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Kennedy Throws First Pitch at Fenway

(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy earned a rousing ovation from the Red Sox faithful today as he threw out the first pitch at Fenway, the Boston Globe reports from Opening Day. Kennedy, battling brain cancer, rode in from the outfield on a cart driven by team legend Jim Rice. Kennedy’s first...

Mass. Seeks New Way to Pay for Health Plan

Most insured state in nation burdened by priciest care

(Newser) - Three years ago, Massachusetts politicians began what may be the gutsiest health care experiment the country has ever seen, bringing near-universal coverage to the state in record time. There’s just one problem: they put off any attempt to control costs, the New York Times reports. Massachusetts’ health care is...

Mass. Earmarks Have Familiar Theme: Kennedys

(Newser) - More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys. The bill includes $5.8 million for the planning and design of a building to house...

'Rockefeller' Fights False Name Charges

Con man just gave cops name he'd used for 15 years: defense

(Newser) - The con man who went by “Clark Rockefeller” attempted today to dismiss charges he gave police a fake name when arrested last year, the Boston Globe reports. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter told police arresting him for absconding with his 7-year-old daughter that he was Clark Rockefeller—as he had told...

Runaway Mass. Teacher, Student Found in W. Va. Hotel

24-year-old charged with enticing 8th-grader

(Newser) - Police today found the 8th-grade teacher who ran off with a 15-year-old student, WWLP-TV reports. Massachusetts police tracked a financial trail to find the pair at a hotel in West Virginia. They alerted the local cops, who arrested 24-year-old Lisa Lavoie this morning on charges of enticing a minor. She...

8th-Grade Boy, Female Teacher Go Missing

Mass. pair said to be in relationship; may be headed to Canada

(Newser) - A male 8th-grader and a 22-year-old female teacher at his Holyoke, Mass., school have both been reported missing and are suspected of running off together, the Republican reports. Federal and local authorities are searching for them after the 15-year-old’s parents raised concerns about a relationship earlier this month, and...

Kennedy: 'I Don't Plan to Go Away Soon'

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy appreciates the sentiment, really. But this recent wave of eulogies might be a tad premature, he tells the New York Times. "Obviously I've been touched and grateful," he says in a phone interview. "Beyond that, I don’t really plan to go away soon."...

Madoff's Wife Withdrew $15.5M Days Before Arrest

Deadline for criminal indictment extended 30 days

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff withdrew $10 million from a Madoff-related brokerage firm the day before her husband was arrested, according to a complaint filed by Massachusetts’ secretary of state, the Wall Street Journal reports. She also withdrew $5.5 million a few weeks earlier, according to documents from Cohmad Securities, which Bernie...

Iconic Mass. Gay Couple Splits
 Iconic Mass. Gay Couple Splits 
Feb 3, 2009 1:18 PM CST

Iconic Mass. Gay Couple Splits

Goodridge suit legalized same-sex marriage in state

(Newser) - A lesbian activist couple well-respected for leading Massachusetts' gay marriage charge has filed for divorce, the Boston Herald reports. Hillary and Julie Goodridge's landmark lawsuit legalized same-sex marriage in the state six years ago. The couple married a year later—after nearly two decades together—and share custody of their...

Ted Kennedy Upset Caroline Used Cancer as Excuse

Suggestion hurts his legislative efforts: aides

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy and his aides are livid that his niece Caroline is citing his health problems among reasons for her withdrawing from consideration for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, Time reports. Associates say the Massachusetts senator is doing well and fully committed to his goal of passing universal health-care legislation—...

Pols Sending TARP Funds to Home State Banks

Frank, others pull strings for bailout funds

(Newser) - Only healthy banks are supposed to get TARP funds, and OneUnited Bank in Boston is not a healthy bank. So why did it wind up pocketing a $12 million infusion from the Treasury? Because powerful Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank interceded for it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bankers, regulators, and...

Kennedy Leaves Hospital
 Kennedy Leaves Hospital 
Jan 21, 2009 12:06 PM CST

Kennedy Leaves Hospital

Docs want Mass. senator, 76, to cut back on work

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy was released today from the Washington hospital where he was sent yesterday after suffering a seizure during Congress’ inaugural lunch with President Obama. The 76-year-old Massachusetts senator was back “in good spirits” this morning, the Boston Globe reports, but doctors urged him to reduce his workload. Such...

Mass. Cops Refuse to Ticket Pot Smokers

Police call new, softer marijuana law 'unenforceable'

(Newser) - Now that marijuana is decriminalized in Massachusetts, many cops say they won’t even bother issuing tickets to pot smokers, the Boston Globe reports. “We’re just basically not enforcing it right now,” said the chief of police in one Central Massachusetts town. Officers “probably handled a...

Web Copyright Lawsuit Could Cripple the Freedom to Link

Community outlet says big papers siphon off page views with mere snippets of info

(Newser) - A local newspaper chain is suing the New York Times Company for pilfering its online content, and the case could dramatically change how news sites link, Danny Sanchez writes on Journalistopia. GateHouse Media says readers can glean enough information from the snippets linked by the Boston Globe and therefore don’...

Deep Freeze Chills Midwest as Outages Plague Northeast

(Newser) - Brutally cold temperatures are buffeting the Midwest today, and states of emergency remain in effect throughout the Northeast following a devastating ice storm that left more than 400,000 people without power, USA Today reports. Schools were closed in Massachusetts and crews from up and down the Eastern seaboard rushed...

Border Protection Chief Busted for Hiring Illegals

Homeland Security official was responsible for stopping illegal immigrants entering country

(Newser) - A top Homeland Security official could be facing a stiff prison sentence for hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, the Boston Globe reports. Lorraine Henderson, a regional director whose responsibilities include stopping illegal immigrants from entering Massachusetts, is accused of employing a Brazilian woman who entered the country illegally...

Cop Charged in Boy's Death at Mass. Gun Show

8-year-old accidentally shot himself with Uzi as father looked on

(Newser) - A Massachusetts police chief was indicted after an 8-year-old accidentally killed himself at a gun show the officer helped sponsor, Reuters reports. The boy mistakenly shot himself in the head with an Uzi as his father looked on with a camera. The policeman was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and furnishing...

Declining Paper Sales Sink Landmark Harvard Sq. Kiosk

Stand has sold print for 50 years above university's T stop

(Newser) - Harvard Square will most likely soon lose the iconic newsstand that has operated there for 50 years, the Cambridge Chronicle reports. The lease for Out of Town News expires at the end of the month, and the business has declined to renew it because of poor sales. “Nobody buys...

Huge LeWitt Exhibition Is Beautiful Lunacy
 Huge LeWitt Exhibition 
 Is Beautiful Lunacy 
ART REVIEW
Nov 17, 2008 12:16 PM CST

Huge LeWitt Exhibition Is Beautiful Lunacy

Mass. retrospective traces artist's work in Minimalism and Conceptualism

(Newser) - Sol LeWitt died last year, but his artwork is still being created—executed by handlers according to written instructions. This weekend marked the opening of a massive exhibition of LeWitt’s wall drawings at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, an exhibition Sebastian Smee, in the Boston Globe, calls “...

Despite Prop. 8, Gay Rights Will Prevail: Sullivan

All civil-rights struggles have setbacks, gay Atlantic scribe reminds

(Newser) - Though news of California banning gay marriage is “heart-breaking,” Andrew Sullivan takes solace in the progress that has been achieved for gay rights, he writes for the Atlantic. Marriages, like Sullivan’s own, performed in Massachusetts or Connecticut are still valid. The California initiative can be rolled back,...

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