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Worcester man gets life sentence for 2006 slaying

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:13:41 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Worcester man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for raping and fatally beating a city woman in 2006.

Mass. selectwoman cites bullying for resignation

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:12:07 -0400

TEMPLETON, Massachusetts - A member of the select board in a central Massachusetts town says she's resigning because she has been "bullied" by other members of the board.

Guarding marathon suspect body cost almost $50,000

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:56:05 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - Worcester's police chief says the state or federal government should pay the nearly $50,000 it cost his department to provide security at the funeral home where the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (TAM'-ehr-luhn tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) lay for almost a week.

ACLU sues Worcester over new anti-panhandling laws

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:55:16 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming that two new anti-panhandling ordinances violate the constitutional right to free speech.

Worcester photos capture Quabbin's lost memories

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:04:36 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - At 12:01 a.m. April 28, 1938, the Central/Western Massachusetts towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott were officially "dis-incorporated" - or ceased to exist to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir.

Worcester nurses plan 1-day strike over staffing

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:59:53 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - More than 2,000 nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center have scheduled a one-day strike on May 23 to protest what the nurses' union calls unsafe staffing levels.

Uncle: Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:40:11 -0400

BOSTON - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried in a cemetery in Virginia with the help of a faith coalition, his uncle said Friday.

Boston chief: Wasn't told FBI got Tsarnaev warning

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:23:45 -0400

WASHINGTON - The FBI did not initially share with Boston police the warnings it had received from Russia about one suspect in last month's marathon bombings, despite the work of four city police representatives on a federal terrorism task force, Boston's police commissioner told Congress on Thursday.

Ind. company offers flight for bomb suspect's body

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:32:18 -0400

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - An Indiana company that specializes in transporting human remains has offered to return the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect to Russia.

Henry: Even a terrorist deserves a burial

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:49:11 -0400

By REG HENRY - One of the unremarked stories of the American experience in recent years is the rise of idiocy to epidemic proportions. Everywhere one looks, idiots are at work, and not all of them in Congress.

Mass. bishop pleads not guilty to DUI charge in RI

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:22:14 -0400

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island - The leader of a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts charged with driving drunk in Rhode Island pleaded not guilty and was allowed to remain free on $1,000 bail at his arraignment Tuesday.

Holyoke man faces child rape charge

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:22:30 -0400

EAST BROOKFIELD, Massachusetts - A Holyoke man has been charged with child rape for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old Hardwick girl he met online.

Mass. man pleads guilty in child pornography case

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:07:04 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Massachusetts resident charged in an international investigation has pleaded guilty to solicitation of child kidnapping and charges of possession and distribution of child pornography.

Director: mom wants suspect's body back in Russia

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:50:06 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Massachusetts funeral director says the mother of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect wants the body returned to Russia for burial.

Worcester chief questions site of slots parlor

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:07:07 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - The area of Worcester where developers have proposed building a slots parlor has existing traffic and crime problems that make unsuitable for the project, the city's police chief wrote in a report to the city manager.

Below-average rain not seen drying up reservoirs

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:03:12 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - Below-average rainfall is robbing surface soil of moisture, but rain and snow during fall and winter have left Massachusetts reservoirs at normal levels.

Worcester man: Family devastated by son's drowning

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:21:01 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Worcester man hailing from the central African nation of Burundi says the drowning of his 10-year-old son in a pond has devastated his family, adding they can't even figure out how to begin making funeral arrangements.

Worcester man convicted of assaulting 3 teen girls

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:13:13 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Worcester man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for using a knife to threaten three teenage girls walking to school.

Westminster post office named after local soldier

Fri, 03 May 2013 06:14:11 -0400

WESTMINSTER, Massachusetts - The post office in Westminster has been named in honor of a local Army officer killed in Iraq.

Auburn man pleads not guilty to causing accident

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:59:14 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A Massachusetts man charged with being drunk when his vehicle rear-ended a bread delivery truck on Interstate 290, killing the driver, has pleaded not guilty.

MBTA launches Worcester-Boston express service

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:05:02 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A train ride between Worcester and Boston is about to get shorter - at least some of the time.

Worcester double shooting called domestic violence

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:55:05 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - Worcester police are calling the shooting deaths of two people found on the porch of a city home a case of domestic violence.