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An investigation into the Green Line accident that killed MBTA driver 24-year-old Terrese Edmonds revealed that she was not on a cell phone when her Green Line trolley collided with the one in front of it on ...

The trolley operator who died in last month's fatal Green Line crash wasn't talking on her cell phone or sending text messages in the moments before her trolley slammed into a second trolley, authorities said ...

Investigations continue into the cause of the train collision in Newton last Wednesday, May 28, that killed MBTA driver Terrese Edmonds, 24, of Roxbury.

Back in October 2001, emergency preparedness workers had planned a mock disaster drill simulating the derailment of subway trains that would have been staged within a hundred yards of Wednesday's accident.

If it's at Waban the day Green Line service resumes, at least three, Lorianne DiSabato reports : ... I appreciate news crews' apparent solicitude in following up on this important story ... but why exactly is ...

MBTA officials issued a new warning to T operators to put down their cell phones, as federal investigators try to determine if the operator of the train in last week's fatal Green Line trolley crash was talking ...

Federal investigators on Sunday re-enacted a fatal commuter train ride outside Boston in an effort to determine whether the operator who died in the crash could have stopped before crashing into another ...

Federal transportation officials say the MBTA trolley that crashed into the rear of another trolley in Newton was going nearly 30 mph faster that in should have at the time of the crash.

The collision happened on Dorset Road around 6 p.m. on the D-Line between the Waban and Woodland stops.

“If the house in foreclosure is yours, if the job just cut is yours, if the business whose sales are falling through the floor is yours - the relative strength of the Massachusetts economy is cold comfort.”

Here's the economic quiz of the week. With the nation facing a possible recession, is the Massachusetts fiscal forecast: A. Increasingly cloudy? B. Sunny compared with the rest of the country? C. Variable, ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“When you speak to your legislator's office you may want to tell them: 'Raising the state cigarette tax won't solve budget issues related to the rising cost of government services. We need solutions, not higher taxes.'”

Do you know who's behind the campaign to stop the cigarette tax hike in Massachusetts? Signs across the state are urging smokers to call a number for information and it's not an anti-tax grass roots campaign. via WBZ-TV

Like those Miracle Widgets touted on late-night infomercials - a steal at $19.99! - the proposed budget unveiled by the Massachusetts House leadership this week may not be all that it seems. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“It will require retailers to notify buyers by marking the mattresses if it's a resale”

Right now, Massachusetts consumers can walk into a store and unknowingly buy a mattress that someone else has slept in for as long as a month. via WBZ-TV

Deval Patrick won the governor's office by raising expectations that he could quickly make a difference on Beacon Hill. via The Phoenix

With the House having signed on to Governor Patrick's proposed changes to the state's business tax code, we hope the Senate will do the same without delay. via Berkshire Eagle

“Our plan to address deficient bridges will have shovels in the ground and people at work in 90 days.”

Gov. Deval Patrick announced Wednesday that he planned to put people back to work to repair the state's crumbling bridges as part of an economic stimulus package that would require the state to borrow an ... via Sentinel & Enterprise

“This pool of funds represents another way in which we can help stabilize neighborhoods during this foreclosure crisis”

I n a scramble to aid thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure across the state, politicians from City Hall to Beacon Hill to Washington, D.C., are touting rescue plans. via Boston Herald

The Massachusetts House has delayed a vote on a package of tax hikes after pressure from business leaders and lawmakers who said they needed more time to study the bill. via WBZ-AM Allston

“Evergreen Solar is at the leading edge of our clean energy economy in Massachusetts”

Evergreen Solar, a global manufacturer of solar-energy products, will nearly triple the size of its workforce in Massachusetts during the next two years, announcing a second major expansion of its Devens ... via Sentinel & Enterprise

“I was crying and the bleeding was all over the floor.”

Beacon Hill lawmakers are reacting to a story you saw first on WBZ. A South Boston representative says he wants a law to protect our children from dangerous hooks in stores around the Bay State.

Metal display hooks -- they can be found in almost any store, and State Representative Brian Wallace of South Boston wants to ban them in Massachusetts because across the country, children like Noah Willemin are getting badly injured.

The 2-year-old fell on a display hook holding shiny bows. "He had lacerated his eyelid," explained Noah's mom Renee. Read more