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The monsoon-like weather that washed across the Commonwealth didn’t keep 3,554 delegates from attending the 2012 Democratic State Convention in Springfield today. The biggest story will have to be the mammoth vote for Elizabeth Warren – she got 95.77% of the delegates – and the concurrent failure of Marisa DeFranco…
Read More »I’ve long been an advocate of Twitter, especially for breaking news. Twitter certainly got a workout within the Mass Mutual Center today at the Democratic State Convention as delegates, journalists and campaigns tweeted rapid fire updates. For all of you not on Twitter, below is a slightly edited (i.e., where…
Read More »When the National Anthem was being sung wonderfully by a young woman from Springfield to open this morning’s Democratic State Convention, I and all the delegates I could see where standing and facing the colors. The same was not the case in the press box according to this Tweet from…
Read More »Cultural afffairs officials in Cambodia want the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to return two sandstone sculptures that are believed to have been taken out of the country illegally around 1970. The statues, called “Kneeling Attendants,” date from the 10th century and are known to have been part of…
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