Provides the latest RSS feeds for Massachusetts News. 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 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:22:35 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:22:35 -0400 30 OTISFIELD, Maine (AP) -- Former Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, his soccer-dribbling wife Mia Hamm and a cadre of NBA players put on a clinic for Seeds of Peace campers in Maine. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37367559/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:55:01 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37367559/ HAMPDEN, Mass. (AP) -- A woman is dead and a man seriously injured in what police are calling a home invasion in the western Massachusetts town of Hampden. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37367560/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:54:59 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37367560/ C HILMARK — Two ponds that had been closed to shellfishing since a massive fire at a U.S. Coast Guard pier and boathouse on Martha’s Vineyard earlier this month have now been reopened. Th... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366880/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:45 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366880/ A two-century-old burial ground in Southbridge has been hit by vandals. Police say more than 71 headstones were toppled this week at Oak Ridge Cemetery, some breaking in half when they hit the ground. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366875/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:14 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366875/ BEIJING— Charles River Laboratories International Inc., a U.S. medical research equipment and services company, said Friday it is canceling a $1.6 billion acquisition of WuXi PharmaTech after sh... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366877/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:12 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366877/ A collection of Chinese artwork that has been tucked away for decades in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City will soon be leaving the country for the first time. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366876/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:09 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366876/ The father of a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who committed suicide after what prosecutors said was relentless bullying by classmates says he might be willing to forgive the teens charged if they pub... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366878/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:07 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366878/ The story of the double agent code-named “Farewell’’ wasn’t well known before this movie was released. What I love in this story is Farewell himself: At the beginning of the 19... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366879/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:34:03 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366879/ will lay off half of its staff at locations in Boston and New Jersey, cutting a total of 24 corporate and manufacturing positions, the company said Friday. The Boston-based company (Nasdaq: COIN) is ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366872/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:50 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366872/ WILMINGTON, Mass. — Chinese cartoonist Yang Xiang Yu addresses freedom with a drawing of the Forbidden City and a medical mask over Mao's mouth. Iranian cartoonist Mohammad Fatehi Kahvarin sees ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37365050/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:25:36 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37365050/ Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo on Toronto radio station FAN 590 that claimed the All-Star was "checked out" late last season and chose not to play some of the http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366888/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:06:22 -0400 General Sources http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366888/ Are you ready for some football? The 2010 Training Camp Cap is here featuring the new Training Camp logo on a red slouch style cap with an adjustable strap to fit most. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366887/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:59:01 -0400 New England Patriots http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37366887/ Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of two spinal cord stimulation (SCS) leads for use with its Precision Plus™ Spinal Cord Stimulator ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37362684/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:25:56 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37362684/ L AWRENCE -- A Postal Service truck from the Lawrence post office was pelted with rocks near the Arlington School Wednesday afternoon. Postal carrier Kevin Poe told police he was driving by the schoo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363689/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:27:23 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363689/ W EST HARWICH — A man charged with possessing and distributing child pornography in New Mexico grew up on the Cape and lived here off and on, according to former neighbors and a relative. David... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363692/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:27:21 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363692/ to create a first-of-its-kind amenity for convention attendees, tourists, residents and workers. "This restaurant serves the people of from the thousands of visitors to the thousands of workers a... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37362343/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:26:42 -0400 Earth Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37362343/ With two of the French company's top blockbusters now hurt by generic rivals -- the latest one so unexpectedly last week, the company was forced to cut its 2010 profit forecast -- Viehbacher is seekin... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363688/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:22:14 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363688/ Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, eas... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363687/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:22:12 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363687/ WORCESTER, Mass.— Roman Catholic nuns who were the alleged victims of a fundraising swindle have loaned their own retirement money to a school renovation project in Worcester. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363686/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:22:08 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363686/ Sen. John Kerry says he always intended to pay taxes in Massachusetts on his $7 million yacht, but concedes he mishandled the public furor over his decision to dock the vessel in tax-free Rhode Island... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363685/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:22:06 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37363685/ WASHINGTON -- The TSA in Washington is questioning an airline passenger who claimed to be a terrorist. The man apparently became unruly while on board a US Airways flight to Boston from Reagan Nationa... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360985/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:35:27 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360985/ FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A man arrested earlier this week on abduction charges is now a suspect in another, similar crime. Police say 37-year-old Angel Luis Cruz is behind the March attack at Fall River&#... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360986/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:35:26 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360986/ SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. -- Police in Southbridge are investigating a case of vandalism at a cemetery. On Wednesday, they discovered someone damaged more than 70 gravestones. Some of the graves date back to... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360987/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:35:24 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360987/ AYER, Mass. -- A man from Ayer is recovering after slamming his vehicle into a Hannaford Supermarket early Friday. His vehicle ended up in the freezer. Police say the man crawled out of the back of hi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360989/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:35:22 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360989/ BOSTON -- Officials with the Greater Boston YMCA will train 1500 employees on Massachusetts' breastfeeding law. According to the Boston Globe, the decision was made after a Medford mother was told... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360988/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:35:20 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360988/ WILMINGTON Cartoonists from around the world are submitting works on the themes of freedom and Edward M. Kennedy, the late Massachusetts senator, for an international humor contest scheduled in Boston... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360962/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:36 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360962/ A registered sex offender awaiting trial on child pornography charges was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail yesterday, accused of repeatedly seeking out children in local parks in Chelsea and at neigh... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360964/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:34 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360964/ The destruction of tens of thousands of e-mails by a top aide at Boston City Hall was not a criminal offense because it was not a willful attempt to hide the correspondence from the public, the attorn... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360963/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:31 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360963/ A small group of Worcester nuns has decided to empty its retirement savings accounts to pay contractors for a $3 million school renovation project, after the nuns were allegedly tricked by a professio... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360966/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:29 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360966/ In a significant shift in his public position, Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday that he would accept creation of one slot parlor as part of the expanded gambling bill, if legislators agreed to br... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360965/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:26 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360965/ Medical staff at the Suffolk County jail waited too long in October to send a feverish and trembling immigrant detainee to the hospital, allowing a deadly bacterial infection to overtake his body and ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360971/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:23 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360971/ Drawn by several recent shark sightings off the town’s coast, including three 10- to 16-foot great whites spotted Wednesday and a 12-footer tagged Tuesday, vacationers are flocking to Chatham, t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360970/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:20 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360970/ Now, however, Pearson and thousands of other blind and deaf residents of Massachusetts will have more opportunity to experience movies independently, in a way closer to that enjoyed by those without d... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360969/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:17 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360969/ In the annals of Boston crime, this theft will never rank with the famed Brinks robbery or the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. But somehow it is almost as disturbing: Over t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360968/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:14 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360968/ The Boston Teachers Union has alerted teachers at five underperforming schools that Superintendent Carol R. Johnson intends to ask them to reapply for their jobs, setting off a wave of anxiety among t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360967/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:12 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360967/ Just two days before his daughter’s much-ballyhooed wedding in upstate New York, Clinton attracted a boisterous crowd yesterday afternoon when he headlined a fund-raiser and rally for US Represe... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360973/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:07 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360973/ The blaze at 540 Summer St. was reported at about 3 p.m. There was heavy fire in the rear of the building when firefighters arrived, said Deputy Fire Chief Jim McDonald. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360974/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:05 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360974/ MONTPELIER — Vermont’s selection as one of the possible bases for a new generation of military fighter jet was welcomed by the state’s top military official, but local residents rema... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360976/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:02 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360976/ A 37-year-old Fall River man, accused of kidnapping a woman from her porch and raping her earlier this week in that city, may face charges in a similar incident in March, police said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360975/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:00 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360975/ The State Retirement Board voted yesterday to appeal a judge’s order that restored the pension of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, whose $5,000-a-month payments were suspended while he ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360977/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:10:58 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360977/ But at 11:36 p.m. Wednesday, a car roared down Nixon Street, shaking some residents out of their sleep. Then at least five gunshots rang out. A 30-year-old man staggered toward the station, but collap... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360978/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:10:53 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37360978/ William B. Meyer, Inc., has opened a new, 128,850 sq. ft. facility in Windsor, CT. The facility is designed for specialized storage needs such as highly valued assets, offsite electronic data, legal, ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37358714/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:33:45 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37358714/ BOSTON | A woman hospitalized in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste died Thursday, on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Five family ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355549/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:12:38 -0400 The Ledger http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355549/ M BTA mechanic Charlie Ambrose Griffith Jr. will fire up the diesel engine of the orange 1957 GMC bus and take the “antique” for one last spin today, as he says farewell to the T’s h... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355539/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:14 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355539/ P hoebe Prince’s father told an online magazine he doesn’t want revenge for his daughter’s suicide from her alleged tormentors. He wants an apology. “I’d dearly like to ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355540/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:12 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355540/ S hark experts from around the world have been invited to join in the hunt this weekend in Chatham, where the fishing will be ideal for tagging finned terrors being spotted in bunches on the Cape. Gr... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355541/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:10 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355541/ A Level 3 sex offender blatantly flouted an order to stay away from children - taking a boat cruise where kids were on board, watching children at a Chelsea playground and handing out pink business ca... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355542/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:09 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355542/ T he Fall River grandmother who prosecutors said was left by her family soaking in her own blood and waste for more than a month died yesterday on her 81st birthday in a Fall River hospital. Mary Ara... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355544/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:07 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355544/ H ealth officials are urging Bay Staters to take precautions against mosquitos testing positive for deadly Eastern equine encephalitis as the state mulls the perfect moment for an aerial spray strike.... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355543/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:05 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355543/ A Florida fugitive accused of shooting a man at least eight times was nabbed yesterday by Massachusetts cops in an early-morning raid in Brockton. Authorities said Sean A. Strobel, 20, of New Port Ri... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355548/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:02 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355548/ A state trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries after crashing his cruiser while working a detail in Quincy yesterday. The trooper, whose identity was not released, was traversing a Neponset R... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355547/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:01 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355547/ Senator kerry’s $7 million sloop, Isabel, is kept in Rhode Island, a location that enabled the him, at least temporarily, to avoid a $507,000 tax bill. Temporarily only because the Bost... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355546/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:00:59 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37355546/ BOSTON -- Most bikers don’t start pedaling until after they clip on their bike helmet. But did you know that bike helmets have a shelf life? “I had absolutely no idea there was an expirati... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353161/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:34 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353161/ WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- After a week long investigation, police seized bogus gear from a sporting goods store in Weymouth. Police said Joe Cushman’s Sportswear sold counterfeit merchandise to investi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353163/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:31 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353163/ An ambitious intercity rail system in New England is intended to reduce air traffic congestion, get cars off the highways and spur economic development. But high-speed trains will be slow in coming, t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353160/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:39 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37353160/ BOSTON (AP) -- Supporters of slot parlors at the state's race tracks have argued that "racinos" can provide a jolt of revenue to the state within a year, but that has not always been the case elsewher... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37351447/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:53:04 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37351447/ BOSTON -- Former President Bill Clinton was in Boston on Thursday, campaigning for Congressman Steven Lynch, and spoke to locals on his daughter Chelsea’s wedding in New York this coming weekend... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347472/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:44:24 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347472/ LUDLOW, Mass. -- A 19-year-old drowned in a Ludlow pond, and police say it looked like he overestimated his swimming abilities. The Blanchard family has lived in Ludlow for ten years. They said they w... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347474/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:44:19 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347474/ BOSTON— Supporters of slot parlors at the state's race tracks have argued that "racinos" can provide a jolt of revenue to the state within a year, but that has not always been the case elsewhere... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347464/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:16 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347464/ Araujo's 49-year-old daughter, Karen Cabral, and her 51-year-old husband, Duarte Cabral, are charged with permitting injury to an elderly person and permitting serious injury to an elderly person. Thr... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347465/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:15 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347465/ BOSTON— Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced a settlement with the three largest movie theater chains in Massachusetts for improving access for customers with visual and hearing impairm... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347467/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:13 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347467/ It establishes a fund that will accept public and private gifts, grants and donations to support donor registration. It also revitalizes the Department of Public Health's Advisory Council on Organ and... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347466/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:11 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347466/ The Massachusetts first lady sent an e-mail Thursday seeking $54 donations to her husband's re-election campaign in commemoration of his 54th birthday on Saturday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347468/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:10 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37347468/ TAUNTON, Mass. -- Seventeen cities and towns in Massachusetts are now considered high-risk areas for virus-infected mosquitoes. “Just making sure that they have bug spray with DEET, and trying t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343822/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:24 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343822/ ESSEX, Mass. -- A swarm of bees were found in an old tree that had been cut down in Essex. “Bees exploded out of the trunk of the tree. The gentlemen that were working on it headed for the hills... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343823/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:23 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343823/ BOSTON -- Governor Deval Patrick is trying to encourage a compromise on casino gambling on Thursday before the legislature ends its session on Saturday. Gov. Patrick asked for an ultimatum to house an... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343824/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:22 -0400 7 News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343824/ Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill, who's running for governor, said that his neighboring state made a "bad decision" and that Massachusetts "would not have done what Rhode Island did." (Of course... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344627/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:06:24 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344627/ The Massachusetts first lady sent an e-mail Thursday seeking $54 donations to her husband's re-election campaign in commemoration of his 54th birthday on Saturday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344628/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:06:22 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344628/ ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Republican Tim Pawlenty lacks Sarah Palin's pizazz, Mitt Romney's bucks, Newt Gingrich's connections and Mike Huckabee's religious pedigree. What Minnesota's governor has to bo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344630/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:06:18 -0400 Associated Press http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37344630/ ST. PAUL, Minn.— Republican Tim Pawlenty lacks Sarah Palin's pizazz, Mitt Romney's bucks, Newt Gingrich's connections and Mike Huckabee's religious pedigree. What Minnesota's governor has to boo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343811/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:27 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343811/ BOSTON— A Bolton selectman has agreed to pay a $10,000 fine for having an indirect interest in a contract the town issued for a new public safety center. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343812/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:25 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343812/ The recent announcement that Westborough District Court is on a short list of courthouses statewide that have been recommended for closure to ease a $21 million budget deficit has local municipal and ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343814/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:21 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343814/ At least five communities south of Boston have received more than $1 million each in federal disaster relief grants for residents who suffered property damage during the devastating floods in March. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343816/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:18 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343816/ The Winthrop School Committee plans a special meeting soon to discuss the selection of a successor to superintendent Steven F. Jenkins after his surprise announcement last week that he is leaving at t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343815/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:16 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343815/ The Cambridge, Mass.-based company’s headcount now stands at around 45 workers, up from 22 before the April deal was announced. And Agios officials say the company will keep growing. The compan... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343809/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:23 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343809/ At least five communities south of Boston have received more than $1 million each in federal disaster relief grants for residents who suffered property damage during the devastating floods in March. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343817/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:21:11 -0400 Boston.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343817/ Love them or hate them, Miami's roster is looking damn good.You have at:Center - Anthony, Z and Magloire...all needed to body up people and rebound and play some D...no scoring needed.Power Fwd - Bosh... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343827/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:18:24 -0400 General Sources http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343827/ “As in most camps, the early part of camp is devoted to fundamentals. We work a lot on teamwork in the spring, different blitz situations and just a lot of team work – running game, passin... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343825/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:10:37 -0400 New England Patriots http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37343825/ BOSTON -- The Red Sox had a day of rest and recovery on Thursday, and it was one they were likely to savor. Going forward, they face a grueling 60-game test to finish the regular season, one of the to... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340125/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:47:51 -0400 Boston Red Sox http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340125/ T he Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate yesterday unveiled renderings for its roughly $60 million site, which is expected to break ground in Dorchester this fall. The institute will be ne... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340120/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:32:13 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340120/ Procopio said the trooper, who was not identified, was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment and evaluation but he did not disclose the nature of the injuries. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340118/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:34 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340118/ BOSTON— Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker blamed the influence of unions Thursday for the state Legislature's failure to address vital reforms he says could help alleviate some of... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340117/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:33 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340117/ OfficeTeam . While the lunch room is theoretically one of the few places to relax during the workday, 44 percent of workers said that the most annoying break room behavior is when their coworkers lea... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340113/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:50 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340113/ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana , Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, a nonprofit dedicated to getting mature workers back to wo... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340114/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:46 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340114/ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday that claimants with up-to-date weekly claims certifications will be issued unemployment insurance extension benefits beginning Sa... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340115/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:42 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340115/ has sent a letter to patients and doctors warning them about the risk of developing a serious form of pneumonia associated with use of the antibiotic Cubicin. Cubicin is produced by Lexington, Mass.-b... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340116/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:39 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37340116/ NATICK, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on August 5th in New York. Ray... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336253/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:15 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336253/ BOSTON— Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators were scrambling to craft the final broad outlines of a casino gambling bill in time for a vote before the Legislature ends its formal session S... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336242/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:06:02 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336242/ White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett is hosting an event for the governor on Aug. 21, two days after the president and his family return to the island for their second consecutive summer vacatio... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336243/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:06:00 -0400 Boston Globe http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336243/ ’s charitable foundation saw its investment portfolio assets surge 18 percent to $46.5 million during 2009 when it distributed about $1.8 million in donations. The bank’s foundation sold ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336239/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:04:22 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336239/ Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday. “A fundamental precept of our system is that persons can be rehabilitated,” the justices wrote in reinstating Nicholas J. Ellis’ license to pr... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336240/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:04:17 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37336240/ rose sharply year-over-year in the recent quarter and the company upped its revenue forecast for the fiscal year. The Devens, Mass.-based company reported profit of $9.2 million for the three months ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37335586/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:04:14 -0400 Boston Business Journal http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7ec3e5693f22907e/id/37335586/