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• Fatal storm: Deaths related to the Northeast snow

  February 10, 2013 11:49 AM

  Here's a look at the deaths related to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the Northeast in 1 to 3 feet of snow and battered the coastline with high winds and some flooding: CONNECTICUT: - A 73-year-old man fell while cleaning up in Danbury and later died. - 49-year-old man in... more »

• Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization

  December 2, 2012 1:27 PM

  SEATTLE (AP) - In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws. An esteemed businessman, he hid his identity because he didn't want to offend customers who - like so many... more »

• Separate trials in Maine Zumba prostitution case

  November 13, 2012 9:06 PM

  KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) - A judge has ordered separate trials for two people accused of being involved in a prostitution business at a Zumba fitness studio in a Maine seaside town. A lawyer for insurance agent Mark Strong Sr. said Tuesday the judge put Strong's case on the January trial... more »

• Military copters, rescuers on alert for superstorm

  October 29, 2012 5:58 PM

  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The military has placed helicopters and rescue teams on alert and dispatched medical planners to help cope with the damage from a superstorm on the East Coast. The U.S. Northern Command, charged with defending the U.S. homeland from attack and helping civil authorities... more »

• Cat goes to vet for flea bath but gets euthanized

  September 23, 2012 12:44 PM

  GARDNER, Massachusetts (AP) - A Massachusetts woman says her cat went to the veterinarian for a flea bath and was mistakenly euthanized instead. Colleen Conlon of Gardner is grieving the loss of the cat, 8-year-old Lady, which she attributes to "negligence" by the vet. Her son took Lady to an... more »

• Massachusetts landscaper in court for allegedly poisoning dogs

  September 23, 2012 12:33 PM

  CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (AP) - A landscaper is set to appear in court on charges he tried to poison dogs in Charlestown with hot dogs soaked in antifreeze. Fifty-three-year-old Kenneth Hyland of Everett is to be arraigned Monday in Charlestown District Court on dog poisoning charges. Hyland was arrested Friday after... more »

• Shark bite confirmed in Massachusetts

  August 7, 2012 7:51 PM

  Massachusetts officials confirm it was a great white shark that attacked a swimmer off Cape Cod last week. The state Division of Marine Fisheries announced the determination Tuesday after speaking with the swimmer, examining his injuries and working with the curator of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida... more »

• Cake shop owner says no to same-sex wedding order

  August 5, 2012 10:34 AM

  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - A cake shop owner in suburban Denver says he will continue to reject orders for gay wedding cakes. Lakewood's Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips says he turned away a couple's cake order for religious reasons and will continue to do so despite a protest outside of... more »

• Massachusetts father shoots children before killing himself

  July 30, 2012 6:55 PM

  A 9-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a weekend shooting in Massachusetts at the hands of his father, who police say also killed his 7-year-old daughter before committing suicide. A hospital spokeswoman said Monday shooting victim Owen Benway was in critical condition. Authorities say the children's father, 41-year-old... more »

• Criminal charge for Paterno would have been more likely in CO Play Video

  November 14, 2011 7:55 PM

  Many were shocked when the former long-time defensive coordinator of the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested on charges related to sexual abuse of children. The fallout of the news extended to the University's iconic football coach, Joe Paterno, and an assistant coach who says he witnessed Sandusky... more »

• Romney questions Perry stance on Social Security

  September 21, 2011 11:36 AM

  MIAMI (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is raising new questions in Florida about his rival Rick Perry's position on Social Security. Romney said at a Miami town hall-style meeting that Perry's proposal to have states run the retirement system won't work. Romney asks what would happen if some... more »

• Rocker accused of pharmacy robbery before show

  July 11, 2011 6:16 PM

  MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The bass player for a rock band has been arrested and charged with robbing a Massachusetts pharmacy of prescription painkillers just hours before a show. Attleboro police say Michael Todd, bassist for Coheed and Cambria, entered the Walgreen's pharmacy after 1 p.m. on Sunday and... more »

• Salem, steeped in witch tourism, rebrands beyond

  June 13, 2011 11:49 AM

  SALEM, Mass. (AP) - Salem - the very name conjures witches. The Massachusetts city of 41,000 souls is so closely identified with its witch history that flying witch logos adorn police cars and Salem High School's mascot is a witch. But town leaders have rebranded the image to downplay... more »

• Tornadoes surprise western Massachusetts

  June 2, 2011 12:36 PM

  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - It's an area of the country known more for winter blizzards than for springtime tornadoes, but central and western Massachusetts is cleaning up today from tornadoes that killed at least four people and injured about 200. The deaths are the first in the state from tornadoes... more »

• MA healthcare costs soar

  December 11, 2010 11:36 AM

  BOSTON (AP) - Four years after Massachusetts passed the nation's most ambitious health care law, Gov. Deval Patrick and lawmakers are working to rein in spiraling insurance costs. Those costs are threatening to undermine the 2006 health care law, which mandated nearly universal health coverage. Supporters say the... more »

• Poop Sloop? Dung Dingy? What to name a sewage boat

  October 11, 2010 11:59 AM

  It has the unglamorous job of traveling from boat-to-boat to pump out onboard septic systems. Salisbury, Mass., has a new sewage pump-out boat, and had some fun naming it. Some of the suggestions: Poo Bear Pumpty Dumpty Poop Sloop Dung Dingy The... more »

• Parking ticket? Try yoga

  September 21, 2010 11:25 AM

  Drivers annoyed by parking tickets in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are getting some calming advice from city officials - try yoga. The city's parking tickets include instructions on the reverse on how to bend into some simple yoga positions. The city, which is home to Harvard and MIT, printed 40,000 of... more »

• Hurricane warnings, watches spread up the East Coast

  September 2, 2010 1:34 PM

  As Hurricane Earl churned toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina with top sustained winds near 140 mph, forecasters issued a hurricane warning much further up the coast Thursday for parts of Massachusetts, including Nantucket. The center of Earl was about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., around... more »

• Truck-boat makes waves in neighborhood

  August 27, 2010 3:31 PM

  A Melrose, Massachusetts man came up with a unique creation to get around: a hybrid half-car, half-boat. While it may not be sea-worthy, it is street legal. "It's a pickup truck in a Halloween costume, basically. I use it for everything," explains builder Ron Kilroe. About ten years... more »

• Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dead at 84

  August 9, 2010 9:30 AM

  Family members say actress Patricia Neal has died at her Massachusetts home at the age of 84. She'd had lung cancer -- which her family says she fought with "grace" and "stubbornness." Less than two years after she won an Oscar for her role in "Hud," Neal suffered a... more »

• Lobstering ban from Massachusetts to NC considered

  July 23, 2010 10:31 AM

  Lobstermen are speaking out against a proposed ban on lobstering from Massachusetts to North Carolina, saying a bleak assessment of the stock's health is way off. Dozens of lobstermen traveled to Warwick, R.I., for a meeting of the board that advises the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on lobster... more »

• Massachusetts great places list has a few oops on it

  July 19, 2010 1:00 PM

  It turns out that some of Massachusetts' greatest places aren't so great after all. To promote tourism, the Legislature last week released a list of the state's top 1,000 attractions. But the Boston Herald reports that some sites don't exist any more, some are closed to the public and... more »

• Fish falling from the sky

  July 14, 2010 11:07 AM

  John Walsh doesn't fish. In this case, he didn't have to. A 14-inch striped bass landed in his Milton, Massachusetts yard on Monday. "I'd expect it at the beach, but we're a mile and a half, two miles from the ocean," said Walsh. The Walsh family was outside... more »

• School janitor finds 3-foot python in locker

  July 7, 2010 8:58 AM

  A custodian cleaning out lockers at a Massachusetts high school was so shocked when a 3-foot-long snake fell at his feet that he didn't even think it was real. Ed Reardon tells The Daily News Tribune that at first he thought it was a change purse. Then he thought... more »

• Oppressive heat in eastern US today

  July 6, 2010 9:29 AM

  The Fourth of July is over, but temperatures are sizzling hotter than a firecracker over much of the country. Temperatures reached at least the 90s from Maine to Texas and into the Southwest and Death Valley over the holiday weekend. Now the mid-Atlantic is embarking on a string of... more »

• WWII American remains from Saipan battle identified

  June 16, 2010 9:20 AM

  A researcher in Massachusetts says he has identified the remains of at least seven U.S. service members declared missing in action 66 years ago in the World War II Battle of Saipan. Retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ted Darcy of Fall River, Massachusetts, says he expects to make about... more »

• Ikea recalls over 3 million window blinds, shades

  June 10, 2010 2:03 PM

  Ikea is recalling more than 3 million window blinds after a child nearly strangled on one of the cords. The recall includes all Roman shades and roll-up blinds that were sold at Ikea stores nationwide in more than 11 years, from January 1998 to June 2009. It also includes... more »

• Teacher finds 1792 document in classroom

  June 9, 2010 3:01 PM

  A Massachusetts teacher cleaning up her classroom in preparation for a move has discovered a Colonial-era document buried in a pile of outdated textbooks and dusty scraps of papers. Michelle Eugenio, a fourth-grade teacher in Peabody, found the yellowed sheet of paper two weeks ago. Dated April 1792 and... more »

• Heavy rains limit access to Walden Pond

  May 26, 2010 10:03 AM

  Heavy spring flooding has forced authorities to cut summer access by nearly half at Walden Pond in Massachusetts, made famous by author Henry David Thoreau. The rains raised water levels on the pond 4 feet above average, submerging the beach and parts of a path around the pond in... more »

• Obama 0-for-4 in endorsements

  May 20, 2010 3:02 PM

  The White House says it's not worried about four consecutive losses by Democratic candidates President Barack Obama had supported. The latest defeat came Tuesday when Sen. Arlen Specter lost to Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs gave a simple, one-word answer when asked... more »

• FBI searches Northeast homes in Times Square probe

  May 13, 2010 11:17 AM

  The FBI says agents are searching several locations in the Northeast in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb. An FBI spokeswoman said Thursday that there is "no known immediate threat to the public or any active plot against the United States." FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz would not... more »

• School district reveals draft anti-bullying policy

  April 27, 2010 12:16 PM

  The Massachusetts school district where authorities say a girl was driven to suicide by bullying has a draft of a new anti-bullying policy. The draft made public Monday was drawn up by a 31-person task force appointed in February after 15-year-old Phoebe Prince hanged herself. Prosecutors say her death followed... more »

• Kerrigan brother pleads not guilty to manslaughter

  April 9, 2010 9:56 AM

  Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and assault in Massachusetts in the death of their father. Forty-five-year-old Mark Kerrigan entered the pleas Friday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn. Prosecutors say 70-year-old Daniel Kerrigan died after a violent clash Jan. 24 with his... more »

• Fire danger now threatens where Eastern floods hit

  April 7, 2010 6:09 PM

  Officials in southern New England have issued fire danger warnings for some of the areas put under water by record flooding just days ago. The National Weather Service says the temperature Wednesday hit 92 degrees in Providence, R.I., and Hartford, Conn., setting records for the day in both cities.... more »

• Heavy rain threatens to topple records in East

  March 29, 2010 2:01 PM

  Residents along the East Coast are bracing for heavy rains, flooding and the wettest March on record in some areas. The National Weather Service posted flood warnings and advisories Monday from Maine to the Carolinas. Several inches of new rain over the next three days is expected to push... more »

• Woman uses a rock to fight off abduction attempt

  March 22, 2010 9:51 AM

  Police say a 66-year-old Massachusetts woman fought off a man trying to abduct her by bashing him in the face repeatedly with a rock and forcing him to flee with blood pouring from his wounds. Police in Fall River, about 50 miles south of Boston, say the woman was warned... more »

• Northeast recovering from drenching

  March 16, 2010 12:55 PM

  Utility crews in the Northeast continue to chip away at the leftover power outages from the weekend storm. A New Jersey utility says the storm caused more outages than any storm in its history -- affecting more than 400,000 homes and businesses. A low pressure system lingering off... more »

• Rescuers struggle to save dolphins

  March 12, 2010 4:49 PM

  Crews worked Friday to save a group of dolphins stranded off the coast of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Workers and volunteers waded through hip-deep mud on Thursday to carry eight Atlantic white-sided dolphins from Drummers Cove, but two did not survive. The six rescued dolphins were quickly brought to Provincetown... more »