JAY LINDSAY

Associated Press Writer
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Tribes claim wind farm would destroy sacred ritual

From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion.

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Greedy dogfish blamed for Mass. fishery's problems

The sea air isn't all that's salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish.

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Spinning flywheels said to make greener energy

Spinning flywheels have been used for centuries for jobs from making pottery to running steam engines. Now the ancient tool has been given a new job by a Massachusetts company: smooth out the electricity flow, and do it fast and clean.

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Harvard ed school offers 1st new degree since 1935

Citing what it calls a "leadership deficit" in the nation's schools, Harvard University is introducing a doctoral education program aimed at attracting top talent to transform the U.S. education system by shaking up the status quo.

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Survey: Americans say Muslims face 'a lot' of bias

Americans are learning more about Islam, and familiarity with the faith makes people more likely to view Muslims favorably and less likely to believe Islam encourages violence, according to a new study.

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Kennedy's Catholicism source of comfort, conflict

Sen. Edward Kennedy was raised from birth to cherish his Catholicism, and it became both a source of comfort and conflict throughout his life.

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Fame didn't separate Kennedy from little guy

The world remembers Sen. Edward Kennedy for his passionate liberalism, legislative skill and stewardship of a political dynasty.

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Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals

Yes, he's obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He weighs in at 350, eats 16 pounds of food at a time and he's only 9 years old. And he's a seal.

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Some in Boston see Globe dispute as a NY beanball

For devoted Boston Globe readers, it's bad enough that the 137-year-old newspaper has a murky future. Even worse: The fate of the paper will be decided by a bunch of New Yorkers.

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Saltwater fishermen balk at national registry

People have tossed hooks and lines into the New England tides since long before there was a Cape Cod Canal for Eddie Pachucki to fish in. So Pachucki, casting into the canal's current for striped bass, couldn't fathom why he'd soon owe the state for the privilege.

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Group says New England job losses to mount

The worst is not over for the New England economy, with job losses expected to mount until unemployment bottoms out in the middle of next year, according to a regional economic analysis group.

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With demand increasing, utility starts to deal

Len Bicknell angled his new garage toward the sun two decades ago, making room for the solar panels he planned to slap on top. He couldn't afford the expensive panels until several months ago, however, when the company with seemingly the most to gain from big electric bills stepped in to help pay for them.

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Fishermen lose millions saving weakest fish stocks

The winter flounder, a bottom-dweller with both eyes on the right side of its head, isn't the most profitable New England fish but it's suddenly become one of the most important— and fishermen say that's all wrong.

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Technology opens promise, perils of ocean mining

There's gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it's a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world. But new technology and worldwide demand have combined to make mining for these metals economically feasible for the first time.

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New England lobster traps are nabbing dinner, data

Skip Ryan has worked the same channel into Boston Harbor for 50 years, setting and hauling his lobster traps so often that he is certain of one thing.

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God-less 'congregations' planned for humanists

The monthly schedule is church-like, with its parenting classes, guest speakers and small group meetings to hash out shared beliefs. But God isn't part of this Cambridge congregation.

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U2 holds 1,000-seat concert in Mass. city

U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadiums it plans to fill later this year.

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Mass. Catholics occupying imperiled churches 24-7

The thermometer inside St. Therese Church reads a toe-numbing 36 degrees. A pail of water used for hand-washing has frozen under a sink that, like the heating system, hasn't worked in months. In the sanctuary, four women in coats, hats and gloves huddle as they pray the rosary, their breath visible in the cold.

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Mass. delays plan to require history for diploma

Students in the state where Paul Revere made his famous ride and the shot heard 'round the world was fired will not yet have to pass high-stakes history exams to get their high school diplomas.

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Money woes force Harvard to reconsider expansion

The economic crisis has forced Harvard University to consider pausing a planned expansion in Boston.

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Red tape, bleak future wear down Mass. fisherman

It wasn't long ago that Robert Lane was a full-time fisherman and industry activist. But that life is not for him anymore.

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Brandeis ignites furor by considering selling art

Jerry Fineberg donated art and $2.5 million to the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, never imagining the legacy he was helping build could quickly fade. Then he learned the school was planning to sell parts of its $350 million collection to help make up for its shrinking endowment.

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Economic woes forcing owners to give up horses

Andy Cardinale recalls with affection the day one of his horses gently deposited his son on a snow bank when the animal was tired of being ridden, or the smile on his handicapped wife's face as she watched the animals graze.

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Study: Black-on-black homicides rising among teens

Black teenagers are killing each other in rising numbers but the troubling trend has been masked by a falling crime rate in the United States, according to a study released Monday by Northeastern University.

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Mass. investor saw inside Madoff scam

His repeated warnings that Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme have cast Harry Markopolos as an unheeded prophet.

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