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A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep.

Massachusetts voters will have to wait until Jan. 19 to elect a successor to Sen.

After watching for weeks the four liberal Democrats jockeying for a U.S. Senate seat temporarily occupied by a hand-picked straw man, spending time with Scott Brown seemed like inhaling some fresh air.

Conventional treatments have never offered much help to patients with brain cancer.

Massachusetts first lady Diane Patrick has decided to endorse Rep. Michael Capuano in the Senate special election.

Massachusetts has the highest percentage of Jews outside the tristate New York area, and its Jewish community is known as one of the most politically active in the country.

Edward Kennedy Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy , Kara Kennedy, Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. , Gail Kirk and Vice President Joseph Biden gather for a photo during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The heads of health insurance and pharmaceutical trade groups were among those visiting the White House as President Barack Obama pushed Congress to overhaul health care, White House records show.

The political fallout from Patrick Kennedy's fight with Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin is yet to be gauged by polls, but one can't assume that the Rhode Island Democrat will suffer as a result.

Martha Coakley was Massachusetts attorney general barely two weeks in January 2007 when Boston was locked down after authorities discovered what they thought were bombs planted around the city.

When the Massachusetts Republicans went hunting for a candidate to oppose Sen. Edward Kennedy in 2000, they thought they'd struck gold in a little known attorney and political newcomer named Jack E. Robinson.

Leave it to Congress to take a good idea and turn it into a costly fiasco. Before he died earlier this year, Sen.

Rep. Michael Capuano boasts street smarts and blue-collar roots - and an Ivy League pedigree.

Pets are part of your family, so why shouldn't they have a photo taken with Santa? This weekend, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty at 400 Broadway, is offering do just that.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Breast Cancer ; Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Steve Pagliuca, a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Sen.

The two Republicans running to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy disagree about whether Massachusetts should serve as a model for the nation's health care overhaul.

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, wave after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

She is Running for the Late Senator Ted Kennedy's Seat! The Boston Globe and others opened what would be considered a can of worms if it weren't true or if it weren't so disgusting.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

Washington, D.C. - Food processors both domestically and abroad would face greater scrutiny by regulators under legislation advanced in the Senate.