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Feds report fewer worker deaths in N.E.

injuries accounted for eight workplace deaths in Massachusetts and six in Connecticut. Both states reported four suicides in 2008, while in the U.S. as a whole there were 251 workplace suicides, McSweeney said, a 28 percent increase over 2007 and ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Brattleboro Reformer,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Feds report fewer workplace deaths in New England

BOSTON - New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Bureau of Labor Statistics

No rebuke for 'admonish,' 2009 Word of the Year

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in ...

From BOB SALSBERG, TwinCities.com,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Joe Wilson (politician),  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Sarah Palin,  Michael Jackson

Review: New York the subject of historical saga

"New York: The Novel" (Doubleday, 864 pages, $30,) by Edward Rutherfurd: New York City wasn't born a grand metropolis and world financial center. In 1664, the year in which Rutherfurd begins his latest sweeping historical novel, New York is New ...

From BOB SALSBERG, San Diego Union-Tribune,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Edward Rutherfurd,  Henry Hudson

Spitzer speaks on corporate integrity at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The head of an ethics program at Harvard University strongly defended the choice of former New York Gov. ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Harvard Business School,  Eliot Spitzer,  Harvard University,  Ivy League,  Lawrence Lessig

Former NY Gov. Spitzer speaks at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, driven from office by a prostitution scandal, says it is up to government to enforce integrity and transparency in the financial markets. ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Eliot Spitzer,  Lawrence Lessig

Harvard pays tribute to Medal of Honor winners

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard University's reputation for academic excellence took a back seat to the battlefield bravery of its alumni as the Ivy League institution on Veterans Day honored 16 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the most from any university ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Ivy League,  Drew Gilpin Faust,  Theodore Roosevelt,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Forecast: New England economy slow to rebound

BOSTON - The worst of the recession may be over, but a new economic forecast points to a "slow and weak recovery" in the New England states, with job losses likely to continue until the fourth quarter of 2010. ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Minorities make history in Mass mayor races

BOSTON—Minority candidates made history in Massachusetts mayoral elections Tuesday, while it was a mixed result for many long-term incumbents. In Lawrence, state Rep. William Lantigua became the first Latino to be elected mayor in state history, ...

From BOB SALSBERG, Boston Globe,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: John Kerry,  Thomas Menino,  John Barrett

Boston Mayor Menino elected to a record 5th term

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Menino had 57 percent of the vote to City Council President Michael Flaherty’s 43 percent. Flaherty has conceded the election. ...

From BOB SALSBERG, The Patriot Ledger,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Menino

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