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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cops reopen island case as woman’s kin seek 2nd autopsy

Joan Baruffaldi
By O’Ryan Johnson
Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands have reopened the investigation of a Lynnfield...
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Cops: Hair appt. after hit-&-run

STUNNED: Danny Savanhmixay, above, holds a picture of his stepson, 12-year-old Kelvin, a sixthgrader at the Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell, who was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light Wednesday afternoon.
By Laura Crimaldi and Richard Weir
The hairdresser who coiffed the tresses of accused hit-and-run driver Michelle P....
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Helping Santa is easy as ABCD

TOY STORY: Gladys Watson, 68, of Dorchester hugs her grandson, Michael Hamilton, 6. Watson hopes Michael’s wish for a Scooby Doo Haunted House for Christmas comes true.
By Renee Nadeau
Santa’s helpers at Action for Boston Community Development are making a long...
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Drowned soldier laid to rest

Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman.
By Brian Fraga / New Bedford Standard-Times
In a final call home, Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman told his sister to tell everyone he loved them, “because I don’t...
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Seas the weekend!

WIND IN THEIR SAILS: Martin Schauer, left, of Reading and Sandy Allen of Milton windsurf under sunny skies at Pleasure Bay in South Boston yesterday.
By Sydney Lupkin
It looks like smooth sailing this weekend with mild temperatures and sunny skies, but Bay Staters should brace themselves...

Two more deaths bring Mass. swine flu toll to 17

By Colneth Smiley Jr.
A young child and an adult are the latest Bay State victims of deadly swine flu, bringing to 17 the number of H1N1-related flu deaths in the state since spring,...

Slay trial begins for son accused of chopping up dad

By O’Ryan Johnson
A man accused of ghoulishly murdering his father in Mattapan - allegedly by chopping him to pieces and disposing of him in...
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Department of Correction debunks violence claim

By Laura Crimaldi
Assaults and weapons confiscations have skyrocketed at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center since the implementation of a controversial double bunking policy...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Bay State flu ‘crisis’

AHEAD BY A NOSE: Cyrus Belmont, 4, of Jamaica Plain gets the flu vaccine yesterday at the Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain.
By Marie Szaniszlo, Jessica Van Sack, Richard Weir and Edward Mason
Weeks before its predicted peak, the swine flu pandemic already has hit a historic...
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Family troubled by hubby’s claim that wife hanged herself

HEARTBREAKING: Dr. Joan Baruffaldi is seen dancing on her wedding day with husband Robert Harris. Harris claims the Lynnfield mom hanged herself in their Virgin Islands hotel room after a quarrel.
By Laurel J. Sweet
The body of a Lynnfield mother of two lies in limbo while her family - troubled by...
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Hub leaps into winter with frozen Frog Pond

STRIKE A POSE: Members of Ice Mates from the Hayden Recreation Center dance at the rink.
By Benjamin Bell
Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak joined two star figure skaters and Hub...
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Two die in Bay State from swine flu this week

By Colneth Smiley Jr.
A Bay State infant and an adult have died from the swine flu this week, health officials announced today. This brings the...
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John Kerry’s daughter stopped for OUI

Alexandra Forbes Kerry.
By Joe Dwinell and Renee Nadeau
Although not legally drunk, an allegedly tipsy Alexandra Forbes Kerry was yanked...
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$10M worth of holiday cheer for Stoneham mom

BIG WINNER: Debra A. Roberto, seen with Lottery executive director Mark Cavanaugh, holds the first of her 20 annual checks for $500,000.
By Katy Jordan
For one Stoneham mom, the holiday season just got $10 million brighter. ...
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Driver hurt, haz-mat responds after Duxbury truck crash

By Laura Crimaldi
Two lanes of traffic are now getting by on Route 3 north after a line painting truck overturned at approximatley 2 a.m. in...
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Governor’s wife backing Michael Capuano

Local Politics
by Hillary Chabot
The Bay State’s first lady Diane Patrick will endorse U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in...
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Feds choose wealth over health

Margery Eagan
by Margery Eagan
Ladies, it appears they’re trying to kill us off. By the...

Paying the price for her father’s fame

Joe Fitzgerald
by Joe Fitzgerald
The next time you ponder a ballot with dismay, noting it contains the...
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