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'Jaws' Visits Town That Made Him Famous

Beaches close as great white shark spotted (maybe)

(Newser) - Fears of a real-live great white shark gripped the island site of the film Jaws yesterday, closing two beaches amid unconfirmed reports of a sighting, the AP reports. A plane searched the waters around Martha’s Vineyard off Massachusetts but found no sign of such a beast. Great whites are...

Parade Mocks Pregnancy Pact
 Parade Mocks Pregnancy Pact  
Jul 7, 2008 1:31 PM CDT

Parade Mocks Pregnancy Pact

Float in neighboring town sparks charge of 'class war'

(Newser) - The Gloucester, Mass., teen pregnancy pact is a sensitive matter, which apparently made it fair game for the Fourth of July "Horribles" parade in an upscale neighboring town, the Boston Herald reports. One float in the Beverly Farms procession raucously mocked the situation in blue-collar Gloucester with a giant...

Pregnancy Pact Was Real, Says Principal

Defends comments after mayor says there's no proof

(Newser) - The principal of a Massachusetts high school who said 17 girls got pregnant at his school as part of a pact isn't backing down from his claim, the AP reports. The principal said he gleaned the information through a nurse practitioner, “verbal staff reports,” and “student/staff chatter....

Mass. Court Gives Brit Life for Killing Wife and Baby

Entwistle said wife shot their baby, killed self

(Newser) - Neil Entwistle showed no reaction today as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without the opportunity for parole for shooting his wife and infant daughter as they cuddled together in bed. The British-born Massachusetts resident was convicted yesterday of the 2006 killings. Entwistle claims his wife killed the...

Brit Found Guilty in Mass. of Killing Wife, Baby

Entwistle, who fled to UK after 2006 incident, convicted of murder

(Newser) - A British man who fled the US after his wife and baby daughter were shot to death in their home was convicted of murder today by a Massachusetts jury. Neil Entwistle’s lawyer had argued that the wife killed her 9-month old baby and herself. Prosecutors said Entwistle was in...

Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

Massachusetts' lessons for California couples

(Newser) - It’s been four years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, and there are winners, losers—and everything in between, the New York Times reports. In what one gay married man calls “a mixed bag,” it appears that gays are more likely to rush into marriage, more likely to...

Gay Daughter No Problem for Mass. Governor

Dem Patrick hailed for 'powerful statement,' keeping drama-free

(Newser) - For some politicians—Dick Cheney, say, or Alan Keyes—a gay daughter might be a major inconvenience. But the public coming-out yesterday of Katherine Patrick, daughter of supportive Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, is being praised as a "very powerful statement" by gay-rights groups, and the low-key nature of how...

Lost Lighthouse Discovered a Coast Away

Enthusiast tracks down first beacon to employ a female lightkeeper

(Newser) - A lighthouse that once stood on a Cape Cod beach but was long thought destroyed has been found on a California cliff 3,000 miles away, the Cape Cod Times reports. The cast-iron lighthouse overlooked Wellfleet Harbor until 1925 when it was taken down and, locals thought, dismantled. Instead, an...

Smart, Capable, and in Control
Smart, Capable, and in Control
May 30, 2008 6:33 PM CDT

Smart, Capable, and in Control

Ted Kennedy's wife, Victoria, is helping him recover—and could even take his job

(Newser) - She whipped Ted Kennedy's staff into action after his seizure; she brought the family to his bedside; she allowed the aging senator, diagnosed with brain cancer, to join in the traditional Cape Cod regatta on Memorial Day weekend. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, his wife of 16 years, is right by his...

Gay Marriage May Yet Emerge as November Wedge
Gay Marriage May Yet Emerge as November Wedge
analysis
May 30, 2008 1:45 PM CDT

Gay Marriage May Yet Emerge as November Wedge

Muted reactions thus far obscure truths

(Newser) - Despite the relatively muted national reaction to California’s approval of gay marriage, same-sex unions still matter to Americans and may yet become a wedge issue in November on par with their decisive role in 2004, Politico reports. Last time around, the controversy grew slowly after Massachusetts' legalization in 2003....

'On-Form' Kennedy Grabs 2nd Place in Regatta

Wind back in Kennedy's sails

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy didn't miss the start of the sailing season, despite his recent diagnosis of brain cancer, reports the Boston Herald. The senator made a surprise decision to compete in the last leg of the Figawi regatta off Cape Cod, and guided his schooner into second place. Family and friends...

Feisty Kennedy Goes Sailing
 Feisty Kennedy Goes Sailing 
May 22, 2008 6:34 AM CDT

Feisty Kennedy Goes Sailing

From hospital bed to schooner

(Newser) - Just a few hours after leaving the hospital where he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Ted Kennedy set sail off Cape Cod with his wife and their dogs, the Boston Globe reports. The senator-turned-skipper took his 50-foot schooner for a two-hour voyage on the Nantucket Sound. “It...

Kennedy Leaves Hospital
 Kennedy Leaves Hospital 
UPDATED
May 21, 2008 9:27 AM CDT

Kennedy Leaves Hospital

After remarkable surgery recovery, senator headed home

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy waved to well-wishers and gave a smiling thumbs-up as he left Massachusetts General Hospital and headed for home this morning, a day after the discovery of a malignant brain tumor. “Senator Kennedy has recovered remarkably quickly from his Monday procedure and therefore will be released from the...

Resting Kennedy Awaits Test Results
Resting Kennedy Awaits
Test Results
May 19, 2008 5:47 AM CDT

Resting Kennedy Awaits Test Results

Obama says Mass. senator 'sounded great' on phone

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy rested in the hospital yesterday as he awaited test results—expected today at soonest—to shed light on his seizure Saturday, the Boston Globe reports. The Massachusetts senator watched the Red Sox game and movies and received visits from family, as well as a call from Barack Obama....

Kennedy 'Conscious, Talking' in Hospital
 Kennedy 'Conscious,
 Talking' in Hospital 
updated
May 17, 2008 4:25 PM CDT

Kennedy 'Conscious, Talking' in Hospital

Senator, 76, airlifted to Boston hospital after falling ill

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is "conscious, talking, joking with family" after having a seizure at the family compound in Hyannisport this morning, the AP reports. The 76-year-old senator spent 2 hours in a Cape Cod emergency room before being flown to Massachusetts General in Boston, the Cape Cod Times reports. He...

Mass. Provides Calif. a Preview of Gay Marriage

What happens next? West Coast need only look to East Coast

(Newser) - Californians readying for same-sex marriage can look to Massachusetts for a preview of what’s to come, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Massachusetts has been like the reality TV show for gay marriage,” says an author of a book on the subject. And so far, she says, it’...

Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window
Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window
OPINION
May 16, 2008 4:50 PM CDT

Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window

Voters have option to kill same-sex marriage law at Nov. polls

(Newser) - Despite its staying power in Massachusetts, gay marriage may not last long in California, Emily Bazelon writes for Slate. Unlike Massachusetts, where “a layered and intricate legislative process” gave voters time to get comfortable with the new law, Californians can overturn the landmark ruling on election day in November,...

Wind Power Finds Its Sea Legs
 Wind Power
 Finds Its Sea Legs 
May 10, 2008 9:39 AM CDT

Wind Power Finds Its Sea Legs

Turbines that can float in deeper waters would mean more power, and revenue

(Newser) - An answer to the world's energy crisis might be a breeze, the Economist reports—specifically, a breeze offshore. With wind blowing twice as fast offshore than on, engineers have been racing to develop technology to "float" wind turbines far out in the ocean—where they won't ruin coveted views...

Bans Keep Teens From Lighting Up

Restaurant prohibitions seen to influence how youngsters see smoking: study

(Newser) - Restaurant smoking bans are effective at discouraging teen smoking, the AP reports. Studying Massachusetts because of its patchwork of local smoking restrictions, researchers found that teens living in places with strict bans were 40% less likely to become smokers. Local laws didn’t change how many experimented with cigarettes, but...

Boy Marries Boy: Then What?
 Boy Marries
 Boy: Then What? 
Apr 27, 2008 7:25 PM CDT

Boy Marries Boy: Then What?

Young married gays seek balance between tradition and nonconformity

(Newser) - Wedding bells have rung for more than 700 homosexual couples in Massachusetts since the state started marrying gays in 2004, prompting the New York Times to profile young gay men who said “I do.” But there are many things the spouses don’t do, such as follow traditional...

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