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<![CDATA[Helping our neighbors in need]]>
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<![CDATA[The holiday season is nearly upon us and thus most area residents are planning Thanksgiving feasts and parties. But the region's high unemployment rate means some residents are struggling just to put the basics on their family's table.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:53 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Take action on gift room]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13840389?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[The tail is wagging the dog in Chelmsford! The Byam Elementary School has banned Santa Claus, candy canes, stockings, Hanukkah or any other religious reference from their gift shop to be held Dec. 1-4.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:37:17 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[UMass Lowell, city working to upgrade bridge safety]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13840385?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[UMass Lowell has been working aggressively to address concerns by our students who walk over the city-owned University Avenue bridge adjacent to our north campus. The safety of our students is the highest priority of the university and a responsibility we take very seriously.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:36:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Obama's double talk on political dissent]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13840384?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It's the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told Chinese students he welcomed unfettered criticism in America.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:36:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[House delays education reform]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13831946?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[The House did a disservice to the children of Massachusetts this week by failing to take action on education reform before breaking for its holiday recess.    Certainly, The Sun doesn't always agree with Gov.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:47 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Most Lowell drivers are considerate to bicyclists]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13831866?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Recently, my husband told me there was a letter to The Sun from someone complaining about bicycling in Lowell, something about how dangerous it is and how frightening drivers are.    I completely disagree with that writer.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:00 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Rationing has begun]]>
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<![CDATA[The government just announced the results of a study concluding that women don't need a baseline mammogram until they are 50, and after that a mammogram every two years will be enough. What nonsense!    We all know personally, or within six degrees of separation, women in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s, whose lives have been threatened by breast]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Education in the year 2025]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13831854?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[By Anthony Serio    I have been reading the blogs and articles about the Parker School building project recently reported in local newspapers. The protagonist and antagonist of this project have argued the merits of cost, enrollment, capacity, square footage, redistricting, extras (often called 'bells and whistles') and the statement "no town]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA['Illegal' giveaway must be rejected]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13822969?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Once again, Gov. Deval Patrick is pushing the idea of allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities.     We had hoped this misguided measure had been killed for good, but regrettably Patrick has resurrected it.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:26:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[A message to Sarah Palin]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13822891?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Dear Gov. Palin:    Congratulations on the release of your autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, which had already achieved best-seller status even before it hit the bookstores on, coincidentally or not, the same week your former fellow Republican governors gathered in Austin to discuss among themselves who should best lead the GOP to]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:42 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The time is right for Billerica to build a new Parker School]]>
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<![CDATA[Before Billerica voters go to the polls Saturday and decide whether to go ahead with a debt exclusion to fund the new Parker School, I want to reaffirm several important points. All the information listed below is verified by the Massachusetts School Building Authority and is necessary for the state to enter into a funding agreement with the town]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Vandals should accept responsibility]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13814206?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[What does it say about American society and the lessons children are being taught that to expend some pent-up anger, a teenager decides to desecrate a cemetery and topple 87 headstones?    Later, seeing photographs in The Sun of the destruction he wrought, the teen allegedly felt remorse and admitted his involvement to police.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:37 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[We need a civilian ROTC]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13814166?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Imagine a time when government work was exciting, widely admired and much sought after.    It seems an outlandish thought at a moment when you cannot turn on your television without hearing government spoken of as almost an alien creature.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:42:39 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell Humane Society works in best interests of pets, adoptive families]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13814125?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[I wanted to clarify a few issues in response to the Nov. 12 letter by Mr. Saffrin. I can't speak specifically regarding the experience of Mr. Saffrin and his wife as I do not recall that situation, but I would be happy to address some of our policies.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:35:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Going overboard on political correctness]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13806234?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[We recognize that the members of Chelmsford's Byam School PTO and its executive board dedicate many volunteer hours to the academic community, including planning and operating its holiday gift room, and those efforts should be appreciated.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:12:37 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA['If you can't stop, wave']]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13806186?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[I would like to commend the person/people who had the foresight, as well as the presence of mind, to honor a small piece of history in the town of Littleton. The new sign that was put up in the last couple of weeks to mark the new Littleton police headquarters that includes the phrase, "If you can't stop, wave," actually brought chills to my]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:45:53 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Byam PTO welcomes suggestions, volunteers]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13806181?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[This letter is in response to the Nov. 12 Sun article  titled "Happy holidays, kids! (Just leave the Santas and candy canes at home)."    As members of the PTO board at the Byam School, we are shocked and dismayed at how this event has been portrayed in this paper, as well as on talk radio.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:45:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[China's choice]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion.    Yet, coerced abortions, as well as involuntary sterilizations, are commonplace in China, Beijing's protestations notwithstanding.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:36:12 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Health-care reform is good for America]]>
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<![CDATA[Rep. Niki Tsongas has not abandoned her constituents for the sake of party politics, as some would like us all to believe.    I applaud her for her vote for health-care reform and real competition for the monopoly the insurance companies have on the industry.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[When a time bomb is ticking]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13798495?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood mass murderer, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Three thumbs up]]>
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<![CDATA[Our sincere appreciation to all U.S. veterans who have bravely served this nation -- in all wars and conflicts -- to keep safe the freedoms and protections provided by our Founding Fathers.    Our troops -- past and present -- have made enormous personal sacrifices to preserve the American way of life, and to offer those same opportunities to]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:55 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Keeping children safe from offenders]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13794496?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[By Laurie Myers    We hear the horror stories about children like Jessica Lunsford, abducted from her bedroom, raped and murdered by a repeat sex offender in Florida. We see the photos of kids like 12-year-old Alyssa Presti murdered in her bedroom by level 3 sex offender Michael Bizanowicz after he brutally raped her mother in the living room of]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:30:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Renewal project makes Lowell shine]]>
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<![CDATA[It has been more than 10 years since the idea was proposed, but this week the nearly $800 million Hamilton Canal District project -- which will serve to expand and enhance Lowell's downtown -- officially broke ground.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:58 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Why is principal being pushed out?]]>
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<![CDATA[In the past two weeks, several parents have collected more than 250 signatures all in support of keeping Kevin Moran as principal of the Littleton Middle School. Most people are in total disbelief; continually I get the question, why is this happening?]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:36:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The race for federal funds]]>
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<![CDATA[The competition for a chunk of the $4.35 billion in Race to the Top education funds is edging toward the finish line, and Massachusetts is wisely striving to position itself as a leading contender.    The federal funds will go to a limited number of states, specifically those that can show they are pursuing innovative changes and creative teaching]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:55 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Don't let abortion destroy health-care reform]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13779319?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- For some years, Democrats have denounced parodies casting their party as utterly closed to the views of those who oppose abortion. Last weekend, Democrats proved conclusively that they are, indeed, a big tent -- and many in the ranks are furious.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:36:54 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[U.S. must provide vaccines]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13779316?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[This letter is in response to all the coverage being given to prison inmates and Guantanamo Bay detainees being given first doses of swine-flu vaccines. There is a reason why it is right that these people should get preference on the vaccines.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:36:51 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The GOP's hands-off approach to job creation]]>
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<![CDATA[Conservatives ask the Obama administration, "where are the jobs?" and why is it taking the government so long to create thousands of new, well paying jobs? Conservatives demand these jobs appear without increasing the deficit by one red penny.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:36:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Tyngsboro should look to the future]]>
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<![CDATA[We can't blame Tyngsboro residents if they are frustrated by the various controversies and spats of contention that have hit the town in recent days. Frankly, there have been too many unnecessary issues residents have had to deal with over the past few years.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:12:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Hasan's treason]]>
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<![CDATA[One word aptly describes Fort Hood mass murderer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan: traitor.     Traitor is a tough word. It doesn't smudge and squish. "Traitor" draws a hard line, one that sharply divides essential life-determining values and marks a defining personal choice between the profound and the profane.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:36:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Private health insurance must be preserved]]>
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<![CDATA[The government's desperate efforts to ram through the socialization of our health-care system is wrong!    The closed-door meetings on health-care reform with its deal cutting, coercion and Chicago-style politics is un-American.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:35:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Humane Society needs to loosen up its regulations]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13770266?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[A second story in as many weeks about the overcrowded conditions at the Lowell Humane Society may be misleading the public. This is because the overcrowding at the Broadway Street shelter is at least partially because of the Society's own policies regarding identification and declawing.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:35:51 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Health-care reform nowhere near finish line]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13760287?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[We acknowledge the significance of the health-care bill approved Saturday night by the U.S. House of Representatives, but we are tempering our enthusiasm until a final document emerges.   To call this effort &ldquo;reform&rdquo; is simply not the case.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:34:23 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. should take a walk on footbridge plan]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13753398?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[There's no doubt the federal government should fund projects that will provide jobs for Massachusetts residents and stimulate the stalled economy, but aren't there more important projects to support than a $9 million footbridge connecting parking lots owned by a billionaire?]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:59 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[A salute to Sen. Kennedy]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13753321?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[This world has a need for people like you,    You were the constant voice for the less fortunate,    You fought for our rights and saw it through,    And for the well-being of others you were considerate,    You were our mentor and our voice within the political arena,    You were gallant in your plight to restore our rights,    And helped to]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:36:07 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Americans do not want national health care]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13753309?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[With passage of the health-care reform bill, the U.S. House has defied the will of the American people; our local representative, Niki Tsongas, has abandoned her constituents for the sake of party politics.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:58 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The passion of Henry Allen]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13753304?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[KATHLEEN PARKER sig    WASHINGTON -- The so-called "newsroom brawl" between an editor and a writer at The Washington Post recently has been a fine distraction for the health-care-weary.    The two men apparently came to blows over, of all things, words.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Petty antics?]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13746530?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell's Superintendent of Schools Chris Scott has requested that her annual evaluation by the School Committee be conducted in public.    She's willing to share the committee's review with parents, residents and taxpayers in an open session.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:01:07 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[UMass Lowell should install 'blue lights' on University Avenue bridge for safety of students]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13746483?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Have you ever decided not to walk across the University Avenue bridge at night because of the lack of proper lighting and "blue lights"? We've all heard the stories of encounters on the bridge, but why hasn't anything been done so far?]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:36:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Lowell is moving forward]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13746476?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[I had been up in the air if Lowell was the place we wanted to call home. My husband and I have spoken about moving to the suburbs, but we have always prided ourselves on living below our means and we do not want to be mortgage poor.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:36:11 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The GOP at war with itself]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13746475?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Democrats have some thinking to do after Tuesday's elections, but Republicans don't have time to think. They're too busy trying to survive the party's internal purge and avoid being shipped off to political Siberia.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:36:10 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Blame private industry for lack of H1N1 vaccines]]>
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<![CDATA[Our government can order all the H1N1 vaccination it wants right now. We are being let down by the private industry, which has seen fit not to supply us with the vaccines we so desperately need. Neither Congress, the Senate nor President Obama has the ability or know-how to manufacture vaccines.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:36:00 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Two thumbs down]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_13742759?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Dracut residents have a lot of questions regarding the lengthy absence of Dracut High School vice principal Hank Golec. They deserve some answers.    Golec has been absent for more than a month, but schools officials have revealed precious little information as to why.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:58 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Board of Health should take the lead]]>
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<![CDATA[Balancing the legitimate business and growth plans of an enterprise against the potential impact of those plans on the community as a whole is a tricky proposition. I am encouraged by the pragmatic and methodical manner in which the Westford Board of Health appears to be considering the pros and cons of the proposals for increased industrial]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:36:06 -0700]]>
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