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AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
More than 200 high school seniors received scholarships from the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Higher education is no longer a far off dream parents once had for their children but a necessity in today's economy—and an expensive necessity at that. Recent studies show workers with a college degree earn 45 percent more than those with a high school diploma. Yet college tuition costs are at an all-time...
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Portals and KM (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
My friend Don Lesser recently took me on a tour of great places for meat and chocolate near his home in Western Massachusetts. Don is a food critic for the Hampshire Gazette and I have often written about his writing....
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Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Filed under: Fiber Hot on the heels of Lakeville, Massachusetts getting word that it would be receiving Verizon's fiber-based television service comes news that two more Bay State communities will be joining it. Just this week, Verizon began offering up FiOS TV to some 8,500 households in Rochester and Walpole, and if you just so happen to call either of those locales home, you too can phone...
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Sex Crimes (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
NPR has more on the Massachusetts proposal to make rape by fraud a felony: Massachusetts is the latest state to consider putting a new crime on the books: rape by fraud. Currently, a sex act only qualifies as rape if...
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California Newswire (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
... but We Think Outside the Cup.” The company was founded by Cathy and Paul Kalenian of Princeton, Massachusetts, a husband and wife team who have been business partners in three successful start-up businesses over the last 28 years. X Cafe is a manufacturer of coffee extracts and was founded in 1999. X Cafe literally means Extracts from Coffee, and it is based on a patented process that can...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cape cod, Massachusetts, United States Our second day in Boston was a day doing all the touristy things we got a train pass for the day and went every where by train and walking. The weather was fantastic in Boston sunny days nearly put my shorts on.Boston is really pleasant place to just wander round and Boston common is a really nice park in the middle of...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Boston, Massachusetts, United States Well things are still going good here even if the weather has not been that great the last couple of days.We have really enjoyed our driving holiday. The scenery has been amazing with all the spring blossoms have been great to see along the way.We have stop and seen so many things it's hard to get them down on paper.People...
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Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harvard University -- and that includes you, Harvard Law School -- watch out. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is out to get you. From TaxProf Blog (citing the Boston Globe ): Massachusetts lawmakers desperate for additional revenue are eyeing the endowments of deep-pocketed private colleges to bolster the state's coffers by more than $1 billion a year, asserting that the schools' rising...
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Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
What's really going to be funny is when Massachusetts government gets addicted to the tobacco tax revenue, but the more they tax, the more people quit for economic reasons (or just go into NH or VT to buy their smokes), so the revenue drops off, and then they increase the tax some more "to encourage people to quit, nudge nudge, wink wink". So the cycle continues, and they have to tax more just...
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Engadget HD (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Fiber Somebody's thinking of you, Lakeville, and that somebody is Verizon. Hot on the heels of two announcements in the state of Virginia comes word that your quaint town will soon be the next to receive FiOS TV access. Just this week, the town approved a cable franchise enabling the carrier to offer its fiber-based TV service to some 4,000 households in the region. When things go live...
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GadBall.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dentists needed in Massachusetts in the Worcester , Springfield and Framingham areas. One year of general dentistry is necessary. These are clinics catering to the adult clientele. Salary of $130,000 plus bonuses and benefits. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your inquiries and CV to ; or fax to 1-877-878-1970 attn Lia, and visit us online at www.staffpointe.com. To expedite...
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Free Exchange (Free subscription) | yesterday
GREG MANKIW is angry with the state of Massachusetts, and I don't blame him. Seeking a new source of revenue, the government has begun thinking of ways to squeeze its golden goose. The Wall street Journal reports : Massachusetts legislators, demonstrating a growing resentment against the wealth of elite universities in tight economic times, are studying a plan to levy a 2.5% annual tax...
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mac.ro (Free subscription) | yesterday
The joke about Wal-Mart taking over the world has been in circulation for a while, but there's a chance that iconic yellow smiley face had better watch his back before a Macintosh Apple takes a bite out of his roll-back.
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Health Insurance (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
... for small business Bizjournals.com all 16 news articles If you are looking for information about Massachusetts Individual Health Insurance Legislation, you will find the below related article very helpful. It provides a refreshing perspective that is very related to Massachusetts Individual Health Insurance Legislation and in some manner related to Lowest Cost Health Insurance, Illinois...
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Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
(NEW YORK) UBS agreed to refund US$35 million to 20 towns and public agencies in Massachusetts that bought auction-rate securities from the Zurich-based bank amid a state probe into the sale of the debt.
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dschrage | 11/10/2007
The United States Marine Corps was founded November 10, 1775 in (shockingly enough) a bar found in Philadelphia named Tun Tavern . It was decided over beers and bravado that if the colonies were to stem the invading hordes of bears, they would need to take the fight to straight to the bear’s lairs.