Gordon College?s president objects to an order barring federal contractors from discriminating in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation.
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We forget that across a continent, the future United States was being shaped in other ways.
The state Legislature abandoned its effort to make the T retirement fund follow disclosure and ethics rules that apply to other pension funds.
The man, who had serious injuries, was likely targeted, police said.
The forecasters are warning of tropical storm conditions, with winds of 40 miles per hour or more, on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
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Power company trucks traveled along Highway 64 after flooding caused by Hurricane Arthur July 4, 2014 in Nags Head, N.C.
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A Military truck drove in front of a sign advertising jet ski rentals in Nags Head, N.C.
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A television reporter on the scene in Nags Head.
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A beachcomber walks by the Oceanana Fishing Pier in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
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Vehicles navigated a flooded state highway through Nags Head, N.C., early Friday.
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The storm made landfall late Thursday and had sustained winds of up to 100 mph.
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Carter Cromley carried the cover for his jet ski that was blown off while Arthur ravaged Nags Head, N.C., early Friday.
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A NOAA satellite image taken early Friday showed Hurricane Arthur rolling across the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
After hitting the North Carolina coast, the storm weakened to Category 1 Friday morning.
Storms force early end to Esplanade showOfficials ordered the crowd to evacuate once the fireworks display ended as severe weather arrived.
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Thursday night?s performance was just as festive as if it had happened on the correct date.
Full text of the Declaration of IndependenceRead the full text of the document, written by America?s Founding Fathers 238 years ago today.
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Half of Mass. voters OK with legalized marijuanaThe poll suggests the state could be fertile ground for a ballot campaign to legalize the drug here in 2016.
Despite his woes at the plate, the Sox have given no consideration to demoting the rookie.
The Elliott Chambers rooming house fire spurred state legislation requiring sprinklers in boarding and lodging houses.
It?s the challenge both Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley face as they wage comeback campaigns: how to appear more personable.
Thousands of people converged on a cemetery for the burial of an Arab teenager, who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists in a suspected revenge attack.
The NSA?s Xkeyscore program determines who is flagged for enhanced tracking and monitoring.
Maria Sol Escobar, known to everyone as Marisol, was famous in the 1960s and then forgotten. Now appreciation is rising again.
With this ferocious science-fiction saga, filmmaker Bong Joon-ho ascends to the master level of commercial filmmaking.
Design New England
Plenteous pots in New HampshireWith a little help from a friend, children?s author Tomie dePaola contains his garden.
The surprising appeal of ISISIt?s murderous, intolerant, and dangerous. But the group offers Sunnis something rare in the Middle East: a chance to feel like a citizen.
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