Apr 5th, 2005 · Nearly two years after a statewide smoking ban took effect, a new study reveals it has not hurt business or driven away tourism, despite worries of Massachusetts bar and restaurant owners.
Mar 30th, 2005 · Massachusetts-born poet Robert Creeley died Wednesday in Odessa, Texas. Creeley is associated with a group of writers often referred to collectively as "The Black Mountain Poets." He authored 60 books of poetry and criticism.
Mar 21st, 2005 · The name of writer Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins will not appear in future editions of the Schomburg Library of 19th-Century Black Women Writers. That's because Holly Jackson, a doctoral student at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, uncovered the truth about the writer's racial background. Jackson tells NPR's Farai Chideya about her research.
Feb 20th, 2005 · The debate over stem cell research in Massachusetts. California plans to spend $3 billion on the cutting-edge science, and there's fear that all that money could lure research from the East Coast to the West. Fred Thys reports.
Jan 25th, 2005 · NPR's Nancy Cohen reports only one out of four children in Massachusetts receiving Medicaid get regular dental care. Some healthcare advocates hope to force the state to improve the benefits for children by suing the state.
Jan 13th, 2005 · Steve Young of member station WCAI reports that police in the Massachusetts community of Truro are asking men on the street to open wide -- for a mouth swab that will pick up a sample of their DNA. The voluntary DNA sweep is intended to help solve a three-year-old murder case. But many men are refusing to participate.
Oct 31st, 2004 · Heads or Tails October 31, 2004 · NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Zack Howard from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WBUR in Boston.
Oct 31st, 1999 · Daniel travels to Cambridge, Massachusetts to visit two cooking legends, Julia Child and Jacques Pepin. Although they are two of the most accomplished cooks in the food world, they have some advice for the rest of us. Namely, don't take cooking so seriously! They say that cookbooks, including their latest Julia and Jacques, Cooking at Home (Knopf, September 1999), should be used as a guide, but do what you want in your own kitchen. While in Julia's kitchen, Daniel gets to try Caesar Salad Julia's Style, as well as a Spanish potato omelet, or "tortilla."