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  • Boston school board expands condom availability

    BOSTON -- The Boston School Committee has approved a plan to make condoms more widely available in city high schools.Previously, only a few schools that have health centers could provide condoms.The Boston Globe (http://bo.st/15mtOX0 ) reports that under the policy approved Wednesday, students will be able to receive them at any high school either from a community health service partner, the ...

  • Worcester man acquitted of 2006 shooting

    WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Worcester man has been acquitted of killing another man in a drive-by shooting in the city nearly seven years ago.Shane Spencer was found not guilty by a jury in Worcester Superior Court on Wednesday of killing 25-year-old Luis Arocho-Ortiz in July 2006.The 27-year-old Spencer was, however, convicted of possession of a firearm and ammunition.The Telegram & Gazette ...

  • Firefighters battle blaze in downtown Madison

    MADISON, Conn. (AP) - Firefighters from several towns battled an early morning blaze that tore through a business building in the middle of downtown Madison. No injuries are ...

  • Man gets 25 years in New York-to-Maine drug case

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A man described as a major player in a New York-to-Maine drug smuggling operation has been sentenced to 25 years in federal ...

  • Providence man gets life in prison for murder

    Thirty-year-old Michael Tully was sentenced Thursday by a Providence Superior Court judge for the shooting death of 26-year-old Ralph Joseph at the Manton Heights development on May 30, 2012. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder and conspiracy in ...


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Movie Review

Crumb [DVD]

Crumb [DVD]

Terry Zwigoffs Crumb is an absolutely disarming documentary and one of the very best of its kind. Ostensibly a film about the great counterculture artist Robert Crumb, whose obscenely hilarious and frequently antisocial cartoons both reflected and helped define the ideology of a generation of ... ...

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  • Maine House overrides energy veto

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The Maine House of Representatives has voted to override the governor’s veto of an energy bill that aims to expand the region’s natural gas infrastructure and lower energy ...

  • Council approves Hooksett welcome center upgrades

    HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire’s Executive Council has approved an upgrade of the Hooksett welcome centers on Interstate 93 that will provide restaurants, gasoline pumps and an interactive visitor’s ...

  • Conn. officials to kick off 2-day emergency drill

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- State and local officials will be working with utility companies during a two-day, statewide emergency drill aimed at preparing for a major ice ...

  • Freeport officially abandons dubious motto

    FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Freeport is going to have to find a new motto because it’s no longer the ‘‘birthplace of ...

  • NH man charged with armed robbery

    NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man has been charged with armed robbery and possessing a narcotic drug after police say a gas station was robbed in ...

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