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Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Bill To Let Gay Partners Arrange Each Other's Funerals

David Segal | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Rhode Island, Bigotry, Gay Marriage, Death, Donald Carcieri, Civil Rights, New England, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
David Segal

Donald Carcieri issued that cruel veto of legislation borne of a tragedy which befell a constituent of mine. For a month, Mark Goldberg was unable to to claim the body of his partner.

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Of Columbus Day and Crosses

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Crosses, Religion, George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Antonin Scalia, Touro Synagogue, Founding Fathers, Fort Matanzas, Christianity, New England, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

The litany of sectarian killings that has been such a grotesque piece of America's "hidden history" is the reason that some of the Framers thought the First Amendment was so necessary.

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Con Games: I'm Allergic To New England

Michael Conniff | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Travel, New England, Boston Red Sox, Denver, Boston, Sports, Fenway Park, The West, Outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Denver News
Michael Conniff

I can't wait to get back to Denver, Aspen, and the West -- the wide open spaces and really cool place, the wildlife, the rivers, the mountains, the light. I won't be allergic to anything once I get off the plane.

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Majority Of Doctors Back Public Option: New England Journal Of Medicine Study

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doctors Public Option, Doctors for Public Option, Public Option, Doctors Back Public Option, New England, Politics News

A new study finds that a majority of physicians support the creation of a public health care option. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) study ...

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This Jewish New Year, Let's Put An End to Hope

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Norman Rockwell, Civil Rights, Christ, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year, Massachusetts, New England, World News
Bradley Burston

A hundred years of fighting have proven, if nothing else, that hope for a future in which one side gets all that it wants, and the other goes without, is hope for no future at all.

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Dear GOP: Watch Your AstroTurf, We're On to You

Kase Wickman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Gop, Climate Change, Gop Protests, Lobbyists, Republicans, Astroturfing, Climate Change Protests, Republicans Health Care, Gop Health Care, Obama Grassroots, Gop Climate Change, Big Oil, Town Hall Meetings, New England, Sons of Liberty, Politics News
Kase Wickman

Dissent is essential to democracy, and freedom of speech and the right to assemble are vital and not reserved for one party or the other. The problem is this Republicans: you're doing it wrong.

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A Locavore in Turnip Town: In Praise of Veggie Traders

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, David Tanis, Turnips, Chez Panisse, Faith Middleton, Locavore, Alice Waters, Carole Peck, Paul Bertolli, Jeremiah Tower, Veggie Trader, New England, Green News
Elissa Altman

if Freecycle works (and it does), and Craigslist has changed the way communities do business, why can't vegetable growers and food lovers take take advantage of this same business model?

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Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Boston, Northeast US Global Warming, New York, Climate Change, Sea Levels Rising, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Global Warming, Northeast Us Climate Change, Green News

WASHINGTON — The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts....

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Wes Welker's Snow Angel Celebration Lands Him A Penalty (VIDEO)

HuffPost/AP | Posted 01.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Sports, Video, Snow Angel Video, Wes Welker, Patriots, Football, Snow Angel, New England, Home News

The New England Patriots trounced the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in a game that had a final score of 47 to 7. The score was bolstered by a long cat...

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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The Salad Bowl Of The East Coast: Organic Greens, Grown In Maine

Good | Peter Smith | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Organic Farming, Farming, Whole Foods, Local, Agriculture, Locavore, Atlantic Organic, Eating Matters, Organic Food, Maine, Csa, Food Politics, Environment, Salad, New England, Trader Joe’s, Green News

Ben Dobson is making the 3,000-mile salad a thing of the past. He has planted 170 acres of salad greens this year, and the 24-year-old farmer is hopin...

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Great White Shark Found On Nantucket Beach

The Boston Globe | Martin Finucane | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Nantucket, Great White Sharks, Sharks, New England, Home News

This one was for real. State shark specialists have determined that a big fish that washed up on a beach in Nantucket Monday was a 6 1/2-foot great wh...

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One Answer to New England's Home Heating Crisis

Freddie Wilkinson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Solar Energy, Home Heating, Home Heating Subsidies, High Home Heating Costs, New England, Green News
Freddie Wilkinson

Steve Frechette is an oilman. So I was a little surprised when I dropped by his house on a muggy July day to find him standing waist deep in a trench...

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Martha's Vineyard Beaches Closed After "Jaws" Sighting

AP | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Jaws, Martha's Vineyard, New England, Sharks, Home News

EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The island where "Jaws" was filmed had a real-life shark scare Thursday, when an unconfirmed sighting of a great white forced...

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