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Massachusetts Town Goes to Canada for Drugs

By Karen Brown on Friday, October 31, 2003.

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION AS THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO BUY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM CANADA. NOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY ARE CONSIDERING DOING THE SAME. AREA SENIORS ARE HOPING TO BUILD UPON THIS MOMENTUM ? TO REFORM DRUG PRICES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND BEYOND. WFCR'S KAREN BROWN REPORTS FROM SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTTS.

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Gay Bishop to Be Consecrated on Saturday

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Friday, October 31, 2003.

Gene Robinson, the first openly gay man elected to be an Episcopal bishop, is scheduled to be consecrated in Durham on Sunday.

New Hampshire Episcopalians who don't approve of the new bishop will gather to pray in a nearby church.

Already, conservative Episcopal groups are calling on local parishes, to organize dissenters against the Diocese.

New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon reports.

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