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The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority is stepping up the pressure on toll cheats. via Cw56.com

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A train tanker car carrying a powerful herbicide ruptured this afternoon in Lawrence spilling hundreds of pounds of the toxic substance on the ground and sparking evacuations around a train yard, police and ... via UTU News

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“Today my thoughts are with his family and loved ones. I hope this news brings some small sense of peace as they continue to cope with their sad loss.”

Luis Gerena, a student at Charlestown Middle School, was gunned down near the basketball courts at Bromley Heath Housing Development in January 2007 as he walked home from the Jackson Square MBTA station. via Boston Herald

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A delivery truck went on a wild, careening trip down a busy Boston street Thursday, hitting eight other vehicles before bursting into flames, police say. via The Post Chronicle

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“Commuters should attempt to find an alternative route”

No one was seriously injured in the 7:18 a.m. crash, according to Boston Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. via Boston Herald

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Work by photographer and artists Chris Scarborough, whose photography is pictured here, is part of a cutting-edge five artist exhibit titled 'The Constructed Image' being held at Redux studios through early ... via Post and Courier

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“A member of the House of Representatives made an allegation and the speaker responded quickly”

State Rep. Jennifer Callahan's allegation that a male colleague approached her during last week's budget debate and said "I could really hurt you if I wanted to," is quickly turning into a political Rorschach ... via WHDH

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“I think he's worried about that, and if I were speaker, I'd be worried about it”

Throughout his ups and downs as speaker, Salvatore DiMasi has always sought to project a steady-as-she-goes image. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

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You can find many things on Boylston Street in Boston: Boston Common, the Prudential Center, Emerson College, Copley Square, the public library, the public garden, and soon, the largest Apple store in the ... via Infinite Loop

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“It really doesn't matter whether there are two moms in that home, two dads in that home, a single dad, a single mom, whatever, as long as a child knows that he/she is loved and is cared for.”

An ever-growing number of gay couples are paying tens of thousands of dollars to have surrogate mothers carry their babies, turning America's concept of traditional family on its head. via Raw Story

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