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NY assembly postpones gay marriage vote

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

New York's state assembly on Tuesday put off a tentatively planned vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, but could revisit the controversial issue next week. "A vote did not take place. They are negotiating," a spokeswoman for the assembly's ...

NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

New York's state assembly on Tuesday put off a tentatively planned vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, but could revisit the controversial issue next week. "A vote did not take place. They are negotiating," a spokeswoman for the assembly's ...

Family sues over boy's gun show death

AP News 11 days ago

Family files lawsuit after Connecticut boy is killed at Massachusetts gun show The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the ...

Mass. receives money for broadband mapping

AP News 14 days ago

Mass. receives nearly $2 million in stimulus funds for broadband mapping Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years. Gov. Deval Patrick ...

Groups representing Mass. tech firms to merge

AP News 16 days ago

Organizations representing hundreds of technology firms in Massachusetts to combine forces Two organizations that represent the interests of technology companies in Massachusetts are combining forces. The Mass Technology Leadership Council, also known as MassTLC, announced Wednesday that it was merging with Massachusetts ...

Massachusetts Court Stops H&R Block, Option One Foreclosures

consumeraffairs.com 16 days ago

'Fairness' of the loans called into question People unfairly lured into a subprime mortgage shouldn't lose their homes to foreclosure. That's the ruling of a Massachusetts Appeals Court, in affirming an injunction blocking Option One Mortgage Corporation and H&R Block Mortgage Corporation ...

Education Dep't: Massachusetts did not break rules

AP News 17 days ago

Education Department said Massachusetts did not break stimulus rules The Education Department is reassuring the state of Massachusetts it does not agree with an internal watchdog who suggested the state was using economic stimulus money improperly. The department's inspector general had singled ...

Mass. town puts limits on cat ownership

AP News 17 days ago

Mass. town puts limit of 3 on owning cats without a special kennel license A Massachusetts town has made it illegal to own more than three cats without getting a special license. Voters at a town meeting in Dudley added language to ...

Mass. lawsuits: 2 kids ill from E. coli meat

AP News 17 days ago

Massachusetts lawsuits say 2 children ill from meat contaminated with E. coli Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria. The lawsuits filed Tuesday in Plymouth ...

Experts to hash out global data privacy rules in Spain

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

Experts from around the world gather from Wednesday in Madrid for a three-day conference that aims to hash out international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data. US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as well as national privacy commissioners are ...

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