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A Staten Island couple stole at least $2.5 million in federal funds meant for nutritious meals for preschoolers, prosecutors asserted in a criminal complaint unsealed on Friday.

* Home / * News / * Local / * Mass. The Boston Globe Activists prepare for battle over districts Demand voting maps increase minority clout By Michael Levenson Globe Staff / April 10, 2011 E-mail this article To: Voting rights activists, 10 years after the Massachusetts House enacted a redistricting plan that illegally diluted minority voting power, are dramatically revamping their strategy, pressuring the Legislature sooner and more aggressively than they have in past decades. Emboldened by census data showing an increasingly diverse Massachusetts and by the successful lawsuit against the House’s 2001 redistricting plan, the activists are planning...

A Tax Man Takes Account of His Life Laura Saunders Friday, April 8, 2011 provided by wsjlogo.gif Even though it's tax season, accountant Doug Stives skied at Snowbasin in Utah last month. (Photo by Nicholas Draney) CPA lives better, works less thanks to the art of deduction. In the thick of tax season, most certified public accountants are chained to their desks grinding out returns. Doug Stives, a CPA from Red Bank, N.J., went skiing in Utah. "I always dreamed of coming here for peak conditions," he said in mid-March between runs at Snowbasin Resort. The trip is among the...

Geneva Fielding, a single mother since age 16, has struggled to raise her three energetic boys in the housing projects of Roxbury. Nothing has come easily, least of all money. Even so, she resisted some years back when neighbors told her about a federal program called SSI that could pay her thousands of dollars a year. The benefit was a lot like welfare, better in many ways, but it came with a catch: To qualify, a child had to be disabled. And if the disability was mental or behavioral — something like ADHD — the child pretty much had to...

Who is against library volunteers? Teachers unions in Raynham and Bridgewater. E-mail | Link | Comments () Posted October 10, 2010 09:03 AM By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent The teachers’ union in Bridgewater and Raynham has filed a labor grievance that could block volunteers from keeping the school district’s libraries open. And as word of the work action spreads, it is stirring up outrage in the two towns. Librarian positions were cut from the middle schools in both towns this year and their salaries channeled into hiring teachers to address bulging class sizes. Volunteer organizations stepped in to pick up...

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Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns by Mary Williams Walsh Tuesday, March 9, 2010 provided by The New York Times States and companies have started investing very differently when it comes to the billions of dollars they are safeguarding for workers' retirement. And What's the Difference? Companies are quietly and gradually moving their pension funds out of stocks. They want to reduce their investment risk and are buying more long-term bonds. But states and other bodies of government are seeking higher returns for their pension funds, to make up for ground lost in the last couple of...

For underdog Scott Brown, all’s Weld that ends Weld Margery Eagan By Margery Eagan Thursday, January 7, 2010 - Updated 22h ago State Sen. Scott Brown has seen his chance to beat front-runner Martha Coakley. It’s moving left. A poll this week put him ahead of Coakley 65 to 21 among the state’s largest voting bloc - the unenrolled. Independents elected what few Republicans have won statewide here: Bill Weld, Paul Cellucci, Mitt Romney, before his presidential flip-flops. Yesterday morning I would have called Scott Brown a social conservative. By the time he finished an hour with Herald editors yesterday...

Mom of 9 cries foul Claim: I was sterilized against my will By Jessica Fargen Sunday, January 3, 2010 - Updated 37m ago + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio General Assignment Reporter Check out Jessica Fargen's Reporter's Notebook blog. E-mail Print (83) Comments Text size Share Buzz up!Post-delivery notes indicate she received a tubal ligation, the complaint says. The surgical notes were reviewed by the Herald. This is the second time Savicki has sued over reproductive issues. In 2001, she reached a settlement with CVS and a spermacide company after she became pregnant with her...

Mortgage help lacking Natick woman frustrated with Obama program to modify loans By Thomas Grillo Saturday, January 2, 2010 - Updated 5h ago EmailE-mail PrintablePrint Comments(58) Comments LargerSmallerText size Bookmark and Share Share Buzz up! When the Obama administration launched a mortgage modification program for distressed homeowners, it sounded like the perfect solution for Cheryl Freier. But the 65-year-old Natick resident, who is struggling to make payments on an $185,000 loan, has been unable to convince JPMorgan Chase to lower the 7 percent interest rate on her loan or forgive some of the principal. “My husband died suddenly in 2006...

Lawrence bigwigs call on mayor to quit state rep job By Edward Mason and O’Ryan Johnson Thursday, December 10, 2009 - Updated 4h ago EmailE-mail PrintablePrint Comments(97) Comments LargerSmallerText size Bookmark and Share Share Buzz up! Newly elected Lawrence mayor William Lantigua swears he’s the man for the job - two jobs, in fact - after he vowed yesterday to keep his State House seat while running the hardscrabble Merrimack Valley city. “I’m not Superman,” said Lantigua, who’s also served as the city’s state representative since 2002. “If I can’t do it, I’ll raise the white flag and let someone...

It is becoming more obvious that the articles linked by Yahoo! are planted by the government. I don't know if I should keep my tinfoil hat on or take it off while I post this. Millions of Americans think Yahoo! is real news.

A small town struggles after immigration raid Email this Story Aug 16, 1:05 PM (ET) By MONICA RHOR Google sponsored links Get the facts on Peta - Find out the details of Peta's Euthanasia record. PetaKillsAnimals.com Information on PETA - Find out more about the founder's statements and philosophy. www.ActivistCash.com POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors - red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision. It drifted through Postville's downtown, where restaurants serving tamales share...

A new approach Prison chief seeks ways to stop cons from reoffending By Laura Crimaldi / Sunday Focus: Crime and Punishment Sunday, March 2, 2008 - Updated 1h ago + Recent Articles + Email E-mail Printable (15) Comments Text size Share (0) Rate The state’s new prison chief wants to reverse what he sees as the failed “busting rocks” philosophy of the past two decades and make inmate rehabilitation and re-entry a cornerstone of his tenure. In a wide-ranging interview with the Herald, Department of Correction Commissioner Harold W. Clarke, 56, said the punishment-only approach ushered in during the William...

Bamboo undergarments: How climate change is beginning to alter our apparel. TagsClimate Change, Environment, Fashion, Green It’s hard to imagine a shiny Mary Jane slipper or a faded cotton hoodie having grave impact on the planet. But experts insist that what we wear — from the way it’s made to the way it’s cleaned — can be a factor in global warming. “People think of fashion as the stuff you buy and wear,” said Jo Paoletti, a University of Maryland professor who studies clothing trends. “But it’s an entire process from the raw material to the making of fibers into...

Rice's 14th try could be his best chance at Hall of Fame By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer January 5, 2008 BOSTON (AP) -- All Jim Rice needed was 18 more home runs to reach 400 -- a milestone that, to many, would have made him a surefire inductee into the baseball Hall of Fame. Or, he could have smiled a little more. ADVERTISEMENT The often surly Boston Red Sox slugger, feared by opposing pitchers and unfriendly to the reporters who vote for the sport's highest honor, has fallen short of hall induction for 13 years. Now, with the rampant...

Dream turns nightmare Arrests of immigrants rattle Milford Maria Sacchetti Globe Staff / December 29, 2007 MILFORD - Daniel Tacuri made a name for himself in this town. Daniel Tacuri , 32, was a typical immigrant who found success through hard work, Tacuri's lawyer and family say. ARRESTED more stories like thisWith only a first-grade education, he slipped across the border illegally and eventually started his own roofing business, often hiring immigrants like himself from poor villages in Ecuador. He was raised in a dirt-floor cabin, but in Milford he owned a home worth more than $350,000 off Main Street,...

Students struggle as immigrants do Saturday, December 15, 2007 3:18 AM By Holly Zachariah THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH FRED SQUILLANTE | Dispatch Erica Vieyra's Spanish students at Olentangy Liberty High School present their projects on immigration -- the culmination of three weeks of pretending to go through the steps that Latino immigrants take to come to the United States, legally or illegally. POWELL -- The students had a role-play project: assume a Latino identity, build an imaginary life in your home country and develop a workable plan to immigrate to the United States. Try it legally, Erica Vieyra told her 40...

I'm posting here as a bit of a rant. I'm living in a very blue town in a very blue state (MA). So I attended my first PTO meeting tonight because the Superintendent was giving an overview of the town goals, plans, etc. Of course the subject of diversity comes up in the presentation. Then in the Q&A portion a parent feels the need to expound upon the subject. What exactly is the town doing to improve the diversity of teachers? (read: hire more minority teachers) He then went on to explain how the town has moved up the entire...