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Final arguments on health care reform


 President Barack Obama is making a final push for the health care overhaul as he heads to Capitol Hill to meet with rank and file House Democrats ahead of tomorrow's scheduled vote.  Democratic leaders and Obama are focusing last-minute lobbying efforts on two groups of Democrats. They include 37 who voted against an earlier bill, and 40 who voted for it only after first making sure it would include strict abortion limits.

Cardinal O'Malley: health care rushed


 Cardinal Sean O'Malley of the Boston Archdiocese says there "seems to be rush" to pass a national health care overhaul without weighing its consequences.   O'Malley commented on his blog about Sunday's expected vote on health care legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Obama looks beyond health care reform


Health care isn't the only reform on President Barack Obama's mind even with a make-or-break House vote Sunday.  In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama reiterates the need for serious reform in the financial system to prevent another meltdown.

Norwell woman strikes children in driveway


No charges are expected to be filed against the Borwell woman who struck her son and nephew in the driveway of her home.   Police say the woman was pulling into her driveway, which slopes downward from Hawthorne Lane, and did not see the two boys, 3 and 5 yearss old, drawing on the driveway with chalk.  

MA targets bosses in insurance crackdown


 Massachusetts has fined more than a thousand companies more than $18 million for failing to offer insurance to their workers.  That's a small fraction of what some business owners fear could happen on a national scale if President Barack Obama signs a sweeping health care overhaul.

Massachusetts outperforms nation in flu vaccinations


Massachusetts has been more successful than most states in getting its residents inoculated against the flu.  The Globe reports thirty-six percent of residents got the swine flu vaccine, while 57 percent were inoculated against  the Seasonal Flue.  On a national level, those figures are 21 percent and 37, respectively.

Fatal crash investigation on I-95 in NH


 State police say a teenager was killed and two others were injured when their pickup truck collided with a tractor trailer on Interstate 95, crossed a grass median and flipped over before stopping.  New Hampshire State Police say the vehicle driven by 18-year-old Brandon Petit, of Raymond, N.H., cut in front of a tractor trailer while trying to get off at Exit 1 on  Friday evening.

MA Congressmen request disaster help after floods


The Massachusetts Congressional delegation has asked President Barack Obama to issue a disaster declaration after last week's flooding.

Mass. immigrants preparing for DC reform march


Around 1,500 Massachusetts immigrants and their advocates are heading for an immigration reform rally in Washington, D.C. Fifteen buses are scheduled to leave the Bay State late Saturday for the planned Sunday march at the National Mall.
A bus from Fitchburg will transport some of the city's large Uruguayan population while buses from New Bedford will bring a large Central American group.

Exhibit features portraits of Mass. war dead


The seventh anniversary of the Iraq War is being marked in Pembroke with a display of the portraits of about 130 Massachusetts soldiers who have died since the start of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The portraits are part of a traveling exhibit called Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance. They will hang in Pembroke Town Hall through 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Report takes closer look at NH Superfund site


A new study indicates that the cleanup of chemicals at a New Hampshire Superfund site has resulted in declining levels, but that past activity at the site may be related to elevated levels of arsenic found in some homeowners' wells. The state Department of Environmental Services and the Environmental Protection Agency are holding a public meeting in Raymond on Wednesday night to talk about it.

Advocates: Don't cut state aid to Mass. towns


Education advocates are pushing back against proposed cuts in local aid and education spending as the state struggles with the recession's lingering effects. Legislative budget leaders have warned Massachusetts cities and towns to brace for a local aid cut of up to 4 percent in the coming budget year.

RI asst. principal on leave after accusations


An assistant principal at a Providence high school has been placed on leave until police complete an investigation into child abuse accusations. Police said no charges have been filed in the ongoing probe of Mount Pleasant High School assistant principal Kela Moore, whom the school placed on leave Friday. Acording to a police report, the father of Moore's 8-year-old daughter reported Moore assaulted the girl last month.

Child struck by police cruiser in NH


 New Hampshire police say a 7-year-old girl was struck by a police cruiser after darting out from between parked cars onto a Manchester street.  Police say the officer was traveling at a low rate of speed when the accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, but he was unable to avoid the girl, who bounced off the hood and back onto the street.

Cape mom wants son's 2003 death probe reopened


 The mother of a 10-year-old Massachusetts boy who was found dead in the White Mountains in 2003 says she's disappointed New Hampshire's attorney general isn't reopening the case.  Attorney General Michael Delaney said Friday there's insufficient evidence to look into prosecuting someone in the death of Patric McCarthy of Cape Cod.

NE Landscapers ready to come out of hibernation


Landscapers are hoping an extra-white winter along the East Coast means they'll be seeing a lot of green by repairing the damage left behind.  A series of strong storms plagued the seaboard from Virginia on up this winter.  Hurricane-strength winds blew through New England last month, and flooding also plagued the area.  

Kitty litter box theft suspect in Andover


An Andover man has been charged with stealing an automatic kitty litter box cleaner.  Steven Beltran was arrested this week after police said he stole the automatic litter box cleaner valued at $300 from a Petco store in North Andover. 

Pope blasts Irish church officials for abuse scandal


 Pope Benedict is rebuking Irish bishops for what he calls "grave errors of judgement" in handling clerical sex abuse. He's ordering a Vatican investigation into the Irish church to wipe out the scourge.
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Stoughton hospital suspending new admissions


State health officials have announced that New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton has voluntarily suspended admission of new patients after state officials cited the hospital for "serious concerns."  The State Department of Public Health said in a statement Friday that a recent inspection identified "a number of serious concerns regarding documentation procedures, skin and wound care, intravenous medications and overall patient safety at the hospital."

NH DOT commish: Don't put toll in Salem


New Hampshire's transportation commissioner has decided against installing tollbooths on Interstate 93 in Salem.  In a letter sent to Gov. John Lynch on Friday, Commissioner George Campbell says that even though there is a $250 million shortfall in funding for the $800 million I-93 expansion project, the state shouldn't build the tolls.
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Green Line repairs finished early


MBTA Green Line service between Reservoir and Newton Highland Stations is back up and running. The rail line was shut down after rains from last weekend's storm washed away 60 feet of rail bed underneath the tracks.  In just over three days, the MBTA says it was able to install a 250-foot, 18 inch diameter concrete drainage pipe, create a retaining wall, rebuild the rail bed and restore power to the overhead wires.
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U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (WBZ-TV)

Congressman Lynch explains his opposition to health reform bill


Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.  However, one local Democrat is already breaking ranks.  Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston tells WBZ NewsRadio he doesn't like what the Senate did to the original bill. "Unlike the bill I voted for in the House, the Senate bill  has stripped out basically all the significant reform in the health care reform bill, it puts back the ability of the insurance companies to operate as monopolies. We had stripped that out."
Kim Peno
Kim Peno in court Thursday (WBZ-TV)

Rehoboth mom charged in death of 2-year old son


Authorities have filed a charge of murder against a Rehoboth mother after her 2-year-old boy she had allegedly beaten died in hospital. Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter says an upgraded criminal complaint was filed at Taunton District Court against Kim Peno on Friday afternoon, just hours after her son died at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I. The 38-year-old Peno was originally charged with assault and battery of a child causing substantial injury. She was held without bail at her arraignment Thursday in Taunton District Court pending a competency evaluation. Peno's lawyer says his client has a history of mental health issues.

MA immigrant advocates in final push for census


Immigrant activists in Massachusetts have began a final push to make sure that the state's immigrants take part in the U.S. Census.

Springfield man charged with stabbing student


A Springfield man has been ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to fatally stabbing a 17-year-old high school soccer star attending a birthday party at a city restaurant.
Jeff Thompson, a quadriplegic who died from injuries sustained in a wheelchair service-call incident Dec. 2007 in Boston. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Thompson family) NO SALES

Family of paralyzed man sues over wheelchair death


A Boston family claims their quadriplegic son died after his wheelchair malfunctioned during routine maintenance, pinning his legs under a table and causing him to suffer seizures.
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Nor'easter clean-up tips


Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director offers these tips for residents after the nor'easter of March 2010. If you have been evacuated, listen to the media and your local Public Safety officials. Do not return home until authorities indicate that it is safe to do so.
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Nor'easter - March 2010


A tenacious storm hangs over Massachusetts, pouring rain on the state, flooding roads and basements, forcing school closures and threatening to overwhelm drainage systems.

Ex-federal official facing immigration charges


A former top Homeland Security official from Boston is set to go on trial for allegedly encouraging her housekeeper to remain in the United States illegally.
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