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President to be in Cambridge, South Boston
BOSTON — President Barack Obama will be in Boston Wednesday to raise money for the Democratic Party while drumming up support for hiking the minimum wage.
Road closures and traffic tie-ups are expected in the Harvard Square area Wednesday afternoon.
Obama is set to attend a round-table discussion fundraiser Wednesday for the Democratic National Committee with about 25 supporters at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge.
Obama is then scheduled to headline a DNC dinner in Boston at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter with about 70 backers. The event is also intended to raise money for the party.
Obama’s visit follows a stop at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain to renew his push to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
During his stop in Connecticut, Obama will appear with Democratic governors, including Gov. Deval Patrick.
Massachusetts is debating a minimum wage increase. The Senate has approved a bill and a minimum wage question is heading to the November ballot.
1. When the Mohawk Lacrosse Team Played at the Olympics
Source: Library and Archives Canada
The Native lacrosse players in this photo did not play at the 1904 Olympics — but the generation that followed them did. The Library and Archives Canada describes the image as ‘Men from the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake (Caughnawaga) who were the Canadian lacrosse champions in 1869.’
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Logan Clow/Daily Herald-Tribune
A snowboarder grabs some air at the slopestyle event during the Arctic Winter Games Trials.
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Asteroid via artist’s rendering.
4. Is Jason Momoa of ‘Game of Thrones’ the Next Great Native Star?
source: sundance.tv
Actor Jason Momoa as Phillip Kopus in the Sundance Channel series ‘The Red Road.’
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Indian Health Service Acting Director Yvette Roubideaux
6.4 Fast-Food Marketing Tactics Parents Can Adapt to Improve Kids’ Health
Courtesy Cornell Food & Brand Lab
7. Mills Kills Passamaquoddy-State Elvers Agreement
Joel Page/Reuters
Elvers in Maine.
8. Olympic Star T.J. Oshie’s Girlfriend, Lauren Cosgrove, Also a Gold Medalist
TheBigLead.com
T.J. Oshie and his girlfriend, Lauren Cosgrove.
9. New Digs in the Sonoran Desert: Tohono O’odham Members Line Up to Live in Villages
Lee Allen
One of the 14 newly-constructed homes in the Tohono O’odham San Xavier District
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Courtesy Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
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11. Preserving Indigenous Democracy
An Indian of the Tarahumara Mountains in northern Mexico in January 2012.
12. Coast Salish Nations Unite to Protect Salish Sea
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