DEC. 17, 2010 – Today’s MASSterList is Ready

TOP FIVE:
Fitchburg S&E: Outgoing legislators say goodbye at Beacon Hill’s ‘biannual wake’
Worcester T&G:Mayor wants "extortion account"
WBUR:Mass. Speaker: Feds Request Legislative Documents
CW:State’s film business doing a fade?
Globe:Officials rip health chains aggressive bone-marrow campaign

FAREWELLS:
Herald: Dean: I never understood Mitt Romney
Herald: Using campaign $ to pay for dinner? Hysterical!
Herald: Departing Rep. Perry: media scrutiny tough

STATE NEWS:
Enterprise: Proposed law would protect homeowners equity – Brockton, MA – The Enterprise
Fitchburg S&E: State senator expounds on China trip
Republican:Massachusetts’ unemployment rate inches up from 8.1% to 8.2%
Herald: Superior Court hopeful defends 1992 slay trial – BostonHerald.com

ENVIRONMENT:
WL: Marblehead plant watchers say it’s time for vision for site’s future – Marblehead, MA – Marblehead Reporter
Republican:State invalidates Northampton water fund transfer
Worcester T&G:State wants fish, game fees
Globe:Greenpeace urges IRS to review wind farm opponents ad
Globe:Utility, charities raise $2.3m for needy

THE FEDS:
AP:Brown: I’ll back clean repeal of military gay ban
Worcester T&G:Former Westboro selectman named aide to Sen. Brown
Globe:With era ending, Patrick Kennedy embraces new opportunities

HEALTH CARE:
WBUR:Doctors Prepare For The Next Wave In Health Care

EDUCATION:
WBUR:Committee Trims List Of UMass President Candidates
Globe:Despite confusion, search for UMass president presses on

TRANSPORTATION:
Salem News: State to slow 128 traffic for lane shift, work

MISC. NEWS:
Republican:Journalists play critical role in ferreting out government secrets, Associated Press editor tells Harvard University Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Globe:Kevin White statue again hit by thieves

LOCAL HEADLINES:
Worcester T&G:Hawke: Unfunded mandates ‘extortion’
Cape Cod Times: Officials say Hyannis oil spills were unrelated
Cape Cod Times: Residents look for answers on toxic plume
Cape Cod Times: Interim board ready to start regionalization process
Lowell Sun: Greater Lowell communities feel budget pain
Lowell Sun: Former Shirley town administrator indicted
CW:The BPL’s dirty laundry
Globe:City agency called lacking