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- Obama hails Mexican president-elect in WH meeting
- MBTA plagued by travel delays
- Lease agreement opens way to build baseball stadium in Malden
- South: Top 10 football teams
- Colo. woman gets life terms for murder of 2 kids
- FEMA administrator tours storm-hit Conn. cities
- United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Mass. (Motel Caswell)
- Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning
- NY gays accuse NJ therapy group of false promises
- Communities south of Boston scramble in response to legalization of medical marijuana
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- Revere weighs tax break to draw Market Basket
- RI to get $218k in federal arts grants
- P.J. Hayes makes a flashy return for Walpole High football
- 5 people die in rural northwest Ohio house fire
- AP NewsBreak: 5 Conn. DSS staff on leave
- LA man pleads guilty to arson murders of children
| US seeks expanded military ties with Indonesia Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. official says Washington should expand its military ties with Indonesia, befitting a relationship between two robust democracies.           |
| Wikileaks GI arguing his detention merits release Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:55 PM PST FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Supporters of an Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history packed a military courtroom on Tuesday as his attorneys made the case he'd already been punished enough when he was locked up alone in a small cell for nine months and forced to sleep naked for several nights.  |
| Obama hails Mexican president-elect in WH meeting Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:52 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hailed an "ambitious reform agenda" set forth by the incoming president of Mexico as he and President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto met Tuesday at the White House.  |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:50 PM PST Evening commuters have been plagued with delays across multiple MBTA subway and commuter rail lines, according to the T's website. As of 4 p.m., the Newbury/Rockport and Haverhill Lines were expecting 10- to 20-minute delays because of mechanical failures. The Needham Line was showing delays of up to 45 minutes because of slippery rails, caused by leaves that fall and cling onto the tracks. A disabled train on the Forest Hills-bound side of the Back Bay/South End station was reported at 4:54 p.m., causing some 10- to 15-minute delays, the MBTA's website said.  |
| Lease agreement opens way to build baseball stadium in Malden Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:57 PM PST The Malden Redevelopment Authority, National Grid, and developer Alex Bok have reached agreement on the terms of a 40-year lease to build a $50 million minor league baseball stadium on the site of a former gas distribution facility. The developer still must acquire 2.7 acres of additional land, and secure financing, before the stadium would rise on Commercial Street in downtown Malden.  |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:47 PM PST Players of the Week and Coryn Doncaster's Top 10 football teams from high school programs south of Boston.  |
| Colo. woman gets life terms for murder of 2 kids Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:42 PM PST CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman has been convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of her two children, who were smothered in May 2011.  |
| FEMA administrator tours storm-hit Conn. cities Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:41 PM PST MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — The top administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has toured areas of Connecticut that were hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.  |
| United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Mass. (Motel Caswell) Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:25 PM PST A timeline traces the US government's civil lawsuit seeking to seize the Motel Caswell in Tewksbury under the federal civil asset forfeiture law.  |
| Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:24 PM PST LOOMIS, Calif. (AP) — A fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous mushrooms earlier this month at senior care facility in Northern California, authorities said Tuesday.  |
| NY gays accuse NJ therapy group of false promises Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:43 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Four gay men accused a New Jersey organization of fraud Tuesday for selling "conversion therapy" with false promises to make them straight.  |
| Communities south of Boston scramble in response to legalization of medical marijuana Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:07 PM PST Since the statewide ballot question to legalize medical marijuana passed in the Nov. 6 election, many officials south of Boston have been scrambling to figure out how they might regulate where the drug can be distributed in their communities. City councilors in Quincy are considering passing new zoning restrictions, and officials in Randolph, Hanover, Milton, Norwood, Abington, Avon, Dedham, Halifax, and others are also starting to take a closer look at what can be done locally.  |
| Hopkinton seniors Hank Rudden and Shaun Palmer have an unspoken connection Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:06 PM PST Hank Rudden and Shaun Palmer were teammates in the Ashland-Hopkinton Pop Warner program. They are teammates on the basketball court at Hopkinton High. And in their final football game together, they connected for 11th touchdown pass of the season in the Hillers' 41-12 Thanksgiving Day win over Ashland.  |
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| Revere weighs tax break to draw Market Basket Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:39 PM PST Revere is considering a tax break for a developer that seeks to bring a Market Basket to a site adjacent to the Northgate Shopping Center. City officials recently negotiated the approximately $1 million tax increment financing agreement with Squire Charger Realty, LLC, the firm that owns the site at the corner of Squire Road and Charger Street. The deal would exempt Squire Charger Realty from taxes on a portion of the increased value of the property resulting from its investment.  |
| RI to get $218k in federal arts grants Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:05 PM PST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Art programs in Rhode Island have been awarded $218,000 in federal funds to help local artists and expand educational opportunities for young people.  |
| P.J. Hayes makes a flashy return for Walpole High football Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:44 PM PST Walpole High senior P.J. Hayes missed the first eight games of the season with a stress fracture in his back. But he was determined to make a major contribution in his final game against Weymouth on Thanksgiving Day. With the Rebels trailing, 21-13, the defending state indoor champion in the 55-yard dash ripped off an 84-yard kickoff return, triggering a 35-point fourth quarter for the Rebels in a 48-21 win.  |
| 5 people die in rural northwest Ohio house fire Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:47 PM PST REPUBLIC, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving fire leveled a 130-year-old farmhouse overnight on Tuesday, killing five people in rural northwest Ohio.  |
| AP NewsBreak: 5 Conn. DSS staff on leave Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:01 PM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Department of Social Services commissioner has placed five staff members on administrative leave after multiple boxes of unprocessed welfare and food stamp applications, including some with voting forms, were discovered in the agency's Hartford regional office.  |
| LA man pleads guilty to arson murders of children Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than six years after two children burned to death in an SUV in Los Angeles, their father has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.  |
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