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Defying predictions that this would be a close race, Menino defeated his opponent, former City Councilor Michael F. Flaherty, by a margin of 15 percent, according to unofficial election results provided by the City of Boston’s Web site...
...deal is part of Harvard’s larger efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below 2006 levels by 2016. Harvard has scaled up its waste reduction, recycling efforts, and on-site clean energy projects in order to keep to this commitment...
Tough economic times have hurt Harvard's typically favorable public image, leading to a 20 percent decline in media representations of Harvard over the past nine months, according to The Global Language Monitor, a site that recently brought you the "Top Politically (in)Correct Words and Phrases of the Past Year" (number 1 was Swine Flu, FYI). We get that cutbacks don't exactly make Harvard look good, but how did they translate that into a number like 20 percent? Regardless, the site ranked Harvard as the university with the third best media image this...
Recent ads have directed readers to madoffhelpline.com, a bare-bones site that consists of a few sentences and an e-mail address. "Have You Been a Victim of Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme?" asks the grammatically challenged site, which also misspells Madoff's name: "If you have been a victim of the Maddoff ponzi scheme and would Like to liquidate your fine art or jewelry at one of our future auctions contact us with a brief description of your inventory...
...auction ads used to reference a much more extensive site, Madoff-Help.com, a news and assistance site for Madoff victims, until its founder, Ron Stein, a certified financial planner in Huntington, N.Y., told Abadi to stop using it in his ads. "I guess he thought it gave them more credibility," says Stein. He says Abadi complied and apologized, but Stein nevertheless felt that "something just seemed unethical" about Southern Star's advertising...