Radio Boston
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Friday, May 24th, 2013
Week In Review: A ‘Dirty’ Senate Race, A Resignation And An Orlando Man; Classic New England Fare For Today’s Taste Buds; Joe Ureneck: The First Suffolk District’s Republican Candidate;
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Olympia Snowe On Washington Moderates; Political Rundown: Lt. Gov. Murray Announces Resignation, Senate Race Heats Up; Saying ‘No’ To EdX;
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Race And IQ At Harvard; What Would A ‘Twister Sister’ Do In Oklahoma?; A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home….; “Pirates of Penzance” Reimagined–At The Beach;
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Monday, May 20th, 2013
The Robotics Revolution In Boston; U.S. Senate Race Heats Up With Visit From McCain; Vermont Legalizes Physician-Assisted Suicide; ‘Bad Chemistry’: WBUR Analysis Of Drug Lab Crisis;
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Smith And Wesson Tops The Globe 100 List; Week In Review: A Boat Note, One Fund, Fire Chief Controversy; Bad Rabbits Spreads Some ‘American Love’; Brimfield Antique Show; BPS’s Carol Johnson;
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
One Fund’s Kenneth Feinberg; Damien Echols On ‘Life After Death’; The Roots And Reasoning Behind ‘Boston Strong’;
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Why Investing In Employees Pays Off; What’s Behind The ‘No Confidence’ Vote For Boston Fire Chief Abraira?; The Chameleon Arts Ensemble Takes On The 20th Century; One Month Later: Reflecting On The Boston Marathon Bombings;
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Consider The Leafs Fan; Mandolin Man Jimmy Ryan; Aereo Comes To Boston; Jolie’s Announcement Of Double Mastectomy Opens Door For Dialogue;
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
The Governor On Leading A Post-Bombing Commonwealth; Remembering Maureen Dunn: Advocate For Families Of POWs; Back To The Basics With Joanne Chang;
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Friday, May 10th, 2013
Fight Or Flight: A History Of Adrenaline; Week In Review: A Hearing, A Body And A Close Race; Great Gatsby: The Opera;
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Time To Pay Attention To That Opening Act; Abandoning The Psychiatry ‘Bible’?; Congress Digs In To Boston Bombings;
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Littlefield On Sports: Sox, Bruins, Football (The British Kind); Steve Earle Talks Life On ‘The Low Highway’; How Universities Are Pursuing The Best, The Brightest–And The Wealthiest; A Political Shift In The First Suffolk District;
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Commonhealth: Treating The Intellectually Disabled; How Philosopher Daniel Dennett Thinks; Cambridge Pastor: Don’t Turn Away Suspect’s Body; From The Internet To A Stage: Old Jews Telling Jokes;
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
Interring The Infamous; Push To Expand Charter Schools; Hemingway’s Years In Cuba Documented;
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Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Paying Tribute: Physical and Musical Marathon Memorials; Week In Review: More Bombing Arrests, Senate Race Heats Up; Paris Combo Plays Romance In All Its Forms;
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
The Race For Mayor; Lessons Learned From The 2005 London Bombings; Fine And Dandy; Mercy To All Mankind;
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Policing Boston: A History; Special Senate Election Gets More Interesting; ‘Baseball As A Road To God’;
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
The Economics Earthquake; CommonHealth: Lessons From The Battlefield Saves Marathon Victims; What Does Jason Collins Mean For Gay Athletes?;
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Monday, April 29th, 2013
Post-Gaming The Manhunt; Crunch Time For Special U.S. Senate Candidates; Sympathy For Dzhokhar?;
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Friday, April 26th, 2013
Week In Review: Bombing Suspect Moved, Senate Race Returns, Changes At BPS; Love, Patience And Alzheimer’s In ‘The Genius of Marian’; The Story Behind This Image;
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Running The Marathon Next Year? Not So Fast…; The Ever-Evolving Details Of The Marathon Bombing Manhunt; R.I. Senate Clears The Way For Gay Marriage; The Circus Comes To Town;
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Was Tsarnaev On A Watchlist?; Douglas Rushkoff On Perpetual Crisis; Re-Inventing The World Of Prosthetic Technology; Littlefield On Sports: In The Wake Of Tragedy;
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Legal Case; The Challenges Ahead For Boylston Street Businesses; Boston’s Medical Response A Global Model;
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
The Investigation Continues; Meet Candidate Sullivan;
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Obama Speaks At Service; Full-Court Press Investigation; Media #FAIL; Amputee Support;
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Monday, April 15th, 2013
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Feds Close In On Suspect; The Man In The Cowboy Hat; Remembering Martin Richard;
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
The Most Complex Crime Scene In Boston History;
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
Pinchas Zukerman and Oliver Knussen at the BSO; Week In Review: A Political Game Of ‘Chicken’;
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Is $16,640 Per Year A Living Wage?; Former Monkee And Philanthropist Michael Nesmith On Tour; America’s First Test-Tube Baby Reflects On The History Of IVF;
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Coastal Development And A Changing Climate; A Community Divided Over Wind Turbines; Sports With Bill Littlefield: UConn Takes The Big Dance; Samurai!;
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Iraqi Refugees Face Challenges In Mass.; Treating And Preventing Injuries In Female Athletes; Germs And Spacesuits: Touring The B.U. Biolab; Providence Takes On The ‘Word Gap’;
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
Opening Day At Fenway; Can A Computer Grade An Essay?; Slaine’s Own ‘Boston Project’;
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Friday, April 5th, 2013
U.S. Senate Candidate Ed Markey; Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg In Boston; Week In Review: Transportation, The Mayor’s Race And The Cab Industry;
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
A Women’s Roundtable On ‘Leaning In’; The Money It Takes To Be Mayor; Carolina Chocolate Drops Unearth The Roots Of American Roots Music;
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
U.S. Senate Candidate Gabriel Gomez; The War On Addiction. America’s Greatest Fight?; Littlefield On Sports: Rutgers Coach Fired and More March Madness;
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Robert Pinsky On The Best American Poetry; Balancing Sex With Spirituality On Catholic Campuses;
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
As The Old Colony Projects Come Down, A Look At Southie Then And Now; Napalm: The Devilish Brew That Changed War; Ophira Eisenberg On Her Journey From Promiscuity To Monogamy;
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Friday, March 29th, 2013
A Post-Menino Boston; Week In Review: SCOTUS Debate Gay Marriage, Menino Won’t Run; Suitcase Of Love And Shame;
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Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Special Senate Races Heats Up; Menino Will Not Seek Sixth Term; Opulence Hurling Towards Catastrophe: The Art of the Edwardian Era;
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Examining Bretton Woods; Littlefield On Sports: The Red Sox, March Madness and Tiger Woods; A Massachusetts Couple’s Response To DOMA Arguments;
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Gay Marriage At The High Court; An Update On Mayor Menino’s Weighty Goal; New Poll Shows Senate Race Wide Open;
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
A Widening Gender Gap; Remembering Anthony Lewis; Gish Jen On ‘Tiger Writing’;
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013
U.S. Senate Candidate Michael Sullivan; Amy Black; Temperatures Soar On Plum Island;
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
Daniel Beaty’s ‘Emergency’ Surfaces In Boston; From Voting To Energy Usage: How Social Pressure Affects Our Behavior; What Does It Take For A Single Parent To Get By In Mass.?;
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
The Iraq War, 10 Years Later; Littlefield On Sports: The WBC And W.P. Kinsella; The True Price Of The Gardner Heist Is Empty Walls Of Art; Ants!;
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Give A Little, Win A Little: How Exercise Literally Adds Years To Your Life; Farm To Fork: Taza Chocolate;
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Interim U.S. Sen. Mo Cowan; Boston Brisket Company; New Developments In Gardner Art Heist;
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Friday, March 15th, 2013
Week In Review: Senate Race, Phoenix Wraps, Whitey Shocker; Pushcart Pushback; Solas;
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Gender Bias In Medicine; Judge Out In Bulger Trial; Peter Dubois On ‘Mildred Fierce’; Boston Phoenix Closes;
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
A New Pope Elected;
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Cardinals Meet To Pick A Pope; Employee Privacy In The Digital Age; Should You Get The Shingles Vaccine?; A Shared Ride;
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Monday, March 11th, 2013
Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King; B.U. Hockey Coach Steps Down After 40 Years; Economists Support Governor’s Tax Plan; Dead Man Walking;
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Ending Smoking?; ‘Boston JazzScape’: A Musical History;
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
‘Top Chef’ Kristen Kish; Week in Review: Senate Race, Snow Storm, Whitey Developments; When A Song Boards A Transcontinental Flight;
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Should Boston Host The Olympics?; Trader Joe’s Doug Rauch; Soul Meister Jesse Dee;
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Bullying In The Digital Age: When Words Hurt More Than ‘Sticks And Stones’; ‘License To Kill’ Defense Tossed Out Of Bulger Case; Rapper Moufy Shows Boston Love;
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
U.S. Senate Candidate Stephen Lynch; Ruggie’s Rules; College Of Cardinals Convenes In Rome; Child Reportedly Cured Of HIV;
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
Sex, Intimacy, Therapy: A Conversation With Cheryl Cohen Greene; Classical Piano Sensation Lang Lang; Week In Review: Sequestration, Senate Hopefuls And A City Councilor;
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Reality Show Fever In Boston; Jay-Z Meets Johnny Cash In Gangstagrass; New Hampshire And The Voting Rights Act; ‘Song Reader’ Comes To Life In Somerville;
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
MBTA GM Responds To Your Comments; Will Labor Unions Survive?; Mayoral Candidate John Connolly; Littlefield On Sports: Brady, NHL Fans, Bobby V;
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
The Secret Life of a Restaurant; Fung Wah Fleet Taken Off The Road;
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Monday, February 25th, 2013
MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott; Academy Awards Wrap; Sequester Looms;
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
A Father And Son On The Appalachian Trail; Week In Review: Chelsea Housing Scandal & Ortiz Scrutiny; The Invisible War: Military Sexual Assault; WEB EXTRA: Moonrise Kingdom;
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Michelle Obama And Race In America; For Sale: The Boston Globe; The Secret Lives of Literate Slaves; Miguel Zenon: A Closer Look At Puerto Ricans In The U.S.;
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Littlefield On Sports: Pistorius On Trial; Carmen Ortiz: A Case Of Prosecutorial Diligence Or Legal Overreach?; 10 Years Later: The Station Nightclub Fire;
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Sagging Pants: Fashion Emergency Or Criminal Act?; Coping With ADHD In Adulthood; Pre-K Education For All: The Right Investment?;
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Monday, February 18th, 2013
Chef Barton Seaver On Eating Sustainable Seafood; New Study Links Moderate Alcohol Consumption To Cancer; Blindspot: Hidden Biases Of Good People; Kind World: Candy For The Soul;
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
Week In Review: Senate Race; Storm Aftermath; Whitey In Court; Elizabeth Warren Takes On Bank Regulators; The Punch Brothers Hit Boston;
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Whitey’s Campaign Of Violence; Arts In The War Zone: A New Generation Makes Music in Afghanistan; Ed Markey’s Residency: Does It Matter?; Whitey Bulger: I’m No Snitch!;
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Of Mice And Men; Littlefield On Sports: Wrestling Nixed; Sweet Deal At Hyde Park’s McCrea’s; A ‘Post-Dating’ World?;
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
The Danger Of Diabulimia; Farm To Fork: Hydroponic Farming; The GOP Jumps Into The Special Election;
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Monday, February 11th, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI To Resign; ‘Stewed: A Collection Of Soups, Braises And Stews From Sweet Basil’; Nemo’s Aftermath; Meet Boston’s ‘Professional Neighbor’;
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Friday, February 8th, 2013
Special Blizzard Coverage;
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Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Parents: Letting Your Kids Fail Will Make Their Lives Better; Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: A Musical Taste Of Italy; The Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Clemency’;
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Ming Tsai; Ric Ocasek;
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Louis Agassiz And American Science; A Question Of Signage; Reforming Laws Used To Prosecute Aaron Swartz;
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
Politics Roundtable: The Race For Kerry’s Seat; Ann Leary’s ‘The Good House’; Tall Vehicles, Low Bridges;
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Cello ‘Boy Band’; New Rules For Wiretapping; Week In Review: A Senate Race Begins; Harvard Cheating Scandal;
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Latin Jazz Virtuoso Visits Boston; Darlingside; Stephen Lynch Launches Senate Bid; Tracy Kidder On Writing;
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
TenPoint Coalition Founder Departs; Cowan Named Interim U.S. Senator; Mayor Tom Menino On The State Of The City;
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Low-Speed, High-Priced Broadband; Obama’s Immigration Reform Plan; Harvard Chosen To Conduct Injury Study For NFL Players Union;
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Monday, January 28th, 2013
Boston’s Brazilian Community Reacts To Nightclub Fire; Tar Sands Proposal Sparks Protest in Maine; Guns, Suicide And Mental Health; The ‘Invisible Man’;
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
Finding The Right Nanny; Week In Review: From Patrick’s Budget To Murray’s Controversy; From Hawthorne To Facebook: How One Social Media Scholar Got Schooled;
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013
John Kerry Confirmation Hearings; Musician Leni Stern On The Power Of African Music; Growing Up With Gaming;
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Littlefield On Sports: NHL Back On Ice; Pats Season Over; Patrick’s Budget Details Released; Author’s ‘Letter From Haiti’;
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Afrobeat Star Femi Kuti; The Science Of Lying;
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Patrick Calls For Income Tax Hike, Sales Tax Cut; Exploring Our Social Connectedness In This Digital Age; ‘The Meeting’: Imagining A Moment In History;
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Monday, January 21st, 2013
Shun Ng: Finger-Picking Phenom; Facing The World (Without Make-Up); Obama’s Inauguration; Acknowledging Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy;
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Friday, January 18th, 2013
Sports Wrap: Lance Admits It, NHL Back On, Patriots-Ravens; Week In Review: Patrick On Taxes, Carmen Ortiz, Gun Control; Edge Of America;
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Nancy Gertner: Ortiz Should Have Never Pursued The Swartz Case; Aaron Swartz And The Open Access Movement; NRA In Mass. Responds To Legislators’ Gun Control Efforts; A Rich Musical Adventure In Havana;
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
When Doctors Don’t Listen; Massachusetts Tackles Gun Control;
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
Religion, Children And The Rise Of The ‘Nones’; State Wants To Spend $1 Billion For Transportation Needs; Remembering Digital Innovator Aaron Swartz;
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
Weekend Picks: Legends And Newcomers; Week In Review: Patrick’s Overhaul, The Flu, Courtroom Drama; Farm To Fork: Parsnip Latkes;
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Remembering Boston Cowboy Rex Trailer; Flu Causes Boston To Declare Public Health Emergency; How To Find A Quality Doctor For Your Colonoscopy; Brain Injury: Football Culture’s Biggest Problem?; Ugandan Gay Rights Group Sues Springfield Evangelist Scott Lively;
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Drug Lab Chemist Pleads Not Guilty; Is The Future Of The Mass. Lottery Online?; Wesley Morris On The Value Of Trashy Movies; Obama Chooses New England Poet For Inauguration; Sports: Baseball Hall Of Fame, Patriots, NHL Lockout Resolution;
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Experiences Of War Behind Obama’s New Cabinet; CommonHealth: Flu Hits Mass. Early, With Force; Appeals Court Hears Request To Recuse Bulger Judge; Teaching ‘Character’ To Kids And Why It Matters;
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Monday, January 7th, 2013
Author Lois Lowry On Her Work And Life; Cognoscenti: Revelations On New Year’s Resolutions; Local Businesses, Fans Anticipate Return Of NHL; Should Gun Violence Be Treated As A Public Health Issue?; Ugandan Gay Rights Group Sues Springfield Preacher;
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
No Texting During Interviews… And Other Etiquette For Job Seekers; Sebastian Smee’s Art Year In Review; Musaner: Jazz And World Music Fans Unite;
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Friday, January 4th, 2013
Local Reaction To Indian Gang Rape; Week In Review: Politics All Around; Biogen Idec’s ALS Drug Falls Short In Trials; Geckskin: A Revolutionary Adhesive Developed At UMass;
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
What’s The Future Of Zipcar?; Elizabeth Warren, First Female Senator From Mass., Is Sworn In; Cooking Up The Past; Weekend Picks: Start The New Year With Arts; N.H. Journalist Missing In Syria;
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
The Real Story Behind The ‘Dairy Cliff’; Senate President Therese Murray Outlines Ambitious Legislative Agenda; ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal Leaves More Work To Be Done; Brown’s Rare Chance At A Senate ‘Do-Over’;
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Healthy Resolutions For The New Year; ‘The Half-Life Of Facts’; The New England Luthiers: Collaborative Guitar Making;
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
Ellis Paul: A Modern Folk Holiday; The Year In News;
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Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Harvard Professor On Short List For Next Secretary Of Defense; Bumper Ski Conditions For The Holiday Weekend; Entrepreneur Bobby Sager Goes “Beyond The Robe”; Peter Wolf Has Still Got It;
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
Dissecting Mitt Romney’s Failed Campaign; Musician Melissa Ferrick With A New Album And A New Job; The Mother Behind Louisa May Alcott In “Marmee & Louisa”;
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
'Once Upon A Time': A Fairy Tale For Beer Lovers; ‘An Absorbing Errand’: How Mastery Can Add Meaning To Life; ‘The Lives Of Margaret Fuller’;
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Monday, December 24th, 2012
Classic Christmas Cookies Reborn; ‘Brothers’: The Power Of Frathernal Bonds; ‘Moo Shu Jew’: Chinese Food And Jewish Comedy On Christmas Eve;
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
Week In Review: Gun Control, Kerry As Secretary Of State, ‘Mattapan Massacre’ Verdict; Are The Red Sox Building A Mediocre Team?; ‘Breaking Barriers’: The Story Of Female Lawyers, Judges In Mass.;
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Thursday, December 20th, 2012
A Pediatrician’s Advice On Gun Safety At Home; Weekend Picks: Holiday Cheer Turned Upside Down; Generation Stuck: Getting Unstuck And Moving Forward; Is The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Overshadowing The Real Economic Crisis?;
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Blue Heron: Keeping Renaissance Holiday Music Alive; Gun Control On The National And State Agenda; Is The Mass. Mental Health Care System Doing Enough?;
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
How Do We Make Schools Safer?; Celebrating The Holidays With The Boston Pops; Political Roundtable: Another Special Election For Mass. In 2013?;
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
How To Talk To Kids About Extreme Violence; Newtown Remembers Its Lost Ones; How To Identify Troubled Kids; One Mass. Father’s Thoughts On America’s Killings;
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Why Walkability Is Key To A City’s Vitality; Four New Faces For Gov. Patrick’s Cabinet; Holiday Pick: ‘Black Nativity’;
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Sen. Brown’s Farewell Address; Is The Advanced Placement Program A ‘Scam’?; Mistrial Declared For Former Mass. Treasurer Cahill; Littlefield On Sports: Youklis Joins Yankees, Patriots Enjoy Victory;
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Generation Stuck: How Are 20-Somethings Today Any Different?; Mass. Students Excel In Math And Science; CommonHealth: Is Mass. Public Health In Danger?;
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Monday, December 10th, 2012
Should Plastic Bags Be Banned?; Why The Gender Pay Gap Is As Real As Ever;
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ Comes Home; Wesley Morris: Hollywood Needs More Diversity; Week In Review: Mass. Budget Gap, Cahill On Trial, MBTA Firing; Remembering A Young Life;
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Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The Legacy Of Sen. Warren Rudman In Light Of The Looming ‘Fiscal Cliff’; Scott Brown And The ‘Fiscal Cliff’; Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Cellphone Ruling; Weekend Picks: Boston’s Holiday Music Traditions, Old And New;
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Firefighters' Organization Offers Reward In Southeastern Mass. Arsons; Littlefield On Sports: New Sox Start To Take Shape; Is The Fiscal Cliff Really Behind The Mass. Budget Gap?; A New Wave Of Campus Activism: Fossil Fuel Divestment;
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Discussing Foreclosure Prevention Efforts In Mass.; Cahill’s Corruption Trial Nears Its End; Generation Stuck: The Boomerang Generation; Boston’s Influence On Lincoln’s Anti-Slavery Stance;
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Ming Tsai ‘In Your Kitchen’; Can We Avoid The ‘Fiscal Cliff’?;
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
Old South Church: Out With The Old, In With The New?; Week In Review: Power In All Its Forms; One Woman’s Tale Of Surviving Sex Trafficking;
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Thursday, November 29th, 2012
‘The First Four Notes’: Understanding Beethoven’s ‘Fifth Symphony’; ‘Tis The Season For Boston’s Latino Community; Cognoscenti: Is It Time For Menino To Retire?; ‘How To Create A Mind: The Secret Of Human Thought Revealed’;
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Husband, Wife Team Up For Soulful Rock; Routine Mammograms: More Harm Than Good?; What Would You Do With $550 Million?; Who’s To Blame For Recent Drug Lab Scandals?;
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
CommonHealth: Mass. A National Leader In Overdose Prevention; The Musical Mind Of Stephen Schwartz; WBUR Buys Vineyard-Based 92.7-FM; Remembrance: Dr. Joseph E. Murray;
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Monday, November 26th, 2012
Looking For Leaks: How Likely Is A Gas Explosion In Boston?; How To Reboot Your Career After Taking Leave From Work; Menino Transferred To Rehab Hospital;
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Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Lake Street Dive: Jazzy Indie Pop; Tall Heights: Acoustic Folk; Jo Lily And The Mystix: American Roots; Chris Smither: Cosmic Blues;
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Where Did The Phrase ‘Black Friday’ Come From?; Bully Boy: Boston’s First Small-Batch Distillery; It Runs In The Family: He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister; Weekend Picks: Betrayal, Mammoths And Mastodons, Neil Young; ‘Drinking Boston: A History Of The City And Its Spirits’;
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Turkey With A Twist: Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes; Mom, Dad To The Rescue: When Parents Take On Kids’ Loans; Flashback To The ’80s: Art, Love, Politics;
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Juvenile Justice: Mass. Formulating New Sentencing Policies; CommonHealth: Preventive Care Of Obamacare; The Real Origin Of Thanksgiving: Rhode Island, Not Mass.; Former N.H. Sen. Warren Rudman Dies; Understanding Mass. Social Host Liability Laws;
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Monday, November 19th, 2012
Benjamin Zander’s New Youth Orchestra; Mass. To Offer Illegal Immigrants In-State Tuition; Cognoscenti: Self-Discovery Through Online Dating; ‘No One Ever Told Us That’: One Grandfather’s Advice On Money And Life;
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Friday, November 16th, 2012
How The Future Fell Short: Facebook Instead Of Mars Colonies?; Cognoscenti: Great Man, Wily Temptress?; Week In Review: Political Futures, Meningitis Outbreak Hearings;
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012
The Demise Of Upper Crust Pizza; Lt. Gov. Murray Wants To Be The Next Governor; Weekend Picks: Modern Dance, Female Vocalists, Sports History; A Photographic Diary Of The Climate Crisis; Boston’s Restaurant Culture Reborn;
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Teaching Students How To Deal With A Shooter; Congress, State House Hold Hearings On Meningitis Outbreak; Property Seizure: When Is Civil Forfeiture Justified?; David Maxwell On Blending The Blues;
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
When College Stress Leads To ‘Meltdown’; The Future Of New England Republicans; Will Sen. Kerry Become The Next Secretary Of Defense?;
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
Home Base: A New Program For Iraq And Afghanistan Vets; Greg Epstein: ‘Wear Religious Blinders At Your Own Risk’; How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent The World; Survivors Face Major Gap In Post-Cancer Care;
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Friday, November 9th, 2012
Littlefield On Sports: Sox And Ortiz Finalize Deal; Joe Kennedy III Outlines Plans For Congress; Beautiful At Any Age With ‘Pretty Old’;
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Weekend Picks: WordSong; Campaign Finance Reform: Is Grassroots Democracy The Solution?; Hearing: ‘The Universal Sense’;
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Sail Away Ladies: All-Female And Appalachian; Tierney And Tisei: Were There Voting Improprieties?; Question 2 On Assisted Suicide Defeated; Question 3 On Medical Marijuana Passes; Political Roundtable: Election Recap; New Hampshire Women Sweep Election;
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Improving Cities Through Crowdfunding; CommonHealth: Staying Motivated With ‘November Project’; Election 2012: Record Turnout Expected In Mass.;
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Monday, November 5th, 2012
Brown And Warren Make Final Appeals To Voters; Presidential Campaigns Hit New Hampshire; Political Roundtable: Election Preview; Michael Dukakis: The Next President Should Defend ‘Obamacare’;
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Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Outrage And American Politics; A Status Update And A Fight Against Bullying; Week In Review: Superstorm Sandy; Election Countdown;
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Female Voters: More Diverse Than You Think; Weekend Picks: Joyful Indie Rock, Political Improv, Nerdy Music; The New England Luthiers: Collaborative Guitar Making; Brown And Warren On The Campaign Trail;
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
The Fire That Changed Everything: Cocoanut Grove Witness Accounts Now Made Public; Making Sense Of U.S. Voting Rules; Mieka Pauley And ‘The Science Of Making Choices’; Littlefield On Sports: Celtics And Miami Heat, Sandy’s Aftermath, World Series Sweep;
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Will New England See More Powerful Storms Because Of Climate Change?; Celebrating 100 Years Since Dracula Creator’s Death; Sandy’s Aftermath In New England; CommonHealth: One Musician’s Journey Back From A Brain Hemorrhage;
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
Mass. Braces For Impact Of Hurricane Sandy;
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Week In Review: Mass. Board Of Pharmacy, Presidential Debate, Brown And Warren; ‘The Daily Show’ Co-Creator Lizz Winstead On Comedy And Politics; Rep. Frank: Log Cabin Republicans’ Romney Endorsement ‘A Concession’;
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Was The Mass. Pharmacy Board Lenient On Firm Tied To Meningitis Outbreak?;
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Is Pop Warner Youth Football Too Dangerous?; Out-Running Addiction In ‘Running Ransom Road’; Polling Turnaround: Warren Now Leads Brown; Littlefield On Sports: October Baseball;
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Boston Police: Unlawful Surveillance Or Justified Information Collection?; CommonHealth: The Ethical Conflict Doctors Face On Physician-Assisted Suicide; Fact Checking Romney On Education; Social Media And Political Engagement;
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Cognoscenti: The Courage To Say ‘I Don’t Know’; Political Roundtable: Debate Preview, McGovern Dies, Brown And Warren Focus On Vets; Sean Bielat Faces Another Tough Campaign In 4th District;
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Friday, October 19th, 2012
‘The Love Song Of R. Buckminster Fuller’; Cognoscenti: Kerry Healey On Election Fatigue; 45 Mass. Residents Named In Boy Scouts’ ‘Perversion Files’; Week In Review: Tierney And Tisei, Warren And Brown, ACLU And Boston Police;
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Weekend Picks: Mario Testino At The MFA; The Secret Recordings Of John F. Kennedy; Special Court Sessions In Drug Lab Scandal Continue; New, Stricter State Measures On Emergency Shelter For The Homeless;
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Romney Touts Mass. Record In 2nd Debate; Waltham-Based Battery Maker Files For Bankruptcy Protection; Littlefield On Sports: Armstrong Steps Down As Chair Of Livestrong; New England’s Famous Witch-Hanging Judge;
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Mass. Chief Federal Judge Announces Retirement From Full-Time Work; Parents, Officials Debate Boston School Assignment System; AAA Endorses ‘Right To Repair’ Initiative; CommonHealth: A Gradual, Excruciating Descent Into Domestic Violence;
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
In Wake Of Drug Lab Scandal, Special Court Sessions Begin; Results Vs. Hours: Measuring Success In The Workplace; Dissecting Debates;
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
Week In Review: It’s Debate Season; Love Letters: Relationships And Social Media; ‘Downeast’: A Portrait Of America In Recession;
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Chemist’s Lab Coworkers To Testify At Drug Trial; Brown-Warren Debate Fact Check; Michael Sandel On What Markets Can And Cannot Achieve; The Dalai Lama Returns To Boston; Weekend Picks: Music, Theater And Art;
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Andrew Lo: Allow Financial Market To Fund Cancer Research; Exhibit: Swartz’s ‘How Deep Is Your’;
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Meningitis Outbreak Reveals Regulatory ‘Black Hole’; Family Independence Initiative Fights Poverty With Empowerment; Thomas P. O’Neill III And The Truth About Bipartisan Bonhomie; CommonHealth: The Evils Of Indoor Tanning;
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
1493: Columbus’ New World; CommonHealth: Stabbed By A Stranger, A College Student’s Long Road Back; Ellis Paul: A New Brand Of ‘Schoolhouse Rock’;
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
Week In Review: Obama-Romney Debate, Meningitis Outbreak; New Kids On the Block: The Inside Story; Dean Obeidallah For Vice President;
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Massachusetts And The Political Glass Ceiling; Tackling Bike Safety In Boston; Bill Littlefield: It Wasn’t All Bobby Valentine’s Fault; Weekend Picks: Food That’s Local; Fashion That’s Forward;
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
HONK! If You Like Peace, Love And Marching Bands; A Jaunt Around N.E.: Key Political Races In Maine, N.H., R.I. And Conn.; What’s In Your Pocket? Exploring Boston-Based Apps; Littlefield On Sports: Red Sox Postmortem; The Man Behind A Thousand Bows Gets A ‘Genius Grant’;
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
CommonHealth: Wellness Programs In The Workplace; Political Roundtable: Brown-Warren Debate, Round 2; Boston Neurosurgeon Wins MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’;
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
Cognoscenti: The Homogenization of Home Decor; Benjamin Zander Launches New Youth Orchestra; Is College Debt Worth It?; Political Spotlight: Tonight’s Debate And New Poll Numbers;
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
Generation Stuck: The Struggling 20-Somethings; Week In Review: Chemist Arrested, Brown-Warren Race Heats Up; Musaner: Jazz And World Music Fans Unite;
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Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Former BU President John Silber Dies At 86; Gov. Patrick On Drug Lab Scandal: I Hope There Are Charges; What It Takes To Put Meat On Your Plate; Weekend Picks: Better Grab Your Best Hat;
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Tomahawk Chop Video Stirs Brown-Warren Race; Tierney, Tisei To Debate For First Time Thursday; Are We Too Clean For Our Own Good?;
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Sole Survivor Of Mattapan Shooting Says He Can Now ID Killer; Cambridge-Native Mindy Kaling’s New Show Debuts; Boston Education Officials Look To Reform Student Assignment System; CommonHealth: Breakthrough Treatment Found For Rapidly Aging Children; Question 3: Medical Use Of Marijuana;
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Monday, September 24th, 2012
Political Roundtable: Brown’s New Attack Ad; Patrick And Ayotte On Presidential Race; Boston And San Francisco: Dispelling The ‘Sister Cities’ Myth; Occupy Boston: One Year Later; Documentary Tells The Story Of The Boston Strangler;
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Friday, September 21st, 2012
Week In Review: Brown And Warren Debate, Drug Lab Fallout Continues; Is Testing Knowledge Alone Not Enough?; ‘Good People’: Exploring Class In South Boston;
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Weekend Picks: Dropkick Murphys, Pompeii And Piano, Classic Cars, Southie On Stage; Previewing Thursday’s U.S. Senate Debate; Boston’s Skatepark Finally Due To Break Ground; From Air Traffic Controller To Musician; How To Have A Successful Debate;
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
What Happened At The Now-Closed State Crime Lab?; WBUR Senate Poll: Warren Holds A Lead; Bruce Bolling And Glen Doherty Laid To Rest; ZIP Code 01951: ‘The Sea Gives’; Junot Diaz: ‘This Is How You Lose Her’;
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Question 2: Death With Dignity Act; Teaching The Privileged About The Poor At Harvard’s Social Museum; CommonHealth: One Doctor Who Aims To Replace Pain With Play; Debra Jo Rupp Takes Dr. Ruth ‘All The Way’;
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
Political Roundtable: Warren Leads Brown, Kennedy’s New Ad, Tierney Attacks Tisei; A Simple Formula To Predict The Next President?; Race And Opportunity In Boston Public Schools;
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
WEB EXTRA: Teaching The Privileged About The Poor At Harvard’s Social Museum; Week In Review: Mass. Crime Lab, Teachers Contract Agreement, Senate Race Attack Ads; The Disappearing New England Accent;
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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Weekend Picks: A Musical, Some Fish, And A Bit Of One-Woman Opera; The ‘Olmsted Elm,’ Reincarnated; Commentary: Is Elizabeth Warren Too School Marmish?; American Poverty: More Common Than You May Think;
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
And I Am Not Lying: Live, Raw Storytelling; Boston Teachers Union And City Reach Tentative Agreement; District Attorneys Begin Sorting Through Cases Possibly Mishandled At State Crime Lab; The ‘Nocebo’ Effect: Is Ignorance Bliss?; Littlefield On Sports: Misbehaving College Athletes;
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Central Mass. Under Raised EEE Threat; First Black President Of Boston’s City Council Dies; Controversy Over Isolation, Restraints In Lexington School; Commemorating 9/11 In Boston;
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Monday, September 10th, 2012
What Your Birth Order Says About You; Political Roundtable: Romney On Health Reform, Mass. Senate Race Ads; Mass. Priest Has Been Facing Sexual Abuse Allegations For Over A Decade;
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Friday, September 7th, 2012
Presidential Campaigns Hit New Hampshire In Full Force; Week In Review: Local Politicians Take Aim At Romney; Is Boston Doing Enough To Hold On To Its Entrepreneurs?; Organic Collaboration: A Self-Conducted Orchestra;
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Thursday, September 6th, 2012
DNC Day 3: A Look At The Delegates; Who Built It? Local Businesses Weigh In; BU Report Finds ‘Culture Of Sexual Entitlement’ Among Hockey Players; ‘Marie Antoinette’ Opens At The A.R.T.;
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Primary Primer; DNC Day 2: Elizabeth Warren Gets Prime-Time Spotlight; Deval Patrick’s DNC Speech: Fact Check; Election 2012: The Urban Agenda; The Red Sox Slide;
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Mass. Democrats Help Open The Democratic National Convention On Tuesday; Political Roundtable: Patrick And Warren At The Democratic National Convention; Parenting: The Ideal Versus Reality; CommonHealth: When A Doctor Stops Taking Obese Patients;
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
Week In Review: Romney’s Big Week;
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Sean Bielat and Scott Brown at The Republican National Convention; Teacher Evaluations: The Latest In Boston’s Stalled Contract Negotiations; Roger Fisher And Negotiation As A ‘Fact Of Life’;
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
The Latest From The Republican National Convention; New Hampshire: A 2012 Battleground State; Restaurant Week: Not A Great Deal For All;
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Former Globe Columnist Bob Ryan Looks Back At Boston Sports; Former Gov. Bill Weld Speaks At The Republican Convention; Political Roundtable: Warren And Brown, Mass. GOP Delegation, Romney As ‘Family Man’; CommonHealth: A New Policy Cites Benefits Of Infant Circumcision;
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
Baseball Chatter: Attending Your Child’s Baseball Games; Mass. Delegates At The Republican National Convention; New State Requirements Limiting Sweets Sold In Schools May Impact Budgets; Fantasy Politics; What’s Next For The Red Sox After History Making Trade?;
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Friday, August 24th, 2012
Issac Set To Hit A Still-Recovering Haiti; Week In Review: Mass. Candidates React To GOP Abortion Plank; Boston’s Pit Bull Ordinance Overridden By State; BSO Premieres ‘Koussevitzky Said’;
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Boston City Council Votes On New Redistricting Plan; Foster Care Class-Action Lawsuit; Weekend Picks: Cliff Diving To Saint Anthony's Feast; A ‘Moral’ Cause: The Founding Of The BSO;
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Northeast Commercial Fishing Deadliest In Country; New England Generosity: Not Enough?; Mamadou: West African World Fusion In Boston;
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Bulger's Late Girlfriend Had Secrets To Share With FBI; Before There Was Rap, There Were The ‘Dozens’; CommonHealth: Making End Of Life Conversations Easier; Remixing The Classics: ‘Acoustica Electronica’;
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
Mitt Romney Introduces Paul Ryan To N.H. Voters; Dorchester Shooting Victim Laid To Rest; Taxing Online Services; The Future Of Higher Education;
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
Week In Review: Violence Shakes Boston Communities; Vintage Baseball: Playing It Fast And Loose; Years Later, Julia Child’s Influence Still Evident In Boston’s Food Scene;
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Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Police, Community Leaders Meet On Surge Of Violence; Affirmative Action Heads Back To Court; Weekend Picks: ‘Hedwig’ And The Boss;
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
‘No Comment’ Politics; Boston Rents Keep Rising, And Apartments Are Often Hard To Find; Boston Vying For $5 Million To Improve City Life; Olympic Champion Kayla Harrison;
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Northeastern States Look To Further Restrict Carbon Dioxide Emissions; Boston Reels After Weekend Shootings; Gov. Patrick Signs ‘Restroom Access Bill’; Remembering Johnny Pesky And The Birth Of Red Sox Nation;
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