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Cemetery workers accused in grisly scheme to re-sell burial plots

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:13:45 -0400

ALSIP, Illinois - Prosecutors today charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near...

4 inmates face charges in Mass. jail flooding

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:58:10 -0400

CAMBRIDGE - Authorities say four inmates face charges of malicious destruction of property after they broke the sprinkler system and flooded a county jail in Cambridge. Middlesex...

7-Eleven rallies customers against card fees

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:55:04 -0400

NEW YORK - Riding a wave of public outrage over credit card practices, 7-Eleven Inc. wants to show merchants are victims of the industry too. The convenience store chain...

MBTA to receive $51M in federal stimulus aid

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:54:43 -0400

BOSTON - The beleaguered MBTA is getting a much-needed boost in federal stimulus dollars. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that Massachusetts is...

Elderly driver indicted in Stoughton girl's death

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:45:34 -0400

DEDHAM - An 88-year-old driver has been indicted in the crosswalk death of a 4-year-old girl in Stoughton. A Norfolk County grand jury today indicted Ilse Horn of Canton...

Obama taps Hub's EMS boss for FEMA post

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:36:56 -0400

Boston EMS Chief Richard Serino was appointed Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, this afternoon by President Obama's administration, sources...

Flemmi: Whitey was jealous of my galpal

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:48 -0400

James "Whitey" Bulger throttled Debra Davis to death in a jealous tantrum over the love spell the Randolph stunner had cast on Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi,...

Madoff won't appeal 150-year sentence

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:25:48 -0400

NEW YORK - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will not appeal his 150-year sentence for a fraud that unraveled last December when Madoff confessed to his sons that nearly...

Racism alleged as kids barred from Pa. swim club

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:05:20 -0400

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. - Members and officials of a private swimming pool in a Philadelphia suburb reacted to a visiting group of minority children by asking them not to...

Temp agency settles discrimination suit in Mass.

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:04:24 -0400

A defunct North Carolina-based employment agency has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a federal agency in Boston. The Equal Employment...

HUD releases $1.2B in stimulus funds for homeless

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:00:36 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Housing and Urban Development Department is using $1.2 billion in stimulus money to fight homelessness in hundreds of locations across the country. HUD...

Big Papi takes charge

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:56:31 -0400

An All-Star each of the last five years, David Ortiz is sitting next week's game out. But the slugger's revived bat did more than just propel the Red Sox to...

After 11th win, Tim Wakefield deserves nod in AL

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:57 -0400

It was only a week ago when Red Sox fans were wringing their hands and hoping that veteran knuckleballer Tim Wakefield would be named to the American League All-Star squad. ...

With assets less toxic, banks have other troubles

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - The bundles of bad home mortgages that panicked the Bush and Obama administrations have turned out to be not so toxic for the financial industry after all. After...

Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:49 -0400

WASHINGTON - U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line - at their local schools - the Obama administration said Thursday as...

Senate panel backs aid to groups that do abortions

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:41:23 -0400

WASHINGTON - Democrats on a key Senate panel today voted to permanently reverse a policy in effect under recent Republican administrations that banned giving U.S. money to...

Gains in financials, material stocks lift market

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:37:40 -0400

NEW YORK - Investors are finding some appetite for risk after a jittery week. Stocks edged higher today as investors put money into banking and industrial stocks as well...

NH gov signs border sales tax protection bill

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:29:14 -0400

NASHUA, N.H. - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a bill intending to protect retailers from becoming tax collectors for other states. New Hampshire doesn't...

Patrick campaign chief defends sales tax hike

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:25:58 -0400

The head of Gov. Deval Patrick's campaign committee is defending his decision to sign a sales tax increase. Charlotte Golar Richie told supporters in an e-mail today...

Border Patrol worker arrested after hatchet attack

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:22:52 -0400

ESCONDIDO, Calif. - A U.S. Border Patrol worker has been arrested in Escondido following a hatchet attack that left a couple seriously injured in their home. Escondido...

'U30' bandit suspect raises flags

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:02:00 -0400

A Norwood man arrested last week as a suspect in a series of seven brazen bank heists pulled off by the blazing fast "U30 bandits" is certified in Massachusetts...

Appeals Court upholds Mass. abortion buffer zones

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:55:38 -0400

A federal appeals court has upheld Massachusetts' abortion buffer zone law. The 2007 law creates 35-foot protest-free zones around the entrances and driveways of clinics...

New York Times says magazine photos manipulated

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:54:17 -0400

NEW YORK - The New York Times inadvertently published digitally manipulated photographs in the latest issue of its Sunday magazine, the newspaper said Thursday. In an editors...

Monkeys live longer on low-cal diet; would humans?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:52 -0400

WASHINGTON - Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. This...

GOP to showcase firefighter Sotomayor ruled against

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:44:24 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republicans plan to call a white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to testify against her. New...