U.N. blasts Myanmar refusal to let in foreign aid workers
The United Nations blasted Myanmar's military junta on Friday, calling its refusal to let in foreign aid workers "unprecedented" as survivors of a devastating cyclone waited for food, shelter and medicine.
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Revere cop loses job for 'leaving the scene'
Evan Franklin is no longer a Revere police officer. Mayor Thomas Ambrosino told the sergeant to hand in his gun and badge Thursday. Officials say after Franklin saw the shooting of officer Daniel Talbot, he fled the scene and flagged down another officer who was responding to the shooting to ask for a ride home.
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Teens accused in shooting of 13 year old
Two Boston teens face murder charges in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy who prosecutors say was mistaken by the suspects for a rival gang member. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said 19-year-old Nurudeen Alabi and 17-year-old Darrell Rodrigues will be arraigned Friday in Roxbury District Court.
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Chemical spills after train derailment in Lawrence
Residents in a section of Lawrence have been allowed to return to their homes after the clean-up of a chemical spill from a derailed freight train. About a dozen homes were evacuated for several hours after Thursday's spill and a nearby school was opened as a shelter.
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ISO-New England lifts power watch
The operator of New England's power grid has lifted a power watch for Boston and northeastern Massachusetts. ISO-New England issued the advisory Thursday after unexpected outages to a transmission line and a power plant.
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Ex-NH candidate released from jail
Gary Dodds, the former New Hampshire congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance two years ago, was released from jail Thursday. Dodds's lawyer says his client will be subject to 45 days of electronic monitoring for violating his bail conditions.
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Study pegs mom's annual worth at nearly $117,000
If a stay-at-home mom could be financially compensated, she'd bring home nearly $117,000 a year. That's according to an annual pre-Mother's Day study released by Waltham-based Salary.com, which studies workplace compensation. For the past eight years, Salary.com has calculated mothers' market value by studying pay for tasks such as child care and housekeeping.
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NH delays 25 cent cigarette tax hike
State budget writers in New Hampshire delay a 25 cent cigarette tax hike to see if a pending tax hike in neighboring Massachusetts will drive smokers north of the border. If New Hampshire doesn't get 50 million dollars from cigarette sales between July 1st and October 1st, the state's $1.08 tax will go up a quarter.
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Insurance commissioner denies rate increase
The state Insurance Commissioner has rejected a request for a sharp rate increase by the state's home insurer of last resort. The FAIR plan had requested a 13.2 percent statewide increase, including a 25 percent increase for coastal homeowners. Commissioner Nonnie Burnes found the request wasn't backed by timely or accurate data.
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Red Tide hits NH coast, shellfish potentially fatal
The Red Tide is sweeping through New Hampshire's coastal waters again. State officials have banned taking mussels, clams and oysters from New Hampshire's coastal waters and Hampton/Seabrook Harbor.
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Men convicted in quadruple restaurant murder seek new trial
A father and son who opened fire and killed four men eating lunch at a Boston restaurant in 1995 are asking for a new trial. In arguments before the state Supreme Judicial Court Thursday, lawyers for Anthony and Damien Clemente said the jury at their trial should have been allowed to hear evidence of their victims' propensity for violence.
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Massachusetts man being sued following fatal Maine boat crash
The children of a woman killed in a boating accident on Long Lake last summer are suing a Massachusetts man who police say was driving the speedboat that struck her and her companion. The lawsuit was filed in Cumberland County Superior Court by three children of 44-year-old Suzanne Groetzinger of Berwick. Groetzinger and Terry Raye Trott of Naples were killed when their 14-foot boat was struck by a high-powered speedboat on the night of Aug. 11.
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Concentration of rare whales has left Cape Cod Bay
The unusually large concentration of rare right whales that gathered last month to feed in Cape Cod Bay has moved on. The state reported that the North Atlantic right whales have left, citing aerial surveys and acoustic buoys that listen for the whale. Boaters in the area had been warned to slow down to avoid the animal and stay 500 yards away if they spotted one.
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Police investigate multi-vehicle crash in Allston
Reports say the driver crashed his truck into several vehicles in Allston Thursday had a lengthy driving record. Nine vehicles were damaged in a wild series of crashes over several blocks of Commonwealth Ave. and ended with an explosion and fire.
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Joy riding teen undergoing psych tests
A teenager from Carver is undergoing psychiatric evaluation after going on a wild ride with his mother's car that sent hundreds of people scrambling for safety. Police say 17-year-old George Cowen steered the car on to the Carver High School athletic fields Tuesday night and careened across the grounds at high speeds.
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'Spygate' tapes head to NFL headquarters
A review of the tapes begins at the NFL offices in New York. Former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh has sent the league eight videotapes showing play-calling signals by opposing coaches in six games between the 2000 and 2002 seasons. Missing from the package is a tape of the Saint Louis Rams walk-through practice on the day before the 2002 Super Bowl.
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Cyclone may claim 100,000 lives
The number of dead from the cyclone in Myanmar may reach 100,000. The estimate comes from the top U.S. diplomat in the country. She says food and water are running low in the area that was hit by the storm, and that the situation is "increasingly horrendous." Click here for a special interactive on the path of the storm.
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Surprising 'perks' with the state's subsidized medical plan
It's not news that Massachusetts is struggling to pay unanticipated costs associated with health reform and fighting to keep expenses down but, you might be surprised at some of the generous benefits included in state subsidized insurance plans.
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Study: Foreclosure surge hits New England renters hard
Lease-abiding renters in four New England states are losing their homes to foreclosure as fast or faster than single-family homeowners who default on mortgages. That's the conclusion of a report released by the Washington-based National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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