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TWIB: Author of the D’Alessandro report

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:42:14 -0500

(NECN) - David D’Alessandro, former John Hancock CEO, talks about his governor commissioned sweeping and scathing report that raises major safety concerns and questions about the financial health of the MBTA. What can be done to turn it arou...

Mass. Gov. Patrick says 2,000 jobs could be cut

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:38:12 -0400

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is offering a sobering look at the state’s finances today. He says the economic situation is dire, and is looking to reduce costs by $600 million. The governor says as many as 2,...

Obama optimistic banks to ease lending in new year

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:37:35 -0500

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - President Barack Obama says he’s optimistic that banks will ease lending next year and that should help businesses that want to expand and hire new workers. At a town hall meeting in Allentown, Pa., Obama was ...

4 dead in Connecticut fire

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:50:10 -0500

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Bridgeport, Conn.) - A mother and her three children were killed in an overnight fire in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Firefighters say they arrived to the P.T. Barnum public housing complex around 1am. Officials in Bridgeport...

Town Meeting: Alan Khazei answers viewer’s questions

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:44:45 -0500

(NECN) ? Alan Khazei joined NECN for a Town Meeting of the Air, a chance for viewers to ask questions of the Senate candidates. 48-year-old Alan Khazei is described as a social entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of City Year. The founde...

Best photos of the week with Ted Gartland

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:32:01 -0500

(NECN) - Thanksgiving week is over, and now it’s time to look back at some of the top photos of the past few days. Boston Globe photo assignment editor Ted Gartland, joins NECN with some of the most memorable moments from the holiday, spo...

TWIB: Business beat with Peter Howe

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:14:56 -0500

(NECN) - Peter Howe is on the business beat looking at the House Democrat versions of U.S. healthcare reform; the intensity over the future of casino gambling in Massachusetts; JetBlue expansion at Logan Airport and the announced departure of The ...

News review 2005 part 3 of 6

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:12:50 -0400

Including: Mugabe retains power in Zimbabwe; Pope John Paul II dies; Protests against Japanese history textbook; France rejects EU constitution; Khodorkovsky sentenced and more. MUGABE RETAINS POWER IN ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS CONDEMNED AS UNFAIR BY THE WEST Zimbabweans kept President Robert Mugabe in power after March 31 elections gave him an overall majority in the 150-seat parliamentary assembly. Despite turnout of less than 50 percent and accusations that the polls were flawed, Mugabe's Zanu-PF (Zimbabwe African National Unity-Patriotic Front) party took 78 seats, leaving the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai with 41 seats and one independent. 30 other seats are directly appointed by Mugabe. 81-year-old Mugabe has held power for 25 years since independence from Britain and has been isolated and criticised by the international community for misrule and wrecking the economy. POPE JOHN PAUL II DIES, CARDINAL RATZINGER ELECTED SUCCESSOR An estimated 300,000 people crammed into the Vatican city on April 8 to watch one of the most momentous funerals in recent history. Polish Pope John Paul II died on April 2nd after a 26-year papacy, after long bouts of illness and increasing frailty. He was buried a week later in a simple wooden coffin, after a huge outpouring of grief, during which millions files past his body as it lay in state. The conservative German 78-year-old Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI surprisingly quickly on April 19 and faced with the daunting task of leading 1.1 billion Roman Catholics through what some predict will be a difficult papacy. BRITAIN'S PRINCE CHARLES FINALLY MARRIES CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES AFTER 35-YEAR AFFAIR The day after attending the pope's funeral, Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles finally married his mistress of 35 years, Camilla Parker Bowles. Charles troubled first marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales, was unable to survive his continuing affair with Camilla and they div...