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PAUL E. MAWN Concord, Mass. October...
...Department of Transitional Assistance has placed families without homes in motels. The program was phased out in 2004 but reinstated in 2007 as demand for shelters exceeded supply due to the nationwide economic downturn. The Council’s consideration of homelessness follows an effort by Mass. Governor Deval Patrick to end family homelessness and cut the state’s costs by using a preventive approach. But councillors said they thought the problem would only get worse in the near future, citing the state’s budgetary woes and Question 1, a ballot initiative that could abolish...
...five top concerns as Secretary General: global financial stability, climate change, global health, terrorism, and nuclear disarmament. “These global public goods distinguish themselves because they endanger all countries, whether rich or poor, small or big,” Ban said. Ban called terrorism and weapons of mass destruction “the most serious threat to international peace and security.” He said that nuclear disarmament and the move toward a WMD-free world would be the best path to achieve international peace. He attributed multiple governments’ reluctance to adopt this policy...
...racing would go into effect in 2010. Greyhound racing has been a legalized industry in Massachusetts for over 70 years, but its popularity has declined substantially in recent decades. Only two tracks in the Commonwealth continue to feature greyhound racing—Wonderland Park in Revere, Mass. and Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park in Bristol County, which borders Rhode Island. Supporters of the bill said that there were over 800 injuries of greyhounds at the two parks since 2006, including broken legs, paralysis, and even cardiac arrest. “In the earlier part of the 20th century, people had different...
...gravediggers in the 1978 "Winter of Discontent" left mortuaries struggling to cope. As the current delays only affect a percentage of welfare recipients, it is unlikely that this year will see a problem anywhere close to the scale of the 1978 crisis (which forced health officials to consider mass burials at sea). But Britain's undertakers have offered a corporeal reminder of how financial crises can infringe in intimate ways. "We are the forth richest country in the world," MP Kawczynski says. "The idea that you would have to wait two months to bury someone close to you is despicable...