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Front Page - 2007-11-29

Deval heads Far East to stir up business for the Bay State

Gov. Deval Patrick will depart tomorrow to lead a trade mission to the People's Republic of China with a team of Massachusetts business executives, academics and senior government officials. More »

Mass. bumps presidential primary up a month

Massachusetts moved its presidential primary to Feb. 5, joining some two-dozen states holding contests on what amounts to a mega-primary day. More »

Tough work to come next year for Patrick, lawmakers

In one of their final votes before heading out on holiday recess just before Thanksgiving, lawmakers handed Gov. Deval Patrick a win, passing the first bill he filed as governor - legislation creating a volunteer "Commonwealth Corps." More »


Dem hopefuls setting sights on Iowa win

WASHINGTON - For now, the Democratic presidential campaign has become a four-letter word: Iowa. More »

Desegregation rulings causing confusion

Officials in Shelby County, Tenn., complain they'll have to spend millions to satisfy a federal judge's "arbitrary" desegregation order. It'll mean busing minority students up to an hour away and replacing hundreds of white teachers with black ones, they say. More »

Government study finds Americans now reading less

NEW YORK - The latest National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) report draws on a variety of sources, public and private, and essentially reaches one conclusion: Americans are reading less. More »