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Vt. Yankee Sale Could Be In Jeopardy
A plan by Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's owner to spin off five nuclear reactors under a new company could be in jeopardy because of Wall Street's financial crisis.
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Memo to McCain: Replace Palin with Romney
Posted Oct 12th 2008 8:20AM by Peter Cohan Filed under: Presidential elections , Financial Crisis John McCain has made several unexpected moves during his campaign.
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Bank stock purchase pushed; `no' to protectionism
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis.
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Students Stroll Through Walk To School Day
It began as an idea in Chicago, and morphed into a nationwide movement in 2002. On Wednesday, millions of parents and students across the country hoofed it for Walk To School Day.
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Financial Meltdown Tests Patrick, Mass. Leaders
Oct 12, 2008 4:04 pm US/Eastern WBZ's Economic Resource Guide BOSTON As a candidate for governor, Deval Patrick vowed to reinvigorate the economy, usher in an era of green technology and make Massachusetts a ...
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Mass. man rescued after fall on trail
Fish and Game officers were working tonight on rescuing a Massachusetts man who fell while hiking the Percy Peaks Trail.
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How to Survive Massachusetts Drivers and Global Warming on a Fixed Gear Bike
At the beginning of the summer I was noticing my pants were tighter than I'd prefer and the gym was a place I wanted no part of anymore.
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MassResistance petitioners spotted at Burlington Mall
MassResistance, the anti-gay group based out of Waltham, has until Oct. 15 to collect 33,297 signatures to try to overturn the legislature's repeal of the 1913 law, but in the months since they have begun ...
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Mass. Gov, In NH For Obama, Gets Grief At Home
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is leading a busload of Barack Obama supporters to New Hampshire on Saturday, and getting some grief for it at home.
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Court legalizes same-sex marriages
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay and lesbian couples have the right to get married.
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Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to ...
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1 dead, another injured at Mass. construction site
One construction worker is dead and another seriously injured after a hydraulic lift platform collapsed in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts judge rejects Holocaust memoir suit
BOSTON - A woman who admitted fabricating a best-selling memoir about surviving the Holocaust by living with wolves cannot be sued by her former publisher because the lawsuit was filed too late, a Massachusetts ...
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Move over, 'Little Women': Mass. representatives pick 'Moby-Dick' as official 'epic novel'
The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill naming " Moby -Dick" the state's official "epic novel." That was a compromise after some lawmakers questioned Rep.
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Romney readies portrait for Statehouse walls
A reminder of former Gov. Mitt Romney is about to hang in the Statehouse. The Republican leader has spent $10,000 to have his official portrait painted.
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Mass. may end auto insurance appeals
The state's insurance commissioner is considering eliminating the unique right Massachusetts drivers have used to appeal auto premium surcharges they consider unfair for accidents caused by bad weather, road ...
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Wood As Power May Make Comeback, Even In Mass.
A proposed wood burning power plant in Russell is just the tip of the iceberg. While airwaves have been permeated by advertisements for solar and wind power, last year wood generated more net electricity in the ...
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Massachusetts Pests Invade Rhode Island
State environmental officials are asking Rhode Islanders to watch out for small, shiny invaders from Massachusetts.
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Our view: Cops harassing flaggers are disgraceful
The behavior of some police officers, sworn to uphold the law and protect the public, as Massachusetts begins to use civilian flaggers on road projects is disgraceful.
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Mass. among states zeroing in on tax cheats as economy sags
Amid all the financial chaos in the United States, there's at least one occupation with room for growth -- tax collector.
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