Bruce Tarr

In Mass., lawmakers torn between casinos' lure and state's Puritan roots, public health credos. Massachusetts lawmakers enthralled with the lure of easy casino cash are having a tough time squaring the 24-hour world of smoke-filled, free-booze gambling haunts with the state's Puritan roots and high-minded liberal reputation.

Fishermen heading to Washington, demand changes to fishery law to save jobs, communities. Fishermen from around the country are planning to pack the steps in front of the U.S. Capitol this month to demand changes to a federal fisheries law they say is killing jobs and eroding fishing communities.

Fishermen rally in Mass. to call for changes to fishery law, 'dysfunctional' management. Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the "dysfunctional" management that they say is destroying their industry.

Fishermen rally in Mass. to call for changes to fishery law, 'dysfunctional' management. Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the "dysfunctional" management that they say is destroying their industry.

Mass. Gov. Patrick says Obama inquired about law to allow temporary Kennedy replacement. Gov. Deval Patrick said Friday that President Barack Obama had personally talked to him about changing the Senate succession law in Massachusetts, and White House aides were pushing for him to gain the power to temporarily replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy amid the administration's health care push.