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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.

Staples 1Q profit falls, misses Street estimates

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:34:16 -0400

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - Staples' net income fell 9 percent in the first quarter, as revenue fell 4 percent with fewer people heading into its North American and European stores.

TJX 1Q net income rises 8 pct, sales increase

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:19 -0400

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - TJX, parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls clothing stores, said Tuesday its fiscal first-quarter net income rose 8 percent to match Wall Street predictions.

Wayland man's trial in death of trooper delayed

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:06 -0400

BROCKTON, Massachusetts - The motor vehicle homicide trial of a Wayland man who crashed into the rear of a state trooper's cruiser in 2003 has been postponed.

ISU's next president praised by students, faculty

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:17:11 -0400

NORMAL, Illinois - People who know soon-to-be Illinois State University President Timothy Flanagan say he's engaged and involved with the campus he now leads and the town where he lives.

Murray St.'s Dunn to take Youngstown St. job

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:37:09 -0400

MURRAY, Kentucky - Outgoing Murray State University President Randy J. Dunn is on the move.

State police head recalls bombing suspect's arrest

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:21 -0400

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - Col. Timothy Alben thought it was likely another dead end when he first heard about a 911 call from a man who thought someone was hiding in his boat following a fruitless daylong manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Framingham man convicted of fatal stabbing

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:49:13 -0400

WOBURN, Massachusetts - A Framingham man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of another man after a night of drinking.

Framingham officer hit by car

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:06:05 -0400

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - Framingham police say an officer working a street detail for a tree service has been injured after being hit by a car.

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.

Bill would regulate compounding pharmacies after deadly...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:54:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - A deadly meningitis outbreak that killed 32 people and sickened more than 460 others last year has led to a push in Congress to regulate large compounding pharmacies that mass-produce drugs and ship them across the country.