Massachusetts

Jim Barnett: Scott Brown's Karl Rove

Mike Lux | Posted 05.30.2012

Mike Lux

Scott Brown has carefully cultivated a nice-guy image. For many Massachusetts voters, that's all they know about Brown: he seems like a nice guy. But what few people know is that Brown relies heavily on Karl Rove-style tactics and practitioners of his slash-and-burn politics.

Elizabeth Warren Faces Gap In Obama Supporters

National Journal | Posted 05.26.2012

Earlier this month, Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, ran an ad featuring an extended testimonial from President Oba...

Mass. Woman Finds Missing Bike After 40 Years

Posted 05.25.2012

When 11-year-old Lisa Brown rode her bike -- her first bike -- across a bridge over the Herring River in Massachusetts in 1970, she lost her footing, ...

Romney Ignoring Gubernatorial Stint Ahead Of 2012

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

Though Mitt Romney has defended his business record against attacks, there is a part of his past that he's more reluctant to discuss -- his time as Ma...

Why Was There No Backlash To The Individual Mandate In Massachusetts?

The New Republic | Posted 05.22.2012

BOSTON—One of the most interesting stories about health care reform in Massachusetts, where I’m on a learning tour this week, is a story that neve...

With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It's Time for Single-Payer

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.21.2012

Pearl Korn

Progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement for single-payer and work to ignite the Occupy movement on this issue.

Romney, Brown Play Down Past Connections

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.21.2012

BOSTON — Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers. But ...

Make A Controller Out Of Almost Anything!

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 05.18.2012

A pair of graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab have launched MaKey MaKey, a Kickstarter project with a noble goal ...

David Lohr

Baby Found In Road Leads Massachusetts Police To Gruesome Crime Scene

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.15.2012

A baby found in a car seat in the middle of a Massachusetts street recently led police to a grisly crime scene. The events leading up to the shocki...

Brown Doubles Down On Attacks Against Warren

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.15.2012

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has made Elizabeth Warren's claims to Native American ancestry a major message in his campaign for re-election. Warren, ...

The Titanic Road Show Goes On

Sharon Hoge | Posted 05.15.2012

Sharon Hoge

Visitors learn the fate of the passenger they are assigned. I studied the face of Katherine Buckley, a 22-year-old Irish lass who didn't make it to America alive.

Why Massachusetts Is The Best State In The Union

Slate | Posted 05.14.2012

Massachusetts, in today’s political culture, is more epithet than state. The People’s Republic, Taxachusetts, “Sweden”—this is America’s a...

Officials Object As Mass. Nuke Plant Relicensing Nears

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 05.09.2012

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' only nuclear power plant wants permission to operate another 20 years, but as a decision nears, some high ranking offic...

Poll: Scott Brown's Desperate Attacks Aren't Working

Roger Wolfson | Posted 05.09.2012

Roger Wolfson

In the latest Rasmussen poll, Scott Brown is tied 45-45 with Elizabeth Warren. The voters don't seem to be buying Brown's brutal attacks on Warren, nor do they seem to be buying Brown himself.

Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren Trade Attacks Over Embarrassing Issues

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.08.2012

Supporters of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren are continuing to trade attacks over embarrassing issues dogging each c...

Bad News for Most Debt Collectors and Good News for Consumers

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.08.2012

Bill Bartmann

Even with new regulations, Massachusetts and the rest of the nation still have a long way to go before we see more common sense than common criminals in the ranks of debt collectors and their accomplices.

Scott Brown Uses Bush's Ghostwriter

Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 05.08.2012

Nathaniel Loewentheil

How could you spend a $100,000 writing a book about your own life? By hiring a ghost writer. And not just any ghost writer. Lyric Winik, the very same ghost writer Laura Bush used to write her own memoir.

Hallmarks of the Scott Brown Campaign: Hypocrisy and Republican Dirty Tricks

Mike Lux | Posted 05.07.2012

Mike Lux

Elizabeth Warren is going to keep taking on the big Wall Street special interests that are funding Scott Brown's campaign. Scott Brown is going to keep going to the old school, Dick Nixon-inspired Republican playbook.

Massachusetts Foreclosure Help Line Receiving 300 Calls Per Day

Posted 05.03.2012

In Massachusetts homeowners are apparently freaking out about the possibility of foreclosure. A recently-launched hotline aimed at helping homeow...

Harvard, MIT Announce Free Online Courses

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2012

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both academic heavyweights and...

Race Between Brown And Warren Takes Unexpected Turn

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.01.2012

BOSTON — The U.S. Senate campaign pitting Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown and likely Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has taken ...

Teen's Award-Winning Video Inspires Peers To Avoid Drinking And Driving At Prom

wilmington.patch.com | Posted 04.27.2012

Wilmington High School educators have been sending the message to students stay safe, especially around prom and graduation season. That message is n...

Student Saves High School Chess Club

westford.patch.com | Posted 04.26.2012

Earlier this year there were fears that the Roudenbush Chess Club might be discontinued, but it appears that one Westford Academy freshman has been ab...

David Lohr

Remains Found Of Trudie Hall, A Missing Pregnant Woman Who Allegedly Had 2 Husbands

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.25.2012

Human remains found in Massachusetts have been identified as those of a missing Nantucket pregnant woman whose mysterious disappearance captured natio...

New Study Shows Violence Costing America Over $460 Billion

Michael Shank | Posted 04.24.2012

Michael Shank

The U.S. Peace Index is based on analysis of homicide, violent crime, policing, incarceration rates and availability of small arms data. With improvements in all five of these indicators from the 2011 to the 2012 USPI, the U.S. was found to be more peaceful than at any time since 1991.