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Mass. House Speaker, under fire, seeks third term
Lawmakers are expected to re-elect Speaker Salvatore DiMasi to a third full term as head of the Massachusetts House despite lingering ethics questions that have dogged his office for much of the past year.
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Tufts Medical Center Plays Hardball: No More Blue Cross Patients...John Prescott's The MetWest Scene
In a move characterized by Massachusetts' largest insurer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield as a negotiation tactic, Tufts Medical Center announced today that it will no longer accept BCBS HMO patients starting in February.
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Cross-dressing Mass. dermatologist convicted of killing wife found hanged in prison cell
A cross-dressing Massachusetts dermatologist serving life in prison for killing his estranged wife has been found hanged in his cell.
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Miss Massachusetts gets ready for Vegas
Miss Massachusetts 2008, West Springfield native Alicia M. Zitka, greets Donna and Amedio Fiore-Golfieri, of Springfield, Sunday at the Holyoke Merry-go-round. By KEN ROSS kross@repub.com HOLYOKE - There she ...
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Federal aid OK'd for ice storm disaster relief
The federal government has agreed to provide disaster aid for Massachusetts communities hardest hit by the Dec.
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Mass., 10 states agree to low carbon standard
Massachusetts and 10 other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have agreed to create a low carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans Off To Big Start - Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Article Date: 05 Jan 2009 One month after the Department of Veterans' Services and the Department of Public Health launched a ...
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Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet
Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris will defend his selection as Illinois' next senator on the Sunday morning talk show circuit.
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Romney: Obama Called After Wife Fell Ill
They were at odds during the presidential campaign, but Gov. Mitt Romney said when his wife Ann fell ill, one of the well-wishers who phoned the family was President-elect Barack Obama.
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Cost Of Tying Knot In Mass. Inches Up With New Law
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Remaking New England as gay 'equality zone'
Two New England states have already legalized same-sex marriage, and a Boston-based advocacy group wants to see the other four join them.
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Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" - Senate appointee and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, D-Ill.; Sens.
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Top religion news of 2008
In campaigning for the 2008 presidential election, Democratic contenders reached out to believers, trying to counter the secular image of their party.
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Mass. Decriminalizes Small Amounts Of Marijuana
BOSTON -- A new state law that says it is no longer a criminal offense in Massachusetts to possess a small amount of marijuana went into effect on Friday, Boston television WCVB reported.
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Westport Fire Department wins federal grant
The Fire Department has been awarded $50,673 in federal funds to purchase water supply equipment, including large-diameter hose and portable water tanks to assist firefighters move a large volume of water ...
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Nursing home quality varies in Mass.
More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal statistics and other information.
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Mass. Coalition Urges Bolstering Health Care
A coalition of health care, social service, labor and legal groups are urging Gov.
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Survey suggests best-rated nursing homes often cluster in affluent areas
More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data.
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Report: Mass. has rise in college-educated workers
A new report says Massachusetts has seen a big rise in the number of college-educated workers since 1990, giving the state a long term advantage.
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Festival of winners in cancer fight
The 11th annual Festival of Giving Trees gave residents a chance to admire decorated Christmas trees - and to win them in a raffle.
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