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  Teen Shows Us How to Live While Dying

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:49 PM ET

  she was the person cheering up the family and deciding she was going to live life the way she always had,'' her father, Eric Eisenberg, told The Boston Globe. "She lived as if she was going to live forever, even when she only had months to live.''One example? Several weeks back her famil Read More

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  MIT Students Get People-Savvy

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:08 PM ET

  world and fall on their faces because they don't know how to work within a company," Tanya Goldhaber, a senior mechanical engineering major, told The Boston Globe. "They expect their bosses to be impressed by their creativity, but they don't deliver the product on time.'' Goldhaber participate Read More

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  Message From Above

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM ET

  French village when they noticed a bottle bobbing along the shore. They scooped it up and carefully read the note inside, which said, according to The Boston Globe, "Ann Hernandez is a lighthouse keeper on Thacher Island - Cape Ann Light Station and had a birthday there October 10, 2003. Dro Read More

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  The Fluffernutter: More Than Just a Regular Ol’ Sandwich?

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  associate the Fluffernutter with a really good childhood sandwich," Kathi-Anne Reinstein, the state representative who filed the legislation, told The Boston Globe.But beyond that, the sandwich has its roots in the Bay State. Marshmallow Fluff, the main ingredient in this dentist-revile Read More

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  A Hero's Final Honor

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:58 PM ET

  as it is by the depth of conviction that inspires its expression," an Army general wrote while recommending Monti for the medal, according to The Boston Globe. "On rare occasions, the actions of men are so extraordinary that the nobility rests, not in their outcome, but in the courage o Read More

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  And The Money Kept Rolling In

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:52 PM ET

  an entire year early."Wow. It's remarkable," Karen Rouse, a senior vice president in the New England Division of the American Cancer Society told The Boston Globe in what might be the understatement of the year.The institute hauled in more than 1.7 million donations (!) since its campaign bega Read More

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  "Rent" Is Not A Dirty Word

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:48 PM ET

  about owning your own house that says you've made it. It's a bedrock tenet of the American dream... right? Well, try telling that to President Obama.The Boston Globe reports that the president is planning to use $4.25 billion in stimulus dollars to subsidize rental housing. It's a far cry from th Read More

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  The Revolution Will Be in Technicolor

  By Ben Corbett | Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:16 PM ET

  group of underground enthusiasts is reviving the tradition in a way that would make even Dalton Trumbo proud. USA Today and The Boston Globe have covered this over the past year, but the Christian Science Monitor just published a big feature yesterday about a new cultura Read More

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  Abbott Goes to Washington

  By Marc Hertz | Sat Aug 1, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  since its corporate headquarters are in Chicago and it's where they do a lot of their science outreach. According to this January op-ed piece in The Boston Globe, science scores of U.S. students are stagnating, so any help that Abbott can provide is certainly of value.(Photo courtesy o Read More

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  Will iPhone App Replace Boring Town Hall Meetings?

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Jul 8, 2009 4:15 PM ET

  to several recent articles, but there were no mentions of it on the City of Boston's web site as of today.Mayoral aide Christopher Loh, quoted in The Boston Globe, envisions the app's potential to empower city residents:"If I'm just walking along the sidewalk and I have a complaint -- maybe Read More

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