News opinion 2008-04-25 Andanh.com

Earth Day Focus Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:48:23 GMT
We hope that this focus draws attention to environmental problems and initiatives occurring inside and outside the Yard.

Ars Gratia Artis? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:36:15 GMT
Shvarts’s pronouncement is hardly revelatory, and certainly conveying this message does not require self-inflicted abuse and abortion.

Meat in a Box Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:34:19 GMT
In vitro technology would perhaps make everyone winners: the masses could enjoy a nice steak and the animal activists wouldn’t have see any cattle butchered for that steak.

A Matter of Conscience Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:32:29 GMT
Given the magnitude and scope of global human rights violations, it is not difficult to see how resignation can become a reflex.

Pay Attention! Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:28:14 GMT
Though UChicago’s students are old enough to drive a car, buy alcohol, or go to war, apparently they‘re not quite mature enough to decide whether to use laptops during lecture.

Tracking Tenure Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:26:42 GMT
While University Hall’s proposal reflects reasonable concerns and good intentions, this plan to “pause” hiring only reinforces the common perception that Harvard is unfriendly to new hires.

Stabbing suspect hits Most Wanted list Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:13:09 -0400
Boston police have secured a murder warrant for a 28-year-old Dorchester man accused of joining in a brutal street stabbing attack last year that left a 16-year-old boy dead....

Suspect in Fitchburg shooting held without bail Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:46:19 -0400
FITCHBURG - A 20-year-old Fitchburg man was ordered held without bail after being accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend with a gunshot through a living room...

Nantucket scrimshaw dealer charged in alleged ivory smuggling ring Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:24:25 -0400
A Nantucket scrimshaw dealer and a Ukrainian man are facing charges of smuggling sperm whale teeth and elephant ivory in violation of international treaties and a federal...

Man charged in fatal fuel tanker crash pleads not guilty Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:01:33 -0400
CHICOPEE - The motorist accused of causing a deadly tanker crash on Interstate 91 was ordered to surrender his driver's license and submit to random drug and alcohol...

Whitey, we'll always have Paris, and parrots Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:34:11 -0400
Wanted mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, known to like posing for cameras in cowboy garb and black leather, is seen with a parrot in his latest photo array. The...

Mom: Fatal bank robbery fueled by son's heroin addiction Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:23:13 -0400
The pair of Easton men, one of whom was shot by police after a Mansfield robbery yesterday, resorted to the brazen bank heist to feed their desperate addiction to heroin,...

Next health care challenge: Reining in rising costs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:49:05 -0400
It may be the least sexy buzz-phrase on Beacon Hill, but "cost containment" could make or break the state's landmark, and oft-scrutinized, health care law. Soaring...

MIT students tickled when ivories go splat Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:12:50 -0400
Look out below! Residents of MIT's Baker House continued an annual tradition yesterday as they tossed two pianos off the roof of their seven-story dormitory. ...

Smoking vat of chemicals causes warehouse evacuation Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:02:41 -0400
An East Boston warehouse was evacuated this morning after smoky conditions likely caused by a smoldering vat of a chemical used to build boats, according to the Boston Fire...

Pair tackles gangs head-on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:58:07 -0400
In a dramatic scene straight out of HBO's cop show "The Wire," two members of the Boston Police gang unit rushed into a drive-by shooting, chasing and tackling...

Harvard gets $100M gift Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:53:56 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - David Rockefeller is giving $100 million to Harvard University to support international programs for undergraduates and to help the university's efforts to...

TV news GM gets kind 'treatment' from bigs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:51:02 -0400
Channel 7 bigwigs are standing behind troubled general manager Randi Goldklank, wishing her a "speedy recovery" from the unspecified medical treatment she's...

Pols pork it up again Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:29:44 -0400
State lawmakers are responding to warnings of a fiscal meltdown by larding the budget with $1.3 billion in new spending - much of it pork - that would double next year's...

Hey, big spenders Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:28:18 -0400
Despite a looming budget crunch, some state lawmakers are proposing to add $1.3 billion in new spending next year. Here are five lawmakers looking to add the most to the bottom...

Police investigate fatal shooting in Fitchburg Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:22:49 -0400
Fitchburg police are investigating shooting death of an 18-year-old man who was killed at a residence on Normandy Street last night. The man was visiting his girlfriend...

Advocates: Watch for warning signs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:58:41 -0400
After Tuesday's killing of a 29-year-old Abington mother of two, allegedly by her husband, a shock to many who knew the couple, advocates urged people to be more vigilant...

Framingham police investigate third plastic 'rope' Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:57:08 -0400
FRAMINGHAM - Police have posted warnings on a Framingham street after three incidents this week in which zip ties were strung together at neck level for bicyclists and motorcylists.. Lt....

Hundreds of brush fires reported in Mass. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:55:12 -0400
GLOUCESTER - Fire officials around Massachusetts are hoping some rain forecast for later in the weekend might help stem a rash of brush fires in the state. The danger prompted...

$175G Red Sox souvenir Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:42:50 -0400
Would you buy a used car from Kevin Meehan? You might, knowing the auto dealer yesterday paid $175,100 for a dirty, ripped shirt he can never wash or wear . . . and he did...

Boston DPW workers eyed faking hours face discipline Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:18:26 -0400
Some Boston Public Works employees are under threat of being fired after an investigation uncovered the workers may have falsified their time cards, Mayor Thomas Menino said. "There's...

Gutsy Saugus firefighters rescue woman from inferno Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:15:15 -0400
Brave firefighters - two of them off-duty - risked their lives to rescue a disabled woman from a ferocious blaze that gutted a triple-decker in Saugus yesterday, fire officials...

Shops steaming over wild jump in rice prices Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:02:38 -0400
An unprecedented surge in worldwide rice demand has triggered panic buying in Boston's Chinatown, say business chiefs. "People are now stockpiling rice because...

Correction Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:16:37 -0400
The Herald yesterday incorrectly characterized a dress worn by slain Abington mother Barbara (Scolaro) Tassinari, 29. According to the victim's family, she wore a traditional...

Jakes union scorched for 'drawn-out' contract dispute Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:15:11 -0400
The city turned up the heat on the Boston firefighters union yesterday, with City Hall's representative on a state labor panel that is reviewing the contract dispute...

Mendon man arrested for R.I. oxy thefts Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:22:09 -0400
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Massachusetts man has been arrested on charges that he robbed Rhode Island pharmacies at gunpoint to steal oxycodone pills. A complaint filed in federal...

Don't play the Somma card, Randi Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:09:28 -0400
Who framed Randy Randi Goldklank, the blotto boss of Ch. 7? She is, of course, a victim. She must be - it can't be her own fault, after all. She's a Beautiful...

Hubby let it all hang out on lurid Myspace page Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:08:22 -0400
In about a month or two, a lawyer will stand in open court and tell a judge that John Tassinari was nuts when he chose to end his marriage by allegedly pumping more than a...

Unhealthy attitude Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:41:04 -0400
Given the Herald's popularity among the state's working and middle classes, I was surprised to read such a blatantly anti-worker, pro-business editorial ("Pushing...

An inconvenient tax Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:40:10 -0400
Convenience stores are important contributors to the state's economy, and I'm proud to be a member of the industry. That's why I'm so alarmed at the proposal...

Efficiency counts Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:32:48 -0400
Your article "Trade group: Energy-saving programs fall short" (April 3) reaffirms the fact that although important, energy efficiency and conservation measures must...

Carter malaise endures Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:29:07 -0400
The most useless (and one-term) president ever has decided to stick his nose where it doesn't belong ("In Carter, the jihadists have most useful idiot," April...

Genocide recognized Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:27:13 -0400
Kudos to Jonah Goldberg ("Genocide by any definition," April 9). This was the major holocaust of the 20th century. It was perpetrated by the Bolshevik government...

Pa.'s losing hand Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:09 -0400
The story about Pennsylvania taxpayers reaping benefits from gambling fails to mention that the effective tax rate on casinos there is more than 56 percent while racinos pay...

In this game, everyone wins Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:20:06 -0400
Well, perhaps the Empire isn't so Evil after all. At least when it comes to helping sick kids. Yes, we made great sport of the New York Yankees when they went to...

Nukes? What nukes? Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:15:09 -0400
It was, of course, the worst kept secret in town when Israeli planes bombed something in Syria on Sept. 6, 2007. The Syrians uttered hardly a peep for quite some time - itself...

In Pennsylvania, numbers don't lie Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:06:48 -0400
Ouch. This one really hurts. Massachusetts lawmakers are busy preparing a fat tax hike for businesses and debating deep cuts to the state budget, meanwhile taxpayers...

A basic lesson still unlearned Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:00:25 -0400
If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
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Post-Pa., blogosphere spins with malice Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:24 -0400
FROM: ImUrGrrl TO: DebraKozikowski@MassDem.Net Ms. Kozikowski: I just read the story about you, an undecided superdelegate from Chicopee, soliciting blog postings...

Flawed to the core Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:48:15 -0400
Real change has never been easy. . . . The status quo in Washington will fight. They will fight harder than ever to divide us and distract us with ads and attacks...

Shootings leave 2 dead outside Atlanta skyscraper Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:03:09 -0400
ATLANTA - Police say two people were shot to death outside an Atlanta skyscraper in what was an apparent murder-suicide. Police officer Ron Campbell says a man and a woman...

3 NYPD detectives acquitted in Sean Bell case Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:59 -0400
NEW YORK - Three detectives were acquitted today in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute...

Clinton lobbies superdelegates after Pennsylvania win Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:49:38 -0400
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton, capitalizing on her Pennsylvania primary victory, reached out this week to uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. "Her pitch was...

Inflation may force Fed to hold back on rate cuts Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:13:56 -0400
NEW YORK - A few weeks ago, financial analysts here were certain that the Federal Reserve would try to spark the economy with another half-point cut in interest rates when...

Fire burning on Mt. Major in Alton, N.H. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:56:58 -0400
ALTON, N.H. - A stubborn fire fed by tinder dry leaves and brush cut a mile-wide swath on rugged Mount Major today, burning at least 30 acres before firefighters surrounded...

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