Wikio - Massachusetts

Ahem, look what they are trying to do next door in Massachusetts (Anchor Rising)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:21:18 GMT

While RI politicians continue to avoid dealing constructively and aggressively with the structural problems underlying the state's financial crisis, some of our neighbors in Massachusetts are heading in the completely opposite direction. Yes, in the state formerly known as Taxachusetts,...

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California and Massachusetts are totally getting gay married (PoliticalDerby.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:32:41 GMT

Earlier today, the California Supreme Court struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a ban that had existed since a voter referendum in 2000. Why does this matter, especially for non-homosexuals who live in non-California? As San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom pointed out, “It's a throwaway line, but I think it's true: As California goes, so [...]

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Fitch Rates Massachusetts HFA $11MM Housing Bonds 2008A Block III 'AA-' (Business Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency's (MassHousing) $11.01 million housing bonds, 2008 series A - Block III

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California Follows Massachusetts on Civil Rights (Blue Mass. Group - Front Page)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:13:36 GMT

It appears the California Supreme Court decided, 4-3, to extend marriage rights to all couples in America's largest state (over 10% of the USA's population). Of course, there's an initiative to amend the CA constitution to ban marriage equality, and a similar initiative (a law not an amendment) once passed with 63% of the vote. In the face any possible backlash to civil right's progress, I say... What...

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Plympton, Massachusetts Residents To Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion (PR News Wire )

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Investing to Stay Ahead of Growing Demand for Wireless Voice, Multimedia and Internet Access PLYMPTON, Mass., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Plymouth County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases high-speed wireless data coverage and capacity to the southeastern part of Plympton, Massachusetts...

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Cali Catching Up With Massachusetts (Main St. USA)

noreply@blogger.com (truth) — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:23:00 GMT

Supreme Court of California NYTimes: California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban Here's the actual opinion (pdf): In Re MARRIAGE CASES [Six consolidated appeals]

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts posts $45.1 million operating loss (The Boston Business Journal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:34 GMT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts said Thursday its operations lost $45.1 million in the first quarter after higher flu-related costs hurt the performance of its HMO Blue unit.

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Massachusetts to Get E85 Station (Domestic Fuel)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:37:55 GMT

Massachusetts drivers will soon be able to get 85 percent ethanol enriched fuel for their flex-fuel vehicles. According to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, Burke Oil of Chelsea, MA will add E85 to its fueling options next month. “Waivers and permits were new issues for state and local government agencies as well as for us,” [...]

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Adobe buys Massachusetts property for $44.7M (bizjournals)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:48:54 GMT

Adobe Systems Inc. said Thursday it agreed to buy new facilities in Massachusetts for about $44.7 million. (ADBE)

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Study says Massachusetts medical malpractice insurance premiums aren't as bad as we think (HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Healt)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:39:45 GMT

Marc Rodwin, in his Health Affairs piece on Massachusetts malpractice premiums out this week, says the supposed malpractice crisis just isn't there. Inflation-adjusted premiums are about where they were 30 years ago; they've gone up -- and down, in cycles...

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Adobe to Purchase New Massachusetts Property (Business Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

WALTHAM, Mass.--()--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Normandy Real Estate Partners to acquire Overlook Center upon substantial completion at 21-61 Hickory Drive, Waltham, Massachusetts. According to the purchase agreement, Normandy will complete construction of an office building shell and core totaling approximately...

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Massachusetts Agrees That Non-Jewish Prisoner Gets Kosher Diet (Religion Clause)

noreply@blogger.com (Howard Friedman) — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:00 GMT

Yesterday, the U.S. 1st Circuit court of Appeals dismissed as moot the case of Guzzi v. Thompson , (1st Cir., May 14, 2008). A release by the Becket Fund explains that the dismissal comes after Massachusetts prison authorities agreed to allow a prisoner who requested kosher food for religious reasons to have access to it even though the prisoner is not Jewish. The Becket Fund had argued to the...

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Clif Walk by Mansions then Cape Cod MA - Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:30:11 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States Had breakfast at the Sun-Rowley house very windy as we left RI. We drove over a couple bridges with high winds very exciting in the RV. We stopped in Newport RI along the Cliff Walk where you can see the huge beautiful mansions of the Vanderbilt's etc with long lawns stretching down to the Atlantic. ...

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i'm a monkey - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:11 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States meow.

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Getting Ready - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Sitting in the final India Cultuer class of the term. It's getting close now, and we are all getting excited. There is still so much to do, but we have plane tickets now, so it is seeming more real now. We are also finally in e-mail contact with both of the schools we will be volunteering at. They are...

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Massachusetts Team with New Wind Turbine Design Awarded $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneur Prize (Business Wire)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:09:00 GMT

Open to both student and professional industry teams, the competition was sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) to accelerate the innovation of new, clean energy technologies. Proposed business plans for clean energy solutions involved products or technologies that promote or enhance or advance diversity...

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Massachusetts Youth Pride (QueerToday.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:12:04 GMT

On Saturday May 10, 2008 about 3,000 youth gathered on Boston Common for Youth Pride Day. I was honored to receive the "ACTual REALity Award" for my work to speak out for justice and liberation. It was the perfect send off for my move to San Francisco next week! Below, I have included links to all of the media coverage and photos of MA Youth Pride this year. The youth continue to amazing each other...

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Why California's gay-marriage decision could be overturned by voters in November. (Slate)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:42:29 GMT

When the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts opened the door to same-sex marriage in a decision five years ago, the smart money was on couples who moved fast. After the ruling went into effect in spring 2004, it seemed more than possible that the door would swing back shut on anyone who didn't hustle through it. At the time, voters in Massachusetts opposed gay marriage by a margin...

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Marriage equality in California (Thoughts from Kansas)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:19:56 GMT

California is set to join Massachusetts as a hotbed for equality : Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court's 4-to-3 decision striking down state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman makes California only the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages. The decision,...

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Why California’s gay-marriage decision could be overturned by voters in November. (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:50:35 GMT

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