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Boston transit workers save bunny toy on tracks
BOSTON (AP) — A woman is praising Boston transit workers for rescuing her 3-year-old daughter's stuffed animal from the train tracks. According to Casey Carey-Brown's blog, "Life with Roozle" (http://bit.ly/McWgBo ), Massachusetts Bay... -
Autism brain samples damaged after freezer problem
BELMONT, Mass. (AP) — Scientists say a freezer malfunction at a Boston-area hospital has damaged one-third of the world's largest collection of autism brain samples. The Boston Globe (http://bo.st/NsoCwH) reports that an official at Harvard-...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Health, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in...Tags: Al Gore, Television Industry, Rick Perry, Bob McDonnell, Government
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4 hospitalized by bag odor at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — A noxious odor coming from a passenger's bag at Boston's Logan International Airport sent four Transportation Security Administration officials to the hospital. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the odor was noticed at about 8 a....Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Transportation Security Administration, Health, United Air Lines, Delta Air Lines
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Police: Homeless men in Mass. thwarted arson
HARWICH, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say two homeless men were offered money to burn down a rental house on Cape Cod but instead turned in the man who approached them. Harwich and state police arrested 26-year-old Benjamin Parker on...Tags: Rentals
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Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Demonstration, Facebook, Financial Markets, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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'Big Brother 9' champ gets 4 years in drug case
BOSTON (AP) — The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" has been sentenced in Massachusetts to four years in prison on drug and tax charges. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., was sentenced Friday in a Boston federal court for...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Television Industry, Health, Entertainment, Big Brother (tv program)
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Mass. police chief: Man tried to sell me fake gold
RANDOLPH, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Boston man picked the wrong mark when he tried to sell him fake gold jewelry at a grocery store. The man approached William Pace on Sunday and offered to sell him a bracelet and chain marked as 14 karat gold for... -
Mass. cops: Fake ER valet nabs expecting mom's car
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Police say a fake valet at a Massachusetts emergency room offered to park a pregnant woman's car, then drove away with it. Lowell police Capt. Kelly Richardson tells the Boston Herald that the woman drove herself to Lowell...Tags: Health, Massachusetts, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mass. mother charged in son's hibachi grill death
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has been accused of killing her 8-year-old son and trying to commit suicide by lighting a hibachi grill inside their apartment south of Boston. Li Rong Zhang of Quincy remained under guard in a hospital...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Murder, Massachusetts, Justice System
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Mass. Lt. Gov. pulls kids from burning minivan
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — This wasn't part of the job description when Timothy Murray was voted lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Murray is being hailed for pulling two children out of a burning minivan in Worcester, about 40 miles west of...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Government, Elections, Massachusetts
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Jet lands safely in Boston after lightning strike
BOSTON (AP) — A spokeswoman for Boston's Logan International Airport says a flight from Tampa, Fla., landed safely after being struck by lightning. Massachusetts Port Authority spokeswoman Lisa Langone says JetBlue Flight 446 landed just after 9:...Tags: Local Government, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Politics, Forest Hills, Tampa
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