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Comment on: Three additional people taken into custody in Boston Marathon bombings - Metro - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Dreadful second-half performances dooming Celtics - Sports - The Boston Globe
Sleep walking through the last few games of the season and not getting upset by the loses set a bad tone for the playoffs. I also suspect KG's (Paul's too maybe) ankle is still not 100%. Bet when the more »
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Comment on: Proposal to mandate paid sick days gaining momentum - Business - The Boston Globe
Will the small business owner be able to offset the sick leave he has to pay against the unemployment insurance the state collects? I suspect not. more »
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These days 4 in 10 Americans can either not afford to pay their housing costs or can just barely get by. How are they supposed to pay for retirement?
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Comment on: Lunch, denied - - Boston.com
A reliable source reports that it is the polciy of the Attleboro cafeteria to provide any child who does not have money for lunch with a cheese sandwich and milk. They can't have Twizzlers but they do more »
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Comment on: Was Newtown the day everything changed? Or the day nothing changed? - Metro - The Boston Globe
Maybe it happens but I can't recall a recent news story about a good guy with a gun using it to stop a bad guy with a gun. A long long time ago I can recall a story about some old codgers in Florida, more »
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Comment on: Was Newtown the day everything changed? Or the day nothing changed? - Metro - The Boston Globe
New federal regulation is fine but how about getting Massachusetts to allow it's database of mental health records to be accessed as part of the existing background check process. People who have been more »
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Comment on: Wade Boggs wants Red Sox to retire his number - Sports - The Boston Globe
He went to the Yankees. End of story. more »
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Comment on: Unfunded transist system strands city development - Opinion - The Boston Globe
According to the other Boston paper MBTA drivers are paid about $62,0000 per year plus benefits and pension. More than teachers. Pouring more money into the system to maintain it is not the right appr more »
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Comment on: KFC to offer easier-to-eat boneless chicken in US - Business - The Boston Globe
Eating is just so difficult and draining. Thank God KFC is making it easier. The bones are so icky and tend to remind us we are eating what used to be a small animal. more »
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Comment on: Attleboro students denied food for lack of money in their lunch accounts - Metro - The Boston Globe
Parents don't keep an eye on their kids account and it' the schools problem? Pleeeze! If the parents aren't responsible how are the kids going to grow up to be responsible? more »
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Ambassador to Japan? Public service? Pleeeze! What exactly are her qualifications other than her name and DNA? The ambassadorship in Paris must have been taken. more »
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Comment on: Red Sox place shortstop Stephen Drew on concussion disabled list - Sports - The Boston Globe
It's almost funny. more »
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Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe
You can also keep tuitions and costs low by reducing salaries and benefits to current employees of UMass just like what happens in the private sector. What you are effectively saying is taxpayers shou more »
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Comment on: Celtics canât avoid their own ineptitude in a frustrating loss to Mavericks - Sports - The Boston Globe
Losing to Miami in the last few seconds, after being up by 17, has taken a lot out of the team physically and emotionally.
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Comment on: Mom fights suspension of 5-year-old son who brought toy gun to Hopkinton kindergarten class - - Boston.com
This is theater. Yes, they are making and example of the kid (and the mom.)We are all reading this article today and 100s of moms are now more careful about what their kids bring to school. Your kid w more »
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Comment on: Wes Welker deal may cost the Patriots - - Boston.com
Whose money is it that Kraft is spending? You are going to tell him how he should spend it? Fans are still going to watch the games and buy the tickets. This isn't fantasy football. This is real money more »
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Major win? Really? Bulger stays in jail while the case awaits trial. Different judge. Big deal. It will be a jury that ultimately decides the case. more »
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Comment on: Massachusetts to taxpayers: Please file taxes online - Business - The Boston Globe
How true. I believe Turbo Taxc is letting people e file fed returns for free but charges $19 to e file with the state. Plus paper filing helps keep the PO in business. ;-) more »
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Comment on: The Rajon Rondo conundrum - - Boston.com
Pretty dumb article. Cs just needed everyone to be healthy at the same time and to gain some experience playing together. Imagine Rondo, Bradley and Barbosa all taking turns handling the ball. The pac more »
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Comment on: Fund-raising from employees reveals divide, raises ethical questions - Metro - The Boston Globe
Wouldn't it be surprising if we found out that one of the conditions for getting employed in the first place was a wilingness to stand in the rain with a campaighn sign with your bosses name on it on more »
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Comment on: What does adult ADHD look like? - - Boston.com
Is there anyone in the world who doesn't have at least 3 or 4 of those criteria? Does that mean ADHD is "normal"? more »
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Comment on: Michelle Obamaâs unnecessary Oscar turn - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Who cares? The economy is going over the cliff, Congress is totally dysfunctional and we are really spending time on whether the first lady should make a cameo on a TV show? The right wing press would more »
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Comment on: Former Chelsea housing chief to plead guilty today - Metro - The Boston Globe
There are the sentencing considerations "they" get and the ones "we" get. We don't have friends who can get their brothers in law a good goventment job. They should put this guys head on a pike at the more »
Dear Boston Globe Would youy PLEASE STOP riunning photos of the marathon Bombers. They are losers. All running pictures of these nut bags every day does is tell other nut bags if you want to delude y more »