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5 injured when car slams into building in Peabody
Officials say five people were injured when a car driven by a 69-year-old woman crashed into the reception area of a medical office building in Peabody. Police said the driver, Liduina Goulart of Peabody, was taken to a hospital along with a passenger and three people who were inside the Internal Medicine Physicians of the North Shore building. Capt. Dennis Boniuto said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening and that at least one victim had already been released from the hospital. Boniuto says the vehicle had pulled up in front of the building, then accelerated and crashed into the glass facade.
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Feds tour flooded neighborhoods
Federal disaster officials are touring parts of Massachusetts to assess damage from last weekend's torrential rains and winds. Gov. Deval Patrick said the visit by representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration is part of the state's effort to make its case for federal disaster assistance.Patrick said he's also contacted U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown to enlist their help. The storm caused serious flooding in parts of the state and forced the MBTA to temporarily suspend commuter rail service between the Braintree and Holbrook/Randolph stations because of a washed out rail bed.
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Judge splits trials in Boston corruption case
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to throw out corruption charges against a former Massachusetts state senator and a Boston city councilor, but agreed to hold separate trials for them. U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock rejected motions by former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner to dismiss attempted extortion and other charges against them.
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Plymouth woman charged in fatal New Year's hit-and-run
Two and a half months after the body of 17-year old Andrew Dexter was found behind a guardrail on Head of the Bay Road in Bourne, police have made an arrest. Andrea Mastandrea of Plymouth is charged with negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident and driving an uninsured vehicle.
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RI police probe death of missing MA man
Providence police say they are investigating as suspicious the death of a young man from Massachusetts whose body was pulled from a river this week. Gregory Hart, a recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was last seen early Sunday morning in Providence, where he and friends had visited a nightclub. A body preliminarily identified as Hart's was removed Tuesday from the Woonasquatucket River.
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