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Gomez calls Congressman Markey ‘pond scum’
Republican candidate Gabriel E. Gomez ignited controversy on Thursday by calling his Democratic opponent for US Senate, US Representative Edward J. Markey, “pond scum.”
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
President Obama today defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving US counterterrorism policy.
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray to quit June 2
Timothy P. Murray has accepted a private-sector post with a Worcester business group and is expected to resign from the administration next month, according to a senior administration official.
SEC orders former Cahill aide, Goldman Sachs banker to pay $100,000 civil penalty
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Neil M.M. Morrison, a former investment banker at Goldman, Sachs and ex-top state treasury aide to Timothy P. Cahill, to pay a $100,000 civil penalty, citing what the agency said was his role in a pay-to-play campaign fund-raising scheme for Cahill.US Senate candidate Edward J. Markey commits to release tax returns Friday
An adviser to US Senate candidate Edward J. Markey said today that he will release his tax returns publicly on Friday, committing to a date after days of fending off pressure from his Republican opponent.A 16th candidate, Robert Cappucci, says he has gathered enough signatures to run for mayor
Retired police officer Robert Cappucci said Wednesday he has gathered more than 4,000 signatures to support his bid for mayor of Boston, making him the 16th potential candidate. Before joining the police department, Cappucci was elected to two terms on the School Committee and served until 1991. He lost his seat when the committee was changed from an elected body to an appointed board.Senator Elizabeth Warren finds publisher, editor for her new book
Senator Elizabeth Warren, two months after starting to shop a book proposal, has found a publisher. Henry Holt and Company, one of the oldest publishers in the country, announced that it had obtained the rights to publish the book, which it characterized as telling both “Senator Warren’s improbable rise from a working class family in Oklahoma to the United States Senate,” as well as providing “a rousing call for protecting the middle class.”Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray to resign, says controversies had nothing to do with his decision
Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray will resign from the administration next month to run the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, positioning himself as a hometown cheerleader far from Beacon Hill where he saw his reputation tarnished the last few years.National politics: Latest news
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Menino endorses Markey in Mass. Senate race
BOSTON (AP) -- Democrat Edward Markey made public eight years of tax returns on Friday just hours after winning both the endorsement and the considerable political clout of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino as he faces off against Republican Gabriel Gomez in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election. ( 05/24/2013 6:35 PM )
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Mass. Senate hopeful Markey releases tax returns
BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Edward Markey released eight years of tax returns Friday, showing virtually all he's earned has come from his salary as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. ( 05/24/2013 5:48 PM )
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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America." ( 05/24/2013 5:18 PM )
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