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Native American Mag Rips 'Ugly' Brown 'War Whoops' Rally

'Mocking' dig against Warren heritage sparks uproar

(Newser) - A native American news magazine has slammed the "ugly side" and "racist imagery" of the Scott Brown Senate campaign after staffers were caught on video yelling out " war whoops " and making "tomahawk chops" with their hands. Their target was the Cherokee heritage of Senate candidate...

Brown Staffers Mock Warren With Tomahawk Chop

They also make 'war whoops' at rally

(Newser) - The Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren race had already turned nasty , and now it has its very own racial scandal, WCVB reports. Brown's staffers were caught on tape apparently mocking Warren's tiny iota of Native American heritage by chanting what WCVB calls "war whoops" and making the "tomahawk...

Massachusetts Senate Race Turns Nasty

Brown hits Warren on heritage in new ad

(Newser) - The Massachusetts Senate battle between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown had been a fairly cordial one—but lately, both candidates are changing the tone. Democrat Warren has been focusing on aligning Brown with fellow Republicans. A recent email to supporters notes that Brown doesn't stand "with the people...

Cat Goes to Vet for Flea Bath, Gets Euthanized Instead

Owner is unamused over the screwup

(Newser) - Today in awful: A Massachusetts woman has filed a complaint after she sent her cat to the vet for a flea bath, and the animal was mistakenly euthanized, reports the Telegram & Gazette News . Colleen Conlon had her son drop off 8-year-old Lady at the Broadway Animal Hospital, where he...

Reid Cancels Senate Votes for Brown-Warren Debate

He accused Republicans of stalling so Brown could miss it

(Newser) - Sen. Scott Brown is scheduled to debate Elizabeth Warren this evening in their tight Massachusetts race, but a little Senate drama nearly got in the way. Earlier in the day, Brown told a reporter that he might have to miss the debate if Senate voting ran late. Democrats say Republicans...

Massachusetts Must Pay for Murderer&#39;s Sex Change
Massachusetts Must Pay for Murderer's Sex Change
judge rules
Sep 4, 2012 12:58 PM CDT

Massachusetts Must Pay for Murderer's Sex Change

Michelle Kosilek, born Robert Kosilek, was convicted of killing wife in 1990

(Newser) - Massachusetts taxpayers are officially on the hook for a transgender murderer's sex-reassignment surgery. US District Judge Mark Wolf today ruled in the case of Michelle Kosilek , who was born as a man but has received hormone treatments and lives as a woman in an all-male prison. Robert Kosilek was...

Shark Threat Closes Cape Cod Beaches

Two sharks spotted; great white found dead near state border

(Newser) - A Labor Day disappointment on Cape Cod: Beaches have shut down along much of the coast thanks to shark trouble. Officials have banned swimming at several top sites after a pair of sightings, CBS News reports. The animals seem to be appearing more frequently lately; earlier this summer, a man...

No, Elizabeth Warren Isn&#39;t Floundering
 No, Elizabeth Warren 
 Isn't Floundering 
OPINION
Aug 10, 2012 1:04 PM CDT

No, Elizabeth Warren Isn't Floundering

Don't believe the negative press: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Fans of Elizabeth Warren might be worried after reading a New Republic piece that asserts she's floundering in her challenge against Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But it's way too soon to panic, counters Steve Kornacki at Salon . Ignore the "anecdotal" grumblings about her Senate campaign for a...

Cape Cod Deals With Return of Great Whites

It would help if people stopped swimming near seals, say experts

(Newser) - After a kayaker's close call was followed by Massachusetts' first great white shark attack since 1936 , authorities have some advice for Cape Cod swimmers: Stay away from seals. More than 300,000 grey seals now live in the area—30 times more than in the '60s—and their...

Boy, 9, Clings to Life After He's Shot in Head by Dad

Daryl Benway kills 7-year-old daughter, self

(Newser) - A Massachusetts boy is fighting for his life after he and his 7-year-old sister were shot in the head by their suicidal father, said law enforcement authorities. Police found Daryl Benway, 41, and daughter Abigail dead in the master bedroom of their Oxford home. Owen Benway, 9, was found still...

Police Get Tip in Teen's 1989 Disappearance

Anonymous tip prompts new search

(Newser) - Investigators think they may be on the verge of a breakthrough in a 23-year-old mystery. A team of 9-13 cadaver dogs will search a Massachusetts State Park on Saturday in search of the remains of Melanie Melanson, a local girl who went missing in 1989, just five days before her...

Coming From Massachusetts: Hill's First Gay Republican?

Richard Tisei thinks his sexuality could actually be an advantage

(Newser) - Richard Tisei is hoping to become Capitol Hill's first openly gay Republican this November—and he thinks his sexuality might actually help. Being gay is a "non-issue" in Tisei's left-leaning district, he tells the Hill ; indeed, he thinks being pro-gay-marriage and pro-choice will be marks in his...

Obama Camp: Romney May Have Committed a Felony

SEC docs could have 'very serious legal consequences'

(Newser) - If Mitt Romney wasn't actually Bain Capital's CEO in 2002, there could be "very, very serious legal consequences," an Obama campaign lawyer told reporters yesterday. Romney has said publicly that he left Bain in 1999, but the Boston Globe yesterday reported that Bain SEC filings indicate...

Barney Frank Gets Married
 Barney Frank Gets Married 
Jul 8, 2012 6:09 AM CDT

Barney Frank Gets Married

Becomes first sitting congressman to have same-sex wedding

(Newser) - Barney Frank in 1987 became the first sitting member of Congress to announce he was gay, and yesterday he became the first to have a same-sex wedding, reports the Boston Globe . The retiring congressman, no stranger to controversy , married Jim Ready in front of 300 friends, family, and colleagues. Frank,...

Sharks Spark Cape Cod Swim Ban

'He was big and he was close,' warns spotter

(Newser) - Sightings of at least two great white sharks —one 16 feet long—stalking the waters off Cape Cod have triggered a swimming ban at the popular summer tourist spot during one of busiest times of the year. One shark was spotted a half mile from shore; the other was...

Romney Takes Small-Town Road Trip

Guess which state he's skipping?

(Newser) - Mitt Romney sets off on his first campaign bus tour of the election today, in a trip that will pointedly avoid big cities and focus instead on 14 smaller cities and towns that his advisers say are the kind of places Barack Obama has forgotten. They're calling it the...

Massachusetts Town's Fine for Swearing in Public: $20

Keep it clean in public, folks

(Newser) - Say it with us: "Oh, fudge." Anyone traveling to Middleborough, Mass., will want to make sure such phrases are part of their vocabulary, because anyone caught swearing in a public area will now be slapped with a $20 fine. Town residents voted 183-50 last night in approval of...

Teen Gets Jail Time in Fatal Texting Crash

Massachusetts youth will spend a year in prison

(Newser) - A Massachusetts teenager is going to prison for a year because he was texting while driving and caused a fatal accident, the Boston Globe reports. Aaron Deveau, now 18, crossed the center line and smashed into a vehicle driven by a 55-year-old who died from his injuries. The judge sentenced...

Romney Also Threw Cash at Solar Failures

In seeking to bring Mass. jobs, Romney was same as Obama in 'picking winners and losers'

(Newser) - Brace yourself for another round of political I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I: Mitt Romney has repeatedly hammered President Obama for the White House's role in Solyndra's meltdown, but now Konarka Technologies, another solar energy company in which Romney invested public funds as Massachusetts governor, has gone bankrupt, reports the Boston Herald . Romney...

Elizabeth Warren Still Tied in Polls With Scott Brown

Flap over Native American ancestry doesn't seem to have hurt much

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren may be taking flak for her handling of questions over her claims to Native American ancestry , but the issue doesn't seem to have hurt her much in the polls. She and Scott Brown are effectively tied in the latest Boston Globe survey, just as they were in...

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