Massachusetts
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Boston Marathon bombing: Three more suspects taken into custody
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Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a series of text messages with a friend who'd become suspicious after seeing what looked like a familiar face being flashed on television.
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Boston bomb suspect's wife was talented artist
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Katherine Tsarnaeva, 24, has avoided the public eye since her identity became known Friday. On the rare occasions when she has emerged from her parents' Rhode Island home, she is dressed in the traditional Muslim headscarf, a hijab, and has refused to answer questions.
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Alleged Boston bomber name misspelled on travel document
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that even though alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev's name was misspelled on a travel document, redundancies in the system allowed his departure to be captured by U.S. authorities in January 2012.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev alive, in custody: Boston Police
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Boston Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed Friday in a furious attempt to escape police.
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Sean Collier, MIT police officer, killed in campus shooting
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The baby-faced 26-year-old who authorities say was killed by the Boston Marathon suspects was at MIT for just over a year and impressed students and his colleagues with his contagious enthusiasm, be it offering students rides or volunteering for extra duties.
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Boston Marathon bombings: Timeline of events
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Key moments related to the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, based on reports from the Middlesex County district attorney, Massachusetts State Police, and Boston police.
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'Fat letters' sent to parents of obese Massachusetts students
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Parents across Massachusetts say they're outraged after schools in the state and the Department of Public Health sent letters to the homes of students who are considered to be obese.
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MIT on lockdown after gunman spotted on campus; reports unfounded
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Reports that a man carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor on the MIT campus are unfounded, police say.
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Tagg Romney considering running for Massachusetts Senate
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After John Kerry became Secretary of State, his Senate seat in Massachusetts has been vacated. Now, it’s being reported that Mitt Romney’s son Tagg is considering running for that seat.
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Elizabeth Warren wins Massachusetts Senate seat
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Promising to fight to put families back to work, Democrat Elizabeth Warren has thanked supporters for her victory over incumbent Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown.
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Rezwan Ferdaus sentenced to 17 years for terror plot
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A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
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Michelle Kosilek inmate will have sex change provided by Massachusetts
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In a landmark decision, a Boston federal judge ordered the state Department of Correction to provide sex-reassignment surgery to an inmate and have the convicted murderer's legal fees paid for. The legal fees are expected to top $500,000.
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Massachusetts gay couple sues Roman Catholic Diocese over mansion sale
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A gay couple from Massachusetts has sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester for allegedly refusing to sell them a mansion because church officials were concerned they would host gay weddings at the site.
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Lottery mistake leaves Massachusetts man $1 million richer
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When a store clerk gave a Massachusetts man a different kind of scratch-off lottery ticket than he asked for, he didn't make a big deal about the mistake; he said he just "rolled with it." It was a good decision.
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Massachusetts American flag ban has neighbors up in arms
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Residents of a Massachusetts public housing complex are outraged that the town's housing agency has banned the display of U.S. flags outside their homes.
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Massachusetts town weighs $20 fines for swearing in public
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Officials fed up with public swearing in one Massachusetts town say that forcing the potty-mouthed to pay $20 up might stop cussing in public.
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Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, appeals court rules
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In its unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the 1996 law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman discriminates against gay couples.
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Massachusetts bake sale ban set to go into effect in August
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In the latest effort to try and curtail obesity in children, one state is getting ready to ban bake sales so that junk food might not be around kids while they're in school.
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