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Mayors urge Patrick, Legislature to act on casinos

Twelve mayors, including Boston Mayor Tom Menino, on Tuesday launched an effort to “jump-start” approval of casinos on Beacon Hill by penning a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, and Senate President Therese Murray, asking them to

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Rick Santorum coming to Newton

Former U.S. Senator and potential presidential candidate Rick Santorum has rescheduled his trip to Newton in support of our sister organization, Catholic Citizenship. The event, now a luncheon, will be held on Monday, March 14, at the Hotel Indigo. To

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Pro-Life victories begin at the Assembly for Life

This Sunday, our friends at Massachusetts Citizens for Life will host their annual Assembly for Life at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Due to a family obligation, radio personality Howie Carr had to cancel his keynote speech, but former Boston Mayor

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Casino plan filed on Beacon Hill

Sen. Jennifer Flanagan (D-Leominster) has filed a three-casino proposal and is encouraging her colleagues to bring it up soon. “I don’t want to see a repeat of last year,” Flanagan told the State House News Service, referring to the expanded

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Abortions on the rise in the United States

A new report released this week by the Guttmacher Institute finds an abortion rate increase of 1 percent, to 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age in 2008. This increase follows years of decline due to the growth of

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Apple rejects Manhattan Declaration Again

Apple has refused to reinstate the Manhattan Declaration Application back into the iTunes store yet again. In a letter to the writers of the Manhattan Declaration, Apple says the Declaration is “mean-spirited,” “objectionable,” and “potentially harmful.” This could not be

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