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Romney gets pushback from conservatives

Romney's latest problem with conservatives flowed from a spokeswoman's reflections this week on the benefits of the Massachusetts health care law. That Romney-proposed law remains a touchy topic, since it was a model for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — which Romney now condemns. In criticizing an outside group's ad linking Romney to the cancer death of a laid-off steelworker's wife, Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul told Fox News, "If people had been in Massachusetts under Gov. Romney's health care plan, they would have had health care."

 

Mary Kennedy's body dug up on RFK Jr.'s orders, report says

Even in death, there is no peace for Mary Richardson Kennedy. Less than two months after she was found hanging in a barn behind her Bedford mansion, Mary Kennedy's body has been dug up on her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s orders and moved to a remote area of a Massachusetts cemetery.

 

Massachusetts man pleads guilty in plot to attack Pentagon, Capitol

A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with large, remote-controlled model airplanes packed with explosives has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said on Tuesday.

 

Paul Krugman: Dear Mitt Romney, A Country Is Not A Company

Mitt Romney

So Mitt Romney didn’t personally, single-handedly, destroy the middle-class society we used to have. He was, however, an enthusiastic and very well remunerated participant in the process of destruction; if Bain got involved with your company, one way or another, the odds were pretty good that even if your job survived you ended up with lower pay and diminished benefits.

 

Mass. man pays off mortgage with pennies

A Massachusetts man who pledged to make the last mortgage payment on his home with pennies has fulfilled that promise. After warning his bank, Thomas Daigle dropped off about 62,000 pennies weighing 800 pounds in two boxes for the final payment on the Milford home he and his wife, Sandra, bought in 1977.

 

Mass. town weighs $20 fines for swearing in public

Fine for Swearing

Officials fed up with public swearing in one town say that forcing the potty-mouthed to pay up might be the right antidote....

 

Mitt Romney's Record as a Job Creator Was Awful When He Was Governor of Massachusetts

Here’s a quote from a Reuters article regarding Mitt Romney’s record as a job creator when he was Governor of Massachusetts:

Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod noted in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" that "Governor Romney offers himself as a job creator, a kind of economic oracle and he's saying the same exact thing as he said 10 years ago when he ran for governor of Massachusetts."

 

Massachusetts wants to cut $150 billion in health costs. Can it succeed?

Health Care

Massachusetts is inching toward health-care legislation that, if successful, could overhaul how the state pays for health care — and save billions in the process.

 

Study looks at economic mobility state by state

Economic Mobility

The ability of individuals to achieve the American dream depends on where they live, according to the first state-by-state look at the opportunity to move up the economic ladder. People who live in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Utah are more likely to improve their economic standing after their prime working years than the typical American, a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds.

 

Fatal stabbing witnessed on iPad video chat

The stabbing of a Massachusetts woman in her home was witnessed over an iPad video chat by a friend of the victim's 15-year-old daughter.

 

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