News opinion 2008-08-16 Andanh.com

David Shribman: Idea of Lincolnesque bipartisan cabinet gains increasing support Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT
Recent political polls have shown that the slice of Americans who consider themselves independents is about the same size or bigger than those who consider themselves Republicans or Democrats. If that's the case, then why should the candidate who wins the November election surround himself exclusively with members of his own party?

Our view: Taxpayers, kids victims of rigid public bidding rules Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT
There has to be a better way to manage major public construction projects.
Manchester and Essex, in the midst of building a new, $49 million regional middle and high school, may get what they are paying for. But then, they may not.

Letter: Neighborhood problem solved with city's help Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT
To the editor:
Being someone who buys your paper daily, I have noticed that on many Saturdays you include letters thanking people for various contributions to the common good. I would like to join that list.

Thanks: Golf tourney keeps D.A.R.E. going in Danvers Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT
To the editor:
The Danvers Police Juvenile Division would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the 2008 Danvers Police D.A.R.E. Golf Tournament.
With the help of the business community, volunteers, and all the golfers, we were able to raise more than $7,500. Because of fundraisers like this and the continued support of our community, the town of Danvers will continue to educate children through D.A.R.E. Thanks to all the residents and businesses who donated generously toward our raffle prizes.

City retirees deserve Section 19 for a voice Saturday August 16, 2008
Have city retirees been treated fairly? Have our voices been heard? Are our combined years of service meaningless? Shouldn't we have a voice in decisions affecting our welfare? Promises that we would retain our city health care benefits have been broken.

Country needs to clean up its act Saturday August 16, 2008
I find it very curious that the United States has immediately condemned Russia for invading Georgia, yet the U.S. was able to invade both Afghanistan and Iraq with no provocation. It seems like a double standard.

Teaching green Saturday August 16, 2008
Worcester's institutions of higher education have long been pacesetters in the city's intellectual and civic life, so it is gratifying to see them continuing to lead on the environmental front, too.

A baseball mystery Saturday August 16, 2008
This summer, our national pastime has been taking the crack of the bat all too literally. Major League Baseball has launched a full-scale investigation into the causes of an unprecedented number of broken and splintered bats.

GUEST VIEW: Rip flood-soaked rugs from school Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

After reading the articles in the paper dealing with the flooding in Plumber's Landing, the idea that FEMA's underground tanks could leak, and the Pulaski School, I felt compelled to write this, as the articles address situations which are currently...

LETTER: Commentators forgive only themselves Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

Commentators forgive only themselves

LETTER: Filling the tank Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

Filling the tank

LETTER: Pioneer pitted regions against one another Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

Pioneer pitted regions against one another

NATIONAL VIEW: A free press? Not this time Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

I wish I could fly back to Russia. I have been in the United States for a year, and I am studying and working here to get experience in American journalism, known worldwide for its independence and professionalism. But in recent days it has felt as...

Under construction Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

Now that a small rend has been made in the thick blue line around police construction details, many arguments for this traditional police perk will fade fast.

Grand Union staff tries hard, mostly succeeds Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

In regard to your report on problems at the Grand Union store in Provincetown ("P'town grocer stocks up on health complaints," Aug. 8), I am wondering if that was indeed a front-page story.

Look who's preaching of long-term consequences Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

These are unbelievable quotes from a nominee of the Republican party and the president concerning Russia's military offensive in Georgia:

Germans embrace any and all windmill sites Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:00 EST

In your Aug. 14 editorial ("Beyond the horizon") you present the German government's plan to erect thousands of wind turbines in deep water, not visible from land, as an alternative to building turbines closer to or even on shore. This is not the case.

FBI fingers Clark Rockefeller as German national Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:47:35 -0400
The FBI has exposed one of Boston's "longest cons," using fingerprints lifted off a wine glass and a 27-year-old immigration document to prove accused kidnapper...

Kin: NY plane crash victims' twins told of death Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:09:59 -0400
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A family member says a Long Island couple's newly orphaned twin toddlers are adjusting well after being told of their parents' death in a plane...

Cape Cod fisherman want dogfish limit eased Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:23:35 -0400
CHATHAM - These are dogfish days for Cape Cod fishermen. Fishermen say they are being overrun by the small wriggling sharks, so much so that they are crowding out more...

Three killed in Sandisfield crash Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:59:53 -0400
SANDISFIELD - State police say three men are dead following a traffic accident in the small western Massachusetts town of Sandisfield. The accident involving four vehicles...

Critics rail over MBTA raises Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:20:39 -0400
Just days after floating a fare hike and begging the state for a bailout for his debt-riddled agency, MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas has approved a jaw-dropping...

Town mourns Marine killed in Iraq fighting Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:09:01 -0400
Flags are flying at half-staff in Mashpee today as townspeople mourn the loss of native son Dan McGuire, 19, a Marine killed in Iraq on Thursday. Friends and loved ones...

Feds probe Quincy crane collapse Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:35:29 -0400
Federal investigators are examining the wreckage left by yesterday's "Goliath" crane collapse in Quincy in an effort to piece together why a 150-ton leg of...

Boston judge streamlines Ivan Lattimore's assault trial Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:24:26 -0400
A Boston Municipal Court judge yesterday agreed to try the allegedly abusive boyfriend of Channel 7 reporter Julie Donaldson on multiple charges next month, rather than hold...

FBI confirms Gerhartsreiter's identity Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:36:12 -0400
FBI and Boston law enforcement authorities announced today they lifted a 27-year-old fingerprint off an aging immigration document to prove that Boston's mystery man,...

Camp Lejeune Marine from Mass. dies in Iraq Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:34:33 -0400
MASHPEE, Mass. - A 19-year-old Marine from Mashpee has died while fighting in Iraq. The Department of Defense said today that Pfc. Daniel A. C. McGuire died yesterday...

Cops: Perv used ruse to set fire to house Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:16:27 -0400
A New Bedford sex offender who told cops he needed to retrieve his cat from his former apartment was arraigned yesterday on charges of setting his place on fire to get back...

Three teens killed in car crash in Orange Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:52:17 -0400
A late-night milk run turned deadly for three 18-year-olds when the car they were riding in crashed into a tree in Orange, killing the passengers and leaving the driver hospitalized....

Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:52:58 -0400
The gay marriage fight in Massachusetts may not be over after all. Opponents of same-sex marriages have filed paperwork for a ballot question that would repeal a new law...

Police investigate fatal shooting in Lowell Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:49:07 -0400
LOWELL - Lowell police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man. A spokesman for the Middlesex District Attorney's office says police responded to...

3 die, 1 hurt in Orange car crash Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:56:29 -0400
ORANGE - Orange police say three teenagers were killed and a fourth was injured in a late-night car crash. Police Chief Brian Spear tells the Athol Daily News the vehicle...

Man convicted of child porn charges dies in prison Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:49:25 -0400
BARNSTABLE - A Nantucket man serving 25 years in federal prison for raping young girls on trips to Southeast Asia has died. A spokeswoman at the Metropolitan Detention...

A veteran's living connection Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:21:04 -0400
Irene Crowley's voice conveyed remorse as she called here to inquire: "Did you hear? Hank is dead." Hank Sanders, a member of the New Hampshire Coaches...

How FBI poisons own credibility Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:42:06 -0400
WASHINGTON - The FBI's mishandling of the anthrax case and its rush to claim it solved not only have made it doubtful the truth of the matter ever will come out, but...

Putin's intent plain to see Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:40:11 -0400
After Russia invaded Georgia with the same Soviet-style, imperialist, bullying ways the world grew to hate so much during the Cold War, we got a chance to see how Barack Obama...

U.S. gives green light to terrorist Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:37:07 -0400
Five months in jail for driving Mr. bin Laden? Only in America! Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur, recently won an appallingly light sentence for aiding...

Russian actions merit punishment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:34:13 -0400
Yes, it's just another piece of paper, another agreement supposed to guarantee a cease-fire between Georgia and the Russian troops which have invaded its sovereign territory. ...

When fantasy turns fact Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:32:55 -0400
Our minds are all but blown by the announcement from the University of California that two teams of researchers have come up with materials that, applied to a three-dimensional...

Hiding behind Constitution Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:30:56 -0400
Who knew the Constitution's speech-or-debate clause would become the last refuge of a scoundrel like Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Yes, Stevens is invoking that provision,...

Giving gov't the shakes Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:56 -0400
I support Question 1 not necessarily because I believe that 40 percent of the state budget is wasted, but because the Beacon Hill elitists deserve a little shaking up occasionally. ...

Gay-group founder slapped over John McCain Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:48:01 -0400
A simple $2,300 donation to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain from a founder of a local gay hookup Web site has gays and politicos alike recoiling from the eyebrow-raising...

5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:00:01 -0400
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Five children, a teenager and a mother died Saturday in a fire that engulfed a Memphis home, witnesses and fire officials said. Memphis Fire Department...

Forum on faith puts Obama-McCain back in spotlight Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:52:09 -0400
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain agreed to appear on the same stage Saturday night, if only to share a handshake, as a televised discussion...

Pelosi receptive to considering more drilling Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:23:34 -0400
WASHINGTON - Democrats' stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up...

Obama's raised more than $51 million in July Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:08:44 -0400
CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July and the Democratic National Committee reported $27.7 million in donations last...

Forces align against Republicans in Senate races Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:10:50 -0400
WASHINGTON - Even the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes that the GOP will lose seats this year - the only question is how many. With...

Close encounter of the furred kind Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:45:16 -0400
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Bigfoot or big fat lie? Two men who claim to have stumbled across a Sasquatch corpse in the north Georgia woods indignantly stood by their story yesterday...

Mistrial in Tennessee student's Confederate flag suit Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:56:48 -0400
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A teenager's free-speech lawsuit against a school dress code that banned Confederate flag clothing ended in a mistrial Friday when a jury in federal...

Texas boy dies in mom's overheated truck Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:32:39 -0400
HOUSTON - A 3-year-old boy left in his mother's truck in 90-degree heat as she worked her shift at a hospital died after wriggling free from his car seat and trying to...

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