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Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke, left, gets a hug from Victoria Reggie Kennedy as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. looks on, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington following a ceremony where Brooke received the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke, left, gets a hug from Victoria Reggie Kennedy as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. looks on, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a ceremony where Brooke received his Congressional Gold Medal.

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Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, center, is applauded by, from left, President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. , Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , and Sen. john Kerry, D-Mass. , in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2...

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Former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, right, addresses a crowd at a Republican fundraiser as former Mass. Acting Gov. Jane Swift, left, and former Mass. Gov. Paul Cellucci, center, look on at a hotel in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. All three Republicans, as well as former Mass.

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Joggers run along the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. Boston is seen on the other side of the river.

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President Barack Obama speaks with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, center, during his fundraiser in Boston, Mass. Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, as Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, left, applauds.

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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, center, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Cambridge, Mass. At left is Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray.

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President Barack Obama, flanked by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, gestures during a fundraiser for Patrick, Friday, Oct. 23,2009, in Cambridge, Mass.

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick during a fundraiser for Patrick in Boston, Mass. Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. At left is Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray.

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Massachusetts Gov Deval Patrick, left, looks on as President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser for the governor, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Boston, Mass.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a candidate in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat which became vacant following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. , chats while awaiting the arrival of President Barack Obama on the campus of MIT, in Cambridge, Mass. , Friday, Oc...

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Massachusetts' Victor Cruz is upended after pulling down a pass in the second half of an NCAA college football game against New Hampshire defenders Ryan McGuinness, left, and Dino Vasso Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass. Massachusetts won 23,17.

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Massachusetts' Armando Cuko kicks a field goal late in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against New Hampshire, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass. Massachusets won 23-17.

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Massachusetts' Jonathan Hernandez runs for touchdown in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against New Hampshire, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass. Massachusetts won 23-17.

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New Hamshire's Chad Kackert (27) runs into Massachusetts' Eric Dickson (21) in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass.

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Massachusetts' Jonathan Hernandez is forced out of bounds by New Hampshire's Dino Vasso in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass.

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Massachusetts' Victor Cruz gets caught by New Hampshire's Jerome Wilkins in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass.

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Massachusetts' Julian Talley crosses into the endzone for a touchdown against New Hampshire's Dino Vasso, left, and John Duffy, in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Amherst, Mass.

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick faces reporters while standing in front of a painting of former Mass. Gov. Maurice Tobin during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.

A shopper walks past a store in Boston, Massachusetts in this file photo taken on October 1, 2009.

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John Aguiar, from Fall River, Mass. , of the Combat Vets Motorcycle Association, who served with Army Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen, rests on his casket at the end of burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. , Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.

President of Massachusetts General Hospital Peter Slavin, (L) looks on as Jack Szostak, (R), recipient of the 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine, gestures as he speaks to reporters during a news conference at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts October 5, 2009.

President of Massachusetts General Hospital Peter Slavin, (L) looks on as Jack Szostak, (R), recipient of the 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine, gestures as he speaks to reporters during a news conference at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts October 1, 2009.

President of Massachusetts General Hospital Peter Slavin, (L) looks on as Jack Szostak, (R), recipient of the 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine, gestures as he speaks to reporters during a news conference at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts October 1, 2009.

A shopper walks past a store in Boston, Massachusetts October 1, 2009. U.S. consumer spending in August rose at the fastest in nearly 8 years, but a weak labor market and the manufacturing sector's below forecast growth in September could hamper a nascent economic recovery.