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Mass. jobless rate drops to 8.9 percent in October

The unemployment rate dropped to 8.9 percent in October, from 9.3 percent in September, according to statistics released Thursday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. It was first monthly decline since June 2007. The drop ...

From JAY LINDSAY, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009

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Tribes upset over wind turbines

The Wampanoag - the tribe that welcomed the Pilgrims in the 17th century and known as "The People of the First Light" - practice sacred rituals requiring an unblocked view of the sunrise. That view won't exist once 130 turbines, each over 400 feet ...

From JAY LINDSAY, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Nov 2009

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Bill stirs debate on religion, school

A proposal before Massachusetts lawmakers aimed at protecting students who voice religious views at public schools is being assailed by advocates of separation of church and state, who say it forces religion on people. Critics also argue it would open ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

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Mass. bill resurrects debate on religion in school

BOSTON—A proposal before Massachusetts lawmakers aimed at protecting students who voice religious views at public schools is being assailed by separation of church and state advocates, who say it forces religion on people. Critics also argue it would ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Boston Globe,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tufts University,  U.S. Republican Party

Tribes claim wind farm would destroy sacred ritual

MASHPEE, Mass. - From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion. ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy

Tribes seek halt to proposed Cape Cod wind farm

MASHPEE, Mass.—From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion. The Wampanoag -- the tribe ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Boston Globe,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy

Fishermen school up to criticize new catch rules

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the "dysfunctional" management that they say is destroying their industry. Some fishermen ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Buffalo News,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Adolf Hitler,  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,  Bruce Tarr,  U.S. Republican Party

Churches target apathetic New Englanders

cancer and you want to give it away and nobody wants it.” WATERTOWN, Mass. — It’s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Contra Costa Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jonathan Edwards,  Doug Warren,  Episcopal Church

Evangelists target spiritually cold New England

WATERTOWN, Mass.—It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Boston Globe,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Doug Warren,  Gallup,  Jonathan Edwards,  Episcopal Church

Greedy dogfish blamed for fishery's problems

CHATHAM, Mass. The sea air isn't all that's salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish. Fishermen consider the small shark, renowned for its stunning appetite, the vermin of the ocean. They say the ...

From JAY LINDSAY, Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune,  19 Oct 2009

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