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Police ID girl who drowned in Wilbraham

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:04 -0400

WILBRAHAM, Massachusetts - Police have identified the 7-year-old girl who drowned in a backyard pool at a Wilbraham home over the weekend.

Woman charged with robbing Good Samaritan in Mass.

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:09:30 -0400

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts - Police say a Rhode Island woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing from a Good Samaritan who gave her ride after her car broke down.

Alice's Restaurant walk helps fight disease

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:49 -0400

GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts - About 130 people have retraced Arlo Guthrie's journey immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" to raise money and awareness for Huntington's disease.

NY man faces child abuse charges in Mass.

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:10:10 -0400

ARLINGTON, Massachusetts - A former Arlington man charged with sexually molesting children at the town's Boys and Girls Club in the 1970s has a court appearance.

Salem man dies after getting struck in Gloucester

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:57:14 -0400

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts - Police continue to investigate a weekend accident in Gloucester that left a Salem man dead.

2-month-old Lowell baby boy dies

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:51:01 -0400

LOWELL, Massachusetts - Prosecutors say a 2-month-old Lowell baby allegedly shaken by his father has died.

Visiting MIT scientist killed while riding bike

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:05:05 -0400

BOSTON - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology visiting scientist from Japan has been killed while riding her bicycle in Boston.

Dress like Bob Dylan and get in free, says museum

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:31 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - The Worcester Art Museum is offering free admission to anyone who dresses up like Bob Dylan on May 24, which will be the musician's 72nd birthday.

Mass. energy summit to focus on cutting costs

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:16:21 -0400

NORWOOD, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will host an energy summit to bring together experts in the field for discussions on ways to reduce energy costs and improve the state's competitiveness.

Retired US Supreme Court justice features in forum

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04:36 -0400

BOSTON - The JFK Museum and Library is hosting a forum that will feature retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

Sen. McCain to attend rally for Mass. GOP's Gomez

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:06 -0400

BOSTON - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is hoping to get a needed boost of cash and enthusiasm when U.S. Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican and fellow Navy veteran, stops by for a fundraiser and morning rally.

Feinberg: All money to bombing victims next month

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:24 -0400

MILTON, Massachusetts - The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated money.

Washington scandals intrude on Mass. Senate race

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:38:41 -0400

BOSTON - The controversies swirling around the Obama administration - from the IRS targeting of conservative groups to lingering questions about last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya - are threatening to engulf Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election.

Mass. Senate to debate $34B spending plan

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:20 -0400

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate is likely to spend several days considering a $34 billion state budget proposal.

Mass. lawmaker: Recoup benefits from terrorists

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:13:04 -0400

BOSTON - A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction.

Priest suspended after allegedly copying sermons

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:43:07 -0400

SANDWICH, Massachusetts - A Cape Cod Episcopal priest has been suspended for allegedly plagiarizing more than a dozen sermons verbatim from a book.

Tanker rolls, spills some of its fuel; roads shut

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:04:04 -0400

CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts - Massachusetts State Police say a fuel tanker has rolled over on Route 3 near the Lowell Connector shortly after 11 p.m., spilling some of its fuel on the highway.

Officer shot in bomb suspect gun battle in rehab

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:06 -0400

BOSTON - The MBTA police officer who was critically injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has moved to a rehab hospital.

Soldier from Dalton killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:36:20 -0400

DALTON, Massachusetts - The grief-stricken father of a Massachusetts soldier killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan described his son Friday as a man proud of his military service.

Man freed in drug lab scandal faces murder charge

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:41 -0400

BROCKTON, Massachusetts - Authorities say a man freed from prison last year because of alleged mishandling of evidence in a state drug lab scandal has been charged with a fatal shooting in Brockton.