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						<title>Barack Obama taps Massachusetts man as photographer (Boston Herald)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:39:47 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>President-elect Barack Obama has tapped a Massachusetts native and Boston University alumnus to be his official White House photographer. Former Chicago Tribune photographer... </description>
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						<title>RainDance Technologies And Harvard University To Share In First Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Cooperative ... (BioresearchOnline)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:54:18 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, recently announced that it has been selected to share in </description>
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						<title>Enrollment Increases By 73% In Massachusetts Premium-Assistance Program For Laid-Off Workers (Medical News Today)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/enrollment_increases_by_73_in_massachusetts_premium-assistance_p.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:18:20 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Enrollment in a Massachusetts program designed to help unemployed state residents pay health insurance premiums has increased by 73% in the past year, the Boston </description>
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						<title>Long-running storm expected to bring treacherous driving and power outages to Western Massachusetts (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/long-running_storm_expected_to_bring_treacherous_driving_and_pow.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:34 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD - A wintry wallop of snow, sleet and freezing rain is poised to hit Western Massachusetts around midnight tonight. Abc40 meteorologist Eric Fisher said </description>
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						<title>Verizon Completes $600 Million Network Expansion Projects in Massachusetts (Broadcast Newsroom)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/verizon_completes_600_million_network_expansion_projects_in_mass.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:56 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON , Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers and businesses in Massachusetts are reaping the benefits of Verizon's $600 million 2008 network expansion and enhancement program </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Police Balk at Ticketing Marijuana Offenders (Officer.com)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_police_balk_at_ticketing_marijuana_offenders_offic.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:43 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Some towns say law unworkable </description>
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						<title>Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (White House News)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/statement_on_federal_disaster_assistance_the_commonwealth_of_mas.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:02:28 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in </description>
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						<title>Teva to pay $7 million to Massachusetts (Philadelphia Business Journal)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:07:12 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Teva Pharmaceutical USA Inc. has agreed to pay $7 million to the Massachusetts Medicaid program to settle an investigation that accused Teva of inflating drug </description>
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						<title>In a quiet church rebellion, Massachusetts parishioners keep the faith (International Herald Tribune)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/in_a_quiet_church_rebellion_massachusetts_parishioners_keep_the_.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:13:06 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>For 1,533 days, parishioners in Massachusetts have been guarding a church so that the archdiocese cannot sell it. </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts joins 11 state effort to reduce carbon emissions (Danvers Herald)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_joins_11_state_effort_to_reduce_carbon_emissions_d.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:53:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Eleven states, including Massachusetts, will work towards a Low Carbon Fuel Standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle fuels and more, said the Secretary </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts lineman commits to UNC (Winston-Salem Journal)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_lineman_commits_to_unc_winston-salem_journal.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:50:25 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>North Carolina added one of the nation's top high-school linemen to its recruiting class less than a month before national signing day. Brennan Williams, a </description>
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						<title>Endo to Spend Up to $637 Million to Purchase Indevus (Update1) (Bloomberg)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/endo_to_spend_up_to_637_million_to_purchase_indevus_update1_bloo.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:39:29 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Endo, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will offer $4.50 a share for Indevus, of Lexington, Massachusetts, valued at $370 million and as much as $3 a </description>
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						<title>Teva to pay $7 million to Massachusetts (Boston Business Journal)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/teva_to_pay_7_million_to_massachusetts_boston_business_journal.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:15:44 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Teva Pharmaceutical USA Inc. has agreed to pay $7 million to the Massachusetts Medicaid program to settle an investigation that accused Teva of inflating drug </description>
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						<title>Drug firm to pay Mass $7M to settle price claim (AP via Yahoo! Finance)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/drug_firm_to_pay_mass_7m_to_settle_price_claim_ap_via_yahoo_fina.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:41:54 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A pharmaceutical company will pay Massachusetts' Medicaid program $7 million to settle allegations they inflated the prices of drugs. </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Police Balk at Ticketing Marijuana Offenders (Officer.com)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_police_balk_at_ticketing_marijuana_offenders_offic.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:56:55 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Some towns say law unworkable </description>
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						<title>RainDance Technologies and Harvard University to Share in First Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Cooperative ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/raindance_technologies_and_harvard_university_to_share_in_first_.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has been selected to share in </description>
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						<title>Miss Massachusetts gets ready for Vegas (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/miss_massachusetts_gets_ready_for_vegas_the_republican.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:18 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>HOLYOKE - There she is, Alicia M. Zitka. And hopefully, this 23-year-old West Springfield native will hear those first three words sung later this month, </description>
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						<title>Mass. gas prices hold steady (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/mass_gas_prices_hold_steady_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:14:41 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Gas prices in Massachusetts are holding steady after 15 consecutive weeks of decreases. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that a gallon of self-serve, regular </description>
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						<title>Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans Off To Big Start - Commonwealth Of Massachusetts (Medical News Today)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/smoking_cessation_program_for_veterans_off_to_big_start_-_common.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:11:05 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>One month after the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) launched a joint veterans' smoking cessation program at the </description>
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						<title>Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans Off To Big Start - Commonwealth Of Massachusetts (Medical News Today)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/smoking_cessation_program_for_veterans_off_to_big_start_-_common.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:15:19 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>One month after the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) launched a joint veterans' smoking cessation program at the </description>
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						<title>Smoking Cessation Program For Veterans Off To Big Start - Commonwealth Of Massachusetts (Medical News Today)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/smoking_cessation_program_for_veterans_off_to_big_start_-_common.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:15:19 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>One month after the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) launched a joint veterans' smoking cessation program at the </description>
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						<title>Icy roads delay start for some Western Massachusetts schools (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/icy_roads_delay_start_for_some_western_massachusetts_schools_the.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:44:47 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD - Freezing rain overnight has slicked Western Massachusetts roads and prompted a number of school districts to delay their start this morning. </description>
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						<title>Icy roads delay start for some Western Massachusetts schools (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/icy_roads_delay_start_for_some_western_massachusetts_schools_the.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:44:47 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD - Freezing rain overnight has slicked Western Massachusetts roads and prompted a number of school districts to delay their start this morning. </description>
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						<title>Icy roads delay start for some Western Massachusetts schools (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/icy_roads_delay_start_for_some_western_massachusetts_schools_the.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:41:51 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD - Freezing rain overnight has slicked Western Massachusetts roads and prompted a number of school districts to delay their start this morning. </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts License Plate Scam Stirs Confusion (Insurance Journal)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_license_plate_scam_stirs_confusion_insurance_journ.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:56:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A flyer falsely claiming that the state's 25-year-old green motor vehicle tags had to be replaced has started a run at the Registry of Motor </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts License Plate Scam Stirs Confusion (Insurance Journal)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_license_plate_scam_stirs_confusion_insurance_journ.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:56:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A flyer falsely claiming that the state's 25-year-old green motor vehicle tags had to be replaced has started a run at the Registry of Motor </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts License Plate Scam Stirs Confusion (Insurance Journal)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_license_plate_scam_stirs_confusion_insurance_journ.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:59:57 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A flyer falsely claiming that the state's 25-year-old green motor vehicle tags had to be replaced has started a run at the Registry of Motor </description>
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						<title>Roads, sidewalks slick with ice (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/roads_sidewalks_slick_with_ice_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:04:41 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>By Globe Staff Freezing drizzle coated roads and sidewalks this morning with a slick layer of ice, slowing traffic across Massachusetts and delaying the start </description>
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						<title>Roads, sidewalks slick with ice (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/roads_sidewalks_slick_with_ice_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:04:41 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>By Globe Staff Freezing drizzle coated roads and sidewalks this morning with a slick layer of ice, slowing traffic across Massachusetts and delaying the start </description>
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						<title>Miss Massachusetts gets ready for Vegas (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/miss_massachusetts_gets_ready_for_vegas_the_republican.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:56:42 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>HOLYOKE - There she is, Alicia M. Zitka. And hopefully, this 23-year-old West Springfield native will hear those first three words sung later this month, </description>
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						<title>Drawn to the Berkshires: 2 Massachusetts museums currently exhibiting work of Connecticut artist Sol LeWitt (Journal Inquirer)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/drawn_to_the_berkshires_2_massachusetts_museums_currently_exhibi.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:33:12 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>You’ve probably bumped into artist Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings somewhere. One, in graphite, dominates the lobby at the new New Britain Museum of American Art. </description>
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						<title>Tree-cutting to stop beetles starts today (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/tree-cutting_to_stop_beetles_starts_today_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:41:11 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>WORCESTER Workers are set to begin cutting down thousands of trees in Worcester's battle to eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle in Central Massachusetts. The Worcester </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Twisters lose to Baltimore Blast in indoor soccer (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_twisters_lose_to_baltimore_blast_in_indoor_soccer_.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:31:02 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>WEST SPRINGFIELD - Making up for lost time is not the Massachusetts Twisters strong suit. Unfortunately for them, they've left themselves with no other options. </description>
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						<title>Mass. Daily (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:15:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The winning numbers drawn Sunday night in the &#34;Massachusetts Daily Lottery&#34; were: 0-2-9-7 </description>
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						<title>Wedding Fees Go Up In Massachusetts (WCSH 6 Portland)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/wedding_fees_go_up_in_massachusetts_wcsh_6_portland.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:16:10 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON (AP) -- Tying the knot in Massachusetts just got a little bit more expensive. </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Twisters lose to Baltimore Blast in indoor soccer (The Republican)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_twisters_lose_to_baltimore_blast_in_indoor_soccer_.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:32:23 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>WEST SPRINGFIELD - Making up for lost time is not the Massachusetts Twisters strong suit. Unfortunately for them, they've left themselves with no other options. </description>
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						<title>Area residents graduate from Massachusetts Department of Correction 305th class of recruits. (The Standard-Times)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:17:32 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Matthew Borges, Charles Cooper II, Kyle Paris and Mecaela Rogers all of New Bedford graduated from the Massachusetts Department of Correction 305th recruit class at </description>
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						<title>Police employ new Mass. civil pot penalty (UPI)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/police_employ_new_mass_civil_pot_penalty_upi.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:00:12 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A decision by Massachusetts voters to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana has been employed in a case </description>
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						<title>Workers to begin toppling trees in beetle battle (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/workers_to_begin_toppling_trees_in_beetle_battle_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:00:06 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Workers are set to begin removing thousands of trees in Worcester's battle to eradicate the Asian Longhorned Beetle in Central Massachusetts. </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts weddings will now cost more (Capital News 9)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_weddings_will_now_cost_more_capital_news_9.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:07:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Are you getting married in Massachusetts? If you are, be prepared to dish out a bit more. </description>
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						<title>Local Search Site Search (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/local_search_site_search_boston_globe.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:55:21 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>6060 AP-BKC--Vanderbilt-Massachusetts Box VANDERBILT 78, MASSACHUSETTS 48 VANDERBILT (11-3) McClellan 4-7 0-0 10, Taylor 3-7 1-3 7, Ogilvy 5-12 4-4 14, Beal 3-6 4-4 10, </description>
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						<title>University of Massachusetts hockey team seeks consistency (The Republican)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:49:55 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>AMHERST - At the top of UMass hockey coach Toot Cahoon's wish list for the second half of the season is for his team to </description>
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						<title>BKC Vanderbilt Massachusetts Box (The Republican)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:04:14 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>McClellan 4-7 0-0 10, Taylor 3-7 1-3 7, Ogilvy 5-12 4-4 14, Beal 3-6 4-4 10, Tinsley 3-6 0-0 9, Hinkle 0-0 0-0 0, Ezeli </description>
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						<title>Vanderbilt beats Massachusetts 78-48 (AP via Yahoo! News)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:18:46 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A.J. Ogilvy had 14 points and 8 rebounds as Vanderbilt blew things open in the second half and coasted to a 78-48 win over Massachusetts </description>
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						<title>Recap: Massachusetts vs. Vanderbilt (The Kansas City Star)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:05:38 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A.J.Ogilvy scored 17 points to lead the Vanderbilt Commodores to 78-48 win over the Massachusetts Minutemen in a non- conference clash at the Mullins Center. </description>
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						<title>Vanderbilt (10-3) at Massachusetts (5-7) (The Kansas City Star)</title>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:57:07 -0600</pubDate>
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						<title>Springfield man's marijuana violation may be first under new law (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:34:47 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent A western Massachusetts man became Springfield’s – and possibly the state’s – first offender under the new marijuana decriminalization </description>
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						<title>Police call new pot law unenforceable (UPI)</title>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:41:04 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Some police chiefs in Massachusetts say a state law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana is unenforceable. </description>
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						<title>College hockey: Scouting Massachusetts (The Ithaca Journal)</title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:33:19 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>* Record: 9-7-1, 4-4-1 Hockey East </description>
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						<title>Nursing home quality varies by region in Massachusetts (Gloucester Daily Times)</title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:49:30 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON (AP) and mdash; More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data. </description>
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						<title>Patrick, 4 other governors seek $1 trillion federal bailout (7 News Boston)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:51:36 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>MADISON, Wis. -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and four other Democratic governors are asking the federal government for a $1 trillion boost to deal with </description>
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						<title>Drawn to the Berkshires: 2 Massachusetts museums currently exhibiting work of Connecticut artist Sol LeWitt (Journal Inquirer)</title>
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						<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:14:22 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>You’ve probably bumped into artist Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings somewhere. One, in graphite, dominates the lobby at the new New Britain Museum of American Art. </description>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:25:28 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the &#34;Massachusetts Daily Lottery&#34; were: 6-5-2-2 </description>
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						<title>Democratic Governors Asking Government for $1T Bailout Package (Fox News)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/democratic_governors_asking_government_for_1t_bailout_package_fo.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:27:37 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Governors from Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Ohio are seeking funds to deal with unprecedented state budget shortfalls in 41 states and Washington, D.C. </description>
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						<title>Boston goes to pot (Boston Herald)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:26:45 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Relieved weed smokers brazenly lit up on Hub streets without fear of arrest for the first time as cops statewide sought to sort out how </description>
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						<title>Comedian?s Kinsman Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement (New York Times)</title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:53:33 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Darryl McCauley, the half-brother of the comedian and actor Dane Cook, has pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court to stealing millions of dollars from </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts implements new marijuana law (UPI)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:26:24 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Being found in possession of an ounce or less of marijuana is no longer a crime in Massachusetts, a state </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts implements new marijuana law (Moldova.org)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:36:14 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Being found in possession of an ounce or less of marijuana is no longer a crime in Massachusetts, a state law that went into effect </description>
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						<title>Five Governors Seek $1 Trillion Bailout (TheStreet.com)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/five_governors_seek_1_trillion_bailout_thestreet_com.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:36:24 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The governors of Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Ohio have requested the mony for state budget shortfalls. </description>
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						<title>Mass. food pantry looks for new home (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:49:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A western Massachusetts food pantry is in danger of closing unless it can find a new home, just when the need for its services is </description>
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						<title>Q&A: Decriminalizing marijuana (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:49:36 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Gregory I. Massing, an attorney with the state's executive office of public safety &amp; security, answered questions about the impact of a new marijuana decriminalization </description>
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						<title>5 governors, including Patrick, to address bailout (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:49:46 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick plans to join four other Democratic governors to discuss their priorities for a federal bailout package they hope will help them </description>
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						<title>Cape Air to link Md. and Pa. cities to BWI (Boston Globe)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/cape_air_to_link_md_and_pa_cities_to_bwi_boston_globe.html</link>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:29:58 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The U.S. Transportation Department has chosen the Massachusetts-based independent carrier Cape Air to provide regularly scheduled flights from both Hagerstown and Lancaster, Pa., to Baltimore- </description>
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						<title>State's nursing home quality varies by county (Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:24:34 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON - More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data. </description>
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						<title>Great Barrington food pantry looks for new home (Boston Herald)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:24:37 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>GREAT BARRINGTON - A western Massachusetts food pantry is in danger of closing unless it can find a new home, just when the need for </description>
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						<title>Food Pantry Looks For New Home (WCVB Boston)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:37:15 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A western Massachusetts food pantry is in danger of closing unless it can find a new home, just when the need for its services is </description>
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						<title>State's nursing home ratings are released (Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/state_s_nursing_home_ratings_are_released_worcester_telegram_amp.html</link>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:18:29 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON - More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data. </description>
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						<title>Bloomberg In Medford For Mom's 100th Birthday (WBZ Boston)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:25:32 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be in Massachusetts Friday to visit his mother and celebrate her 100th birthday. </description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:44:30 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>A meeting of the Worcester chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists will be held Saturday at the Auburn Public Library, 369 Southbridge St. Sandra </description>
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						<title>15 vehicles pile up on Massachusetts Turnpike (Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/15_vehicles_pile_up_on_massachusetts_turnpike_worcester_telegram.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:24:28 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>GRAFTON - Fast-falling snow made roadways slick and contributed to a 15-vehicle crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike yesterday morning. </description>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:50:35 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging collaborates with several agencies to bring support and information to seniors, caregivers and professionals at monthly open online forums. The </description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:27:12 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Mayor Bloomberg's leading lady is hitting a milestone today. Charlotte Bloomberg, the mayor's mother, turns 100 years old today, and the mayor plans to spend </description>
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						<title>New Pot Law In Effect In Massachusetts (WBZ Boston)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:24:27 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in Massachusetts is now a civil offense instead of a criminal one - and police chiefs aren't </description>
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						<title>Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office Recovers $4.65 Million For Massachusetts Medicaid Program In Cephalon ... (Medical News Today)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/attorney_general_martha_coakley_s_office_recovers_4_65_million_f.html</link>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:13:13 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office has reached an agreement with Cephalon, Inc. (Cephalon), based in Pennsylvania, to settle allegations of improper off-label marketing of three </description>
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						<title>Report: Mass. has rise in college-educated workers (7 News Boston)</title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:51:05 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON -- A new report says Massachusetts has seen a big rise in the number of college-educated workers since 1990, giving the state a long </description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:31:14 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON - More affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data. </description>
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						<title>15 vehicles pile up on Massachusetts Turnpike (Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette)</title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:35:33 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>GRAFTON - Fast-falling snow made roadways slick and contributed to a 15-vehicle crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike yesterday morning. </description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:52:58 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Massachusetts 54 Houston 80 </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (AP via Yahoo! Finance)</title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:51:24 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt has been hired by a suburban Boston private equity firm headed by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Western Massachusetts to receive upwards of 6 inches of powdery snow today (The Republican)</title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:14:57 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>SPRINGFIELD - The first flakes of the year's last snowstorm have begun to fall. Abc40 meteorologist Eric Fisher said the storm is expected to dump </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (WLBT 3 Jackson)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:51:09 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Blunt to join Massachusetts equity company (KSDK St. Louis)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:20:16 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Blunt to join Massachusetts equity company </description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:46:33 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Associated Press - December 30, 2008 7:43 PM ET   JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity </description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.      </description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.      </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (NBC 12 Richmond)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (WRIC 8 News Richmond)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:54:51 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Associated Press - December 30, 2008 7:43 PM ET   JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (Boston Globe)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:25:11 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt has been hired by a suburban Boston private equity firm headed by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (The State)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:42:26 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Solamere Capital said Tuesday that </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (The Charlotte Observer)</title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:45:39 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>(By CHRIS BLANK, Associated Press Writer) Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt </description>
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						<title>Outgoing Missouri governor to join Massachusetts equity company led by Mitt Romney's son (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:46:36 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Solamere </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)</title>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.      </description>
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						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:47:24 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (KHQ Spokane)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/mo_governor_to_join_massachusetts_equity_company_khq_spokane.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:54:31 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Associated Press - December 30, 2008 7:43 PM ET   JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (FOX 19 Cincinnati)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/mo_governor_to_join_massachusetts_equity_company_fox_19_cincinna.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:57:55 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. </description>
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						<title>Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company (San Francisco Chronicle)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/mo_governor_to_join_massachusetts_equity_company_san_francisco_c.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:05:36 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Solamere Capital said Tuesday that </description>
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						<title>Recap: Houston vs. Massachusetts (The Kansas City Star)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/recap_houston_vs_massachusetts_the_kansas_city_star.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:37:36 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Qa'rraan Calhoun nailed four three-pointers en route to a game-high 26 points as the Houston Cougars pounded the Massachusetts Minutemen, 80-54, in non-conference action at </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Launches Tax Incentive, Early-Stage Investment Programs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_life_sciences_center_launches_tax_incentive_early-.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>BOSTON----The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center , a quasi-public agency tasked with implementing the State’s $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, will begin accepting on-line applications for </description>
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						<title>Calhoun, UH take down Massachusetts at Hofheinz (Houston Chronicle)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/calhoun_uh_take_down_massachusetts_at_hofheinz_houston_chronicle.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:23:47 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>Forward Qa'rraan Calhoun had 26 points, and Kelvin Ramsey added 20 as the Houston Cougars beat Massachusetts 80-59 on Wednesday at Hofheinz Pavilion. Calhoun made </description>
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						<title>Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Launches Tax Incentive, Early-Stage Investment Programs (Centre Daily Times)</title>
						<link>http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/massachusettsnews/massachusetts_life_sciences_center_launches_tax_incentive_early-.html</link>
						<category>Massachusetts</category>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:26:07 -0600</pubDate>
						<description>The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), a quasi-public agency tasked with implementing the State’s $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, will begin accepting on-line applications for </description>
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