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Kristy Lee Roshia In Custody: Woman Threatened To 'Blow Away' Michelle Obama

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Michelle Obama Stalker, Stalker, New Bedford, Blow Away, Secret Service, Michelle Obama, Kristy Lee Roshia, Obama, Hawaii, Politics News

HONOLULU — A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody Tuesday as the Obama family...

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Amtrak says northeast corridor trains nearly back on schedule

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | Home

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Amtrak said its operations on the northeast corridor are almost back to normal following the weekend's snowstorm. Spokesman Steve Kulm said a hand...

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Speedo Wearing Santas Raise Money for Kids

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

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The 10th annual Boston Santa Speedo Run took place in Boston over the weekend -- where weather got down into the 30s. ...

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"I Am A Rock": A Playlist for Senator Joe Lieberman

David Wild | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Swizz Beatz, Simon & Garfunkel, Chris Brown, Morrissey, Boston, Trick Pony, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lil Wayne, Kelly Clarkson, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Senator Joe Lieberman, Gary Wright, Billy Joel, John Hiatt, Rihanna, The Who, Hadassah, Garth Brooks, Rocco DeLuca, Orrin Hatch, Joe Lieberman, Miranda Lambert, Jay Z, R.E.M., Jimmy Webb, Kings of Leon, Entertainment News
David Wild

Rather than complain about your deluded belief that failing to be elected vice president somehow makes you president or God, I'm here to help you with some totally boss tunes to remind you how to work and play better with others.

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"Hurt Locker" Wins with Boston Critics

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 12.13.2009 | Home

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Critics groups across the country are voting this week on their favorite films of 2009. In Boston today, nearly twenty film critics from The Boston ...

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Some Great New Books!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 12.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Cole Porter, English Country Houses, Random House, Harvard, Yale, CoCo Chanel, Sergei Diaghilev, Newport, Country-Life, Dunbarton Oaks, Cecil Beaton, Santa Barbra, Janet Gaynor, Boston, Princton, Victorian Estates, Rockrfellers, Abstraction, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Les Ballets Russes, Sir Edwin Lutyens, New York, Beatrice Farrand, Edith Wharton, Homosexuality, Italien Villas, Gertrude Jeckyll, Pablo Picasso, Bliss, Carl Van Vechten, A'liea Walker, Susanne Tucker, Adrian, Books News
Michael Henry Adams

If one is known to be a lover of fine books, one of the best times of the year is quite near. Thanks to this short list of selections from Random House's Monacelli Press, we can happily enjoy some of life's finer pleasures.

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More Hungry, Homeless Families In U.S. Cities

Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: Boston, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Homelessness, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco, Hunger Assistance, Impact News

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hunger is spreading while the number of homeless families is increasing as a result of the recession and other factors, according ...

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In Focus: Temp Hides Fun, Fulfilling Life From Rest Of Office

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 12.04.2009 | Home

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BOSTON--Ty Braxton, 23, continues to hide his fun and fulfilling life from the full-time employees of Hale & Dorr, the Boston law firm for which he ha...

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Bookstore Celebrates 200 Year Anniversary

The Boston Globe | Brian Benson | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Shopping Local, Independent Bookstores, Oldest Bookstore, Bookstores, Boston, Bookselling, Indie Bookstores, Books, Andover Bookstore, Second Oldest Bookstore, Books News

The store - the second oldest in the country after a bookstore in Pennsylvania - features a fireplace, reading nooks, and a popular weekly author seri...

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Harvard Stops Free-Tuition Program For Students Pledging To Go Into Public Law

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Boston, Law, Tuition, Larry Summers, Economy, Non-Profits, Harvard, Law School, Student Loans, Recession, Government, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Law, Public Law, Endowment, Cambridge, Home News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after gr...

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Is There a Local Hackathon in Your Area?

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home

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Just two weeks after announcing the Great American Hackathon, there are a dozen events planned across the country. The great govtrack.us creator Josh ...

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FAO Schwarz - A Magical Place for the Holidays

City Guide. | City Guide | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Boston, Baltimore-Maryland, Westphalia, Philadelphia, New York-New York, Germany, Home News

More than 145 years ago, Frederick August Otto Schwarz, namesake of the world-famous retailer FAO Schwarz, and his three brothers from Westphalia, Ger...

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Boston LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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Follow the latest in Boston LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter wh...

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Winifred Duane, 84, mother of State Sen. Thomas Duane

Chelsea Now | Chelsea Now | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

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Winifred Duane, the mother of State Sen. Thomas Duane, died Thurs., Nov. 5, at age 84. A wake was held at Redden's Funeral Home, 325 W. 14th St., on N...

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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Report: Fiber Optics Not A Real Thing

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

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BOSTON—Members of the world's engineering and telecommunications communities admitted Tuesday that fiber optics, the supposed technological......

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An Even Insider Guide Than Your Insider's Guide to the Starz Denver Film Fest

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Greta Gerwig, Bob Byington, Justin Rice, Boston, Adam Scott, Official Rejection, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Jean-Luc Godard, The Vicious Kind, Lee Morgan, Starz Denver Film Festival, Harmony and Me, The Departed, Une Femme Est Une Femme, Bishop Allen, Passenger Side, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Pat Healy, Stan Brakhage, Hochelaga-Maisonneauve, Bissonnette, Truffe, Denver News
Angora Holly Polo

Reviewed: Official Rejection, Passenger Side, Truffe, The Vicious Kind, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Harmony and Me.

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LimoLiner cuts Boston fare to $69, ends Hartford route

NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

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It's not quite a cut-rate $1 advanced fare, but the luxury bus between New York and Boston, LimoLiner, will reduce its one-way fares to as low ...

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Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Medical Marijuana, Pot Bust, Marijuana Laws, Pot, Pot Arrest, Pot Possession, Maine, House, James Ready, Qgunquite, Massachusetts, Barney Frank Pot, Barney Frank Pot Bust, Barney Frank Marijuana, Politics News

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

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At Season's End, Withering Thoughts on November Baseball, Interleague Play and the Designated Hitter

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cliff Lee, Boston, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, MIke Scioscia, c.c. Sabathia, Boston Globe, Mariano Rivera, Designated Hitter, World Series, San Francisco Giants, Interleague Play, Los Angeles Angels, November Baseball, Hideki Matsui, Joe Girardi, Sports News
Robert E. Murphy

The temperature in New York is 48 degrees as I begin to write this, three hours before the start of the sixth game of the World Series at Yankee Stadi...

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Dudley, Massachusetts Makes It Illegal To Own More Than Three Cats Without License

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Dudley, Mary Ellen Richards, Worcester Telegram Gazette, Kennel License, Limits on Cats, Dudley Ma, Massachusetts, Cat Ownership, Boston, Cats, Home News

DUDLEY, Mass. — A Massachusetts town has made it illegal to own more than three cats without getting a special license. Voters at a town meeting...

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Wal-Mart Considering Expanding Into Urban Areas

ft.com | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Boston, Mike Duke, Chicago, Philadelphia, Eduardo Castro Wright, New York City, Business News

Walmart has stepped up efforts to mobilise local political support for new store openings in US cities and urban areas that were last month identified...

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NYC's Most Prolific Bomber to Speak at UMass???

NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home

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His United Freedom Front set off more bombs in New York, its suburbs and all the way up to Boston than any other terrorists. And now the ringleader, ...

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Another Homegrown Terrorism Case

Lydia Khalil | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Boston, Homegrown Terrorists, Radicalization, New York, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Denver, World News
Lydia Khalil

Just because homegrown plots constitute the majority of those uncovered doesn't mean that homegrown terrorism is the greatest threat.

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Jay Carciero, Psych Patient, Is Killed After Attack On A Doctor

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Psych Patient, Boston, Jay Carciero Killed, Hospitals, Jay Carciero Dead, Jay Carciero Doctor, Jay Carciero, Doctors, Jay Carciero Attack, Jay Carciero Reading Ma, Jay Carciero Boston Ma, Psych Patient Shot, Doctor Attack, Home News

BOSTON — A man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office at a Boston medical building Tuesday and was fatally shot by an off-...

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