Raymond Luc Levasseur of United Freedom Front to Speak at UMass

Raymond Luc Levasseur, founder and former leader of the revolutionary group United Freedom Front, is scheduled to speak at the University of Massachusetts on Thursday. Previous invitation had been canceled due to pressure pressure from Governor Deval Patrick and family...

New data offers first demographic picture of same-sex couples

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law analyzed newly released data by the U.S Census Bureau that offers the first demographic picture of same-sex couples. Advancing...

Home Foreclosures for Sale Invade Suburban Massachusetts

Home foreclosures for sale have invaded the suburban market of Massachusetts. So far, the number of distressed property procedures in Massachusetts has increased by 150 percent. " Industry experts have been seeing...

Krispy Kreme Burger: the 'Craz-E Burger' Packs in 1,500 Calories

The "Craz-E Burger", or Krispy Kreme burger, was sold at the West Springfield's agricultural fair "Better Living Center" which ended October 4. The donuts burger is a bacon cheeseburger with buttered Krispy...

Fall Splendor in New England

What draws people to New England in the fall? People travel hundreds of miles to witness the beauty of the changing seasons. I am lucky. I only need to travel around my local area to view some of the most brilliant...

Apples, Apples, Apples and homemade Apple pie

The early settlers brought Apple seeds to Massachusetts from Europe. A farmer named John Chapman, from Leominster Massachusetts was known as “Johnny Appleseed”. He distributed apple seeds all over North America...

Paul Kirk To Take Over Ted Kennedy's Seat In Senate

Today it was announced that Paul Kirk (Paul G. Kirk Jr.) will temporarily take over the senator seat of late Ted Kennedy. Kennedy had brain tumor and passed away on August 25 at the age of 77. There were a lot of speculations around who will fill Kennedy's seat in the Senate....

Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat may be filled Today.

"  Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, may choose an interim successor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy as early as today. "

Electric cars are absolutely gorgeous, want to plug them in?

We, as humans, are lazy - that, I believe is the father of invention as necessity is its mother. And that isn't misanthropic either!Men like their remotes - and with more buttons the better! BAM, Ugh!"WiTricity's version of wireless electricity -- which converts power into a...

Pfizer Settlement: $23 Billion Payout Over Improper Marketing

The recent Pfizer settlement is the largest national settlement in US history. Pfizer paid out to the states of Massachussetts, Pennsylvania and Kentucky over deceptive marketing practices which led to overprescription of Pfizer's drugs, stemming from nine different lawsuits....

A 60s Conservatives Views: Turning The Page On The Kennedy Era

For Any And All Constitutional Conservative Americans: As a 1960's era Conservative, who has become even more so in my elder years, the hoopla surrounding Ted Kennedy's death this week simply has been too...

Ted Kennedy and the case to repeal the 17th Amendment

"Voters have elected their senators in the privacy of the voting booth since 1913. The framers of the Constitution, however, did not intend senators to be elected in this way, and included in Article I, section...

Who Will Replace Ted Kennedy?

Senator Ted (Edward) M. Kennedy Kennedy, while suffering from brain cancer, announced his proposal on August 20 for how his seat in the US Senate would be filled if he resigned or could not perform his duties...

Hundreds Attend Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Public Wake

Eunice Kennedy Shriver's 6-hour public wake saw an overwhelming turnout. Hundreds of Special Olympic athletes paid their respects to Shriver, the founder of the special Olympics, who died at 88. Family members...

Foetus of murdered mother found alive and well

Police have found the baby that was removed form a murdered mothers womb and police say the baby is in "fairly good health". Worcester police have arrested a woman, Julie Corey, 35, who was with the child when...

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