WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: The Governments of the United States of America and the Federative Republic of Brazil signed a Debt-for-Nature Agreement today to reduce Brazil's debt payments to the United States by close to $21 million over the next five years. In return, the Government of Brazil has committed these funds to support grants to protect the country's tropical forests. The Agreement with Brazil was made possible by th  more

BOSTON, Aug. 11 -- Simmons University issued the following news release: Simmons (http://www.simmons.edu/) College presents "Pattern and Repetition," a four-person show of paintings, wall sculpture, and mixed-media works by Diane Ayott, Kristina Bell DiTullo, Candy Nartonis, and Sarah Sutro, September 1 - 30, at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston. There will be a reception with the artists on Tuesday, September. 7, from   more