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Mass. State Tresurer Steve Grossman says he's willing to debate House Speaker John Boehner on legislation that would allow states to collect sales tax on items purchases  thru the internet. 

Such a bill passed the U

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My baby boy is now 2 years and 5 months old. He goes to day care twice weekly, mostly for the social interaction. Yesterday, when I picked him up, there was a Mother's Day gift waiting for me.

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June Cleaver, the quintessential 1950s housewife from "Leave It To Beaver, has the title of best television mom, according to a survey by Harris Interactive.  With Mother's Day around the corner, Americans were asked which fictional mother from TV history they would most like to have had growing up

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The Mayor of New Bedford and the City Council are scrapping again over School Department funding. 

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The nationwide Letter-Carriers Food Drive is this Saturday, and postal workers are asking for your support. 

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A lucky New Bedford woman is getting her Social Security money back after all. 

The woman had last Friday mistakenly left the cash in an envelope on the counter of a local conveinence store. 

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New Bedford Police say a 14 year old alternative high school student will be arraigned Thursday on charges of disturbing a school assembly and making threats. 

Police say the student sent an e-mail to authorities Wednesday morning, saying bombs had been placed at both New Bedford High School and the Whaling City Alternative School on County Street

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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says federal education officials have found that it cannot publicly release records of students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
 
    Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at UMass-Dartmouth, and three classmates are accused of removing a laptop and backpack from his dormitory room before the FBI searched it

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The House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday will hold the first Congressional hearing on the Boston Marathon Bombings....

Mass. Congressman William Keating says its important to learn what went right and what went wrong, security-wise at the Boston Marathon,  and that the information is shared around the country

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The Massachsuetts Teacher Of The Year works at Springfield Central High School, teaching ninth graders.  She's also a New Bedford native. 

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