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Patrick orders review of T's safety practices - Boston Globe border=

Patrick orders review of T's safety practices - Boston Globe

Boston Globe, United States
By Noah Bierman Governor Deval Patrick ordered an independent review of MBTA safety practices yesterday, another indication that this month's accident on the Green Line has prompted serious scrutiny of the transit agency's lack of crash-prevention …
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Boston Herald
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Liberty University spurns Democratic club - Boston Globe border=

Liberty University spurns Democratic club - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - Liberty University will no longer recognize its campus Democratic Party club because its parent organization stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.
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USA Today
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MOVIE REVIEW Dance Flick Tripping along in 'Dance Flick' - Boston Globe border=

MOVIE REVIEW Dance Flick Tripping along in 'Dance Flick' - Boston Globe

Boston Globe, United States
In a movie that offers everything but real dancing, new faces Damon Wayans Jr., Shoshana Bush, and Essence Atkins battle with rivals using dance moves that deliver low-blow jokes and cheap laughs. From a break dancing newborn to men dressed up in …
Examiner.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Washington Post
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Democratic infighting escalates - Boston Globe border=

Democratic infighting escalates - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
By Matt Viser Senate President Therese Murray escalated tensions among leading Democrats on Beacon Hill this week, calling Governor Deval Patrick "irrelevant" during a radio interview and saying she wished he would be more conciliatory with the …
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Brockton cancels Memorial Day parade - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
Fire Chief Kenneth Galligan visited the grave of his brother yesterday at Melrose Cemetery in Brockton. (Globe Staff Photo / Jonathan Wiggs) By Peter Schworm BROCKTON - Flags fluttering, fathers hoisting their children on their shoulders, Memorial Day …
Wrightstown Post Gazette
RoxReview.com
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Is Boston Still a Venture Capital Hotbed? - New York Times border=

Is Boston Still a Venture Capital Hotbed? - New York Times

New York Times, United States
Boston's venture capital and start-up industries, once fueled by the minicomputer boom, have been shrinking in recent years. The amount of venture capital invested in Boston companies fell from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $3.3 billion in 2008, …
VentureBeat
Washington Post
Xconomy

Search On For Gunmen In Harvard Shooting - Boston Channel.com border=

Search On For Gunmen In Harvard Shooting - Boston Channel.com

Boston Channel.com
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Police are searching for the gunmen who fired on a man outside a Harvard University dorm Monday afternoon and then fled, leaving a nervous campus in his wake in the midst of finals week.
Boston Globe
Washington Post
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Pelosi vs. CIA: Separating the power plays from the scandal - Boston Globe border=

Pelosi vs. CIA: Separating the power plays from the scandal - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
By Peter S. Canellos WASHINGTON - The release of memos confirming the Bush administration's acceptance of waterboarding left the liberal wing of the Democratic Party hungry for blood.
Washington Post
Politico
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Democratic challenger to face Dodd in 2010 - Boston Globe border=

Democratic challenger to face Dodd in 2010 - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, under fire for his role in allowing the AIG executive bonuses, has a Democratic challenger in the 2010 race.
Norwich Bulletin
USA Today
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Gov. Patrick seeks state review of Green Line crash, MBTA hiring ... - Boston Globe border=

Gov. Patrick seeks state review of Green Line crash, MBTA hiring … - Boston Globe

Boston Globe, United States
By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff Governor Deval Patrick asked his transportation secretary today to review last week's Green Line crash and the MBTA hiring policies that allow operators as young as 18 years old to control trolleys. "I have had 18-year-olds …
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Philadelphia Metro