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US concern over jailing of China Nobel's in-law

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:32 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is voicing deep concern over the jailing of a brother-in-law of imprisoned Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiabao and urging fair treatment for the Nobel laureate's family.
    

Lynn police: Help us find the arsonist who burned the El Siloe Church to the ground

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:23 PM PDT

Lynn police have released photos of the suspect in the May 21 arson of a Lynn church as they investigate acts of vandalism they believe culminated in the fire that destroyed the entire church, according to Lynn police Lieutenant Chris Kelly. The acts of vandalism against El Siloe Church started in February and have involved windows being smashed out overnight, Kelly said.
    

Committee rejects overhaul of military justice

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Siding with the Pentagon's top brass, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation Wednesday to keep commanders involved in deciding whether to prosecute sexual assault cases, rejecting an aggressive plan to stem sex-related crimes in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system.
    

Prosecutors still plan to pursue death for Arias

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:20 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities plan to try again to secure the death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias after jurors in her trial deadlocked last month on a sentence, the county's top prosecutor said Wednesday.
    

Salem woman injured in 2009 Green Line crash awarded $580,000; but medical bills still mount, family says

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:17 PM PDT

For the past two years, Samantha Mattei's family has hoped for a multimillion-dollar award in their suit against the MBTA to pay the burgeoning medical costs she has incurred since suffering a brain injury in a 2009 Green Line trolley crash — but their hopes were dashed Monday. Mattei, a 23-year-old Salem resident who was studying mathematics at Merrimack College, was one of several passengers hurt. The MBTA admitted liability in the collision because the trolley operator was found to have been text messaging on his cellphone.
    

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Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:15 PM PDT

    

Big storm threat brewing from Iowa to Mid-Atlantic

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:14 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — An unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds Wednesday could affect more than one in five Americans as it rolls from Iowa to Maryland.
    

CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who managed the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus over an extramarital affair and defended the agency's performance over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, retired Wednesday.
    

House panel backs bill to ban later-term abortions

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is girding for another wrenching debate on abortion after a House panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.
    

Forecast calls for rain — again — on Thursday

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Thursday should start out dry, but don't be fooled — rain will arrive sometime after noon and not let up until Friday morning. The low pressure system set to arrive Thursday is currently marching across the Midwest, bringing potentially bringing severe weather to the Chicago area this afternoon. Once the system pushes to the Atlantic coast, it will swing north, traversing southeast of Nantucket and sending rain bands north and west, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kim Buttrick.
    

Gomez: Markey running scared in Mass. Senate race

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez says President Barack Obama's visit to Massachusetts and an upcoming appearance by former President Bill Clinton show his Democratic opponent is running scared.
    

A guide to the trial of James 'Whitey' Bulger

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:04 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — Reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, a legendary organized-crime figure in Boston, is on trial on a long list of charges, including participating in 19 killings. Here's a look at the case against him, his defense and what's happening in the courtroom:
    

2 window washers rescued near top of NY skyscraper

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:03 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two window washers left dangling from a collapsed scaffold near the top of a New York City skyscraper have been rescued.
    

High court denies stay for Fla. death row author

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:03 PM PDT

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for a Florida inmate who orchestrated the 1987 ambush murder of a prison guard, then published three books and maintained a blog while on death row.
    

NSA director: Contractors may need more oversight

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the National Security Agency says he is seriously concerned that the contractor who disclosed secret U.S. surveillance programs had access to key parts of the NSA network.
    

Navy kickbacks defendant requests new lawyer

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:59 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former employee of the U.S. Navy who admitted leading a kickback scheme that cost the Navy $18 million is asking for a new lawyer less than two weeks after pleading guilty to conspiracy, theft of government property and tax evasion.
    

Fort Hood soldier accused of paying for sex

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:59 PM PDT

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Authorities have charged a Fort Hood sergeant with paying for sex with a soldier in a prostitution scheme allegedly arranged by a coordinator of the Texas Army post's sexual assault prevention program.
    

RI Senate passes broad synthetic drug ban

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:56 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In an attempt to stay ahead of illicit drug chemists, the Rhode Island Senate has voted to broadly ban synthetic recreational chemicals sold as fake marijuana and bath salts.
    

Police seek help in finding culprits in bleach attack, robbery on MBTA bus

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Police have asked for the public's help in identifying three women who allegedly threw bleach in the face of a man on an MBTA bus and then robbed him, MBTA Transit Police said today. The incident occured on a Route 28 bus on Blue Hill Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday. Other passengers on the bus helped the man flush out his eyes after the assault, according to Transit Police.
    

Bill Clinton to campaign for Senate hopeful Markey

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is hitting the campaign trail on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey.