Health chief: Tritium may in river
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont's top health official says it's reasonable to assume a radioactive substance leaking from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is reaching the Connecticut River....
02/09/2010 06:40:43pm
Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, "Blame It."...
02/09/2010 06:19:05pm
Bill filed to close Mass. lewd messaging loophole
BOSTON (AP) -- A coalition of lawmakers and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley have filed a bill to ban the sending of sexually graphic instant messages to minors....
02/09/2010 05:55:46pm
Ruggiero leads US women's hockey into 4th Olympics
Angela Ruggiero is fond of saying hockey is just her first career, and the defenseman always thought she would be on to her next big thing after Vancouver....
02/09/2010 05:49:21pm
Prominent thoroughbred owner Edmund Gann dies
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. (AP) -- Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86....
02/09/2010 05:30:44pm
Harvard Law fund to help grads in public service
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard Law School is stepping up efforts to encourage students pursue careers in public service, creating a fund which will award $1 million grants every year to graduates choosing that path....
02/09/2010 05:30:32pm
Mass. mom guilty of murder in girl's fatal OD
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter....
02/09/2010 05:21:59pm
Blind abandoned Boston puppy dies after rescue
BOSTON (AP) -- A blind Chihuahua puppy abandoned at a Boston supermarket who later underwent a three-hour brain surgery has died....
02/09/2010 05:21:32pm
Kerrigan family disputes autopsy report on father
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son....
02/09/2010 05:20:23pm
Mass. sex assault law gets legal boost
BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill that strengthens the protections for sexual assault victims....
02/09/2010 04:55:29pm
Mass. lawmakers postpone Lawrence loan bill vote
BOSTON (AP) -- A vote on a bill to help bail out the troubled city of Lawrence has been postponed due to inclement weather....
02/09/2010 04:54:49pm
Funeral Mass held for son of Maple Leafs GM
CANTON, Mass. (AP) -- Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and an advocate for gay rights, was remembered Tuesday for his compassion and courage four days after his death in a car crash on a snowy Indiana road....
02/09/2010 04:53:53pm
NH panel recommends against gay marriage repeal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A House committee that deadlocked a year ago over legalizing gay marriage voted Tuesday against repealing New Hampshire's five-week-old law allowing the unions....
02/09/2010 04:37:33pm
With Nelson, GOP blocks Obama labor board nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats are unable to muscle through President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, because one of their own has joined the Republicans to block the nomination....
02/09/2010 03:24:44pm
Durant to defend All-Star H-O-R-S-E title
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kevin Durant will defend his title in the H-O-R-S-E competition at All-Star weekend....
02/09/2010 02:52:20pm
Surge of interest, candidates in Mass. elections
BOSTON (AP) -- Just weeks after Scott Brown's surprise U.S. Senate win, the campaign season is kicking off in earnest in Massachusetts....
02/09/2010 02:26:45pm
House opposes W. Maine training flights
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The Maine House has passed a resolution opposing Massachusetts National Guard plans to expand low-altitude flight training flights over western Maine, saying they are too noisy and will disturb the quality of life in the area....
02/09/2010 02:04:12pm
MA Lottery
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) -- These Massachusetts lotteries were drawn on Tuesday:...
02/09/2010 01:15:25pm
ADVERTISEMENT
TOP LOCAL NEWS
Cars drive in blowing snow during a storm near Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Snow continues to move east headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region and Southern New England. The storm hit the Midwest early, closing schools and greeting commuters with slick, slushy roads from Minneapolis and Chicago to Louisville, Ky. Hundreds of flights were canceled at Chicago's airports as the storm moved across Illinois, where up to a foot of snow was forecast. Powerful winds and snow are expected by the afternoon, and could leave as much as 20 inches of new snow in Washington. New York City announced students would have a rare snow day Wednesday, only the third in six years.
The state medical examiner has ruled the death of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's father as a homicide. The ME's office says 70-year old Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. The findings could prompt new charges against Kerrigan's brother, Mark. Daniel Kerrigan died Jan. 24 after what authorities said was a struggle his 45-year-old son. The younger Kerrigan has pleaded not guilty to assault and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter. Carolyn Riley, 35, was accused of overmedicating her daughter, Rebecca, on powerful drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the time she was 3.
Some workers building a Connecticut power plant shattered by a gas explosion had been spending more than 80 hours a week there before the blast killed five Sunday, The Associated Press has learned. One employee said workers smelled gas less than an hour beforehand and were told to open doors wider for air.
The man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet Tuesday, then fled, and he is considered dangerous, authorities said. Leeland Eisenberg cut off his monitor just after 10 a.m., one day after being given a "last chance" at freedom by a judge who released him despite multiple probation violations.
Kars4Kids Car Donation
Kars4Kids is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a wide range of services for underprivileged children. Some of their programs include mentoring, parent education, camp programs, and family retreats. By providing the children with emoti
Helping Hands Of America
DONATE YOUR CAR OR BOAT TODAY TO A LOCAL CHARITY! YOU CAN HELP A GREAT CAUSE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ENGLAND AND IT’S 100
PERCENT TAX DEDUCTIBILE TOO. CALL HELPING HANDS TODAY TO
SCHEDULE A PICK UP AT YOUR HOME…1-888-881-9-0-9-0 (NINE OH, NINE OH).
