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- Mitt Romney is criticized by gay-rights groups for blocking routine birth certificate approvals for same-sex parents
- Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties
- AP Newsbreak: Dems blast $1.1M anti-Mourdock ad
- Pediatric specialist tapped to take over troubled Mass. Department of Public Health
- Patriots solid run defense focused on Jackson
- Vt., still recovering from Irene, braces for Sandy
- Feds pledge to pursue hate crimes after acquittal
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- US urges immediate action to halt Myanmar violence
- NH man wins RI screenplay competition
- Obama offers support to gay marriage in Maine
- Scott Brown asks utility executives to outline hurricane preparation plans
- Group dumps money into Conn. state Senate race
- Family on slain NJ girl silent on Facebook posts
- 2 chefs earn Maine Lobster Chef of the Year title
- NH police: RI couple dead in small plane crash
- NH hospitals learn from hepatitis C outbreak
- Police: Man used 2 guns to kill father, uncle
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- RI offers tips on living with bears after sighting
| Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:34 PM PDT The president of the nation's largest gay civil rights organizations today criticized Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, in response to a Boston Globe story that described how as governor of Mass., he took steps to prevent routine recording of births to same sex parents.           |
| Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to shore up support among women, intensified his pressure Thursday on Mitt Romney to break any ties with a Republican Senate candidate who said that if a woman becomes pregnant from rape it is "something God intended." Romney ignored the emotional social issue, holding to an optimistic campaign tone as he fought for victory in crucial Ohio.  |
| AP Newsbreak: Dems blast $1.1M anti-Mourdock ad Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is spending $1.1 million to keep Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comments about pregnancy resulting from rape in front of Indiana voters.  |
| Pediatric specialist tapped to take over troubled Mass. Department of Public Health Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:05 PM PDT The Patrick administration tapped Dr. Lauren Smith, medical director of the state Department of Public Health, Thursday to take over as interim commissioner of the troubled agency.  |
| Patriots solid run defense focused on Jackson Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Vince Wilfork likes to tangle in the trenches with big running backs. He'll face one of the biggest on Sunday.  |
| Vt., still recovering from Irene, braces for Sandy Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:59 PM PDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Emergency Management officials are warning people across the state to prepare for the possible arrival of what is now Hurricane Sandy churning up the East Coast.  |
| Feds pledge to pursue hate crimes after acquittal Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal hate crimes trial of two men in Kentucky accused of beating another man because he was gay quickly grew murky, with tales of substance abuse, drug deals gone bad and homosexual trysts.  |
| Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT  |
| US urges immediate action to halt Myanmar violence Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is calling on Myanmar authorities to take immediate action to halt communal violence that has killed dozens of people this week.  |
| NH man wins RI screenplay competition Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has won the Rhode Island International Film Festival screenplay competition with a story about a small-town newspaper editor who answers his door late one night to find a disheveled man claiming to be his older brother.  |
| Obama offers support to gay marriage in Maine Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:45 PM PDT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind Maine's ballot question seeking to legalize same-sex marriage.  |
| Scott Brown asks utility executives to outline hurricane preparation plans Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:43 PM PDT Senator Scott Brown today wrote to NStar and Unitil executives, asking the utility services to outline their plans in preparation for potential power outages in Massachusetts next week from Hurricane Sandy. The request came a day before those utilities are supposed to provide their plans to Governor Deval Patrick. Brown's involvement highlights a potential conundrum for the Republican incumbent and his reelection opponent, Democrat Elizabeth Warren. They are slated to participate in the final debate in their US Senate campaign next Tuesday, just after the storm - now past Cuba - is projected to hit southern New England.  |
| Group dumps money into Conn. state Senate race Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:58 PM PDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An independent group called Voters for Good Government is spending nearly $40,000 in advertising opposing an incumbent Democratic state senator in Connecticut.  |
| Family on slain NJ girl silent on Facebook posts Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:35 PM PDT CLAYTON, N.J. (AP) — Relatives of a slain 12-year-old girl from southern New Jersey said Thursday they want to avoid jeopardizing the criminal case and will not comment on the revelation that three days before she disappeared, she may have exchanged online messages with one of the teenagers accused of killing her.  |
| 2 chefs earn Maine Lobster Chef of the Year title Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:23 PM PDT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two Maine chefs have been crowned Maine's Lobster Chefs of the Year.  |
| NH police: RI couple dead in small plane crash Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire state police have identified the couple killed in the plane crash along Interstate 93 as a husband and wife from Block Island, R.I.  |
| NH hospitals learn from hepatitis C outbreak Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Experts from hospitals that have dealt with drug diversion and hepatitis C are sharing the lessons they learned with peers in New Hampshire, where a former Exeter Hospital worker is accused of stealing drugs and infecting more than 30 people with the liver-destroying disease.  |
| Police: Man used 2 guns to kill father, uncle Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT LAMOINE, Maine (AP) — State police say a Maine man had exhibited erratic behavior before using two guns to kill his father and uncle in Lamoine, Maine.  |
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| RI offers tips on living with bears after sighting Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials are offering tips on how to coexist with black bears after reported sightings in Cranston, North Kingstown and East Greenwich.  |
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