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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Massachusetts</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Evergreen&#8217;s solar panels to supply 30 percent of the power for Massachusetts development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Evergreen panels chosen for Massachusetts project

MARLBORO, Mass. — Evergreen Solar Inc. said Tuesday that its String Ribbon solar panels will supply about 30 percent of the power to run Patriot Place, a 1.3 million-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment complex located next to Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots.
The company said more than 2,800 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/evergreens-solar-panels-to-supply-30-percent-of-the-power-for-massachusetts-development-247416/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Evergreen&#8217;s solar panels to supply 30 percent of the power for Massachusetts development</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Scalloper industry asked NOAA head to restore some cuts, calling them &#8220;rapid and unnecessary&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Scallopers ask NOAA head to restore some cuts

BOSTON — More than 1,000 members of the East Coast scallop industry have asked the nation&#8217;s chief fisheries regulator to restore 6 million pounds to the recent cut in the scallop catch.
The industry called the cuts &#8220;rapid and unnecessary&#8221; in a letter delivered Saturday to NOAA head Jane .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/scalloper-industry-asked-noaa-head-to-restore-some-cuts-calling-them-rapid-and-unnecessary-247335/">Scalloper industry asked NOAA head to restore some cuts, calling them &#8220;rapid and unnecessary&#8221;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Redevelopment plan for downtown Quincy, Mass., gets $8.1M boost in federal stimulus funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. city project gets $8.1M in stimulus funds

QUINCY, Mass. — A plan to redevelop downtown Quincy is getting an $8.1 million boost in federal stimulus money.
Gov. Deval Patrick and Congressman Bill Delahunt announced Monday a grant that will help the second phase of a project meant to make improvements on Revere Road, an east-west connector ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/redevelopment-plan-for-downtown-quincy-mass-gets-81m-boost-in-federal-stimulus-funds-246975/">Redevelopment plan for downtown Quincy, Mass., gets $8.1M boost in federal stimulus funds</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. state senator pleads guilty in hit-and-run crash that injured 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. state senator pleads guilty in hit-and-run

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Massachusetts state senator who injured two people in a hit-and-run accident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to six months of home confinement.
Sen. Anthony Galluccio, a Democrat, pleaded guilty Friday to leaving the scene of the Oct. 4 accident in his hometown of Cambridge.
The 42-year-old ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-state-senator-pleads-guilty-in-hit-and-run-crash-that-injured-2-246187/" title="Mass. state senator pleads guilty in hit-and-run crash that injured 2">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Managers unveil proposed new rules for NE fishery that regulate fishermen through &#8220;sectors&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Managers unveil proposed new rules for NE fishery

BOSTON — Federal fishery managers have proposed rules that could radically change how New England&#8217;s fishermen are regulated.
The long-discussed rules, formally announced Thursday by NOAA, enable fishermen to form &#8220;sectors&#8221; — groups that divide an allotted catch. The idea is that increased autonomy and hard catch limits will .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/managers-unveil-proposed-new-rules-for-ne-fishery-that-regulate-fishermen-through-sectors-245834/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Managers unveil proposed new rules for NE fishery that regulate fishermen through &#8220;sectors&#8221;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. firms share federal grants for technical innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. firms receive grants for innovation
WASHINGTON — Two Massachusetts companies will be receiving federal grants for technical innovation projects.
Senators John Kerry and Paul Kirk announced Wednesday that a Bedford-based company, wTe Corp., will receive a $5.6 grant and CyPhy Works will receive $2.4 million over the next three years.
CyPhy Works hopes to use .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-firms-share-federal-grants-for-technical-innovation-245067/">Mass. firms share federal grants for technical innovation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cubist Pharmaceuticals completes $92.5 million buyout of Calixa Therapeutics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Cubist completes $92.5 million Calixa buyout

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it completed the $92.5 million cash buyout of biopharmaceutical company Calixa Therapeutics Inc.
The company announced the deal Monday.
Cubist acquires rights to develop and sell Calixa&#8217;s lead compound, CXA-201, an intravenous treatment for serious bacterial infections. It obtains the same rights for products .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cubist-pharmaceuticals-completes-925-million-buyout-of-calixa-therapeutics-245034/">Original article &nbsp;: Cubist Pharmaceuticals completes $92.5 million buyout of Calixa Therapeutics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. school district rebuts father&#8217;s claim, denies suspending student for crucifix sketch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. school denies suspending student for drawing

TAUNTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district on Tuesday night denied a father&#8217;s claims that his son was suspended for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross.
The Taunton School District said in a written statement that the second-grade student was never suspended over the sketch and that ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-school-district-rebuts-fathers-claim-denies-suspending-student-for-crucifix-sketch-244515/" title="Mass. school district rebuts father&#8217;s claim, denies suspending student for crucifix sketch">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Book 99 years overdue returned to Massachusetts library; Fine totals $361.65, but not required</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Book 99 years overdue returned to Mass. library

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week wasn&#8217;t overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue, and the fine came to $361.35.
&#8220;Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/book-99-years-overdue-returned-to-massachusetts-library-fine-totals-36165-but-not-required-244499/">Read : Book 99 years overdue returned to Massachusetts library; Fine totals $361.65, but not required</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Book 99-years overdue returned to Mass. library; Fine came to $361.65, but not required</title>
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Book 99-years overdue returned to Mass. library

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week wasn&#8217;t overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue, and the fine came to $361.35.
&#8220;Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/book-99-years-overdue-returned-to-mass-library-fine-came-to-36165-but-not-required-244489/">Book 99-years overdue returned to Mass. library; Fine came to $361.65, but not required</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Beer raises 2009 profit outlook, cites operating performance, favorable costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston Beer raises 2009 profit outlook
BOSTON — Boston Beer Co., maker of Samuel Adams brand beer, raised its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday, citing operating performance and favorable commodity and energy costs.

The company now expects profit of $2.05 to $2.35 per share, up from prior guidance of $1.75 to $2.05 per share.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-beer-raises-2009-profit-outlook-cites-operating-performance-favorable-costs-244468/">Boston Beer raises 2009 profit outlook, cites operating performance, favorable costs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. man returns book to library that was nearly a century overdue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Man returns book to Mass. library overdue 99 years

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The book Stanley Dudek finally returned to the New Bedford Public Library this week wasn&#8217;t overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue. &#8220;Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country&#8221; was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-man-returns-book-to-library-that-was-nearly-a-century-overdue-244452/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Mass. man returns book to library that was nearly a century overdue</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. 2nd-grader sent home, told to have an evaluation, after drawing Jesus on a cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing

TAUNTON, Mass. — An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and sketched what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child&#8217;s father said Tuesday.
Chester Johnson said his ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-2nd-grader-sent-home-told-to-have-an-evaluation-after-drawing-jesus-on-a-cross-244380/">Original article on  : Mass. 2nd-grader sent home, told to have an evaluation, after drawing Jesus on a cross</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive Data to buy electronic trading network firm 7ticks to shave latency from data feed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Interactive Data to buy trading technology firm

BEDFORD, Mass. — Financial market data provider Interactive Data Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy privately held electronic trading network and services provider 7ticks LLC in a move to speed up its delivery of trading data to institutional customers.
The company said it will use 7ticks network infrastructure technology ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/interactive-data-to-buy-electronic-trading-network-firm-7ticks-to-shave-latency-from-data-feed-244002/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Interactive Data to buy electronic trading network firm 7ticks to shave latency from data feed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say Boston drug-trafficking suspect mutilated fingers to conceal identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Police: Mass. suspect mutilated fingers to hide ID

BOSTON — Police say a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to conceal his identity by cutting the tips of his fingers to hide the prints. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Francis Viliar admitted to police that he paid someone $400 to slice off ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-boston-drug-trafficking-suspect-mutilated-fingers-to-conceal-identity-243982/">Police say Boston drug-trafficking suspect mutilated fingers to conceal identity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>About 3 dozen Boston students sickened when natural gas accidentally released in school</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston students sickened by accidental gas release

BOSTON — About three dozen Boston students have been sickened by natural gas fumes after a maintenance worker inadvertently opened a natural gas line next to their school&#8217;s ventilation system.
Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald says the fumes were blasted into the Excel Academy Charter School building in East ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/about-3-dozen-boston-students-sickened-when-natural-gas-accidentally-released-in-school-243980/">Original article on  : About 3 dozen Boston students sickened when natural gas accidentally released in school</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Scientific says it will use proceeds of $2 billion offering to prepay loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston Scientific completes $2 billion offering

NATICK, Mass. — Medical devicemaker Boston Scientific said Monday it completed its $2 billion public offering of senior notes.
The public offering consisted of:
— $850 million in 4.5 percent notes due January 2015.
— $850 million of 6 percent notes due January 2020
— $300 million of 7.4 percent notes due January 2040.
The ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-scientific-says-it-will-use-proceeds-of-2-billion-offering-to-prepay-loan-243962/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Boston Scientific says it will use proceeds of $2 billion offering to prepay loan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story
BOSTON — In a Dec. 9 story about EnerNOC Inc.&#8217;s acquisition of Cogent Energy Inc., The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of EnerNOC&#8217;s CEO. His correct name is Tim Healy, not Tom Healy.
.... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/correction-enernoc-acquisition-story-242666/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor: No charges to be filed in fatal Boston fire truck crash into apartment building</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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DA: No charges in fatal Boston fire truck crash

BOSTON — No criminal charges will be filed in connection with a fire truck crash that killed a veteran Boston firefighter earlier this year.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley announced Thursday that an 11-month investigation by police homicide detectives found that no one was criminally responsible for the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-no-charges-to-be-filed-in-fatal-boston-fire-truck-crash-into-apartment-building-242649/" title="Prosecutor: No charges to be filed in fatal Boston fire truck crash into apartment building">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. finds steak don&#8217;t measure up, fines Ruby Tuesday supplier $700 for shorting customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. fines supplier $700 for selling small steaks

BOSTON — Massachusetts officials have fined a Colorado beef supplier $700 for providing steaks to Ruby Tuesday restaurants that allegedly were smaller than their advertised size.
The state&#8217;s Division of Standards announced Thursday that steaks provided by Colorado Premium Foods of Greeley, Colo., were underweight at a sampling of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-finds-steak-dont-measure-up-fines-ruby-tuesday-supplier-700-for-shorting-customers-242574/" title="Mass. finds steak don&#8217;t measure up, fines Ruby Tuesday supplier $700 for shorting customers">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>National Book Award winner about civil rights figure makes finals for new youth literary prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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New prize for young adult books announced
BOSTON — A book about civil rights heroine Claudette Colvin that won a National Book Award last month is among the five finalists for a new prize for young adult nonfiction.

Phillip Hoose&#8217;s &#8220;Claudette Colvin&#8221; was announced Thursday as a nominee for the Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-book-award-winner-about-civil-rights-figure-makes-finals-for-new-youth-literary-prize-242570/">Read more : National Book Award winner about civil rights figure makes finals for new youth literary prize</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. driver who ran over mother duck walking with 12 ducklings is convicted of animal cruelty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. driver convicted of running over mother duck

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A driver who ran over and killed a mother duck walking her 12 ducklings across a Massachusetts mall parking lot has been sentenced to a year of probation.
Witnesses say Joshua Linhares deliberately drove at the ducks in the Dartmouth Mall parking lot in June, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-driver-who-ran-over-mother-duck-walking-with-12-ducklings-is-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-242311/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman pulled by moving Boston subway train after handbag gets caught in door ponders action</title>
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Woman&#8217;s handbag caught in door of Boston train

BOSTON — A woman who was pulled along the platform after her handbag got caught in the door of a Boston subway train is weighing legal action against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Betty Velasquez told WHDH-TV on Monday that she lost conciousness after hitting a wall, temporarily lost .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-pulled-by-moving-boston-subway-train-after-handbag-gets-caught-in-door-ponders-action-241222/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Woman pulled by moving Boston subway train after handbag gets caught in door ponders action</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders Boston student to destroy illegal music downloads, refuses gag order on criticism</title>
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Student ordered to destroy downloaded music files

BOSTON — A college student found guilty of copyright infringement has to destroy files he illegally downloaded years ago.
But a judge in Boston refused Monday to order Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to stop promoting such activity.
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		<title>New York Times Co. says Telegram &amp; Gazette of Worcester, Mass. will not be sold</title>
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Times Co. says it will not sell Worcester paper

WORCESTER, Mass. — The New York Times Co. has taken the Telegram &#038; Gazette of Worcester off the market.
Times Co. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson issued a joint statement on Monday saying that the T&#038;G will remain part of the company&#8217;s New England Media Group.
Times .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-york-times-co-says-telegram-gazette-of-worcester-mass-will-not-be-sold-241125/">Original source &nbsp;: New York Times Co. says Telegram &#038; Gazette of Worcester, Mass. will not be sold</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say financing lined up for 9-story parking garage at key transit stop in Mass.</title>
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Financing in place for transit garage in Mass.

REVERE, Mass. — It&#8217;s a green light for a new $47 million parking garage at the Wonderland MBTA station in Revere.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and other officials announced on Monday that federal stimulus funds and revenue from MBTA bonds will help finance the 9-story garage, which will accommodate .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-financing-lined-up-for-9-story-parking-garage-at-key-transit-stop-in-mass-241123/">Officials say financing lined up for 9-story parking garage at key transit stop in Mass.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HPRT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage deal; proceeds will go toward paying down debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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HRPT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage

NEWTON, Mass. — HRPT Properties Trust on Friday said it completed a new mortgage financing for $175 million, and plans to use the proceeds to reduce outstanding debt under its revolving bank credit facility.
The 10-year loan is secured by one of the real estate investment trust&#8217;s properties in Philadelphia. .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hprt-properties-closes-on-175-million-mortgage-deal-proceeds-will-go-toward-paying-down-debt-240014/">HPRT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage deal; proceeds will go toward paying down debt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NH sports reporter facing new charges for allegedly running Mass. prostitution business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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NH sports reporter faces more prostitution charges

SALEM, Mass. — A sports reporter accused of running a prostitution business in Massachusetts is facing seven new charges, including a witness-intimidation count.
The Salem News reports that Massachusetts prosecutors said in documents filed Thursday that Kevin Provencher told two women who allegedly worked for him as prostitutes that his ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nh-sports-reporter-facing-new-charges-for-allegedly-running-mass-prostitution-business-239975/" title="NH sports reporter facing new charges for allegedly running Mass. prostitution business">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vicki Kennedy, continuing public re-emergence, recalls reading husband&#8217;s memoir aloud with him</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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BOSTON — Vicki Kennedy says her late husband never saw a completed copy of his memoir, but Sen. Edward Kennedy &#8220;knew every word&#8221; because they had already read it aloud to each other.
Continuing her public re-emergence after the senator&#8217;s death, Kennedy told a crowd at the John .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vicki-kennedy-continuing-public-re-emergence-recalls-reading-husbands-memoir-aloud-with-him-239715/">Vicki Kennedy, continuing public re-emergence, recalls reading husband&#8217;s memoir aloud with him</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rare copy of 1st Poe book, &#8216;Tamerlane,&#8217; could fetch record for American literature in NYC sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Rare 1st Poe book could fetch record at NY auction

BOSTON — When a teenage Edgar Allan Poe moved to Boston to find work in 1827, he was eager to launch his literary career, re-establish his roots in the city of his birth and distance himself from his foster father in Richmond, Va.
The result was his ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rare-copy-of-1st-poe-book-tamerlane-could-fetch-record-for-american-literature-in-nyc-sale-239147/" title="Rare copy of 1st Poe book, &#8216;Tamerlane,&#8217; could fetch record for American literature in NYC sale">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Harvard Business School dean to retire in June

BOSTON — Harvard University has announced that Jay Light, the dean of its business school, will step down from the post next June.
Light said on Wednesday that the decision to retire was not an easy one, but that the timing felt right. He said the future holds &#8220;significant .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jay-light-dean-of-harvard-business-school-to-retire-in-june-search-to-begin-for-successor-238926/" title="Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston teen panel: Lady Gaga, Foxx songs unhealthy

BOSTON — An initiative to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food.
A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with &#8220;unhealthy relationship ingredients.&#8221;
The commission .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-city-youth-panel-says-lady-gaga-jamie-foxx-songs-among-those-unhealthy-for-teens-238421/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Big Brother 9&#8242; winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he awaits trial on drug charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8216;Big Brother 9&#8242; winner ordered to drug center

BOSTON — The winner of the CBS reality television show &#8220;Big Brother 9&#8243; was ordered on Tuesday to undergo substance abuse counseling at a Massachusetts treatment center before being released on bail on drug charges.
Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., has pleaded not guilty to a charge of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/big-brother-9-winner-ordered-to-mass-treatment-center-as-he-awaits-trial-on-drug-charges-238417/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : &#8216;Big Brother 9&#8242; winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he awaits trial on drug charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cowboy motorist helps Mass. state troopers lasso 2 errant cows backing up interstate traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Cowboy motorist helps Mass. troopers lasso 2 cows

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Two cows have escaped from a trailer onto a busy Massachusetts highway, but a cowboy stuck in the traffic jam has come to the rescue.
State police say a man wearing a Western hat and boots lassoed the 500-pound heifers Tuesday morning as they wandered on .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cowboy-motorist-helps-mass-state-troopers-lasso-2-errant-cows-backing-up-interstate-traffic-238416/" title="Cowboy motorist helps Mass. state troopers lasso 2 errant cows backing up interstate traffic">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Forrester Research buys Monitor Group&#8217;s Strategic Oxygen marketing division; terms undisclosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Forrester acquires Monitor&#8217;s Strategic Oxygen unit

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Internet research company Forrester Research Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired Monitor Group&#8217;s Strategic Oxygen business for an undisclosed amount.
Forrester said Strategic Oxygen&#8217;s tools be used to help marketers identify who they should target for their products or services, and evaluate which messages will work with their .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/forrester-research-buys-monitor-groups-strategic-oxygen-marketing-division-terms-undisclosed-238402/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Forrester Research buys Monitor Group&#8217;s Strategic Oxygen marketing division; terms undisclosed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. gov. pledges $150 million affordable housing fund; signs law to preserve existing units</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. pledges $150 million affordable housing fund

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick is rolling out a new $150 million loan fund designed to help create more affordable housing units in Massachusetts.
The fund, created primarily using private resources, is intended to fill the funding gap faced by affordable housing developers unable to get financing for their projects ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-gov-pledges-150-million-affordable-housing-fund-signs-law-to-preserve-existing-units-238247/" title="Mass. gov. pledges $150 million affordable housing fund; signs law to preserve existing units">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Obama aunt hurt by self-imposed exile from 1st family due to immigration status</title>
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AP Exclusive: Obama aunt anguished by separation

BOSTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s aunt says she&#8217;s anguished she no longer has contact with him after the revelation she&#8217;d been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing.
Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUH&#8217;-nee awn-YAHN&#8217;-goh) buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she told The Associated Press .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-exclusive-obama-aunt-hurt-by-self-imposed-exile-from-1st-family-due-to-immigration-status-238083/">Original source &nbsp;: AP Exclusive: Obama aunt hurt by self-imposed exile from 1st family due to immigration status</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. man pleads guilty to $20M fraud that funded extravagant lifestyle, mistresses, jets</title>
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Mass. man admits $20M fraud at trusts company

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to committing a fraud that netted him more than $20 million from the descendants of a 19th-century industrialist and using the money on personal extravagances including three private jets.
Federal prosecutors say Peabody (PEE&#8217;-buh-dee) resident John Doorly stole from the Tenens  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-man-pleads-guilty-to-20m-fraud-that-funded-extravagant-lifestyle-mistresses-jets-237892/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Scallopers in Northeast criticize fishing cuts that come even as stocks continue to boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Northeast scallopers decry cuts as stocks boom

BOSTON — New England scallopers are wondering why new restrictions have been placed on what has for years been the region&#8217;s healthiest fishery.
Rules passed by the New England Fishery Management Council last week reduced the number of fishing days from 37 this year to 29 in 2010. That&#8217;s lowered ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/scallopers-in-northeast-criticize-fishing-cuts-that-come-even-as-stocks-continue-to-boom-237307/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Scallopers in Northeast criticize fishing cuts that come even as stocks continue to boom</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston woman cooks Thanksgiving dinner while helping daughter deliver baby at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston woman delivers grandchild on Thanksgiving

BOSTON — A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.
Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.
McCalop called 911, and a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-woman-cooks-thanksgiving-dinner-while-helping-daughter-deliver-baby-at-home-237081/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Boston woman cooks Thanksgiving dinner while helping daughter deliver baby at home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Text-a-Tip programs help police get info from anonymous tipsters in anti-snitching culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Lavoie</dc:creator>
		
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Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

BOSTON — Police across the country are getting help from text-a-tip programs that allow people to send anonymous messages from their cell phones.
The system has enabled investigators to get information from witnesses too afraid to come forward because of an anti-snitching culture.
Boston is the first city to heavily promote ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/text-a-tip-programs-help-police-get-info-from-anonymous-tipsters-in-anti-snitching-culture-237049/">Text-a-Tip programs help police get info from anonymous tipsters in anti-snitching culture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron says it&#8217;s proof that &#8216;he&#8217;s listening&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron

METHUEN, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that &#8220;life is going to be good.&#8221;
Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-woman-sees-image-of-jesus-on-her-iron-says-its-proof-that-hes-listening-236683/" title="Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron says it&#8217;s proof that &#8216;he&#8217;s listening&#8217;">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. chief reprimanded for letting firefighter to ride department ladder truck to wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. fire chief chided for allowing wedding ride

REVERE, Mass. — The mayor of Revere, Massachuetts, has verbally reprimanded the fire chief for allowing a firefighter to ride a department ladder truck nine miles to his wedding.
The Oct. 17 ride didn&#8217;t cost the city money. The truck was out of service because of budget cuts and .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-chief-reprimanded-for-letting-firefighter-to-ride-department-ladder-truck-to-wedding-236636/">Mass. chief reprimanded for letting firefighter to ride department ladder truck to wedding</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>JC Penney salesman in Mass. accused of raping boy in dressing room, pleads not guilty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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JC Penney salesman accused of raping boy in store

STURBRIDGE, Mass. — Massachusetts prosecutors say a J.C. Penney children&#8217;s department salesman sexually assaulted a boy in a dressing room when the boy&#8217;s mother stepped away to make a phone call.
Francisco Wellington Barros-Gomes of Charlton was ordered held Wednesday on charges of indecent assault and battery on .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jc-penney-salesman-in-mass-accused-of-raping-boy-in-dressing-room-pleads-not-guilty-235974/">JC Penney salesman in Mass. accused of raping boy in dressing room, pleads not guilty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pink dress that Jackie Kennedy wore during 1962 White House holiday season on display in Mass.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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New Jackie Kennedy dress on display at JFK Library

BOSTON — A deep pink silk dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy for her second holiday season in the White House has gone on display at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
The first lady wore the dress to the White House staff Christmas reception ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pink-dress-that-jackie-kennedy-wore-during-1962-white-house-holiday-season-on-display-in-mass-235965/">Pink dress that Jackie Kennedy wore during 1962 White House holiday season on display in Mass.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>After Kennedy flap, clergy abuse victims say RI bishop not doing enough to protect kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Clergy abuse victims criticize RI bishop
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters said Tuesday that Rhode Island&#8217;s Roman Catholic bishop is not doing enough to protect children from pedophile priests even as he&#8217;s taken on Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his stance on abortion rights.

A small group of protesters gathered outside Bishop ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-kennedy-flap-clergy-abuse-victims-say-ri-bishop-not-doing-enough-to-protect-kids-235291/">After Kennedy flap, clergy abuse victims say RI bishop not doing enough to protect kids</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Millipore buys remaining 60 percent stake in India joint venture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Millipore buys full stake in India joint venture

BILLERICA, Mass. — Millipore Corp., a provider of equipment and services to the life sciences industry, said Monday it will buy the remaining stake in its joint venture in India, Millipore India Pvt. Ltd.
The company did not disclose terms for the buyout of the remaining 60 percent stake.
Millipore .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/millipore-buys-remaining-60-percent-stake-in-india-joint-venture-234728/">Millipore buys remaining 60 percent stake in India joint venture</a>.]]></description>
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Transgender murderer renews electrolysis request

BOSTON — A convicted murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation has asked a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments.
A lawyer for Michelle Kosilek (KOH&#8217;-sih-leck) argued Monday that having facial hair is &#8220;intensely personally stressful to her.&#8221;
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		<title>In 1 month, a vigil, a special salute and goodbyes _ war in Afghanistan ripples across America</title>
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A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US
Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.
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		<title>ImmunoGen licenses cancer-fighting technology to Amgen for $1 million upfront</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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ImmunoGen licenses technology to Amgen for $1M

WALTHAM, Mass. — ImmunoGen Inc. said Thursday that Amgen Inc. licensed rights to a second potential cancer-treatment from the company for $1 million upfront.
Immunogen develops cancer treatments using its Tumor-Activated Prodrug, or TAP, technology. The technology uses antibodies to deliver a killer agent to a cell. It is part .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/immunogen-licenses-cancer-fighting-technology-to-amgen-for-1-million-upfront-232927/">Source &nbsp;: ImmunoGen licenses cancer-fighting technology to Amgen for $1 million upfront</a>.]]></description>
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