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- Embattled Mass. highway official resigns
- Hanlan's 19 gives BC 50-49 win over Auburn
- House panel: Let courts decide Fast and Furious
- Holiday entertainment abounds
- Police: Gun used by shooter at Calif. plant stolen
- NH Fire marshal says man, 82, Albany fire victim
- Essex’s Cody Ferriero keeps shooting, waiting for net result at Northeastern
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- Fire caused by incense ashes damages RI church
- Celtics waive Milicic
- Third try at women's pro soccer league to launch
- Kennedy "glad" Jackson is focusing on health
- Navy to briefly reduce carriers in Persian Gulf
- Ark. girl chained to dresser last year now dead
- American chestnut in Maine tops out at 95 feet
- Tenn. health officials warn of local infection
- Autopsy results awaited in Maine triple death
| Embattled Mass. highway official resigns Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:12 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — The politically connected former head of the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division resigned from state government on Wednesday after a report that her driving history included multiple accidents and traffic violations.           |
| Hanlan's 19 gives BC 50-49 win over Auburn Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:12 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Olivier Hanlan scored 19 points, including the game-winning free throw with 20 seconds left, and Boston College beat Auburn 50-49 on Wednesday.  |
| House panel: Let courts decide Fast and Furious Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel says it believes federal courts have the authority to decide a dispute in which Attorney General Eric Holder is refusing to provide Congress with Justice Department documents about a botched criminal investigation into gun-trafficking on the Southwest border.  |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:07 PM PST Though for some, the holiday spirit comes primarily from shopping, others consider attending theater, ballet and musical performances to be the best way to greet the December holidays. All over the Globe West area, patrons of the arts have their choices: traditional, modern, simple, spectacular – all geared toward celebrating the joy, excitement, and wonder of the season of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. See "The Nutcracker" or any of several versions of "A Christmas Carol"; sing along to favorite holiday tunes; watch a kicking chorus line of soldiers; relax to the tones of a hand-bell choir.  |
| Police: Gun used by shooter at Calif. plant stolen Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PST FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The handgun used by a former convict to shoot co-workers execution-style at a Central California chicken processing plant was stolen in a residential burglary in June, a police chief said Wednesday.  |
| NH Fire marshal says man, 82, Albany fire victim Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:58 PM PST ALBANY, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire fire marshal says an 82-year-old Massachusetts man has been identified as the victim of a house fire in Albany.  |
| Essex’s Cody Ferriero keeps shooting, waiting for net result at Northeastern Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:51 PM PST A year ago, when the Northeastern men's hockey team put together an eight-game undefeated streak that included wins over Notre Dame and Minnesota, Essex native Cody Ferriero posted four goals, five assists, and a plus-11 goal differential. The Huskies are currently stuck in a 4-6-1 rut and coach Jim Madigan believes Ferriero has the potential to start pouring in goals at any time.  |
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| North: Top 10 boys’ and girls’ soccer teams Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:41 PM PST Craig Forde's Top 10 boys' and girls' soccer teams  |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:39 PM PST Fifth-graders at Kingston Intermediate School got more than candy this Halloween: They raised more than $1,600 for UNICEF and several local charities, after seeing a PBS documentary on education in other countries and realizing, one teacher said, "how lucky they were."  |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:38 PM PST Our driving lexicon has thousands of entries, most of which are self explanatory:A windshield protects you from wind; a rear-view mirror points backward. But who put the station in "station wagon?" Why is New Jersey eponymous with highway barriers? Peter DeMarco answers these and other etymological questions.  |
| Fire caused by incense ashes damages RI church Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:37 PM PST WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — Fire officials have determined that ashes from an incense burner caused a fire that that heavily damaged a Woonsocket church.  |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:32 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have waived center Darko Milicic.  |
| Third try at women's pro soccer league to launch Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:04 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Another pro women's soccer league will try to succeed where two previous attempts have failed.  |
| Kennedy "glad" Jackson is focusing on health Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:28 PM PST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy says he's pleased that his friend U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has chosen to place his mental health above his political career.  |
| Navy to briefly reduce carriers in Persian Gulf Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:26 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy said Wednesday it will temporarily shrink its aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf area from two to one because of a mechanical problem with the USS Nimitz, a carrier based in Bremerton, Wash.  |
| Ark. girl chained to dresser last year now dead Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:26 PM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl whose father is in prison for chaining her to a dresser last year in northwest Arkansas.  |
| American chestnut in Maine tops out at 95 feet Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:57 PM PST HEBRON, Maine (AP) — A Maine forester has measured what is believed to be the tallest American chestnut tree in its native range.  |
| Tenn. health officials warn of local infection Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:24 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee health officials will start contacting hundreds of people who received steroid injections for back pain from a pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak to warn them about another infection.  |
| Autopsy results awaited in Maine triple death Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:18 PM PST ALTON, Maine (AP) — Maine state police say autopsy results are now expected Saturday in the deaths of a husband and wife and his friend inside the couple's rural home.  |
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