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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:10:54 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213785&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213785&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/PtXINR2bVOg/view.bg NEW YORK - A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan,... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:20 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213783&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213783&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/IC_ZTVA9vFc/view.bg MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:25:34 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213773&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213773&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/6vPuFHFYFSM/view.bg NEW YORK - A Queens man has been charged with murder in the deaths of his wife and teenage son, who were found in a closet wrapped in plastic with their throats slashed. Police... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:56:25 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213768&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213768&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/BvUBqdbkqmw/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/413b6588a4_hayden.jpg Ellen Hayden knows the trauma of breast cancer. The single mother from Hampton, N.H., lost her mother at the age of 7. Her mother died at the age of 56, seven years after... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:29:03 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213753&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213753&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/LA6yvXgAMqk/view.bg CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire state police say a man who hit a large deer with his vehicle on a highway tried to warn oncoming traffic about the crash before he was struck... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:02:18 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213727&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213727&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/C8Qhxu3jxfU/view.bg PEEKSKILL, N.Y. - A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:23:58 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213663&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213663&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/sxIFLu05rzA/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/085b138e91_krim.jpg WASHINGTON, Conn. - Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George Krimsky sensed he had a sensational Cold War scoop on his... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:07:16 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213571&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213571&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/ZH5QSeObGEU/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/7b52b4ecfb_trayn.jpg ROCHESTER, N.H. - A man accused of abducting his 2-year-old daughter and bringing her to New Hampshire has agreed to be returned to Maine. In court Friday, 38-year-old... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:17:41 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213564&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213564&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/_lQaytBkF-E/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/809439890a_bridge.jpg PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - The Memorial Bridge reopened ahead of schedule on Friday following a month of repairs that forced motorists to seek alternative routes between the city... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:58:23 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213561&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213561&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/rEMrMDlrdKc/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/92f5ca6269_judges.jpg HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:10 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213548&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213548&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/_yEcxp1mHlY/view.bg LEWISTON, Maine - A high-speed police chase on the Maine Turnpike ended when the car cops were pursuing crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver. A state trooper... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:26:34 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213464&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213464&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/xUPCiSLbd6U/view.bg NEW YORK - A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued. The... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:28 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213468&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213468&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/kPp9feFnsZw/view.bg PHILADELPHIA - A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:35 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213455&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213455&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/IN3Z4Tv_9o8/view.bg CONCORD, N.H. - James Marks thinks back to last summer when a judge showed leniency to his son, who was arrested with a friend for chasing down another vehicle and ramming... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:39 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213428&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213428&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/wc1pTaCA2cw/view.bg HARRISBURG, Pa. - A tentative labor agreement distributed today to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213419&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213419&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/SmuQ3-zyOJw/view.bg PITTSBURGH - A New York woman who tends bar in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using the cell phone of a male customer - whom she used to date - to post a... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:55:17 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213416&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213416&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/T37hW5843uU/view.bg PEEKSKILL, N.Y. - A man who left his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and found him dead three hours later has been convicted of reckless endangerment. Theodore... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:55 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213412&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213412&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/850VId4sA2s/view.bg WARWICK, R.I. - A witness says the late brother of the actor James Woods was not seen by a doctor until an hour after he came to the Kent Hospital emergency room complaining... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:13 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213405&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213405&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/aIOhsq2YKZQ/view.bg PITTSBURGH - Federal attorneys want a judge to declare that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount owes more than $631,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties. The... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:10 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213383&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213383&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/ok4arYKOyOo/view.bg WILMINGTON, Del. - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is asking a bankruptcy judge to allow it to continue paying retiree benefits to priests who committed sexual abuse. After... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:41 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213379&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213379&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/1i0O8WC7kds/view.bg SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - A Rhode Island woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she stole more than $500,000 from two former employers, including a local charity. Prosecutors... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:33:09 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213339&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213339&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/northeast/~3/n6nIBh3Rcqo/view.bg SOMERSWORTH, N.H. - A Somersworth man is being held on sexual assault and prostitution charges that he arranged for a minor to have sexual contact with another person. Forty-year-old... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:19:55 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213338&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1213338&srvc=rss