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Democrats of Douglas, MA

Douglas Town Committee Urges Democrats to Attend Caucus April 4
Tribune Endorses Shirley Mosczynski
Candidate statement program now on cable and online
Douglas Democrats Announce Candidates for May 8th Election
Annual Caucus: Wednesday, March 28

CNN Top Stories

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CNN Politics

Ethics panel charges Rangel
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Worcester Telegram - Local News

Engineered fun
WORCESTER - Aidan Whitehead, 12, of Charlton, left, and Aritra Ghosh, 11, of Shrewsbury watch their robots perform tasks during the Junior Robotics Camp at Worcester Polytechnic Institute today. Undergraduate and graduate students from WPI are teaching Lego robotics to 27 middle-school students during the weeklong day camp.

Leaving home behind
WORCESTER - In Lt. Brian D. McNeil’s living room, on the floor next to the futon, is a to-do list scribbled on a small white board: Clean the car, clean the fridge, empty the kitchen drawer. He also has a running list in his head: Suspend gym membership, suspend cell phone service, put mortgage on auto-pay.

Sizzling on ice
MARLBORO - Lorna Hodgson and a light fog swirled gently on the surface of Rink 3 at the New England Sports Center at midafternoon yesterday as “Somewhere My Love” from the movie “Dr. Zhivago” played.

Thief takes safe, gun, jewels
SOUTHBRIDGE - According to police, a Charlton man enticed by empty electronics boxes outside a residence had “the score of the day,” including a Russian .380 pistol, en route to scoring cash for drugs.

Uhl gets 33-month sentence
WORCESTER - Christopher M. Uhl, a lawyer who has generated good and bad publicity even before his license was suspended May 3, was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison for six counts of income tax evasion.

Fitchburg closes roads near unsafe building
FITCHBURG - Roads around the former Nagy Spring factory building at 794 Westminster Hill Road may be closed through September, as the city tries to find money to demolish all or part of the building.

Why not just put a check in the mail?
Time to follow up on a trio of recent columns.

Town official fined $2,000 for conflict-of-interest violation
WINCHENDON - A Planning Board member who has admitted violating the state conflict-of-interest law must pay a $2,000 civil penalty.

White powder remains a mystery
The white power that contaminated a Patriots Road resident is not toxic and is not a biological agent, Police Chief David Whitaker said, but it’s still unknown what it is.

Gang effort
WORCESTER - The players in the Police Athletic League will find a surprise beneath their feet tonight when they show up at University Park: newly painted red and green courts with new white markings.

Boston.com - Massachusetts News

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New Mass. law aimed at expanding organ donations
Mass first lady follows nation’s with donor appeal
Mass. humor contest draws world’s cartoonists
Minn.’s Pawlenty gazes south at Iowa as 2012 looms
Mass. humor contest draws world’s cartoonists

The Huffington Post

Nicholas van Praag: The Yemen Challenge
Shirley Sherrod: ‘I Will Not Give Fox An Interview, Period’
Bell Officials’ Salaries Paid With Property Taxes Higher Than Beverly Hills, Malibu
Google says China Web search fully blocked (Reuters)
Laura Flanders: The F Word: Lost Billions in Iraq
Unemployed, Uninsured: Newly Jobless Struggle To Get Health Care
Peter Scheer: Wikileaks didn’t just happen. It exists because journalists lost control over the information they obtain.
Google: Search engine blocked in mainland China
Google says its China users are completely blocked from using its search engine - msnbc.com
Charming : Google Web Search Completely Blocked in China

Daily Kos

House to vote on NASA funding bill
Late afternoon/early evening open thread
Obama v. Rockefeller on EPA carbon regulations
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Obama administration wants more warrantless surveillance of Americans
KY-Sen: Big Coal aims to buy elections in post-Citizens United world
Midday open thread
NV-Sen: fiscal irresponsibility, Sharron Angle-style
Kaiser poll: Health care reform support reaches new high

Democratic National Committee

IRIS MARTINEZ, PRESIDENTA DEL CAUCUS HISPANO DEL DNC, APLAUDE EL DISCURSO DEL PRESIDENTE OBAMA SOBRE LA REFORMA DE LA INMIGRACIÓN
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Commends President Obama’s Nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court
DNC Veterans Council Commends President Obama On Support for Veterans
Declaraciones del presidente del DNC Tim Kaine sobre la ley de inmigración de Arizona
DNC YOUTH COUNCIL CELEBRATES THE HISTORIC SIGNING OF HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM