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Friday | WHDH

Lizzie Borden acquitted in mock retrial

Lizzie Borden has been found innocent of using an ax to hack her father and stepmother to death -- again.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA

On the Hill: Vets' bonuses, legislative calls, campaign bluster

Massachusetts, which fashions itself the nation's leader in thanking veterans with government benefits, went further last week week, increasing cash bonuses for repeated tours of duty, taking the controversial step of permitting faxed and e-mailed votes from overseas, and trying to hook up more returning veterans with business opportunities.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

WLNE

Second Arrest in Case of Dead Body Brought to Hospital

District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that Nelson Melo, 32, of 584 Bay St., has been charged with the November 3rd murder of Chad Fleming in Taunton.

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Telegram & Gazette

Accused abductor cleared by Mass. prosecutors

TAUNTON, Mass. - Prosecutors have dropped charges against an Attleboro man accused of attempting to drag a 13-year-old boy into the woods.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Does Boston Have Room For More Ice Cream?

It's afternoon snack time at Northeastern University and a constant stream of students heads towards a vending machine with a cow on the front.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

Tiger Marston: Cape Ann's affable pile driver

It takes the "Tiger" to drive wharf pilings into the muddy and sometimes grouty bottoms of Cape Ann's coves and harbors.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Standard-Times

Reunions

Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech Class of 1994 will hold its 15-year reunion Nov. 20 at the Hawthorne Country Club.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

WHDH

Boy, 6, told to walk home from school

A Taunton mother is demanding answers after her six-year-old son was told to walk home from school instead of waiting for his ride.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

SouthCoastToday

Assonet man charged with murder

District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that an Assonet man has been charged in the Nov.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

Coyle-Cassidy Open House is Nov. 15

Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton invites sixth, seventh or eighth grade students and their families to an open house, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

MiamiHerald.com

Deerfield Beach man killed during Massachusetts visit

Authorities have charged a Massachusetts man who took to the hospital the corpse of a Deerfield Beach visitor who had been beaten to death.

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EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Editorial: The pitfalls of state-run health care

Supposedly, the rest of the country should look at Massachusetts to witness the nirvana of universal health care.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Providence Journal

Taunton man charged after driving corpse to hospital

Authorities have charged a Taunton man who brought the corpse of a visitor who had been beaten to death at his home to the hospital.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

TV38 Boston

Dog Track's Request To Simulcast Denied

Share + Nov 4, 2009 7:14 pm US/Eastern Reporting Bill Shields The doors at the Raynham-Taunton dog track just closed a little tighter today, after the State Racing Commission denied a request for simulcasting after January 1, 2010.

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MyFoxBoston

Fla. man beaten to death in Taunton

Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office is investigating a homicide that happened last night in Taunton.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Gambling offers promise of jobs

Casinos. Resort-style gambling. Slot machines at race tracks. Video lottery terminals.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Boston Herald

Chips put on table at casino gambling hearing

Deval Patrick unveiled another round of budget cuts yesterday to close a $600 million shortfall, a legislative committee considered measures to expand gambling in Massachusetts.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Marine News

Maritime Community Raises $ for Troops

The community of American maritime carriers and operating unions in Washington, DC has raised $15,000 to help build specially adapted homes for American veterans who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home from Iraq or Afghanistan with serious disabilities and injuries.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Providence Journal

Taunton, Mass., man charged with killing gas station clerk

A Taunton man is headed to court to face charges that he killed a gas station clerk last weekend.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Arrest made in gas station killing

District Attorney Sam Sutter and acting Taunton Police Chief John Reardon announced today that Steven Foster, 37, of 68 Broadway, Taunton, has been charged with committing last night's homicide in Taunton.

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