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- Small stores fight Black Friday madness with gimmicks of their own
- AP Source: Pats TE Gronkowski has forearm surgery
- Michelle Obama honors community youth programs
- Woman sentenced in $1.6M food stamp fraud
- Maine heating oil prices fall by a penny
- 2 more legislative recounts completed in Maine
- Vt. grants permit for new psych hospital
- $123M settlement approved in Del. child abuse case
- Michelle Obama honors community youth programs
- Mass. transgender inmate seeking electrolysis
- Hundreds attend funeral for Indy blast victims
- NYC officer pleads not guilty in cannibal case
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- Michelle Obama honors community youth programs
- House Republicans: Rice unfit to head State Dept.
- Barney Frank says he has no interest in any special election campaign against Scott Brown
- Brockton man shot to death in hallway of his condo; no arrests made
- Malloy working on plan for $365 million shortfall
- Michelle Kosilek needs facial hair removed as part of sex-reassignment surgery, lawyer tells federal judge
- Cops say RI man killed himself after foreclosure
| Small stores fight Black Friday madness with gimmicks of their own Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:48 PM PST Irked by Black Friday madness at local malls, downtown retailers across the suburbs are kicking off the crucial holiday shopping season with a few gimmicks of their own. Many local retailers are skipping the early-morning hours and instead going with promotions ranging from this weekend's Small Business Saturday, a nationwide event started a few years ago by American Express, to holiday strolls, tree lightings, and creative discounts.           |
| AP Source: Pats TE Gronkowski has forearm surgery Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:47 PM PST FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — No more end-zone spikes for a while from Rob Gronkowski.  |
| Michelle Obama honors community youth programs Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:27 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth.  |
| Woman sentenced in $1.6M food stamp fraud Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:03 PM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Wethersfield woman has been sentenced to six months home confinement for her role in a $1.6 million food stamp fraud scheme.  |
| Maine heating oil prices fall by a penny Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:57 PM PST AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine energy officials say the price of home heating oil has fallen slightly in the past week.  |
| 2 more legislative recounts completed in Maine Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:57 PM PST AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine election officials have completed recounts confirming the winners in two races for the state House of Representatives.  |
| Vt. grants permit for new psych hospital Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:55 PM PST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A key green light has been given for the 25-bed Vermont state psychiatric hospital planned for Berlin.  |
| $123M settlement approved in Del. child abuse case Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:19 PM PST DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has approved a $123 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of young children who were sexually abused by former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley.  |
| Michelle Obama honors community youth programs Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth.  |
| Mass. transgender inmate seeking electrolysis Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:44 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — A transgender inmate who won a court order for taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery has no medical need for further electrolysis treatments, a prisons department psychiatrist testified Monday.  |
| Hundreds attend funeral for Indy blast victims Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:31 PM PST INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out Monday for the funerals of a couple killed in an Indianapolis explosion — a teacher remembered for knitting gifts for her students and her electronics expert husband who was a gardener and nature lover.  |
| NYC officer pleads not guilty in cannibal case Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:30 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer has pleaded not guilty to charges he plotted to abduct and cook women so he could eat their body parts.  |
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| Michelle Obama honors community youth programs Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth.  |
| House Republicans: Rice unfit to head State Dept. Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:20 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of 97 House Republicans sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, saying that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, making her unfit to be a candidate to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.  |
| Barney Frank says he has no interest in any special election campaign against Scott Brown Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:16 PM PST Representative Barney Frank today dismissed chatter he could be a candidate for the Senate against Republican Scott Brown if there's a special election in Massachusetts. Any such campaign would be a national spectacle, featuring one of the most prominent liberal Democrats against a politician who has already proven popular with conservatives both in and out of the state. "If I wanted to stay in Congress, why wouldn't I prefer being a senior member of the House?" Frank told the Globe.  |
| Brockton man shot to death in hallway of his condo; no arrests made Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:45 PM PST Authorities continue to search today for the killer of a Brockton man who was found shot to death in the vestibule of his Brockton condominium early Sunday morning, according to a spokeswoman for Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz. Marvin Pardo, 35, was found with gunshot wounds to his head and chest when Brockton police responded to the Madrid Square condominium on Oak Street around 3:33 a.m. Sunday, said Bridge Norton Middleton, an assistant district attorney.  |
| Malloy working on plan for $365 million shortfall Posted: 19 Nov 2012 12:28 PM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he'll soon offer a plan to state lawmakers for closing Connecticut's current $365 million budget deficit.  |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST Convicted killer Michelle Kosilek's facial hair was the subject of a lengthy hearing in US District Court today where a federal judge has already ordered the state to pay for Kosilek's sex-reassignment surgery. The attorneys for Kosilek argued before Chief US District Court Judge Mark Wolf that her electrolysis treatments, part of her gender transformation from male to female that includes a sexual reassignment surgery, should continue despite resistance from the Department of Corrections.  |
| Cops say RI man killed himself after foreclosure Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:43 PM PST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Police believe a Warwick man barricaded himself in his home and then killed himself after being served with foreclosure papers.  |
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