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		<title>Mass. To Receive $318M In Foreclosure Settlement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is expected to receive more than $300 million for homeowners as part of a $25 billion state-federal settlement with the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over controversial foreclosure practices. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/mortgage-settlement-2</link>
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		<title>Greece Reaches Austerity Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greece has reached a tentative agreement on new austerity cuts demanded by creditors to release a $173 billion bailout, hours before a crucial meeting of finance ministers in Brussels, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' office said Thursday.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/greece-austerity-deal</link>
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		<title>Boston Schools Get $4M Boost For Arts Instruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new grant, along with about $4 million already committed, puts the arts expansion initiative much closer to its $10 million goal, which will be used to go directly toward arts education in all Boston public schools.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/bps-arts-grant</link>
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		<title>Mass. Is Granted A No Child Left Behind Waiver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts educators are welcoming a federal decision to waive some of the No Child Left Behind standards in this state.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/mass-education-waiver</link>
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		<title>With Warren Ahead, Democratic Hopefuls Gear Up For Primary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two candidates have their eyes set on the Senate Democratic primary -- Marisa DeFranco and Jim King. And then there’s Elizabeth Warren, who appears to be focused on the general election.
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		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/democratic-primary</link>
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		<title>Miller Makes 36 Saves As Sabres Blank Bruins 6-0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Buffalo Sabres coach had plenty to smile about after a 6-0 win over the Boston Bruins.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/09/sabres-bruins-10</link>
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		<title>Speaker DeLeo: No New Taxes In Mass. Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Robert DeLeo's comments, made in a speech Wednesday, appear to deal a blow to Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to raise new revenues.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/deleo-budget-address</link>
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		<title>Report: Health Care Changes Saving Money For Cities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report suggests that Massachusetts cities and towns are on track to exceed the estimated $100 million in statewide savings during the first year of new municipal health care rules.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/health-care-savings</link>
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		<title>U.S. Senator Seeks Probe Of Chelsea Housing Authority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has asked federal housing officials to send him documents related to the agency's policy of allowing its managers to live in public housing for $25 a month.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/chelsea-housing-grassley</link>
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		<title>Lawmakers Weigh Requiring DNA Samples From Felony Arrests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Current state law requires DNA samples only from convicted felons.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/dna-testing-inmates</link>
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		<title>Legislature Considers Raising Juvenile Justice Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is one of 13 states where criminal cases involving 17-year-olds are handled in the adult justice system rather than the juvenile justice system. But youth advocates are pressing state lawmakers to change that.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/criminal-age</link>
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		<title>Pierce Passes Bird In Celtics&#8217; Win Over Bobcats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston's career scoring list as the Celts won their fifth straight. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/08/celtics-bobcats-5</link>
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		<title>Report Sees Possible Earmark Conflicts For 3 Mass. Congressmen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report finds 47 members of Congress who obtained earmarks for their states or their districts that could be construed as benefiting them or their families. Three Massachusetts congressmen are on the list.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/massachusetts-congressmen-earmarks</link>
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		<title>UMass Students Arraigned For Super Bowl Disturbance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen people arrested during a post-Super Bowl disturbance at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst have pleaded not guilty to various charges including disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/umass-super-bowl-riot</link>
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		<title>DiMasi Bus Ride Heightens Beacon Hill Worry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has been moved north from his prison cell in Kentucky, speculation has intensified that he may testify before a grand jury investigating the Probation Department. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/dimasi-probation-speculation</link>
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		<title>Audit Finds Municipalities Bearing Unfunded Mandate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A state audit released Tuesday concludes that cities and towns are spending more than $11 million on school transportation costs that should be funded by the state or federal government.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/school-transportation-audit</link>
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		<title>2 Mass. Workers Get Probation In Murky Fall River Pool Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The charges stem from the investigation of how a woman's drowning at a Fall River pool went undiscovered for two days.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/fall-river-pool-death</link>
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		<title>Obama Campaign Urges Fundraisers To Back Super PAC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's re-election campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing his bid for a second term, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees that can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/obama-super-pac</link>
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		<title>Coalition Backs Patrick&#8217;s Community College Reforms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavy-hitters from business, civic and community groups in Massachusetts set up a coalition to reform the state's community colleges to train workers needed to fill job openings.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/community-colleges-2</link>
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		<title>Court For 14 Arrested In Super Bowl Disturbance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen people arrested during a post-Super Bowl disturbance at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst are expected in court to face charges including disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/07/umass-amherst-super-bowl</link>
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