Monday, November 23, 2009

Massachusetts

Police Raid Boston Green Party

A student-led campaign for climate change awareness drew more than 200 to its "sleep-out." more >>

Tufts Paper to Media: Leave Our Sex Lives Alone

The Tufts Daily chides the media for covering the school's new policy on dormitory sex. more >>

Curt Schilling Pondering a Pitch for Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

Could the former Sox star make a road trip to Washington? more >>

Gov. Patrick Supports Interim Appointment to Replace Kennedy

Some candidates have already expressed interest in running in the special election. more >>

Summer Reading Assignment: Newspapers

Holy Cross asked incoming freshmen to read newspapers and interact online over the summer. more >>

Massachusetts High School Students May Lose Internship Program

State Senate looks to cut funding as part of a larger effort to balance budget. more >>

Aspiring Teachers Flunk Math Test

Nearly 75 percent of Massachusetts teaching candidates fail new licensing test. more >>

Heroin Hits the Suburbs Hard Amid Wave of Drug Abuse by Teens and 20-Somethings

A sad trail of addiction among young people is spreading beyond the Northeast's inner cities. more >>

Best Healthy Places to Retire: Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Senior birders are flocking to this small city in a garden. more >>

More on Clinton and Obama's Jacksonian, Academic Divide

Massachusetts primary results illustrate demographic preferences. more >>

A Super Tuesday Guide

Here’s an hour-by-hour forecast for the initial returns on megaprimary night. more >>

Massachusetts Primary Facts and Figures

Compiled by the U.S.News & World Report library staff. more >>

Romney, Clinton Lead in Massachusetts

A history in the state may be pivotal in the battle for its delegates. more >>

The First-Class State

Two examples of how Massachusetts gets it right. more >>

Lessons of a Near Upset in Massachusetts

Tsongas’s narrow victory in congressional race may or may not be a harbinger of 2008. more >>

A GOP Victory in Massachusetts?

With two weeks to go, Republican nominee Jim Ogonowski seems to be within striking distance of Democratic nominee Niki Tsongas. more >>

Your Life Flashes in Front of You. It Looks Like a SIM Card

While held at gunpoint, a Tufts University junior asked robber to let him keep his cell phone's SIM card. more >>

Trail Mix

Natalie Portman teaches microfinance, Notre Dame student writes Harry Potter book, Beauty and the Geek star praises MIT more >>

The Funny Thing About Virgins...

A study out of the University of North Carolina shows that young people with an IQ score either below 70 or above 110 are more likely to be virgins than their average-intelligence counterparts. more >>

Going Once? Twice? Sold! To the Psychic in the Back

After a two-month whirlwind tour of the world, Northeastern University student Josh Minney was out of money and stranded in Rome. His genius idea? Sell himself on eBay. more >>

Trail Mix

Daily updates from campuses nationwide. more >>

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