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- Tim Cahill left the Democratic party to run for governor as an Independent candidate. He still plans to vote in the Democratic primary next week. [Boston Herald]
- Karyn Polito is a Republican candidate for treasurer in Massachusetts. She supports a ballot question to cut the state sales tax to 3%. If it passes, Polito wants to raise it back to 5%. For and against tax cuts all at once. [Boston Herald]
- Sunday was the final Mass at the Mary Star of the Sea Chapel in Squantum. [Patriot Ledger]
- Gen. David Petraeus thinks a Florida minister's plan to burn Korans on September 11, 2010 will hurt American soldiers. [FOX News]
- An Attleboro woman was stung 500 times by wasps. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
- Foreclosures in Massachusetts rose 79.6% in July. In Bristol County, foreclosures rose 108.6% in July. [Providence Business News]
- Attention billionaires: You're really rich, go spend your loot. Or, just give it to Bostonist. We'll spend your cash if you won't. [Yahoo! Finance]
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