[0:04:27] ... Massachusetts voters will narrow down the field of candidates for the late Ted Kennedy's senate seat just two weeks from today. Ahead of the primary election -- examining some of the defining moments for each of the candidates today businessmen and Boston Celtics co owner Stephen -- you go. As WB or ethnic and attempt regarding reports Kelli Uga and his candidacy are a study ...
[0:05:27] ... And I are thinking this is the guy who just by the Boston Celtics. ...
[0:05:48] ... 2004. When an owner led locked out had completely shut down the National Hockey League. Tapper -- went straight to -- you can with a plan. ...
[0:07:22] ... principles against his loyalties. In 1994 -- friend and mentor Republican Mitt Romney challenged Ted Kennedy for senate. Even though he's always declared himself a Democrat. -- you could donated several thousand dollars to Romney's ...
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[0:02:04] ... I'm not ruling out -- stimulus is -- but Attorney General Martha Coakley a Democrat is also not too lenient a second stimulus either. I would wanna make sure -- well we use dollars that ...
[0:03:54] ... for the public's attention this holiday week. The Ford Democrats seeking -- Ted Kennedy seat will share a stage at a televised candidate forum tonight. This morning the two Republicans face off in a debate organized ...
[0:04:59] ... and you're not raising anywhere near the money that the to. Democratic front runners are. ...
[0:05:41] ... after is another seat for another office down the road in the Senate campaign. Is mostly designed just to get publicity for a future run for some of their office. But once again and take exception ...
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[0:00:24] ... hoping swine flu was on the decline in Massachusetts well sorry. State health officials say the H1N1 virus is so widespread. There's more flu in the state now than it any other time in recorded history. To talk about all this and why some doctors think swine flu is actually peaking. Or slowing we turn to WBUR's health and science reporter Sacha Pfeiffer Sasha thanks for coming in Iraq. So just how bad our state health officials saying those points Lewis. ...
[0:04:09] ... private doctors should still some back to the swine flu -- state health officials feeling like -- swine flu is as big a problem as they worried it might be. ...
[0:05:34] ... of the issue to set himself apart from two of his rivals Attorney General Martha Coakley and congressman Michael -- Leno. Both Coakley in -- you -- and said they would oppose healthcare reform if the package also prohibits government funding of abortions. WBUR. Is for entice reports on the candidate's position on this important issue. Steve tell you -- says unequivocal support for health care reform should be a prerequisite for any Democrat aspiring to fill the seat held by the late Senator Ted Kennedy. ...
[0:06:05] ... I bet -- took my opponents in this race Attorney General Martha Coakley and congressman Michael Capuano have failed to meet this test. They will not be a reliable sixtieth vote in favor health care ...
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[0:01:06] ... poverty. Half the schools are elementary is with a few middle and high schools. The perhaps the most surprising thing as is it three of the fourteen our pilots. Pilots you might remember where the Boston ...
[0:09:53] ... Now onto a more conventional sport. On Sunday eight Major League soccer will determine their champion Los Angeles Galaxy and -- Salt Lake. Compete for the MLS cup in Seattle. WBUR. Commentator Bill Littlefield previews the championship game. Landon Donovan is America's goal scorer people who know the name of only one MLS coach know the name of Bruce Arena. -- having the team featuring those guys in the championship game constitute as good as it gets for Major League soccer. Particularly if the same team employs David Beckham. It's close in an even better world for MLS Chicago would have beaten -- ...
[0:11:21] ... weeks. This is not to suggest that all is entirely excellent for Major League soccer at the close of the league's fourteenth season. Those sponsorship and television coverage are up a bit attendance is slightly down from ...
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[0:00:19] ... the December 8 primaries for this special election to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy. With less than three weeks ago the candidates are stepping up their appearances on the campaign trail. All four Democrats focused on ...
[0:01:07] ... side with them. For the citizens who want -- on it as attorney general heavily disclose where money comes comment was made my decisions based upon the merits of the issue. -- said at the foreign that he wouldn't meet with any of lobbyists including ones from the Sierra Club. But later he issued a statement saying he would meet with lobbyists from the environmental group because he's open to hearing all views. The forum looked at pressing environmental issues including cape wind which Senator Ted Kennedy opposed. All four candidates support the stalled project on Nantucket Sound. But they disagree on whether or not the government should be ...
[0:03:21] ... The forum also touched on capping greenhouse gases the environmental impact of destination casinos. And seals. The candidates were all -- if they would support reducing federal protections for seals ...
[0:10:48] ... since the birth of my two children. And no family history of breast cancer and was pretty lax about getting screened again but my primary care doctor kept telling needed to. She cited the previous guidelines. ...
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[0:00:18] ... the go to site for the candidates and their staffers but first. Governor Deval Patrick today is releasing what's described as the most comprehensive plan for integrating immigrants into Massachusetts. With the State's immigrant population estimated at ...
[0:06:43] ... definitive -- the positions referred so far from two of his rivals. Attorney General Martha Coakley and venture capitalists Steve -- Uga. Neither has gone so far as to say the US should begin pulling troops out in ...
[0:12:14] ... by someone who says he's a political junkie mourning the loss since Senator Ted Kennedy. The author says he prefers to remain anonymous because he has a day job that is non political. WBUR knows who he ...
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[0:03:10] ... still has some supporters on Friday Governor Deval Patrick touted the agency's annual statistical report and said DCF is moving in the right direction. An -- and nurture an intake investigations ...
[0:03:57] ... tomorrow. And -- candidates for the Massachusetts senate seat of the late Ted Kennedy are walking a fine line many of them are trying to assure voters so helped carry out some of Kennedy's initiatives. At ...
[0:04:52] ... Ted Kennedy you know through his illness and threw his death and funeral. Sucked up so much of the attention it's natural to want to connect this race -- sort of the next chapter in the Ted Kennedy story. ...
[0:05:08] ... been trying to right themselves into Kennedy's story. The democratic front runner Attorney General Martha Coakley says she wouldn't even be running were it not for Kennedy's work against sexual discrimination. ...
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[0:01:02] ... Attorney General Martha Coakley said the US needs to fund the volunteer army. ...
[0:02:29] ... WBUR I'm Fred place. You can follow all our coverage of the Senate campaign in the special section on our website titled sprint to the Senate again it's at wbur.org. ...
[0:03:31] ... Sure yeah. In the waiting room at Boston University student health services half the kids are wearing the blue surgical masks they're giving out the door. It's a two hour wait for walk ins ...
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[0:00:20] ... their careers this morning. Martha Coakley. She's made hundreds of decisions as attorney general but the one with perhaps the biggest impact. Was choosing to settle a criminal case against Big Dig contractors for 458. Million dollars nearly two years ago. As WBUR as Monica Brady-Myerov reports some called the settlement courageous others call ...
[0:01:17] ... Coakley stands by her reasoning today. She was elected attorney general in November 2006. Five months after a ceiling panel in the interstate ninety connector tunnel fell and killed me in -- way. ...
[0:03:31] ... court. Lawyer Brad Henry represented Delphi raise three children who live in Costa Rica he says Coakley did a great service to the taxpayers of Massachusetts. ...
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[0:00:26] ... abortion between two of the Democrats vying to succeed the late US Senator Ted Kennedy. Candidate congressman Michael -- you Leno who voted in favor of the healthcare bill that passed the house on Saturday. Now says he would rejected in this and it if the measures still contains a provision like the Stupak -- amendment which is in the house -- Stupak -- bans the use of government funds for any health plan that covers abortions. -- Leno said this yesterday. A day after criticizing Attorney General Martha Coakley for saying essentially the same thing. The -- voted against the legislation because of the anti abortion provision. Old QB you are ...
[0:01:07] ... Fast at first it was Martha Coakley who raised questions about her political savvy Sheehan announced that she would have voted against the health care bill in the house. ...
[0:02:46] ... It's by Martha Coakley and now my cap a lot of made. To agree -- opposition to the health care reform legislation through its alarm. ...
[0:03:48] ... Senate we turn to democratic political consultant and pain. One of our political analyst and good morning and thanks for speaking with us again morning Bob -- just reported congressman tap you on those in the ...
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