President Obama at the helm. This month, the national debt surpassed $16 trillion. Only ten months ago, we had passed the $15 trillion mark. Our government is deep in the red and accumulating debt at an accelerating, and alarming rate.

More than 30 employees from Wells Fargo & Company and Rockwell Automation are teaming up Friday for community service projects focused on enhancing aesthetics and community in the Harambee neighborhood. Employee volunteers will paint and stain porches for homeowners, decorate and fill planters in the neighborhood, and create window boards youth can decorate to hang over boards on abandoned properties.

Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Froedtert Hospital will use a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to research a specific type of heart failure and pinpoint biomarkers that could help with earlier diagnosis and treatment. Researchers will focus on identifying biomarkers involved in cardiac dysfunction, which might allow clinicians to diagnose and decide a treatment route before irreversible cardiac damage affects a patient.

Growing Power announced plans to create community food centers at locations across the country with a five-year, $5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

BizTimes Milwaukee invites southeastern Wisconsin nonprofit organizations to take advantage of a year-long marketing opportunity by submitting information to be featured in the 2013 BizTimes Giving Guide, a print and digital publication to showcase nonprofit organizations seeking support from the business community.

Friday, Sept. 14, Special Olympics Wisconsin invites the public to watch 60 participants rappel down the side of...

Milwaukee School of Engineering opened a learning suite Wednesday where students will be able to take advantage of Apple’s newest technology. Funded by a donation from Dr. Gene P. Carter, MSOE Regent Emeritus and alumnus, the Gene Carter Apple Technologies Learning Suite will provide students direct access to iMac computers, iTouch mobile devices, iPad tablets and Apple TV digital streaming technology.

Alverno College has been named as one of the top four Midwest schools for its “strong commitment to teaching” in U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges guidebook, according to an announcement from the college on Wednesday.

Employers in the Milwaukee area expect to continue hiring at an “active” pace during the fourth quarter, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.