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Lawrence Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy Lawrence mayor: Indicted ed chief should be fired Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua said that the city's superintendent should be fired from his $200,000-a-year job following his indictment for fraud, embezzlement and possession of alcohol on school premises. Lantigua said Tuesday that he has called for a special meeting Thursday to consider suspending Wilfredo Laboy without pay and to begin termination proceedings. The Lawrence mayor is chairman of the school committee. An Essex County grand jury returned nine indictments against the 59-year-old educator Tuesday after months of investigation which involved state police raiding his home and office. Former Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, who signed a Red Sox one-day minor league baseball contract, takes questions form reporters during a news conference at City of Palms Park, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Garciaparra retires as a member of the Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra retired as a member of the Boston Red Sox Wednesday.  During a news conference with Red Sox President Larry Lucchino and general manager Theo Epstein at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Garciaparra announced he signed a one-day minor-league deal with the Red Sox so he could retire with the team he broke in with in 1996. CBS file SJC upholds gun lock law The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes, a ruling seen as a major victory for gun control advocates. Gun control proponents argued that the law saves lives because it requires guns to be kept in a locked container or equipped with a trigger lock when not under the owner's control. Amy Bishop following her arrest in Alabama (AP file) Lawyers look for speedy hearing in Bishop case Lawyers for the Braintree native accused of killing three university colleagues in Alabama are pushing for a speedy preliminary hearing.  Lawyer's for Amy Bishop, whose killing of her brother in Braintree was ruled "accidental", are anxious to get a preliminary hearing scheduled in the Alabama case charging her with murder in the shooting deaths of three co-workers. State Senate set to vote on school nutrition bill The Massachusetts Senate is weighing a bill that would ban the sale of salty and sugary snacks as well as high-calorie sodas in public schools. The bill would require the state Public Health Department to develop nutritional standards for all food sold in schools, including snacks from vending machines Conviction of man who ran over duck vacated A judge has overturned the verdict against an Acushnet (uh-KOOSH'-neht) man convicted of running over a mother duck walking her ducklings across a mall parking lot, and prosecutors say they will not appeal. Air tanker makes emergency landing at NH air base A New Hampshire Air National Guard tanker and its four-member crew are safe on the ground after making an emergency landing because of a crack in the cockpit window. Public Affairs Officer Lt. Sherri Pierce says the KC-135 aircraft made a smooth landing at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Pease Air National Guard base in Portsmouth. It's not known what caused the crack. WBZ-TV Death of psych patient ruled homicide The death of a patient who died after a scuffle with guards at a psychiatric hospital run by the Massachusetts prisons department has been ruled a homicide.  The Boston Globe reports that according to the medical examiner's report, 23-year-old Joshua Messier suffered "blunt impact of head and compression of chest" while being restrained by guards at Bridgewater State Hospital last May. WBZ-AM file Boston may need to close schools, reduce staff The Boston School Committee meets tonight, and they'll be trying to balance an $818 million budget. The problem is the revenues aren't there, so the school department might be forced to close some schools, maybe reduce staff. Superintendent Carol Johnson and her staff will discuss the budget crisis at tonight’s School Committee meeting, as they target nearly $50 million in spending for next year, trying to balance a proposed $817.9 million budget. Johnson's staff has already identified a series of smaller cuts, such as not replacing retiring teachers and turning down thermostats at night, that has achieved about $25 million. Poll shows a tight contest in governors race A new poll shows some shifting in the upcoming Governors race.  The Rasmussen survey shows Republican gubenatorial candidate Charlie Baker in a statistical dead heat with Governor Patrick. Baker garners 32 percent of a 500 person sample, to the Governor's 35 percent. State Treasurer Tim Cahill has slipped to 19 percent from 25 percent. Security cameras catch the suspects in the act (WBZ-TV) Braintree Police investigate bold robbery at Zales Braintree Police are investigating a bold robbery at a Zales jewelry store in South Shore Plaza. Police say the suspect asked to see two loose diamonds worth $20,000 each, and then grabbed them from an employee and ran out of the store to a waiting getaway car. RMV highlighting ways to avoid branch visit The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is trying a workaround after the governor killed a $5 fee it wanted to impose for in-person service. Registrar Rachel Kaprelian called a news conference for Wednesday to highlight two ways to cancel a license plate without having to visit a branch office and wait in line. She says it's "one of the simplest Registry services." 4 choices for low-performing NH schools Twelve New Hampshire schools considered low-performing must select from four options to qualify for improvement grants. The federal government requires that states identify their lowest-performing schools. The state looked at the last four years of results on the New England Common Assessment Program tests to identify them. Schools could fire the entire staff, close, reopen as a charter school or restructure. FBI FBI celebrates 'Most Wanted' anniversary The FBI will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives program this weekend. The Top Ten program is designed to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. It is an extremely important law enforcement tool and media involvement is crucial to its success.  Michael Riley sits in the courtroom for his trial in Brockton. (AP Photo/Greg Derr, Pool) Father on trial in daughter's death Opening arguments are underway in the trial of Michael Reily, the Hull father charged with killing his four-year old daughter, Rebecca. Prosecutors have been granted permission by the judge to use grizzly crime scene photos of the body of Rebecca during opening statements. The little girl died on the floor of her parents bedroom from an overdose of prescription anti-psychotic drugs. Prosecutors say Reily and his wife Carolyn routinely gave the girl more drugs than necessary in order to keep her "calm". Carolyn Reily was convicted in a separate trial earlier this year. Archive

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