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...Massachusetts is on a road to becoming more of a luxury. Yesterday, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority voted to increase toll prices in a staggered fashion—by a factor that depends on whether a gas-tax increase will also be approved. In an attempt to rid the state??s transportation system of its debt, and to bolster the budget by half a billion dollars, Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 has suggested raising the gasoline tax by 19 cents in the state??nearly double its current level. His proposal, which would leave Massachusetts...
Harvard-affiliate Massachusetts General Hospital, considered one of the nation’s premier medical centers, has a death rate more than double the state??s average for the most common procedure used to treat heart attacks, a Harvard study reported earlier this month. The study—commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health—found the angioplasty death rate for patients admitted with heart attacks or in a state of shock was 12.6 percent at Mass. General in 2007, far above the state average of 5.5 percent. Angioplasty, a process by which a doctor...
...error for a .810 team attack percentage and a service error by Jones ended the first match, 30-13.“Their passing was very solid,” Rosier said. “Penn State played every part of the game really professionally.”Penn State??s dominating style of play would continue in the second game. The Lions got off to a roaring start and never looked back after building an 18-4 lead. Facing elimination in the third game, Harvard would not relent, and the club continued to cling...
...intention to run in late January. South End businessman Kevin McCrea will also be joining the race. Yoon faces a number of obstacles in his campaign. In addition to being a political and cultural outsider in city politics, his fundraising—which has occurred mostly out of state??totals only about $140,000 to date, about a tenth of Menino’s available money. “It’s not explicit, but I’m still seen as someone who is kind of outside the dominant culture here at City Hall...
Democratic Congressman Artur G. Davis ’90 of Alabama declared his candidacy for governor on Friday, putting himself in the running to become the state??s first black governor, and leading many in the media—and even Davis himself—to draw parallels between the aspiring governor and President Barack Obama. Davis—the first congressman outside of Illinois to endorse the future president—led Obama’s campaign in Alabama and referenced his strong connection with the president in his candidacy announcement on Friday. “There...