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Lizzie Borden acquitted in mock retrial

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Lizzie Borden has been found innocent of using an ax to hack her father and stepmother to death — again.

Breakdown by state of New Engalnd worker deaths

State-by-state highlights of report on New England workplace fatalities from the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics.

Hundreds pay tribute to Mass. paratrooper

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray joined hundreds of relatives, friends, soldiers and well-wishers paying tribute to a U.S. paratrooper who died while trying to save a comrade in Afghanistan.

Dunkin' Donuts: 58 percent plan Turkey Day naps

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Falling asleep has apparently become as much a Thanksgiving Day tradition in America as carving the turkey or watching football.

Feds report fewer workplace deaths in New England

BOSTON (AP) — A federal agency says 136 people died in New England from work-related injuries last year, 27 fewer than in the previous year and the lowest number since it began compiling the statistics in 1992.

Northeast states granted green jobs funding

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding to support a green jobs program.

Farewell planned to Mass. soldier killed in Afghanistan

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Relatives, friends, government officials and well-wishers are expected to pay their last respects to a U.S. paratrooper who died while trying to save a comrade in Afghanistan.

Man shot during basketball game at Boston school

BOSTON (AP) — Boston police are investigating a shooting inside an elementary school gym during a pickup basketball game for kids.

Passenger pulled from transatlantic flight in Boston

BOSTON (AP) — A Scottish man was ordered held on $300 bail after a Philadelphia-to-London made an unscheduled stop in Boston because he was allegedly being disruptive.

Mass. senator driven home by cops

BOSTON (AP) — Cambridge police gave a state senator a ride home because they were worried he was too drunk to drive — about 13 hours before he was involved in a hit-and-run accident last month.

Mass. judge tosses lawsuit against Hasselbeck

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism.

Boston cracks down on illegal trash dumpers

BOSTON (AP) — Boston officials are proposing a crackdown on people from out of town dumping their household garbage in the city to avoid trash fees in their own communities.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Northern New England's landline phone users are familiar with FairPoint's record in the region. The story has a similar ring at the opposite end of the country, in Hawaii.

Mass. family hopes for clues in 20-year-old case

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A mother says she has not given up hope on finding out what happened to her teenage daughter who disappeared in Brockton 20 years ago.

MBTA officials investigating trolley incident

BOSTON (AP) — The MBTA in Boston is investigating why a trolley suddenly stopped short, injuring some passengers.

NE states team up for high-speed rail funds

NEWINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Transportation leaders of the six New England states say they're teaming up to boost the region's chances for federal stimulus grants for high-speed commuter rail and freight service.

Ex-Mass. House Speaker says he did not break the law

BOSTON (AP) — Federal corruption charges against former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi should be dismissed because the state ethics law allows legislators to share legal fees received by an associate in connection with state contracts,...

Boston transit worker caught texting

BOSTON (AP) — An MBTA driver has been suspended and is facing termination after being caught sending a text message while operating a Green Line trolley.

Mass. man charged with shooting roommate

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Worcester man charged with fatally shooting his roommate during what police say was an argument over a televised soccer match has been ordered without bail.

Cops protest as UMass holds forum with ex-radicals

AMHERST, Mass (AP) — Convicted domestic terrorist Ray Luc Levasseur was prohibited from attending a University of Massachusetts forum on his landmark 1989 sedition trial, but police officers and their supporters picketed anyway Thursday to...

Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.

US Senate candidate Pagliuca favors restoring military draft

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Stephen Pagliuca (pah-lee-OOH'-kah) says the country should reinstate a military draft so everyone sacrifices for national security.

Mass. man accused in terror plot seeks bail

BOSTON (AP) — A detention hearing is scheduled for a 27-year-old Sudbury man accused of conspiring with two other men in an alleged terror plot.

Mass. town's veterans memorial vandalized

KINGSTON, Mass. (AP) — As people and communities across Massachusetts honored the sacrifice and commitment of the nation's military personnel on Veterans Day, vandals in one town were doing the opposite.

Body of Mass. paratrooper found in Afghanistan

BOSTON (AP) — Army paratrooper Benjamin Sherman probably died the way he lived, his wife said, doing whatever he could to help someone in need.

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