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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Boston Star.com http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/7ec3e5693f22907e/ en-us Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:31 -0400 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:31 -0400 30 Brett Quigley said Wednesday at the TPC Boston, site of the second round of the PGA Tour Playoffs.He later was asked for a different description than "excitement," and Quigley smiled."Concern ... inte... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268215/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:16 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268215/ Brett Quigley said Wednesday at the TPC Boston, site of the second round of the PGA Tour Playoffs.He later was asked for a different description than "excitement," and Quigley smiled."Concern ... inte... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268216/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:11 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268216/ BOSTON (WBZ) ― Drivers hate paying more at the pump. It makes people think long and hard about getting in their car. But is there a silver lining? Chief Correspondent Joe Shortsleeve got an exc... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267259/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:26 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267259/ DORCESTER (WBZ) ― A man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in Dorchester Wednesday evening. Boston police officials said the unidentified man was stabbed on Geneva Avenue and was rus... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267261/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:25 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267261/ SEABROOK, N.H. (WBZ) ― A 34-year-old man is accused of drugging and raping women he met through online dating services, police in New Hampshire say. Prosecutors call it a disturbing and brazen... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17265871/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:24 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17265871/ Join Red Sox Nation today NEW YORK -- Just because Josh Beckett remains on track to pitch on Friday night against the White Sox, it does not mean that his recent bout with elbow inflammation has been ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267267/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:27:43 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267267/ Sign up for Red Sox video alerts NEW YORK -- Mark Kotsay is intense -- he's experienced, he loves to play in games that count and he's versatile. The fact that he also happens to be a left-handed-hitt... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267266/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:27:45 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267266/ NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox acquired Mark Kotsay from Atlanta for a minor leaguer Wednesday, adding depth to their outfield one day after J.D. Drew went on the disabled list. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268212/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:26:43 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268212/ Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said he has seen “a sea change in the cultural acceptance of drunken driving, or lack thereof. The city of Boston is home to thousands and thousands of co... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268211/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:22:46 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17268211/ BROCKTON, Mass.— Three more women have come forward with accusations that a Boston deputy fire chief pretended to be a police officer and forced them to have sex with him.Bridget Norton Middleto... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267262/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:59:38 -0400 Boston.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17267262/ Secretary of State William Galvin 's office said that under the deal, the bank agreed to return nearly $18 million to the Turnpike and just under $25 million to the http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264293/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:57:28 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264293/ CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ― New Hampshire Governor John Lynch says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied his request to include assistance to individuals in the major disaster declaration... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262910/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:29 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262910/ BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) ― Officials say a small plane has crashed in Bristol, New Hampshire, and rescuers have called for a medical helicopter. WMUR-TV is reporting that the plane crashed into woods... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262908/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:28 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262908/ WAKEFIELD (WBZ) ― Wakefield police have released the name of a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run Monday night. Susan Harmon, 44, was struck by a car while walking along Greenwood Street nea... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262907/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:27 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262907/ BROCKTON (WBZ) ― Three more women have come forward, claiming a Boston deputy fire chief pretended to be a police officer and raped or tried to rape them. This brings the number of women accusi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262912/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:30 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262912/ According to Equality Forum, the list of Fortune 500 companies providing written workplace protections on the basis of sexual orientation has grown to 471. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264289/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:51:05 -0400 365gay http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264289/ Has someone stolen a 1921 painting by French Cubist Fernand Léger? Or just thrown it in the trash by accident? That's the question facing Wellesley College, a Boston area women's college which once ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262317/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:45:40 -0400 CBC News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262317/ has relocated and expanded its Providence, R.I. office. The national environmental and geotechnical consulting firm based in Norwood, Mass. now has 15,00 square feet at 530 Broadway St. in Providence... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262904/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:26 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262904/ UMass Lowell has been awarded more than $1 million in matching state grants to fund research and new life sciences faculty. The grants, announced Wednesday, come from the http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261443/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:53:45 -0400 Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261443/ LAWRENCE (WBZ) ― A young man accused of stealing a car is dead after he crashed the vehicle in Lawrence early Wednesday morning. State police allegedly spotted Joel Abreau, 18, driving on 114 W... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262909/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:28 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262909/ executive Stephen Zabele to lead the contract research firm’s commercialization efforts. In his role as vice president of technology applications, Zabele will help Cambridge, Mass.-based BBN Te... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262905/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:22 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262905/ , saw ad revenue fall 24.5 percent in July, the publisher said in a press release. The company cited declines in a number of categories, including travel, home improvement, banking and national automo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261790/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:19 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261790/ In the face of ongoing economic woes, here’s some good news: most American workers are happy at the office. That’s according to findings from the second annual SnagAJob.com Labor Happines... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261558/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:28 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17261558/ LAWRENCE, Mass -- A young man was killed when the car he was driving crashed into a building early Wednesday as he was being pursued by state police. Joel Abreu, 18, was traveling on 114 West with no... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262920/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:30:02 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262920/ T hree more women have come forward claiming that a Boston deputy fire chief raped or tried to rape them while posing as a police officer, according to authorities. Peter P. Pearson, 51, of East Brid... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264290/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:44 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17264290/ LYNN, Mass. -- Police said a man attempted to abduct a 16-year-old girl near Kiley Park shortly before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl was walking down Burrill Avenue when a black male, with medium dark ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262919/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:30:01 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262919/ BOSTON -- The getaway driver for the man calling himself Clark Rockefeller may face charges. 7NEWS has learned that Daryl Hopkins, the man behind the wheel for Rockefeller's alleged kidnapping scheme... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262921/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:30:00 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262921/ HOLLIS, N.H. -- Police in Hollis, N.H., are searching for a driver who crashed a stolen car into a house and knocked it off its foundation. Police say it happened just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday on Bro... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262922/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:29:56 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262922/ With the preseason winding down it's almost time for the start of another regular season here in Foxborough. There are plenty f roster related question to get everyone ready in this week's "Ask P... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262923/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:04:09 -0400 New England Patriots http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17262923/ Gov. Deval Patrick announced Tuesday that $13.4 million will be distributed to about 500 fishermen and fishing businesses.The payments aim to help fishermen hurt by increasingly tough federal rules to... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259287/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:59:33 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259287/ is currently designing and permitting a new, 71,000-square-foot multi-building campus on 3.5 acres for the facility, according to a press release from the Boston office of Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258003/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:28 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258003/ George Soros .Of the $429,000 collected last year by the group advancing the measure, $400,000 came from Soros, who has championed similar efforts in several states and spent $24 million to fight http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259285/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:59:35 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259285/ starting Sept. 1. Leading the group will be Edward W. McIntyre, who is set to begin his new term as president, the organization said on Tuesday. McIntyre, a solo practitioner who concentrates on civ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255805/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:52:48 -0400 Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255805/ , in partnership with El Planeta, a regional Hispanic newspaper based in Boston, announced its first-ever 20 on the Move honorees. The project aims to highlight Hispanic executives making a difference... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258001/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:45 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258001/ has closed a $105 million private placement that will help it handle old debt and expenses over the next few years. The Lexington, Mass.-based company (Nasdaq: IDEV) said it closed a private placemen... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258000/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:52 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258000/ RatePoint Inc. named former Constant Contact Inc. marketing executive Richard Turcott as its chief marketing officer Tuesday. Turcott will manage Needham, Mass.-based RatePoint’s entire marketi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255867/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:19 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255867/ Inc. said that the results of its “low-car diet” experiment - in which the company challenged 300 people to live without their cars for one month and rely only on public transportation - h... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255527/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:35 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17255527/ Boston's harbor and ocean attractions are great choices for summer visitors Codzilla turbo boat rides take passengers out of the inner harbor into the Atlantic Swan Boats have been operating in Boston... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17256431/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:39:07 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17256431/ JFK Library and Museum . The exhibit, called "The Making of a President," shows experiences that shaped Kennedy's life. And for the first time, we're seeing journals he kept as his traveled around the... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258005/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:44:20 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258005/ announced Tuesday it had closed on a $26 million fourth round of venture capital financing. The round was led by asset management firm AllianceBernstein L.P. (NYSE: AB) and included existing investor... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257998/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:09 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257998/ Gro Group Inc. to be a manufacturing partner for the company next year, the company said on Tuesday. Boston-based Converted Organics (Nasdaq: COIN) will supply organic granular fertilizer to seven of... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257999/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:07 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257999/ has refinanced a 201-unit apartment complex with a $33.5 million loan. The loan was arranged by the Boston office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP through http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258002/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:30 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258002/ has made three executive appointments in a bid to accelerate its research and development efforts. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company (Nasdaq: HLCS) said it has named Bill Efcavitch as its new chief ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258004/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:25 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17258004/ Massachusetts now has less uninsured people than any other state in the country, thanks in large part to its new health reform law that mandates coverage for nearly every resident. The Bay State&rsqu... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257238/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:01 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17257238/ John McCain 's vice presidential pick than see their own first-term governor riding the ticket, an Orlando Sentinel poll suggests. The survey found 32 percent of Florida voters were more likely to ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259086/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:31:19 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259086/ A uthorities have identified the woman who was killed in a hit-and-run in Wakefield Monday night as 44-year-old Susan Harmon of Melrose and police are vowing to find the driver who killed her. Harmon... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259282/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:29:57 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17259282/ August 27, 2008 - From New England Conservatory in Boston, eight classical musicians – none older than 13 – showcase their remarkable accomplishments. Taking the Jordan Hall stage, a 10-year... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252084/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:02:45 -0400 NPR http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252084/ Inc. experienced significantly wider net losses during its fiscal 2008 second quarter. Talbots, which includes Talbots and J. Jill stores, said it lost $25 million during the quarter ending Aug. 2, c... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252071/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:31 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252071/ United Business Media Ltd. has purchased Pyramid Research Inc. for $8 million, the company said on Wednesday. United Business Media bought the Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm to access its TechW... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252072/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:28 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252072/ BOLTON (WBZ) ― A teen driver charged with running over his high school wrestling teammate and killing him during a friendly race in Bolton has agreed to a plea deal. David Hayden, 18, who had f... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252073/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:51 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252073/ effective Dec. 31, under a succession plan announced Wednesday. He succeeds Donald A. Williams, who will continue as chairman of the board of both the holding company and bank. Hagan has served as p... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17250482/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:32 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17250482/ BOSTON (WBZ) ― The two Boston firefighters killed in the line of duty last year will be remembered Friday in a ceremony to mark the first anniversary. But the department has cancelled a cookout... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252075/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:50 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252075/ D ENVER - Several Bay State backers of Sen. Hillary Clinton including House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and Senate President Therese Murray will cast “symbolic” votes for the failed presid... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17251308/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:39 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17251308/ Tom Brady has just bought a plot of land for $11 million, TMZ reports. The entertainment news site said Brady's newly purchased land is in Brentwood, California on Arnold Schwarzenegger's street. It i... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252074/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:51 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252074/ A Fall River woman who sparked a wild lunch hour car chase on the Southeast Expressway through Boston as she allegedly terrorized her girlfriend will remain behind bars until her trial. Sandra Howes,... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17253323/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:28 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17253323/ because of a potential loss on a syndicated loan to an energy trading company. Sovereign, which is run from Boston and based outside of Philadelphia, has watched its stock slide 17 percent over the l... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252070/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:34 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252070/ P olice are taking a fresh look at the case of a missing East Boston boy, 10 days after the adorable 5-year-old disappeared following a two-day visit with his father “It’s an active inves... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17250338/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:27 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17250338/ W OBURN - A convicted killer is asking for a new trial, claiming his family was barred from the courtroom during jury selection in violation of his right to a public trial. A hearing is scheduled in ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17253325/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:25 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17253325/ HOLLISTON, Mass. -- When Rev. Gerard Furlan went to collect the money from the donation box at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, he was approached by a man who wanted to talk. Instead of sitting down for a ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252083/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:29:33 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17252083/ PRWeb, a leader in online news and press release distribution, has been used by more than 40,000 organizations of all sizes to increase the visibility of their news, improve their search engine rankin... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17245447/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:03:27 -0400 PR Web http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17245447/ Newton Fire Chief Joseph LaCroix 's city-owned car belonged to the chief's grandson.A small amount of marijuana was found in LaCroix's car on Aug. 21 by firefighters cleaning the vehicle.The 62-year-o... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17248730/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:55:02 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17248730/ Goodwin Procter LLP , the firm said this week. Felter, who will be based in the Boston office of Ropes & Gray, is a trial attorney with a national practice concentrating on intellectual property ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247622/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:50:49 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247622/ ABINGTON (AP) ― Abington police say two local men hit "an all-time low" when they stole aluminum bleachers from a school, apparently to sell the metal as scrap. Deputy Chief Christopher Cutter... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247624/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:50 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247624/ . The funding will be used to advance product development and expand sales, marketing and support functions for its data integration software, Burlington-based expressor software officials said. Exp... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247621/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:50:51 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247621/ DENVER (AP) ― Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, speaking to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, said the nation must renew its commitment to education and community.  http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247625/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:48 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247625/ The hotel will be home to 240 undergraduate students, who will have private bathrooms, access to the hotel pool and fitness center and room cleaning every week. Students will occupy about a third of t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17248728/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:37:56 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17248728/ Posted on: Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 03:00 CDT By Krisberg, Kim State cuts adult uninsurance rates in half JUST TWO short years after sweeping health care reforms took root in Massachusetts, the num... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17245761/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:04:11 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17245761/ PLAINVILLE, Mass. -- While posing as a home buyer, a woman allegedly stole $10,000 worth of jewelry during an open house. Millene Wilmarth, 32, of North Attleboro, was taken into custody after she al... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247633/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:29:07 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17247633/ 08/27/2008 With GOP presidential nominee John McCain taking heat from Democrats for not knowing how many houses he owns, the same question naturally fell to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17243273/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:38:49 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17243273/ News ) - Eight retirees have filed discrimination complaints against the Tournament Players Club golf course in Norton, claiming they were fired because of their age. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244006/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:26:42 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244006/ W OBURN - A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a New Hampshire man charged with killing his ex-lover’s husband and another man after the jury claimed it was hopelessly deadlocked, auth... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244003/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:06:39 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244003/ D ANVERS - Property owners in Danvers have approved a $6.6 million settlement offer by the co-owners of a paint factory that exploded in 2006 and caused major damage to their neighborhood. The de... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244004/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:06:38 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17244004/ C AMBRIDGE - Harvard University is reviewing its campus police department amid concerns officers have unfairly stopped black people because of their race. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust announce... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17241784/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:06:36 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17241784/ Sign up for Red Sox mobile video alerts NEW YORK -- Paul Byrd may be a newcomer to the Red Sox, but he is no stranger to the hostile crowd at Yankee Stadium. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17239080/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:27:58 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17239080/ Mike Lowell rejoined the club yesterday after spending some time at his South Florida home to rehab the strained right oblique that has kept on the disabled list since Aug. 13. Speaking with a crowd ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17239087/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:23:09 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17239087/ Bauman: Sox squash Yanks' momentum NEW YORK -- All of 23 years old, perhaps Justin Masterson didn't know that facing Alex Rodriguez with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh innin... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235836/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:48:30 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235836/ NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez flopped all night when the New York Yankees needed a big hit. Tim Wakefield won in his return from the disabled list and the Boston Red Sox moved a step closer to... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235832/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:58:19 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235832/ Wedge is the Herald's Chief Enterprise Reporter and writes Sunday's "Pols & Politics" column. He also covers music for "The Edge" entertainment section. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235838/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:50 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235838/ A Duxbury police officer and Vietnam veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart has died from injuries sustained while working a detail at the Marshfield Fair. Officer Mel Dyer, 67, died late Monday at B... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236898/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:41 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236898/ DENVER (AP) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, speaking to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, said the nation must renew its commitment to education and community. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236905/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:47:31 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236905/ L ogan International Airport has made it easier for travelers to plug in their laptops and recharge their cell phones and iPods while waiting for flights. The Boston airport has installed 500 110-vol... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235048/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:45 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235048/ T he doomed Angel Flight that plunged nose-first into a South Easton strip mall parking lot, killing three people aboard, lost control as it tried intercepting a flight “localizer” on its ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236900/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:39 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236900/ A s the fame-seeking phony who calls himself Clark Rockefeller appeared on TV to plead his case, the adorable daughter he snatched was out of hiding and with her mother in London yesterday. Meanwhile... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235278/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:37 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235278/ A former custodian and junior varsity basketball coach at Everett High School has been ordered held on $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a 12-year-old boy. Robert J. Shea was arrai... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236901/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:38 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236901/ W akefield police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that killed an unidentified woman near the town line Monday. Police said the heavyset, brown-haired woman was struck by a car while walking alo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236902/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:35 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236902/ M ASHPEE - To those who knew Army Pfc. Paul E. Conlon, he was a poet and a musician, a warrior and a humanitarian. To this Cape Cod town of 14,000, he was one of two of its bravest sons, lost within ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236903/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:34 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236903/ T he state’s SAT scores rose in all three sections of the college entrance test this year and beat the national averages. Massachusetts high school graduates scored an average of 525 out of 800... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236904/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:33 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17236904/ T he doomed Angel Flight that plunged nose-first into an Easton parking lot, killing three people aboard, lost control as it tried intercepting a flight “localizer” on its final approach t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17234600/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:43:32 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17234600/ NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. -- A 9-year-old girl hiking with her father was hit in the face with a high-velocity projectile. The incident happened at Lookout Rock on the Northbridge-Uxbridge town line on Satu... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235833/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:38:24 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17235833/ Posted on: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 18:00 CDT NATICK, Mass., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press annou... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17232307/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:31:47 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17232307/ Shop for authentic Red Sox merchandise NEW YORK -- In desperate need of some good news on the medical front, the Red Sox got some on Tuesday afternoon when Josh Beckett had a successful side session a... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233025/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:10:18 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233025/ BOSTON (AP) ― J.D. Drew has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain, leaving the Boston Red Sox without their All-Star right fielder as they head into a tight pennant r... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233020/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:19:19 -0400 WBZ http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233020/ Catch the Red Sox on MLB.TV NEW YORK -- After spending a week at his home in Miami, where he was able to rehab his strained right oblique and spend quality time with his family, Red Sox third baseman ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233026/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:10:17 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233026/ A former custodian and junior varsity basketball coach at Everett High School has been ordered held on $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a 12-year-old boy. Robert J. Shea was arrai... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233793/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:05:25 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17233793/ News ) - The Patriots have a deep group of experienced running backs and just one more exhibition game before they decide which ones to keep.So improvement is more important than the identity of that ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230358/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:25 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230358/ (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)In this April 6, 2001 file photo, Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski waves as he is warmly received by the crowd moments before throwing out the ceremonial firs... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230356/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:28 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230356/ Phil Orlandella said late Tuesday afternoon the delays were improving at Logan, but were not cleared up. He said "There are still planes at gates, and we're not handling as many flights per hour as we... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230360/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:23 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230360/ tackle Ryan O'Callaghan on the injured reserve list on Tuesday.The team reduced its roster to 75 players by the 4 p.m. deadline by making those moves with the offensive linemen and releasing fullback http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230361/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:22 -0400 Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17230361/ BOSTON -- Massachusetts residents who want to vote in next month's state primary must be registered to vote by the close of business tomorrow. Secretary of State William Galvin says registrars in cit... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17229215/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:10:17 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17229215/ on injured reserve. Neal, who is still recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, will be forced to miss the first six weeks of the season until he is eligible to return, while O’Callaghan is ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17229216/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:43:14 -0400 New England Patriots http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/17229216/