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	<title>Behind the Headlines</title>
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	<description>Multimedia Editor Noah R. Bombard blogs from The Eagle-Tribune newsroom</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pagliuca heading into the ET newsroom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/11/pagliuca-heading-into-the-et-newsroom/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/11/pagliuca-heading-into-the-et-newsroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca will be stopping by The Eagle-Tribune newsroom today to talk about his campaign to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Pagliuca is the third of several candidates for the seat to stop by the newsroom on the campaign trail. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is scheduled to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here today, gone tomorrow &#8212; Fresh City shutters doors</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/11/here-today-gone-tomorrow-fresh-city-shutters-doors/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/11/here-today-gone-tomorrow-fresh-city-shutters-doors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about fast food. It was business as usual at Fresh City on Turnpike Street in North Andover yesterday. Customers dined on the franchise&#8217;s signature sandwiches, wraps, burritos, salads and stir fry. Today, however, the Fresh City sign that adorned the building is down and by 3 p.m. crews had moved most of the restaurant&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switching sides on 495</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/11/switching-sides-on-495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning marked the first day of full implementation of a major traffic shift on Interstate 495. If you&#8217;re heading home on 495 North tonight, you&#8217;ll have the option of crossing the median and driving on the southbound side of the highway. The splitting of the northbound lane into two lanes on the northbound side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the campaign trail with Fiorentini and Michitson</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/on-the-campaign-trail-with-fiorentini-and-michitson/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/on-the-campaign-trail-with-fiorentini-and-michitson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent Saturday slugging along the campaign trail in Haverhill where City Counselor John Michitson is hoping to unseat current Mayor James Fiorentini. Both candidates and their supporters are pushing hard as election day nears.
I split the day in two, riding along with both candidates one at a time as they went door to door. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An explosive morning in Lawrence &#8212; the good kind</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/an-explosive-morning-in-lawrence-the-good-kind/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/an-explosive-morning-in-lawrence-the-good-kind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this morning in Lawrence started out with a bang as demolition crews took down two 100-year-old smoke stacks near Sal&#8217;s headquarters. We were on hand to talk to some of the neighbors who grew up looking at those big old stacks. One woman &#8212; who does not appear on the video &#8212; is 95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And now, let&#8217;s blow something up</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/and-now-lets-blow-something-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/10/and-now-lets-blow-something-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The scheduled implosion of two smoke stacks at Sal&#8217;s headquarters in Lawrence tomorrow morning is already shaping up to be a major media event. Let&#8217;s face it, destruction &#8212; specifically planned destruction where no one gets hurt &#8212; draws the crowds.
We&#8217;ll be there first thing tomorrow morning. The demolition, which they say will knock the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live election broadcast from Lawrence City Hall tonight</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/09/live-election-broadcast-from-lawrence-city-hall-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/09/live-election-broadcast-from-lawrence-city-hall-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eagle-Tribune TV is going on the road tonight and will be streaming video live from City Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m.
With incumbent City Mayor Michael Sullivan&#8217;s term set to expire and 10 candidates vying to replace him, today&#8217;s primary results could very well yield a more clear picture of who the real contenders are.
Polls in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, your clunker is too old</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/sorry-your-clunker-is-too-old/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/sorry-your-clunker-is-too-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The more &#8220;clunkier&#8221; the car, the more reason to trade it in, right? Not so. The Cash for Clunkers program is offering incentives for auto owners to turn in their older fuel-inefficient cars for brand new ones, but there&#8217;s an age limit. Yes, that&#8217;s right, your car may just be too clunky.
Interesting piece in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler/Obama posters coming from LaRouche crowd</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/hitlerobama-posters-coming-from-larouche-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/hitlerobama-posters-coming-from-larouche-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably the most extreme and shocking imagery out of yesterday&#8217;s crowd gathered outside the president&#8217;s town hall meeting in Portsmouth was a picture of Barak Obama with a Hitler mustache. The doctored photo &#8212; in various forms &#8212; has been popping up at protests around the country. There were several versions at Portsmouth High yesterday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raw video of supporters and protesters in Portsmouth yesterday</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/raw-video-of-supporters-and-protesters-in-portsmouth-yesterday/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/raw-video-of-supporters-and-protesters-in-portsmouth-yesterday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s visit by President Barak Obama saw a slightly more civil tone than what we&#8217;ve seen in similar town hall meetings across the country. The street outside was filled with its share of charecters, however. I&#8217;m posting some of the unedited video we shot yesterday, most of which didn&#8217;t wind up in our finished piece.
Warning: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plenty of heat but little substance when it comes to demonstrations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/plenty-of-heat-but-little-substance-when-it-comes-to-demonstrations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/plenty-of-heat-but-little-substance-when-it-comes-to-demonstrations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to concentrate on the circus aspects of it: A chorus of singers caroling in German while holding up a sign comparing President Barak Obama to Hitler clashes with the tunes being played by a group calling itself &#8220;The Leftist Marching Band.&#8221; A man carrying a U.S. flag and wearing some sort of pseudo-colonial-era [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens in Vegas &#8230; well, what did happen anyway?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/what-happens-in-vegas-well-what-did-happen-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/what-happens-in-vegas-well-what-did-happen-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just a bizarre tale &#8212; but then again, it&#8217;s Vegas.
Eagle-Tribune reporter Crystal Bozek today tells the story of an Andover businessman who claims $30,000 worth of fradulant charges were placed on his credit card on a recent business trip to Las Vegas. James Hackett says someone handed him his wallet while he was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Quincy Adams is now on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/john-quincy-adams-is-now-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/08/john-quincy-adams-is-now-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, he&#8217;s been dead for 161 years, but you can now follow former U.S. President John Quincy Adams on Twitter. And &#8212; as this Twitter user can attest to &#8212; he&#8217;s pretty Twitter savvy. This just in from our Associated Press wire:
John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society
By JEANNIE NUSS
Associated Press Writer
BOSTON (AP) - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gotcha &#8212; Two of state&#8217;s &#8216;most wanted&#8217; sex offenders nabbed after one day on list</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/07/gotcha-two-of-states-most-wanted-sex-offenders-nabbed-after-one-day-on-list/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/07/gotcha-two-of-states-most-wanted-sex-offenders-nabbed-after-one-day-on-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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They were poster boys for a day &#8212; but apparently, that was more time than police needed. Two of the fresh faces added to Massachusett&#8217;s Most Wanted Sex Offenders list yesterday have already been found.
State troopers found William Velez Jr., 27, hiding under a bed at the Days Inn in Brighton on the same day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report says Bay State &#8216;generally doing a good job&#8217; with stimulus funds</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/07/report-says-bay-state-generally-doing-a-good-job-with-stimulus-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/07/report-says-bay-state-generally-doing-a-good-job-with-stimulus-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the Fed is spending big bucks in the effort to restart our troubled economy, but how well is that money being spent here in Mass.? According to MassPIRG, a non-profit group that works on behalf of Bay State residents, the state is doing pretty good. The money is primarily being spent to fix up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would require increased vision tests after 85th birthday</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/bill-would-require-increased-vision-tests-after-85th-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/bill-would-require-increased-vision-tests-after-85th-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Legislature is considering increasing the licensing requirements for older drivers following a bizarre spate of accidents where older drivers were behind the wheel. The June 13 accident in Stoughton that resulted in the death of a 4-year-old girl may just be the boiling point for the issue. But as the state considers mandatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawton&#8217;s Famous Frankfurters faces uncertain future</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/lawtons-famous-frankfurters-faces-uncertainty/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/lawtons-famous-frankfurters-faces-uncertainty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a Lawrence institution, but if you dropped by Lawton&#8217;s Famous Frankfurters this week, you were greeted by a closed door and yellow caution tape. This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Lawton&#8217;s owner Joanne Curley to talk about why the local landmark&#8217;s doors are shut and what the future holds. Oh, and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing arguments from Flaherty trial</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/closing-arguments-from-flaherty-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/closing-arguments-from-flaherty-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eagle-Tribune had anywhere from 100 to 200 viewers during our live video coverage of the Flaherty trial the last week of May and beginning of June. The trial lasted for days and far more hours than is practical to repost online, but I&#8217;m embedding the video of the closing arguments here after hearing requests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are older drivers a risk to themselves and others?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/are-older-drivers-a-risk-to-themselves-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/06/are-older-drivers-a-risk-to-themselves-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, a 93-year-old man crashed his car into a Danvers Walmart sending six people to the hospital and injuring a 1-year-old child. One day later, a 73-year-old woman crashed into a crowd in Plymouth sending at least seven people to the hospital. The issue of older drivers and whether they should face additional licensing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden lets slip &#8220;secret&#8221; bunker location</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/biden-lets-slip-secret-bunker-location/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/biden-lets-slip-secret-bunker-location/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[He's well known for sticking his foot in his mouth, but Vice President Joe Biden may have gone to ankle depth this time. According to Newsweek, the veep, while speaking to his tablemates at a Gridiron Club lunch, may have revealed the location of a hidden bunker used to protect the vice president. Presumably, this is the same "undisclosed secure location" former Vice President Dick Cheney was reportedly holed up in in the days and weeks following Sept. 11, 2001. ]]></description>
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		<title>Madam awaiting sentencing for running underage prostitution ring</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/madam-awaiting-sentencing-for-running-underage-prostitution-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/madam-awaiting-sentencing-for-running-underage-prostitution-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The quaint Elm Street neighborhood in North Andover doesn&#8217;t strike most as a place where you&#8217;d find prostitution. But this week, Melissa Halstrom was found guilty of recruiting three young teens to work as prosititues before one of them finally reported the activity to police.
This week, Behind the Headlines sits down with Crystal Bozek who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re number 19! We&#8217;re number 19! OK, maybe that&#8217;s not worth shouting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/were-number-19-were-number-19-ok-maybe-thats-not-worth-shouting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/were-number-19-were-number-19-ok-maybe-thats-not-worth-shouting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The League of American Bicyclists has released its annual Bicycle Friendly State Rankings and Massachusetts has dropped. We&#8217;ve gone from number 16 last year to number 19 this year. Who&#8217;s at the top? Well, if the grip of the handlebars and the wind flowing through your helmet vents is your passion, you may want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is ignorance bliss when eating out?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/is-ignorance-bliss-when-eating-out/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/is-ignorance-bliss-when-eating-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As if those menu boards didn&#8217;t have enough on them to digest as you&#8217;re standing in line to order. The state health board this morning is voting on a measure that would require Massachusetts restaurants with  20 or more locations in the state to post nutritional details on display boards and menus.
Would you still buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Lawrence dodge the bullet in LexisNexis hack?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/did-lawrence-dodge-the-bullet-in-lexisnexis-hack/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/05/did-lawrence-dodge-the-bullet-in-lexisnexis-hack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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According to a USA Today story posted Saturday, more than 300 people were victimized when hackers tapped into the LexisNexis online database, using victims&#8217; personal information fraudulently. It&#8217;s the same system which created a stir in Lawrence last month when it was discovered that a School Department employee was using the department&#8217;s LexisNexis account to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methuen trail would connect Lawrence with New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/methuen-trail-would-connect-lawrence-with-new-hampshire/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/methuen-trail-would-connect-lawrence-with-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[View Methuen Rail Trail  in a larger map
It&#8217;s just an overgrown railroad bed right now, but Methuen resident Joyce Godsey sees something much more &#8212; a vibrant rail trail providing recreation and transportation to the city of Methuen and beyond.
Godsey is behind an effort to convert the old Boston &#38; Maine railroad bed into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we due for another flu pandemic?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/are-we-due-for-another-flu-pandemic/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/are-we-due-for-another-flu-pandemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 40 years since the last flu pandemic, the Hong Kong flu, which killed nearly a million people. Advances in medicine and our understanding of influenza has helped mitigate what was once a globe-wide killer. Here&#8217;s a look at the latest ongoing news from the swine flu.
But for some historical perspective, check out some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chilling 911 call after 16-year-old girl is run over</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/chilling-911-call-after-16-year-old-girl-is-run-over/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/chilling-911-call-after-16-year-old-girl-is-run-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gilbert Vega was found sitting in his car just down the street from where police say he ran down and killed the 16-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. He kept saying he was sorry, police said. It&#8217;s the kind of thing &#8220;sorry&#8221; just can&#8217;t fix.
Details from this weekend&#8217;s horrible tragedy are continuing to trickle down. Eagle-Tribune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ripples from school &#8217;snooping&#8217; incident continue</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/ripples-from-school-snooping-incident-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/ripples-from-school-snooping-incident-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Eagle-Tribune reporter Jill Harmacinski, who broke the story about a Lawrence School Department employee using an online database to snoop on people. Mark Rivera, former assistant to the superintendent resigned this week following public outcry. But what was really accessed through the system? How was the information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Stokes lobs allegations against city</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/video-stokes-lobs-allegations-against-city/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/video-stokes-lobs-allegations-against-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[He lied about being a Marine and receiving a Purple Heart &#8212; and he was on a rant at Lawrence City Hall yesterday. Former Lawrence School Committee member James Stokes, who is serving a two-year probation for trumping up a false record as a veteran, joined a group in Mayor Michael Sullivan&#8217;s office yesterday protesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawrence principals united against union vote</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/lawrence-principals-united-against-union-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/04/lawrence-principals-united-against-union-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the pounding International High School Principal Terika Smith is taking from the Teachers Union (see related stories below) one group has stepped up in support: Fellow city principals.
The city&#8217;s principals signed and released a letter today (full letter and 26 signatures below) condemning a vote of no confidence in Smith taken by the Union [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was civilian dispatcher lazy?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/was-civilian-dispatcher-lazy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/was-civilian-dispatcher-lazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this dispatcher lazy or just misunderstood? Take a listen and judge for yourself, but Lawrence Police were none too pleased upon hearing this dispatcher who took the call this morning of a suspicious package found in front of Lawrence District Court early this morning.
Here&#8217;s the memo from Capt. Scott J. McNamara to the dispatcher, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporter Paul Tennant checks in from covering vehicular homicide trial</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/pigag/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/pigag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2007, Marie Pigaga&#8217;s car struck and killed a mom drying off her car while her 12-year-old daughter watched. This week, Behind the headlines talks with Eagle-Tribune reporter Paul Tennant who has been covering the trial.
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		<title>Sex for sale in Haverhill?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/sex-for-sale-in-haverhill/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/sex-for-sale-in-haverhill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, we know it happens. But it&#8217;s the type of business we often think happens somewhere else. This week, that &#8220;somewhere else&#8221; turned out to be downtown Haverhill. Police have arrested two 29-year-old women they say were performing sex acts for money under the guise of their massage parlor business, Star Touch Massage. Police were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not everyone&#8217;s laughing at mayor&#8217;s yucks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/not-everyones-laughing-at-mayors-yucks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/not-everyones-laughing-at-mayors-yucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There was plenty of fodder at this year&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day political roasts, but are some topics just too hot to poke fun at? Retired state Department of Environmental Protection worker Gerald McCall thinks so. Here&#8217;s the video clip of his comments to the Methuen City Council Monday expressing concern that jokes at Mayor Manzi&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to roast a mayor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/how-to-roast-a-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/how-to-roast-a-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as we love to poke fun at our politicians, it&#8217;s even more fun to watch them poke fun at themselves. Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi and Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan traded a few yucks at last week&#8217;s St. Patty&#8217;s Day lunch in Lawrence. I&#8217;ve excerpted the clip of Manzi&#8217;s well-delivered roasting of Mayor Sullivan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cure for peanut allergies?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/a-cure-for-peanut-allergies/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/a-cure-for-peanut-allergies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Walk into a school today and it&#8217;s right up there with knives, guns and other forbidden and dangerous weapons &#8212; peanuts (and their various nefarious forms including peanut butter). For those of us without peanut allergies, who grew up with peanut butter and jelly as much a part of our childhood lunches as tigers were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blanchette explains his decision to drop out of Lawrence mayoral race</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/blanchette-explains-his-decision-to-drop-out-of-lawrence-mayoral-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence City Council President Patrick Blanchette has bowed out of the mayoral race citing both family committments and health concerns.
Story by Eagle-Tribune Managing Editor Gretchen Putnam
Click below for Blanchette&#8217;s statement released to The Eagle-Tribune this morning:
Blanchette 
Publish at Scribd or explore others:              [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With a low IQ, could you get away with murder?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/with-a-low-iq-could-you-get-away-with-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/with-a-low-iq-could-you-get-away-with-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Lisa Carter, whose husband William Beal, was killed nine years ago in a bar altercation. The man accused of beating him to death, 29-year-old Eric Falardeau, had charges against him dropped after a judge determined he was not able to stand trial due to a low IQ. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasta lasagna to Italian teacher? Not so fast</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/hasta-lasagna-to-italian-teacher-not-so-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/03/hasta-lasagna-to-italian-teacher-not-so-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Lawrence foreign language teacher Ileana Bordonaro can return to work &#8212; if she wants to. More than a week after Bordonaro got into some hot water for allegedly allowing her students to bring Italian dishes to class, the School Department is saying it has offered Bordonaro the opportunity to return to class. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking shots at City Hall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/taking-shots-at-city-hall/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/taking-shots-at-city-hall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have budget cut tensions in Lawrence gotten so high that people are shooting at City Hall? This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Eagle-Tribune reporters Jill Harmacinski and Jim Patten to talk about the bullet shot through the mayor&#8217;s office window. We also take a look at a bodega clerk who could be charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts&#8217; worst deadbeat dads</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/massachusetts-worst-deadbeat-dads/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/massachusetts-worst-deadbeat-dads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

When it comes to deadbeat dads, these guys are the poster boys &#8212; literally. Massachusetts today released its annual Top 10 poster of dads who&#8217;ve shrugged off their financial obligations by refusing to provide support to their children. A man with Methuen ties (pictured above) made number two on the list. Eric Grenier has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fired Methuen chief testifying today</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/fired-methuen-chief-testifying-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/fired-methuen-chief-testifying-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re normally private hearings &#8212; no reporters or recording devices allowed &#8212; but The Eagle-Tribune is broadcasting former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon&#8217;s hearing live today.
The chief &#8212; who was fired for misuse of federal grant money as well as other allegations &#8212; is petitioning to get his job back. Although Civil Service Commission hearings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Details in tragic deaths have yet to be revealed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/details-in-tragic-deaths-have-yet-to-be-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/details-in-tragic-deaths-have-yet-to-be-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week Behind the Headlines talks with Eagle-Tribune Editor Al White about two very tragic deaths, the public&#8217;s reaction and speculations and what makes these losses so difficult to deal with.
Behind the Headlines theme by Kevin MacLeod. More information at incompetech.com.
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		<title>Fired city parking clerk in even more trouble</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/fired-city-parking-clerk-in-even-more-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/fired-city-parking-clerk-in-even-more-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[She just can&#8217;t seem to catch a break. Fired Lawrence city parking clerk Susan Erazo was hauled out of her apartment in handcuffs this morning for failing to pay back nearly $15,000 she admitted to fraudulently receiving from welfare.
Erazo is no stranger to the headlines. She was fired last month for allegedly selling bogus parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailor who shot former girlfriend says he didn&#8217;t know gun was loaded</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/sailor-who-shot-former-girlfriend-says-he-didnt-know-gun-was-loaded/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/sailor-who-shot-former-girlfriend-says-he-didnt-know-gun-was-loaded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that their daughter&#8217;s former boyfriend is charged with her murder, the family of Caitlin Trask insists their daughter&#8217;s death was an accident. WTKR in Virginia is now reporting the accused&#8217;s side of the story. Darren Mackie says he was fooling around with his gun and didn&#8217;t know it was loaded when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen who drowned in pond was a poet</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/teen-who-drowned-in-pond-was-a-poet/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/teen-who-drowned-in-pond-was-a-poet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lizzy Mun, the girl who died after being found in an Andover pond, was a poet. The tragedy &#8212; summed up in this last story by the Eagle-Tribune &#8212; is one of a series of tragedies involving young people  with ties to the region this past week &#8212; an 8-week-old baby allegedly shaken and now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police continue to investigate alleged murder of Andover Navy sailor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/police-continue-to-investigate-alleged-murder-of-andover-navy-sailor/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/police-continue-to-investigate-alleged-murder-of-andover-navy-sailor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A young Navy woman is dead and her boyfriend is charged with shooting her in a horrible tragedy reported by The Eagle-Tribune yesterday.
The details surrounding the young woman&#8217;s death have not been released &#8212; other than police statements that Caitlin Trask, a North Andover native, was found shot to death in Darren Mackie&#8217;s apartment.  They&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heartbreaking story out of Lawrence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/heartbreaking-story-out-of-lawrence/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/heartbreaking-story-out-of-lawrence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eagle-Tribune reported this morning a Lawrence baby who is possibly blind after his father admitted shaking her. Staff Photographer Angie Beaulieu snapped the above photo of this dad after police brought him back from Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital where his daughter was taken. Officials say the 8-week-old little girl may now be blind. The story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who knew the Historical Commission could be so controversial?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/who-knew-the-historical-commission-could-be-so-controversial/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/who-knew-the-historical-commission-could-be-so-controversial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s podcast, we talk to Eagle-Tribune Reporter Jill Harmacinski about how a Historical Commission appointment can lead to a building inspector getting fired. Also, Lawrence city employees may not be too psyched about some potential time off.
Stories referred to in this week&#8217;s podcast:

Lawrence city workers may be asked to take 10 days off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solomon to testify &#8212; live video a possibility</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/solomon-to-testify-live-video-a-possibility/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/solomon-to-testify-live-video-a-possibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is the grand and final act in the long-running Civil Service hearing for fired Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon who has petitioned to get his job back. We&#8217;ve weaved our way over the past several months through all the players &#8212; now it&#8217;s time for the center of the storm: the chief himself.
Solomon will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car crashes into bakery knocking shelving onto toddler</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/car-crashes-into-bakery-knocking-shelving-onto-toddler/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/car-crashes-into-bakery-knocking-shelving-onto-toddler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a close call. One can only imagine the mother of this toddler is still shaking a day after a car crashed into the bakery where she was shopping and into her son. Amazingly, no one was seriously injured (the toddler received a couple of scratches and bruises, we&#8217;re told) and the bakery is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor to address public on financial woes today</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/mayor-to-address-public-on-financial-woes-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/mayor-to-address-public-on-financial-woes-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini will make a public address at Zion Bible College at 6:30 this evening. The mayor plans to talk about the impact of the recession on Haverhill. Like many cities impacted by announced slashes to aid, Haverhill is looking at some serious issues. Fiorentini will lay forth some of the struggles the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell to a father, husband and officer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/behind-the-headlines-podcast-for-feb-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/behind-the-headlines-podcast-for-feb-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we sit down with Eagle-Tribune Staff Photographer Roger Darrigrand and Staff Reporter Brian Messenger and discuss the funeral of State Police Capt. Richard Cashin.
RELATED CONTENT:

13-year-old son eulogizes Cashin
Final send-off for a fallen trooper
Photo slideshow
Video

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		<title>Video of funeral</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/video-of-funeral/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/video-of-funeral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some raw video footage of the funeral procession outside the church. It ended moments ago and the hundreds of mourners and attendees are making their way out. Traffic on South Main Street just reopened.
The Eagle-Tribune will have a more polished video as well as additional photos and multimedia later today and tomorrow. Truly a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In unison</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/in-unison/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/in-unison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The church has let out and ceremonies are wrapping up on South Main Street. There is something incredibly moving about large groups doing something in unison. As the casket of Capt. Richard Cashin emerged from Sacred Hearts, a couple of hundred state troopers turned in uniform precision and snapped their hands to salute position. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Services in progress</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/services-in-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/services-in-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The funeral is under way in the church now. Flags are flying at half staff by the church, in front of the nearby Haverhill Bank and at the U.S. post office.
Police had been standing in formation on South Main Street since about 10 a.m. They just disbanded a few minutes ago after services in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City brought to a standstill</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/214/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This funeral has brought Haverhill to a standstill. Bradford Common was closed to vehicles this morning and state troopers and police officers were bused from North Andover to Bradford Square, where they walked to the school just before ceremonies began.
Eagle-Tribune Reporter Brian Messenger talked with Bradford resident Richard LaBelle. In 30 years of living in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few words about Cashin</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/a-few-words-about-cashin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Col. Robert Smith was the commander for Cashin&#8217;s field division. He just spoke to media a few minutes ago saying he knew Cashin well. Eagle-Tribune Reporter Brian Messenger was in the crowd and noted some comments from Smith
&#8220;Rick Cashin loved being a trooper. He was a trooper&#8217;s trooper,&#8221; Smith said.
Smith said there has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troopers gather to honor brother</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/02/troopers-gather-to-honor-brother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Police are pouring into Haverhill this morning as preparations for State Police Capt. Richard Cashin&#8217;s funeral are under way. The street is quickly filling up with blue uniforms. There are police here from Rhode Island, New York and Vermont.
We&#8217;ll be posting photos and video this morning as the funeral procession gets going. We&#8217;d hoped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagle-Tribune to cover live from trooper&#8217;s funeral</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/eagle-tribune-to-cover-live-from-troopers-funeral/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/eagle-tribune-to-cover-live-from-troopers-funeral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The funeral for Massachusetts State Police Trooper Capt. Richard Cashin is set for Monday morning at 11 a.m. and attendance is expected to be huge. The Eagle-Tribune will be on hand Monday at The Sacred Hearts Church in Haverhill. We&#8217;ll be posting photos and blogging from the location starting around 9 a.m. We also plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solomon subpoenas FBI for info on Manzi investigation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/solomon-subpoenas-fbi/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/solomon-subpoenas-fbi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disgraced former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon is pointing a finger &#8212; and it&#8217;s of little surprise it&#8217;s pointed right at Mayor William Manzi. At the Civil Service Commission hearing today (where Solomon is petitioning to get his job back after being fired last year), Solomon&#8217;s attorney revealed he has subpoenaed the FBI for information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State slashes expenses to balance budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/state-slashes-expences-to-balance-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/state-slashes-expences-to-balance-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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The governor today held a press conference to talk about his emergency recovery plan. The state has been trying to make up budget deficits since last fall when the governor first announced serious cuts to state programs to close a budget gap of $1.4 billion.
This time around, state aid to towns &#8212; which was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the trail of the Solomon hearings</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/behind-the-headlines-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/behind-the-headlines-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks the launch of the Behind the Headlines podcast, a weekly 10-minute chat about some of the leading stories and topics happening in the Merrimack Valley. This week, I sit down with Eagle-Tribune reporter J.J. Huggins who has been covering the Civil Service hearing for former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Injured cat rescued from wall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/injured-cat-rescued-from-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cat&#8217;s Meow
When Barb Cusick went to tend to the feral cat colony by the public housing project on Hancock Street in Lawrence last Wednesday, one cat&#8217;s cries caught her attention. But she couldn&#8217;t quite tell where it was coming from.
The next day, the volunteer for the Animal Rescue of Merrimack Valley returned. The cat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sex offender you don&#8217;t know</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/the-sex-offender-you-dont-know/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/the-sex-offender-you-dont-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts and New Hampshire sex offender registries give you a name, address and photo of every Level 3 offender living or working in your town. But sometimes, the ones you've got to watch out for are the ones who aren't even on the list. ]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect sought in Inauguration Day robbery</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/suspect-sought-in-inauguration-day-robbery/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/suspect-sought-in-inauguration-day-robbery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Security video shot of the alleged robber (Police photo)
While most of us were glued to our TVs or computer monitors watching the 44th president of the United States prepare to be sworn in, the guy in the photo above was already taking action to improve his personal economy. Police say he walked into TD Banknorth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White House online</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/the-white-house-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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They don&#8217;t waste any time. The White House&#8217;s Web site was updated immediately today to reflect the new leadership and apparently a new commitment to reaching citizens online. Under &#8220;The Briefing Room&#8221;  you can find the president&#8217;s weekly video address (he&#8217;s been doing these as the president-elect for a couple of months) as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the inauguration LIVE on eagletribune.com</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/watch-the-inauguration-live-on-eagletribunecom/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/watch-the-inauguration-live-on-eagletribunecom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re carrying the live feed from both AP and Hulu now on our election blog.
CLICK HERE 
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		<title>Pot smokers of the world unite</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/pot-smokers-of-the-world-unite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Prospect Hill
When the Methuen City Council discusses Mayor Bill Manzi&#8217;s proposal to up fines for lighting up a marijuana joint Tuesday, the discussion may have a musical soundtrack. The band Prospect Hill said it will show up to the meeting to protest the proposal. Although the state has decriminalized marijuana use &#8212; reducing posession of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olive Garden coming to Methuen</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/olive-garden-coming-to-methuen/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/olive-garden-coming-to-methuen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The Macaroni Grill will soon become The Olive Garden (File photo). 
Bon appetite Italian chain food lovers &#8212; Olive Garden is coming to Methuen at the site of closed Macaroni Grill. This just in from reporter J.J. Huggins:
METHUEN — For months, people around town have been saying the popular Italian chain restaurant, Olive Garden, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manzi&#8217;s pot proposal</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/manzis-pot-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/manzis-pot-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;ve been following the proposal by Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi to increase fines for lighting up a joint, check out Manzi&#8217;s blog today. Manzi responds to an Eagle-Tribune editorial, which, in turn, responds to Manzi&#8217;s proposal to hike fines for smoking pot in public. A little dizzying (the back and forth, not the post), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brinks armored car at scene</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/brinks-armored-car-at-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/brinks-armored-car-at-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police vehicles surround a car stopped following an attempted armored car robbery this morning (Photo by Mike Labella) 
Eagle-Tribune reporter Mike LaBella is on the scene and reporting a Brinks armored car nose-to-nose with a Haverhill Police cruiser near Bank of America. The Eagle-Tribune has confirmed that shots were fired in what appears to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmed: Shots fired in attempted robbery, suspect stopped</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/confirmed-shots-fired-in-attempted-robbery-suspect-stopped/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/confirmed-shots-fired-in-attempted-robbery-suspect-stopped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story will be up in a few minutes. We&#8217;ve confirmed that police pulled over a man suspected to be involved in a armored car robbery late this morning in which shots were fired. No reports of injuries.
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		<title>Not a chase, but some activity</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/not-a-chase-but-some-activity/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/not-a-chase-but-some-activity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears the activity out of Haverhill a little bit ago may not be an actual chase, however, a car with Florida plates was stopped a few hundred feet over the line in Plaistow with several police vehicles surrounding it. We&#8217;ll tell you more as soon as we know.
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		<title>Police chase in progress</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/police-chace-in-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/police-chace-in-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word just coming into the Eagle-Tribune newsroom of a police chase in progress out of Haverhill. Details are sketchy and unconfirmed at the moment, but it appears the chase began somewhere near Lover&#8217;s Lane in Haverhill and there was buzz on the police scanner about the possibility of a gun. Reporters are following and we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A young person&#8217;s perspective on Obama</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/a-young-persons-perspective-on-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/a-young-persons-perspective-on-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We adults have had our fair share of rambling about what Barack Obama&#8217;s election to the presidency means. The Eagle-Tribune received this essay from 12-year-old Maxine Harvey, of Methuen. She wrote it for a school assignment.
Similarities and Differences of Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln
As January 20th nears, I am looking forward to watching Barack Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice storm data</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/ice-storm-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/ice-storm-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Linda Campbell recently sent a letter to the governor with some information about the December ice storm to help Methuen in acquiring FEMA support. Included in the letter &#8212; which was shared with The Eagle-Tribune &#8212; were some interesting facts:

Current exposure costs for the city of Methuen are likely to be over $400,000.
At one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50-car pileup</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/50-car-pileup/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/50-car-pileup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s more than just a fender-bender &#8212; two buses and as many as 50 other vehicles have collided in a chain-reaction crash on 93 North this morning. If you were there and got cell phone pictures, send &#8216;em here (nbombard@eagletribune.com) and we&#8217;ll post them. Photos here were shot by Eagle-Tribune Photographer Jan Seeger.
There were injuries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gotcha!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/gotcha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As bad as getting robbed feels, actually catching the little devils has got to feel pretty darn good. At least it seemed to for Alan Starr who slipped up to his second floor window and took pictures from his cell phone of two youths he noticed skulking around his apartment before they broke into it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methuen police chief saga trudges on</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/methuen-police-chief-saga-trudges-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Methuen Mayor Sharon Pollard testifies at a Civil Service Commission hearing in Boston yesterday (Staff photo by Angie Beaulieu)

The Civil Service hearing for fired Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon brought two interesting perspectives to light yesterday at 1 Ashburton Place in Boston. The most striking testimony came from former Methuen Mayor Sharon Pollard who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rollover on 495 South</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/rollover-on-495-south/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Major rollover on Route 495 South, just north of Route 3. The above photo was taken about 3:15 p.m., but it looked like it was going to be there for awhile. Right two lanes were closed and only the one left lane open. Sorry for the blurry picture. I was driving so I was watching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay tuned on Twitter and Facebook</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/stay-tuned-on-twitter-and-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;re a Twitter or Facebook user and want to stay tuned to the latest news, you can. Friend request me on Facebook at user name Eagle Tribune. On Twitter, you can follow EagleTrib.
You won&#8217;t be inundated with every story we write, but I do post the big stories or particularly interesting ones. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Works crews came through</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2009/01/dpw-crews-came-through/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears that Lawrence Public Works employees would refuse to report to work during this morning&#8217;s storm seem to have been allayed. Mayor Michael Sullivan yesterday expressed concern over rumors workers &#8212; in protest over proposed layoffs &#8212; would refuse to show up when called in to cover for the storm. Public Works Director Frank McCann, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roads clear, but still slippery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Route 93 South in Andover (Photo by Tim Jean)

Ray Winning, 77, and Louis Garneau, 72, both of Methuen, clear snow off the driveway of their neighbor&#8217;s home on Westwood Street in Methuen, Wednesday morning. (Photo by Tim Jean).
It certainly isn&#8217;t the standstill that was feared, but it&#8217;s still a little slick out there at 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calm before the storm?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Meteorologists are predicting another onslaught from Mother Nature starting around 4 a.m. tomorrow morning. You wouldn&#8217;t know it out there right now. The clear, blue sky and clear roads look calm and peaceful. The above photo was shot heading up 495 North just north of 114 in Lawrence at 3:20 p.m. today. Of course, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s slow-going out there</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/its-slow-going-out-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The snow that began falling this morning is still coming down mid-afternoon. Reports to The Eagle-Tribune newsroom say it&#8217;s slow and slippery out there, but not a lot of major crashes so far. Some of the news coming in right now:
Haverhill declares snow emergency and institutes parking ban
Road conditions mid-afternoon
Here&#8217;s a look at Interstate 93 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change is in for 2009</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/change-is-in-for-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing Editor Peter Chianca over at GateHouse Media in Beverly has released his annual &#8220;What&#8217;s In, What&#8217;s Out&#8221; list in national culture, music, politics, trends and the like. It&#8217;s a gas &#8212; which I might add, is definitely in (now that it&#8217;s less than $2 a gallon.)
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		<title>Local doc delivers baby on board jet</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/local-doc-delivers-baby-on-board-jet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News just in that a semi-retired doctor from Andover who used to have a practice in Methuen delivered a baby boy on board a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam. Check out The Eagle-Tribune story here.
Looks like WCVB TV Boston is the only local station with video up already. Check out their interview with the doctor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better renew that registration</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/better-renew-that-registration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the equivalent of having dozens of police officers driving down the street running every plate they see. A new camera system being used by Lawrence Police allows the department to do just that &#8212; using a sophisticated computer program to scan dozens of plates as a cruiser drives down the road, alerting the officer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let AAA tow you home</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/let-aaa-tow-you-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AAA of Merrimack Valley has announced they will once again offer a free tow home to any New Year&#8217;s Eve revelers who have had a few drinks and shouldn&#8217;t be behind the wheel. In addition, designated drivers are being offered free non-alcoholic drinks. Here&#8217;s the list of participating locations:
Participating Designated Driver Establishments
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		<title>Police release mug of suspected shooter</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/police-release-mug-of-suspected-shooter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Haverhill Police are looking for the man pictured above in connection with the Sunday shooting of a 23-year-old Portland Street man who was in stable condition at Mass General Hospital yesterday.
According to police, 17-year-old Chayanne Toledo of 45 Nichols St., Haverhill is suspected of shooting Hector Lima in the abdomen Sunday. They have issued a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unitil says storm completely knocked Mass system down</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/unitil-says-storm-completely-knocked-mass-system-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the ice storm earlier this month that left hundreds of thousands without power for days or weeks, one utility provider has born heavy criticism for its slow response time. Electricity provider Unitil, however, told The Eagle-Tribune today that the devastating storm didn&#8217;t just just wreak havoc with their system, but in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unitil too slow?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/unitil-too-slow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Donna Cloutier of Atkinson was still without power Tuesday, Dec. 23. Midafternoon, two Unitil trucks showed up to restore her electricity. (Staff photo by Allegra Boverman)
Fabulous story in today&#8217;s Eagle-Tribune on some of the frustrations faced by New Hampshire residents who still do not have power. The numbers &#8212; which were at more than 400,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Wars &#8212; episode 1</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/globe-vs-gatehouse-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an all-out Web battle between two of the largest media organizations functioning in Mass. But the online fight between The New York Times Coroporation via The Boston Globe and GateHouse Media (publishers of more than 100 weekly newspapers in Massachusetts) could have far-reaching ramifications when the dust finally settles.
For those of you new to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man and dog die of carbon monoxied poisoning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just came in from Salem, NH. A 77-year-old man and his dog were found dead last night due to carbon monoxide poisoning. This is the second reported carbon monoxide-related death since the power outage. Here&#8217;s the release from the Salem PD:
Tuesday December 16 – At @ 2138 hrs Salem Police and Fire responded to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pot mail &#8212; now with jail-time guaruntee!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/pot-mail-now-with-jail-time-guaruntee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Staff photo by Tim Jean.
If you&#8217;re prone to using package delivery services to ship your illegal drugs, you may want to take a good gander at that delivery person the next time they ask you to sign for a package. Mario Ivan Cleto didn&#8217;t.
The Eagle-Tribune this morning rode along with Lawrence Police who delivered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freezing pipes</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/freezing-pipes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With power out for extended periods and temperatures expected to dip well below freezing, we&#8217;ve heard some folks express concern about pipes freezing and bursting in their homes. It&#8217;s a legit concern.
I spoke with a furnace servicing company today and was told simply having temperatures dip below freezing in an unheated house is probably not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagle-Tribune live storm blog is up and running</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/eagle-tribune-live-storm-blog-is-up-and-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re trying an experiment today at the Eagle-Tribune running a live blog (or chat) on the home page to keep you up to date with information as we get it about shelters, power outage info and any other information related to the storm. The storm itself has moved on out, but the ramifications are expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America makes Dunkin&#8217; run</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/america-makes-dunkin-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out surveying the carnage of this morning&#8217;s ice storm and shooting video today. Most stores may be closed and the state is encouraging folks to stay home, but you wouldn&#8217;t know it driving by a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts. Dunks in Methuen and Lawrence had drive-through lines wrapped around the buildings and down the street.
There&#8217;s something about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rodas now the one in the hot seat</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/headlines/2008/12/rodas-now-the-one-in-the-hot-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noah R. Bombard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar Rodas &#8212; the man accused of dumping scalding hot oil over his ex-girlfriend&#8217;s head was in court this morning. Haverhill reporter Mike LaBella was there to cover and we&#8217;ll have the story up later today.
You may recall Rodas was the 23-year-old working at a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts factory in Haverhill with his girlfriend when they [...]]]></description>
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