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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: The Boston Globe, Electrical Appliance, Autism, Manufacturing and Engineering, Behavioral Conditions
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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, Delta Air Lines, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, United Air Lines
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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: Joe Biden, Republican Party, Terry Branstad, Television Industry, Brian Sandoval
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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: Federal Reserve, Police Arrests, Demonstration, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market
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Tornadoes barrel through Massachusetts, leaving 4 people dead
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Tornadoes roared through Massachusetts on Wednesday, as violent winds caused damage in about two dozen communities, ripping off roofs, uprooting trees, scattering debris and leaving at least four dead throughout the state....Tags: High School Sports, Health and Safety at Work, Entertainment, New York, Politics
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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: Drugs and Medicines, Big Brother (tv program), Television, Television Industry, CBS Corp.
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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: Massachusetts, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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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: Justice System, Crimes, Massachusetts, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Massachusetts, Government, Elections, Politics, Executive Branch
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