One measure would regulate marijuana the way the federal government handles alcohol: In states that legalize pot, growers would have to obtain a federal permit.
2013
Posted inNation & World
States’ gun-control developments
MASSACHUSETTS Gun-related crimes rise Massachusetts passed some of the toughest guns laws in the nation in 1998, but statistics show that since then, the number of gun-related crimes committed in the state has risen. The Boston Globe reports that in 2011, Massachusetts recorded 122 gun-related homicides, almost double the 65 in 1998. According to an […]
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Next Ciriaco? Here are five possibilities
Big names like Ortiz and Lester attract the most attention, but those under-the-radar players can become pleasant surprises.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ Basketball Notebook: After 11 years, Freeport welcomes winning season
With a new coach, Freeport High’s girls’ basketball team started the season slowly, losing three of its first five games. Jim Seavey said that was to be expected. “The expectation level, the accountability, that was all new to them,” said Seavey, who has previously won state championships at Scarborough and Greely. “It takes time when […]
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Obama campaigns for gun control
But many of his proposals face tough opposition from the NRA and even members of his own party.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tom Caron: Can the Sox rise as fast as they fell?
BOSTON – The Red Sox equipment truck departs for Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday. It’s a trip of about 1,500 miles, and marks the beginning of a much longer journey for a team that has fallen on hard times in recent years — and is trying to earn back the trust of its fans. It’s […]
Posted inBusiness
Stocks slide after last week’s rally
Stocks hit a big milestone, then promptly spun off the road. Major indexes dived the most this year Monday, the first trading day after the Dow broke 14,000 and closed at its highest level since the financial crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 143 points in afternoon trading. It closed down […]
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Canada puts penny out to pasture
The government is urging store owners to start rounding prices to the nearest nickel for cash sales.
Posted inLife & Culture
People & Entertainment: To Sendak, his brother’s a keeper
NEW YORK – The last completed book we are likely to get from Maurice Sendak remembers a man he often insisted was the real genius of the family, his brother Jack. Sendak died last May at age 83 after years of health problems, but had managed to finish “My Brother’s Book,” published this week. Admirers […]
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US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings
The enforcement action against a major rating agency is the first since the financial crisis.