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Freedom Radio tonight, Sunday, Oct 3, 2010, at 8 PM Eastern. David Limbaugh joins us to discuss 'Crimes Against Liberty; An Indictment of President Barack Obama', his #1 best-selling book. Leading off will be Peter Parente whose Gulf War "Gunny" Sergeant died a 9/11 hero as a Sergeant with the NYPD; Parente tasted and smelled "death in the air" days later as he and his crew recovered the strut from Flight 175 from the Burlington Coat Factory they now seek to replace with a mosque. Also with us will be Renee Ellmers who is running for Congress from the NC-2...

A Milford lawyer claimed victory last night over longtime state Representative Marie J. Parente, a Democrat who has served on Beacon Hill for more than 20 years. John V. Fernandes, a former selectman and former school committee member, beat Parente throughout her 10th Worcester District -- in Milford, Mendon, and Upton, according to a campaign aide. Parente, who was first elected in 1982, is a vocal and staunch opponent of same-sex marriage and of extending benefits to undocumented workers. Now 78 years old, she frequently spoke of retiring, but ran for reelection time after time.

A former Chelsea High honors student who came from Guatemala at age 12 is pleading to stay in the United States as federal authorities try to deport him and a Bay State congressman and local officials rally at his side. “I have so many dreams, and this is the country where I want them to come true,” said Mario Rodas, 19. “I feel really upset. They could send me to a country away from my family and friends. It’s devastating.” The case has put the thin, bookish young man with a passion for politics in the middle of a fierce...