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Winters said he thought that the decision to fill the seat by special election rather than leaving it vacant until the fall would benefit Flaherty, who has run for the seat before and garnered name recognition throughout the Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex district—which includes parts of Cambridge, Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Saugus, and Somerville. The Boston Globe endorsed Flaherty...
Meanwhile, temperatures dropped below freezing on both Jan. 11 and 12. Which means farmers like the Storys will fight the rest of the week to keep the town's name intact...
That sense of resignation is common these days in the one-stoplight town of Frostproof, where the Story Companies, the family's citrus enterprise, has a number of groves. Located in Polk County, which produces more citrus fruit than any place in the U.S., Frostproof got its name in the 1890s, when its trees were somehow spared some of that decade's citrus-killing winter freezes. But the moniker has been sorely tested during this month's Arctic blast, not so much because of the plummeting nighttime temps but because of how long they're lasting this year - almost...
...Monday, Peter Robinson announced that he would step aside as First Minister for six weeks, saying he needed "time to deal with family matters" and vowing to clear his name. Iris Robinson, a prominent politician in her own right, gave up her seats in the British Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly and checked into a hospital for acute psychiatric treatment. Arlene Foster, 39, was selected to replace Peter Robinson at the helm of the DUP - she becomes the first woman since former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to lead a government in the U.K. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...outcome would also be a disaster for Peter Robinson, who for almost 30 years has carefully steered the DUP away from the firebrand populism of its founder, the Rev. Ian Paisley, to its current position at the top of Northern Irish politics. If he fails to clear his name over the next six weeks, it could mean the end not only for a politician and a prominent political family, but also for the entire Northern Ireland political system...