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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.
52m ago  By Renee Nadeau
Santa’s helpers at Action for Boston Community Development are making a long list of toys for needy tots and checking...

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.
1h ago  By Laura Crimaldi and Richard Weir
The hairdresser who coiffed the tresses of accused hit-and-run driver Michelle P....
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Cops reopen island case as woman’s kin seek 2nd autopsy

Joan Baruffaldi
1h ago  By O’Ryan Johnson
Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands have reopened the investigation of a Lynnfield...
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Drowned soldier laid to rest

SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT: Mourners contend with heavy rain while lining State Road outside Second Church in Plymouth yesterday.
2h ago  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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Department of Correction debunks violence claim

2h ago  By Laura Crimaldi
Assaults and weapons confiscations have skyrocketed at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center since the implementation of a controversial double bunking policy...

Two more deaths bring Mass. swine flu toll to 17

3h ago  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

4h ago  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 a compost heap - went on trial yesterday. ...

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.
4h ago  By Sydney Lupkin
It looks like smooth sailing this weekend with mild temperatures and sunny skies, but Bay Staters should brace themselves...

Two die in Bay State from swine flu this week

7h ago  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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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.
8h ago  By Laurel J. Sweet
The body of a Lynnfield mother of two lies in limbo while her family - troubled by...
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Prosecutor: Man used power saw to dismember father

8h ago  By Associated Press
Prosecutors say a Boston man beat his 70-year-old father to death, then used a power saw to cut his body to pieces before...
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Adams police officer quits after child porn charge

8h ago  By Associated Press
ADAMS — A veteran Adams police officer accused of viewing child pornography on a computer in the evidence room at the...
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‘Big Brother 9’ winner seeks bail in drug case

8h ago  By Associated Press
The winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9" accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painkiller is again...
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Senate panel to mull Bernanke nomination on Dec. 3

9h ago  By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next...

Harvard looks to reduce professor ranks

11h ago  By Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE — The dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he will reduce the number of professors to help balance a $110...
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Governor’s wife backing Michael Capuano

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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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