For the band, The Maine, whose breakout debut album, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” sold over 100,000 copies since its release in 2008, the year 2010 is a year of fresh starts-a new record label, new album and a headlining summer tour.

This year, the band signed with Action Theory Records, a subset of the major label, Warner Brothers.

It’s 11:30 p.m. on a Sunday night and the sidewalk outside of Lupo’s in Providence, R.I. is crowded with fans of Artist vs. Poet listening to acoustic songs performed by a few of its band members. After their performance with We The Kings and The Maine, Artist vs.

ATHENS, Greece- Greece’s decision Friday to accept an international bailout package staved off an immediate bankruptcy crisis, but the euro risks further instability if Athens and other European capitals fail to bring down their enormous budget deficits, analysts said.

WASHINGTON- Two of President Obama’s top remaining domestic policy initiatives-energy and immigration-appeared on the brink of collapse on Saturday, after a Republican senator at the center of both efforts threatened to jump ship in a dispute with Democrats over timing.

Leila de Bruyne sits at her glass desk at her Thames Street office, surrounded by photos of African children, multiple Mac computers, and two clocks on the wall, one showing the time in Newport and the other showing the time in Nairobi, Kenya. On the right side of the desk rests a half-finished cup of tea and an enormous Poland Spring water bottle.