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- The Government is Banning a Product Used by 80% of the Country http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-17/bostonglobe/29784800_1_incandescent-light-60-and-40-watt-bulbs-halogen 2 comments
- The scoop on rising food costs http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-19/business/29677639_1_ice-cream-scoop-gasoline-prices 13 comments
- Mitt Romney pulled all the stops to pursue federal aid as governor of Massachusetts, even hiring “revenue maximization” contractors to scour federal programs for every possible penny — and using financial schemes to maximize and then divert the aid from his needy constituents. http://articles.boston.com/2012-10-12/opinion/34403616_1_federal-aid-revenue-maximization-federal-taxes 23 comments politics
- Voters unaware of President Obama’s tax cuts: "Many Americans...[are] unaware of the income and payroll tax cuts Obama pushed through Congress that were designed to put extra cash in everyday Americans’ pockets and boost the economy." http://articles.boston.com/2012-10-08/politics/34306708_1_tax-cuts-payroll-tax-amount-of-annual-tax 197 comments politics
- Tagg Romney opposition to hospice ironic http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-05/metro/33580203_1_belmont-hill-ann-romney-hospice 3 comments politics
- Scott Brown blasted Elizabeth Warren for working against victims of asbestos poisoning because of her work with Travelers Insurance. Not Exactly, Senator. http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-01/metro/31499452_1_asbestos-case-asbestos-victims-travelers 9 comments politics
- "Now we have every opportunity to apply sharia. Sharia does not require a majority vote. It's not democracy. It's the divine law that was set out by God to be followed by his slaves. One hundred percent of the north of Mali is Muslim, and even if they don't want this, they need to go along with it." http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-29/news/32474443_1_mali-tuareg-kidal-and-timbuktu 11 comments worldnews
- hey reddit, mitt romney's son tag just helped squash a hospice house that would have provided care to dozens of terminally ill individuals because he felt it might depreciate the value of his 4 million dollar mansion located in the same town. Help me get this some real exposure. http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-05/metro/33580203_1_belmont-hill-ann-romney's-hospice 3 comments politics
- Legendary Sports Writer Bob Ryan Says Goodbye http://articles.boston.com/2012-08-12/sports/33150283_1_boston-globe-bob-ryan-newspaper 11 comments nba
- Romney kept reins on Bain during absence. Interviews and public records show that he was not merely an absentee owner during this period. http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-20/politics/32749750_1_bain-capital-entity-mitt-romney-associates 57 comments politics
- Can Boston Become a Bicycling Mecca? http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-08/magazine/32572828_1_bike-lanes-bike-racks-bike-improvements 12 comments bicycling
- Mitt Romney's curious and lucrative relationship with the infamous junk bond king Michael Milken http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-24/business/32395686_1_mitt-romney-drexel-employee-junk-bond 5 comments politics
- Mitt Romney’s administration in 2006 blocked publication of a state antibullying guide for Massachusetts public schools because officials objected to use of the terms “bisexual’’ and “transgender’’ in passages about protecting students from harassment. http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-12/nation/32176443_1_public-health-romney-aides-transgender 21 comments politics
- ‘This Is How’ by Augusten Burroughs http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-10/books/31624805_1_augusten-burroughs-latest-book-love-and-marriage 3 comments books
- Harvard Law Professor's Dying Message: In the past 50 years, our criminal justice system had been transformed into an unfair, amoral bureaucracy--one that had given up on the very idea of justice. http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-26/ideas/31094279_1_prison-population-jury-trials-harsh-laws 32 comments law
- Why It Matters That Our Politicians Are Rich: Science is finding that money actually changes how you think and act. http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-19/ideas/31074206_1_politicians-money-wealth 75 comments politics
- endless and expensive undeclared war by the U.S. around the globe with 7,000 drone aircraft and 12,000 ground robots..... Where and when do the 80,000 mission end? And who is in charge and responsible? Who does oversight? http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-05/opinion/31022419_1_drone-attack-drone-program-war-zones 4 comments politics
- A Petition to Free Charles B Bruce Jr. (the guy from the video) and Reform the Child Custody/Support System http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-10/news/29758519_1_divorce-battle-piggy-banks-fiery-death 6 comments politics
- Traces of humanity: What aliens could learn from the stuff we’ve left in space http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-07/bostonglobe/29861850_1_space-junk-lunar-rovers-earth 3 comments science
- Do Some Cultures Have Their Own Ways Of Going Mad? --- "Arctic hysteria" afflicts only Greenland Inuit. "Dhat syndrome" is peculiar to India. Cape Verdians fear "sleeping blood". What about Westerners? Are their mental illnesses also bound to national and local cultures? http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-08/ideas/30596717_1_mental-illness-cultural-sensitivity-appendix 206 comments worldnews
- The ‘Islamophobia’ myth: “Polls have shown that most Muslims feel safer and freer in the US than anywhere else in the Western world.’’ That sentiment is powerfully buttressed by the FBI’s newly released statistics on hate crimes in the United States. http://articles.boston.com/2010-12-08/bostonglobe/29325759_1_american-muslims-muslim-mosque-islamophobia 4 comments politics
- Great piece on the reaction this new NFL policy on miking players is getting. If you didn't know as of yet, its been mandated that either the center or both guards must be mic'd at all times and recorded by the NFL. http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-23/sports/30313783_1_miked-microphones-nfl-films 15 comments nfl
- For 2011 Red Sox, there was plenty of blame to go around http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-01/sports/30233285_1_red-sox-terry-francona-theo-epstein#.toh92ixgasg.reddit 19 comments baseball
- An American Superconductor Corp. field crew in China doing routine inspections of wind turbines for the company’s biggest customer noticed something was not right. Once they opened the machine, the team found an almost perfect replicated electrical control system software. Only the ID# was off. http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-19/news/30176716_1_alternative-energy-china-ties-data-theft-case 407 comments technology
- Early success of Hub bike sharing surprises even program’s backers http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-05/news/30116570_1_bicycles-stations-memberships 4 comments bicycling
- Banks and their many backers in Congress are scared to death of her. http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-31/news/29949942_1_consumer-financial-protection-bureau-elizabeth-warren-lobbyists 7 comments politics
- I propose a new rule: if at any point a manufacturer is unable to keep up with demand for a life-saving drug their patents shall immediate expire. http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-17/lifestyle/29897068_1_drug-shortages-cancer-drugs-doxil 3 comments reddit.com
- In snaring young readers, will e-books succeed? http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-30/ae/29833749_1_e-readers-e-books-digital-books#.TjhensFJDPU.reddit 6 comments books
- Under-nourishment in the US : the reality in the land of the free is that many children do not get enough food. http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-28/lifestyle/29826064_1_food-pantries-family-physicians-emergency-room 6 comments politics
- A friend's response to an article in the globe about banning bicycling in Boston http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-15/news/29778531_1_bike-sharing-program-cyclists-blast-through-red-lights 75 comments bicycling
- GE moving X-ray business to China http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-26/business/29817324_1_ge-healthcare-x-ray-business-china-last-year 20 comments politics
- Ban cyclists from Boston streets? bwahahahaha http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-15/news/29778531_1_bike-sharing-program-cyclists-blast-through-red-lights 130 comments bicycling
- Tim Thomas wins two ESPYs - Best Championship Performance, and Best NHL Player http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-13/sports/29769814_1_espy-sports-movie-bruins-tim-thomas 35 comments hockey
- Time wars --- How a huge new clock in Mecca is reviving a century-old clash over what time it is http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-19/bostonglobe/29677482_1_largest-clock-prime-meridian-greenwich-royal-observatory 27 comments worldnews
- What's the beef with Group Selection? http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-17/bostonglobe/29428429_1_altruism-mole-rats-evolutionary-theory 23 comments askscience
- India's top court recommends death penalty for "barbaric" honor killings. - Anybody have any other sources about this? http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-11/news/29532951_1_caste-honor-killings-top-court 6 comments india
- House votes to restrict unions' bargaining rights in Mass. http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-27/news/29479557_1_unions-object-labor-unions-health-care 7 comments politics
- Dems Strip Unions of Bargaining Rights http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-27/news/29479557_1_unions-object-labor-unions-health-care 6 comments reddit.com
- it will soon be safe to hit golf balls into the ocean again! http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-25/business/29472126_1_david-neivandt-lobster-shells-lobster-institute 4 comments sports
- High-achieving Asian-American students are being shut out of top schools around the country. Is this what diversity looks like now? http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-17/news/29428526_1_asian-american-students-competitive-schools-high 103 comments reddit.com