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Bryan Pregon

'Under God' part of Pledge of Allegiance under review in Massachusetts - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Sep 13
     
    "'Under God' part of Pledge of Allegiance under review in Massachusetts"
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  • ladasia on 04 Sep 13
     
    Well then, If it started that way, why would we change it? That's like changing McDonald's from fast food to a fancy italian resturant
  • Bryan Pregon on 06 Sep 13
     
    It is interesting that the pledge has been changed before... the "under God" part wasnt added until the 1950's http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
  • Sara Borgaila on 06 Sep 13
     
    I don't think its discrimination. Because it's saying that God doesn't love gay people but that's quite opposite. Well that's what I believe anyway. I think we should leave the pledge the way it is because of tradition.
  • Paul Gerjevic on 06 Sep 13
     
    america isn't all forced religion country so i can see why under god could upset people but it isn't that big of a deal
  • Victoria Kirk on 06 Sep 13
     
    It shouldn't matter that is not "forcing a religion" on to someone. Kids don't really think about the meaning of words that they repeat everyday.
  • sheagorman on 06 Sep 13
     
    i think its unnecessary to change it because its a free counrty you dont even have to say the pledge, also it doesnt say a certain god, just gid so that can mean any god you believe in
  • sarah smith on 06 Sep 13
     
    Why?!! Neext thing you know they will wanna take the In God we trust off the money!!
  • ladasia on 06 Sep 13
     
    They have actually spoken on that in the past
Dalton Ryba

Massachusetts teen Philip Chism indicted for murder - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Dalton Ryba on 22 Nov 13
     
    (CNN) -- A Massachusetts grand jury Thursday indicted 14-year-old Philip Chism for murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery in connection with last month's slaying of his algebra teacher, according to the Essex district attorney. Under Massachusetts law, anyone older than 14 indicted for murder can be tried as an adult.
jasminemarie16

14-year-old accused of killing beloved Danvers, Massachusetts, teacher - CNN.com - 3 views

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  • jasminemarie16 on 24 Oct 13
     
    Danvers, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Students will get back to reading, writing and arithmetic on Thursday at schools all over this small Massachusetts town. Except for one. Danvers High School. Students and their parents there will talk to grief counselors. They and police investigators are asking why their much loved math teacher was killed.
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  • spencer schmitz on 24 Oct 13
     
    teachers need guns to protect them selfs and students from any dangrous people.
  • Rachel Cottone-Dungan on 24 Oct 13
     
    Its a terrifying to think about what may run through some people's heads.
  • amber1996 on 24 Oct 13
     
    what has our society came to? what would a person have to do to deserve that? no one does. it's sad.
  • Bryan Pregon on 25 Oct 13
     
    Re: Spencer. I'm not sure having teachers carrying guns would make students FEEL safer, nor am I convinced that having teachers with guns would actually reduce school violence. I do believe that having a on site police officer or dedicated security person is a good idea.
  • Maddie christensen on 25 Oct 13
     
    i just know when i was 12 and 14 i didn't think about killing my teacher...
  • sarah smith on 30 Oct 13
     
    Times have changed now,when i was 14 i didn't go around thinking about killing people.
alonnab

Massachusetts child rape suspect on national crime spree arrested - 1 views

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  • alonnab on 29 Oct 14
     
    (CNN) -- A Massachusetts child rape suspect who was wanted in connection with a cross country spree of sexual assaults, kidnappings and armed robberies has been arrested. Gregory Lewis was arrested in Fort Edward, New York, the Massachusetts State Police said.
Jeremy Vogel

Massachusetts judge rules for inmate's sex-change surgery - 3 views

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 06 Sep 12
     
    A federal court judge on Tuesday ordered Massachusetts officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transsexual prison inmate, after determining that it was the only adequate treatment for the inmate's mental illness.
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  • Hope Philbrick on 06 Sep 12
     
    I think that from the physiological stand point this court case makes seance. How ever I think that our tax dollars should not be used to make this medical procedure happen.
  • Payton Whiteaker on 07 Sep 12
     
    This is a very odd case to say the least. This prison inmate is at 13x the risk of a sexual assault as the average inmate. So, the question is, is the protection of a near-insane murder worth tax payer dollars? I don't think so, but something has to be done about the inmates safety, perhaps being placed alone, or with people of the preferred gender of the inmate? In the event of tax payers paying, is it really that much? The government comes up with about $2,650 billion yearly from income tax alone. To add on, it is really not that often that this expensive of a situation arises. Is it really that big of a deal for something that almost never happens, but may help someone in the near future?
  • Alex Snipes on 07 Sep 12
     
    This may be what's "best" for the inmate, but he/she (no offense intended, I just don't know what to call them) murdered someone. Don't you think that a murderer should in some way "pay" for what they've done. They don't deserve the best, but they also don't deserve to be sexually assaulted. Also, tax payer dollars should not go towards things like this, that money is for the betterment of the community and/or the country. To fix the sexual harassment problem, the inmate should be put somewhere alone. Yet, another question rises, what about all the other inmates (male or female) who are sexually assaulted? We can't worry about them all, plus they're in there for a reason, they don't deserve tax money to go towards protecting them whenever they put others in danger that led them to be in prison. So, the answer is no, it's not worth it. It's not tax payer's problem.
  • Jenny Ord on 07 Sep 12
     
    if this person wanted to become a women then wouldn't they prefer men? which means that if they are 13 times the risk, wouldn't that be a good thing since they like guys? well if it was a rape then i understand but there are sometimes in prison when it isn't a rape or sexual assault, both want to do it. in that case that person should consider themselves lucky to be around guys all the time.
  • keowa coleman on 07 Sep 12
     
    haha what if this dude was just really straight and thought that if he gets a sex change that he will be placed with da lady's so he wouldn't be around all da dudes n stuff .
  • Alexis Theos on 07 Sep 12
     
    I agree with Payton just place her alone if its for her safety. If its for her mental condition send her to a prison mental health facility.
  • Jaidlyn Bookout on 07 Sep 12
     
    I just don't understand how a PRISON INMATE is allowed that luxury of sex change surgery. Especially considering the price and how much it really is causing taxpayers
  • Olivia Burgher on 07 Sep 12
     
    I personally think that this was a great decision. I believe that a person's mental health is the most important aspect in the road to any sort of recovery. Even though the transgender inmate did commit a murder, she deserves to have the resources to stabilize her well-being. Should the rest of America have to pay for it? Perhaps not, but I don't mind helping out someone who desperately needs it. Although, I guess that depends on your belief on the importance of mental health.
  • Payton Whiteaker on 11 Sep 12
     
    Jenny, this is really not a matter of sexual interests. If this person wants a sex change, it may be because of this sexual interest, but then again, it may not. They may simply want to be a female. The funding should come from the inmate, but the inmate cannot earn funds while behind bars, perhaps the inmate should be allowed to work up to being allowed to have a sex change operation.
Olivia Welch

Ex-Massachusetts chemist gets 3 to 5 years in tampering case - 0 views

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  • Olivia Welch on 25 Nov 13
     
    (CNN) -- A former Massachusetts crime lab chemist accused of mishandling evidence affecting hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of criminal cases was sentenced Friday to three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to 27 counts.
  • jamie003 on 05 Dec 13
     
    She should get longer in my opinion. She messed with evidence and hid things probably to her benefit.
Bryan Pregon

Nevada, Massachusetts teacher slayings hurt schools as safe havens - CNN.com - 3 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 24 Oct 13
     
    "Teacher slayings in Nevada and Massachusetts this week are the latest examples of how educators feel schools are less of a traditional safe haven, especially from gun violence that killed one of the instructors, an education firm says."
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  • Jessi Gallagher on 24 Oct 13
     
    I think that all school teachers like the ones in Texas should be able to have guns in their classrooms.
  • Victoria Kirk on 24 Oct 13
     
    What is wrong with the world that 12 and 14 year olds would even start to think about these kind of things.
  • moemoe13 on 24 Oct 13
     
    Hope no gun in the class room and everywhere cause is danger for peoples.
  • sarah smith on 30 Oct 13
     
    This is crazy now killings start at a young age wow, 12 and 14 year olds should be thinking about hanging out with friends and stuff like that not killing people...were did the world go crazyily wrong!?
  • moemoe13 on 06 Nov 13
     
    OH! I don't want to do that all school classroom have gun, if have it every one be crazy and killed each other. but hey Sarah i know right young age want to stat with gun and hang out with they friend and kill people maybe they don't have freedom that why they do it. Do you think that?
Lauren Rommel

Romney vs. Obama on jobs - 0 views

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  • Lauren Rommel on 09 Jan 12
     
    January 8, 2012 -- Updated 1923 GMT (0323 HKT) Editor's note: Part of the CNN Republican debate fact-checking series "We created more jobs in Massachusetts than Barack Obama's created in the entire country." -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on employment during his 2003-2007 stint in public office, during Sunday's Republican presidential debate on NBC.
Bryan Pregon

TSA says it will dial back passenger monitoring program - CNNPolitics - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 18 Dec 18
     
    "Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts who's a critic of the program, said Monday that he is "pleased that TSA is now scaling back its collection of personal information about innocent Americans and their behavior.""
Christina Constant

What does Santorum want from Romney? - CNN.com - 2 views

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  • Christina Constant on 04 May 12
     
    Washington (CNN) -- Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battled each other for months, trading attacks over the Massachusetts health care plan, who was the true fiscal conservative and each other's records.
  • andrea ramirez on 07 May 12
     
    i wonder if santorum will endorse romney
Ember Groover

This Is How Proud Romney Was to Be Pro-Gay Rights in 1994 - 0 views

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  • Ember Groover on 24 Aug 12
     
    Mitt Romney earned huge cheers at a conservative conference in February when he bragged, "On my watch, we fought hard and prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage." But in 1994, running for Senate against Ted Kennedy, he told a local gay and lesbian paper he was even more pro-gay rights than Kennedy.
  • Katelyn Owen on 28 Aug 12
     
    I think Mitt Romney is a hypocrite for sending out mixed messages against and pro gay rights.
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