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Mass. man sentenced decades after fleeing state

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:30 -0400

DEDHAM, Massachusetts - As Massachusetts fugitive Gary Irving started a new life, married and became a parent, a prosecutor said Thursday, none of the 16-year-old girls he raped in 1978 was ever able to do the same.

Business groups take on Cape Wind in ads

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:17 -0400

BOSTON - Two business groups are saying Massachusetts can't afford the Cape Wind offshore wind project.

Springfield police probe 2 homicides in 2 nights

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:54 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - Springfield police are investigating the city's second homicide in two nights.

Mass. Senate candidate Markey to release returns

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:25 -0400

BOSTON - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey agreed Thursday to release his tax returns dating back to 2005, one more year than was previously released by his opponent Gabriel Gomez, in a day of campaigning in which money from outside groups was at issue as well.

Girl injured in Marathon bombing leaves hospital

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:01 -0400

BOSTON - The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has been released from the hospital.

Middlesex Sheriff eyeing Markey's US House seat

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:09 -0400

BOSTON - Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian has opened a congressional campaign committee account as he eyes a run for the U.S. House if Congressman Edward Markey wins the state's special U.S. Senate election.

Mass. Senate approves changes to sex offender laws

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:16 -0400

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate backed a plan Thursday to overhaul the state's procedures for classifying convicted sex offenders in response to the arrest last year of a registered sex offender on charges that he sexually abused infants and small children at his wife's unlicensed day care.

Mass. Senate hopeful Markey to release tax returns

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:55:22 -0400

BOSTON - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey has agreed to release several years of his tax returns.

Judge sets trial date in Pittsfield triple slaying

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:07 -0400

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts - Three men facing murder charges in connection with a triple slaying in Berkshire County will go on trial in January, a judge has ruled.

Foxborough man gets 5 years on DUI conviction

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:34:14 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Foxborough man has been sentenced to five years in prison for what prosecutors say was his 15th drunken driving conviction.

UMass Memorial, nurses reach tentative 3-year deal

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:29:42 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses at its University Campus reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract late Wednesday night, averting a strike that had been scheduled to start Thursday.

Boston Archdiocese reinstates suspended priest

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:34:04 -0400

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts - A Roman Catholic priest suspended a year ago after he was accused of child sexual abuse has been reinstated after the allegation was found to be unsubstantiated.

3 students struck by lightning at Mass. school

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:05 -0400

GRANBY, Massachusetts - Three students are recovering after getting struck by lightning at a western Massachusetts private school.

Ex-Framingham State student gets 3 years

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:44:27 -0400

WOBURN, Massachusetts - A former Framingham State University student has been sentenced to three years in jail for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed one of her friends.

Mass. soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:47 -0400

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts - The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County.

Ex-Mass. lawmaker facing meth trafficking charges

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:42 -0400

BOSTON - A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.

Mass. Senate bill would protect first responders

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:04:53 -0400

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill to ensure that off-duty first responders who provide emergency care are not subject to lawsuits.

Pedestrian struck and killed in Mass.

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:10:13 -0400

WAREHAM, Massachusetts - Authorities say a woman has been struck and killed while trying to cross a road in Wareham.

Bulger attorney says informant should be exposed

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:30 -0400

BOSTON - An attorney for James "Whitey" Bulger argued Wednesday that the government should expose the identity of a confidential informant he believes could undermine two star witnesses against the reputed gangster.

Worcester Democratic State Rep. Fresolo resigning

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:28:08 -0400

BOSTON - A Worcester state representative resigned his office Wednesday, effectively immediately.