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PHOTOS: Knock Out Barstool Takes On BSS Blackout Party

Feb 9, 2012 2:34 am

Knock Out Barstool (KOB) rallies outside during Barstool Sports' Northeastern Blackout party on Thursday, February 2, 2012. Knock Out Barstool (KOB) rallies outside during Barstool Sports' Nor...

'It's Halftime in America'

Feb 9, 2012 1:42 am

Plus, same-sex marriage's latest boost Karl Rove is pissed off, and for once we can understand why. Loading Please WaitIN THE LINE OF FIREEastwoods Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler echoes...

Twenty-nine-year-old Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler is the cool kid's Buddhist.

Feb 9, 2012 1:31 am

The sound of one hand clapping In his new book, Rinzler spells out mindful compassion for the millennial set, making room for one-night stands and cocktails on the weekend. OM generation Rinzler...

Can the Charles River Esplanade be transformed into the world's best park?

Feb 8, 2012 7:14 pm

Seeing green What if in place of the current three-story Museum of Science parking garage overlooking the Charles River there loomed a giant Ferris wheel, on the order of the London Eye? IMAGINE...

Mitt's Charlie Card

Feb 8, 2012 7:11 pm

It's no surprise that Barack Obama would copy from Deval Patrick's re-election playbook. But why is Mitt Romney making Charlie Baker's mistakes? Last week, Mitt Romney stood uncomfortably to t...

He will not be moved

Feb 3, 2012 5:17 pm

As a drug dealer, rapper, and clothing designer, Antonio Ennis was stabbed, jailed, and flamed by the media. Now he faces his nastiest adversary yet big banks. A few months ago, Boston hip-hop v...

New vision for the Esplanade

Feb 1, 2012 10:49 pm

Urban Affairs On February 9, Boston is due to get an eye-popping new look at one of the city's oldest, most beloved public spaces the Charles River Esplanade. On February 9, Boston is due to ...

The Massachusetts legislature is the principal roadblock to putting the state's criminal-justice system on the right track

Feb 1, 2012 10:05 pm

House of Incorrections As you read this, Beacon Hill is debating a "three-strikes" crime bill, while waiting for the US Attorney's Office to hand down indictments in the scandal over...

Remembering Kevin

Feb 1, 2012 8:30 pm

The paradox of the White years Tuesday's Parkman House wake on Beacon Hill for former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, who died last week at age 82 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, was ...

Mega Up Yours

Feb 1, 2012 7:18 pm

Your files could be forfeit in the government's attack on Megaupload. Can the Entertainment industry take down cyberlockers entirely? This week, some 50 million users may begin to permanently los...

Local and Community News for Maine from Magic-City-News.com

"John Cabot or Giovanni Caboto discovered North America long before Jacques Cartier"

Feb 9, 2012 2:25 pm

Giovanni Caboto the Venetian-born English navigator and explorer working for King Henry VII of England had among his crew an Italian, Fra Giovanni Antonio de Carbonariis and a few other Italian Fria...

H.R. 3521 passed.

Feb 9, 2012 2:18 pm

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3521, the Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011.

The Green Mountain

Feb 8, 2012 2:00 pm

My childhood was spent in the small village of Givat Shmuel, a colony of religious and non-religious Jews, surrounded by citrus groves and caressed by gentle breezes. Today, the attractive local co...

Michaud Offers Amendment to Protect Veterans' Services

Feb 8, 2012 1:56 pm

Yesterday, Congressman Mike Michaud offered an amendment to H.R. 1734, a bill which would establish a BRAC-style commission to identify ways for the federal government to save money by reducing its...

U.S. will work with Israel in preventing a nuclear Iran, said Obama

Feb 8, 2012 1:53 pm

President Barack Obama stated on Sunday that the United States will cooperate with the Israeli government in preventing Iran from joining the world's "nuclear club." But Obama quickly note...

Pros and Cons of Pets

Feb 7, 2012 1:55 pm

There are pros and cons when it comes to owning pets. Before you adopt or buy one, you have to weigh these carefully. One of the biggest cons, unfortunately, is that if you have a child and the pet d...

Why Not Butanol?

Feb 7, 2012 1:50 pm

With its ability to attract moisture and clog fuel filters, it's no wonder America's boaters have not been thrilled with ethanol in gasoline, which today is most commonly found as a 10% blend and ...

Late-Week Cold Press to Affect Maine

Feb 7, 2012 4:49 am

Accuweather.com reports a press of cold air will drive southward late this week from the Upper Midwest to the interior mid-...

Uplifted Spirits Mixed with Shock at Eitam (Israel)

Feb 7, 2012 4:35 am

The land at the top of the hill is rocky, on the slopes there are plots that are easier to cultivate, filled with earth brought by the rains. The almond trees are almost ready to blossom, water in t...

Prisoners for Love

Feb 5, 2012 9:54 am

It is a story rooted in Ancient and Modern Chinese Culture. It is a story of an impossible love. It is a story I have heard so many times before, of families who refuse to allow their children to lo...