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<![CDATA[Aiding addicts]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (David Crary, Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:31 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Dracut charges, Groton taxes, foolish footbridge and regret]]>
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<![CDATA[The following items were posted on The Sun's Internet comment board.    Charges fly in Dracut    Politics as usual in Dracut. If attending sporting events is overseeing them, then most parents are qualified for the job.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:36:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Keeping children safe from offenders]]>
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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[Give until it helps]]>
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<![CDATA[It has been a tough year for a lot of people. Still, many find a way to be generous with their charitable giving. Contributing to the economic and social development of communities in need is vital in times like this.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (John Edward)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:15 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Teaching through critical thinking]]>
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<![CDATA[The latest fad to sweep K-12 education is called "21st-Century Skills." States -- including Massachusetts -- are adding them to their learning standards, with the expectation that students will master skills such as cooperative learning and critical thinking and therefore be better able to compete for jobs in the global]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (Diane Ravitch)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:59:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Cashman blasts board, Lottery cheats, Tewksbury school]]>
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<![CDATA[The following items were posted on The Sun's Internet comment board.    Cashman blasts Tyngsboro selectmen    For Rosemary Cashman to show that much emotion is not good for the taxpaying residents; the best candidate for the job should be chosen.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@lowellsun.com (The Lowell Sun)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:36:03 -0700]]>
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