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Tuesday May 13, 2008
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posted by Cape Cod Daily News Wire Tuesday May 13, 2008 (less than 1 hour ago) | via Cape Cod Daily News Wire
Cape Cod Daily News Wire Tuesday May 13, 2008All the latest blog posts and news items from over 40 local Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard sources posted today, Tuesday May 13, 2008, and picked up by the Cape Cod Daily News Wire. Updated hourly. Read 'em!
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The Latest 50 Headlines from the Cape Cod Daily News Wire
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Falmouth man's hot idea: A better way to heat
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
In 1994, during the first winter that David Shaw lived in Bristol, Conn., the heating bills for his condominium reached as high as $400 a month — a sum that he found shocking.
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Pilgrim strike threat looms
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
Workers at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth are threatening to walk off the job this week if they can't settle a contract dispute with the company.
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State gas tax break floated
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
The measure, similar to a proposal at the federal level, would waive the levy for the summer months.
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All's fair? Not in the music industry
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
"Beware of strange faces and dark dingy places, be careful while bending the law; and the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.
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Rehab hospital cuts jobs
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands is cutting 14 jobs because of decreased demand for inpatient services.
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Gas prices too plump to pump
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
Old gas pumps run into problems at $4 a gallon.
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County commissioner candidates debate
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Business
Tomorrow at 7 p.m. the five Democratic candidates for two open seats on the Barnstable County Commissioners will debate at the Harwich Community Center at 100 Oak St.
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Where are chemicals?
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
State legislators could act as early as today on an important public safety measure.
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There's less gee-whiz if you do the math
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
In his May 11 letter, Raymond Morse states incorrectly that the "new" real crisis is better vehicle performance, for that would decrease oil company profits. He also asks why families should pay $4 a gallon for heating oil.
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Wright saga betrays Obama's credulity
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
Poor Obama. After 20 years of listening to the Rev. Wright's anti-American tirades, the candidate who says that "words have meaning" finally repudiated his racist counselor, friend and spiritual adviser.
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Black gold is the new red, white and blue
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
In response to "Where fingers point in our real oil 'crisis,'" (Letters, May 11), the real oil crisis is the way Americans use gas and oil — as though there were to be no tomorrow — in a downright unpatriotic fashion.
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The 10 most famous Cape Codders
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
The May issue of Smithsonian magazine featured the results of a survey of high school students, who were asked to list the 10 most famous people in American history.
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Falmouth must finish high school
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
I emphatically urge all Falmouth voters to participate in the upcoming town elections and to vote yes on Question 1, which would approve spending an additional $19 million to complete the renovation of Falmouth High School.
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Deficit spending gone haywire
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Opinion
I wish all the presidential candidates could come to a town meeting with a good budget debate.
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Masked man sought in teen's sex assault
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Police and Fire Logs
A teenage girl was able to talk a masked assailant into letting her go early yesterday after he forced her out of bed and sexually assaulted her only yards from her Dennis home as her parents slept, the police said.
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Suspect in church alms robbery has rape record
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Police and Fire Logs
A Hyannis man accused of trying to steal the collection basket from a church Sunday night will have a lot of time to consider his sins.
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Dennis woman wakes to bedroom intruder
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Police and Fire Logs
Dennis police are investigating a break-in at the home of an elderly woman on Cedar Hill Road in East Dennis Sunday night.
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Police investigate Dennis car break-ins
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Police and Fire Logs
Dennis police are investigating 13 car break-ins that occurred late Saturday night into early Sunday morning in the areas of Chadwick Lane and Pheasant Lane.
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Community energy to be discussed
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
A group of people concerned about rising energy prices will meet tomorrow to discuss how they can own the problem. Literally.
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Police investigate Dennis car break-ins
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Dennis police are investigating 13 car break-ins that occurred late Saturday night into early Sunday morning in the areas of Chadwick Lane and Pheasant Lane.
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Boat discharge ban sought in bay
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
It is possible that by this summer, Cape Cod Bay will become the largest No Discharge Area in the state. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles submitted the proposed no-discharge designation to the U.S.
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County commissioner candidates debate
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Tomorrow at 7 p.m. the five Democratic candidates for two open seats on the Barnstable County Commissioners will debate at the Harwich Community Center at 100 Oak St.
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Nauset shellfishing restricted
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
The Nauset estuary in Eastham was closed last week to the harvesting of mussels after sampling by the state Division of Marine Fisheries showed elevated levels of red tide toxin.
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Rapist gets up to 15 years
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Thirteen years and one and a half trials later, Melvin Ewing, 39, pleaded guilty yesterday to a 1995 rape.
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Dennis woman wakes to bedroom intruder
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Dennis police are investigating a break-in at the home of an elderly woman on Cedar Hill Road in East Dennis Sunday night.
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Board seats, debt, on Falmouth ballot
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Three candidates will compete for two spots on the board of selectmen in the May 20 election. Brent Putnam is the sole challenger to incumbents Ahmed Mustafa and Catherine Bumpus.
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Suspect in church alms robbery has rape record
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
A Hyannis man accused of trying to steal the collection basket from a church Sunday night will have a lot of time to consider his sins.
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Bourne OKs tax override for more police
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Before town meeting could act on the $370,500 tax override request for five new police officers last night, residents had to deal with another number: 24.
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State lien prevents Route 6 eyesore from razing
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Neighborhood Service Station on Route 6 in Eastham is not a good neighbor and hasn't been for going on 18 years.
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Military funeral grants final wish for Air Force base commander
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Even when Col. Arval Roberson retired from Otis Air Force Base, his heart never left. He retired in 1973, making him the last commander of the U.S. Air Force base before the Air National Guard took over.
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Orleans bites the bullet for police station
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Despite many questions, Orleans town meeting last night agreed to spend $700,000 to design a police station at the station's current site on Eldredge Park Way.
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Chatham supports $15.5M for police station, town annex
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
A 1960s-era police station and a cramped and inefficient town hall annex will be replaced with state-of-the-art, side-by-side facilities on George Ryder Road as a result of a town meeting vote last night.
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Masked man sought in teen's sex assault
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
A teenage girl was able to talk a masked assailant into letting her go early yesterday after he forced her out of bed and sexually assaulted her only yards from her Dennis home as her parents slept, the police said.
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Pilgrim strike threat looms
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
Workers at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth are threatening to walk off the job this week if they can't settle a contract dispute with the company.
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Friday Barnstable court
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
In court Friday:
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Friday Orleans court
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
In court Friday:
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Rehab hospital cuts jobs
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 | via Cape Cod Times Headlines
The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands is cutting 14 jobs because of decreased demand for inpatient services.
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Wind Advisory - Barnstable (Massachusetts)
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:23 -0400 | via Weather Warnings and Advisories NWS
UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
404 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008
...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
.AN OCEAN STORM WELL SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WILL BE LOCATED WELL SOUTHEAST
OF NANTUCKET BY THIS AFTERNOON...
MAZ022-024-131300-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080513T1300Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
NANTUCKET
404 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH TOWARD SUNRISE...THEN WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH DURING MID MORNING.
THE PRIMARY RISK REGION FOR STRONGEST WIND IS ACROSS NANTUCKET
AND NEAR CHATHAM ON THE CAPE...POSSIBLY EXTENDING NORTHWARD ALONG
ROUTE 6 TO PROVINCETOWN.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREE LIMBS...POSSIBLY CAUSING
POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE WINDS
WILL EASILY BLOW ABOUT LIGHTER ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN
FURNITURE.
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NOCERA
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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Short Term Forecast - Barnstable (Massachusetts)
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:23 -0400 | via Weather Warnings and Advisories NWS
BOURNE...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...HYANNIS...
PROVINCETOWN...WELLFLEET
405 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008
.NOW...
AT 5 AM...PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 45. NORTHEAST WINDS
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
AT 7 AM...MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 47. NORTHEAST WINDS
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
AT 9 AM...MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 51. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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If you are what you eat, why not eat local? - St. Croix Valley Press
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 04:39:31 -0400 | via Cape Cod Google News
If you are what you eat, why not eat local?
St. Croix Valley Press, MN - 19 minutes ago
Additionally, the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association cites Massachusetts as the number one cranberry producer in the country. With statistics like these ...
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Charities ungracious in defeat - Worcester Telegram
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 04:33:19 -0400 | via Cape Cod Google News
Charities ungracious in defeat
Worcester Telegram, MA - 25 minutes ago
After the diagnosis, the Rosens drove him to doctors’ appointments, to their home on Cape Cod and to visit with friends. They closely monitored his care and ...
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Short Term Forecast - Barnstable (Massachusetts)
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:40 -0400 | via Weather Warnings and Advisories NWS
BOURNE...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...HYANNIS...
PROVINCETOWN...WELLFLEET
305 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008
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AT 4 AM...MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 45. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
AT 6 AM...MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 46. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
AT 8 AM...MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE AROUND 49. NORTHEAST WINDS
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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Storm forces search for 46-year-old woman who fell from cruise ... - Press of Atlantic City
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 03:29:37 -0400 | via Cape Cod Google News
Storm forces search for 46-year-old woman who fell from cruise ...
Press of Atlantic City, NJ - 29 minutes ago
An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Cape Cod, Mass., arrived shortly after midnight and searched for three hours until they were forced to quit because of ...
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Racism alarms Obama backers
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 03:04:22 -0400 | via MSNBC Headlines
The contrast between the adoring crowds Barack Obama draws at public events and the racism his foot soldiers encounter out of the spotlight is stark.
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Spartans heading to Cape - Rutland Herald
posted Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01:56 -0400 | via Cape Cod Google News
Spartans heading to Cape
Rutland Herald, VT - 57 minutes ago
By Tom Haley Herald Staff CASTLETON — Castleton State's Brad Polcare is taking his red-hot bat to Cape Cod, site of the eight-team, double elimination New ...
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