The New York Times asked voters in the Boston area their thoughts on the special election and who they were supporting. Excerpts of their answers, provided here, reflect the sense that the election was not just about the specific candidates (Scott Br ...
Posted Wednesday, January 20th 2010 at 4:53PM
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President Obama is "both surprised and frustrated" with the closeness of the Massachusetts Senate race, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs acknowledged on Tuesday.
Gibbs, during his daily press briefing, declined to get into the specifics of the p ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 4:01PM
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Acts of God
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> There was a minister whose wife was expecting a baby.
> The minister went to the congregation and as ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 5:19AM
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One of my favorite passages in the New Testament is found in the second chapter of Paul's letter to the Philippians.
The book of Philippians is special because of who wrote it, who it was written to, why it was written, and where the author was w ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 4:52AM
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There's a crucial Senate election in Massachusetts in three days. We need your help to win it.
The polls are tightening as right-wing money floods the state, and one even shows the race to be a dead heat between progressive champion Martha Coakley ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 4:42AM
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Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have been
asked by President Obama to lead a relief effort to aid
Haiti's earthquake victims.
At times of great challenge, "Americans have always come
together," Mr. Obama said, with Bush and Cl ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 4:09AM
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YOU can be a good witness...
Chick tracts can help!
These little cartoon tracts can help you become the witness you’ve always wanted to be. We’ve all read Jesus’ command, "Go ye into the all the world and preach the gospel to ever ...
Posted Saturday, January 16th 2010 at 7:21PM
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Heart Disease Symptoms
By Mayo Clinic staff (Dr. Brown doesn't work for Mayo Clinic)
Symptoms of heart disease in your blood vessels (cardiovascular disease)
Cardiovascular disease is caused by narrowed, blocked or stiffened blood vessels that ...
Posted Saturday, January 16th 2010 at 12:53PM
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who's serious about his roles ... even when they get a bit bloody, like in the Book of Eli.
Denzel Washington is one of Hollywood's most successful and respected actors. But the two-time Academy Award winner (for 1989's Glory and 2001's Training D ...
Posted Saturday, January 16th 2010 at 2:46AM
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Remember back in July, when the world of style went wild over Michelle Obama's new short haircut? But then, as it turned out, it wasn't a haircut at all, just a super elegant updo, and the whole world calmed down again?
Well, fashion and beauty s ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 10:51AM
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-- R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass has died at age 59, CNN has confirmed.
VIBE Magazine also confirms R&B Legend Teddy Pendergrass Dead At 59
One of soul music’s most indelible voices has passed away. Teddy Pendergrass, the gruff-toned R&B supersta ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 2:46AM
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Rod Blagojevich: "I'm Blacker Than Obama"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Rod Blagojevich apologized Monday for saying he's "blacker than Barack Obama," but the disgraced former Illinois governor said he probably won't try to make amends directly to the ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 2:33AM
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Usher Robbed; $1 Million In Jewelry Stolen
Singer Usher, who is newly divorced, was robbed in Atlanta. Someone broke into his GMC Yukon while he was in a store, and stole $50,000 in furs, a laptop, and over $1 million in jewelry.
http://www.black ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:46PM
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LONDON (AFP) - A criminal who taunted police via Facebook while on the run from prison in Britain has been recaptured, four months after his break-out, police said Wednesday. Craig "Lazie" Lynch, 28, became a cult figure thanks to his defiant status ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:38PM
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NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him to be honest. "I'm broke, but I'm honest," 28-year-old Mohammad "Muk ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:32PM
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Unassuming people enter the "Cash Cab" as simple passengers taking a normal taxi ride, only to be shocked when they discover that they’re instant contestants on Discovery Channel's innovative game show!
Ben Bailey, the host and driver of Cash Cab, ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 6:26PM
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So today I went to an interview and it went well, but the references that I listed were not supervisor/manager references. So I gave the name of my current manager reluctantly because the interviewing person insisted that the references had to be pr ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 6:06PM
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An NYU professor jumped to his death from the 16th floor of a Greenwich Village high-rise last night after a heated argument with his wife over the care of their kids, cops said.
Investigators said the agitated educator stalked into a back room of ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 5:51PM
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Swedish beauty living in 5-bedroom mansion: report.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/haiti/2010/01/13/2010-01-13_nypd_top_cop_ray_kelly.html#ixzz0cXF82V7w
{You Go Girl!!} ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 5:45PM
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“We should realize that the first identity is not African or a European or a Saudi. The first identity is a human being. And as long as we build our differences, our diversities (pardon me) upon that foundation that God gave us, the human foundatio ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 2:13PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 12:17PM
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, will return to her broadcast roots and take her conservative message to Fox News as a regular commentator, the cable channel announced Monday.
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Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 11:22PM
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