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A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to committing a fraud that netted him more than $20 million from the descendants of a 19th-century industrialist and using the money on personal extravagances including three private jets.

Six Massachusetts hospitals are suing the state, saying they were shortchanged by the 2006 health care law.

The Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts has given priests in his diocese permission to officiate at same-sex weddings.

Millions of people across the country are heading home tonight from grandma's house.

The manhunt continues for a Massachusetts inmate who escaped from a minimum-security prison in Bridgewater shortly after being indicted in connection with a 1996 rape and home invasion.

Lawmakers are weighing a bill to require every full and part-time college student in Massachusetts to have at least the basic level of health insurance required under the state's landmark 2006 health care law.

A tax break for U.S. financiers up for debate in the House Ways and Means Committee is indefensible, but not ready for termination, a committee member said.

Congress is debating legislation that would do essentially what Mitt Romney did in Massachusetts: impose a health insurance mandate, create a network of subsidies, and micro-manage health insurance policies.

Two Massachusetts men who appeared in a rap video in which police were allegedly threatened are due in court.

Massachusetts is a pioneer on the frontier - the frontier of health care reform - and waiting for the rest of the country to catch on.

Same-day and next-day delivery specialist Eastern Connection is expanding in its home state of Massachusetts, opening a facility in Norwood, outside Boston.

A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good." Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.

Martha Coakley was Massachusetts attorney general barely two weeks in January 2007 when Boston was locked down after authorities discovered what they thought were bombs planted around the city.

Massachusetts is a state that is just dripping in history. From the minute those pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, this piece of land has never been the same.

Massachusetts police say a man locked his two young sons in the trunk of his car while he ran an errand.

A Massachusetts man who shot a neighbor because he was angry his car alarm went off in the early morning hours has been convicted of murder.

Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death paved his road to the Senate.

Massachusetts Democratic Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca has spent $5.4 million of his own money in his bid for the seat once held by the late Edward Kennedy.

Massachusetts prosecutors say a J.C. Penney children's department salesman sexually assaulted a boy in a dressing room when the boy's mother stepped away to make a phone call.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.

Iowa Republicans would support a run by Sarah Palin for the 2012 presidential nomination, The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released Monday indicated.

HYANNIS, Mass. a ' The former owner of Sid's Discount Furniture here pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes and is getting probation, according to the Cape Cod Times.

A group of 5 part-time Massachusetts community college instructors have sued the state, claiming that hundreds of adjunct faculty in the state's colleges are unfairly denied health care coverage.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a law requiring state licenses for saltwater fishing in Massachusetts.

The two Republicans running to succeed the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy clashed Monday about whether Massachusetts should serve as a model for the nation's health care overhaul.

As Sarah Palin embarked on a tour for her just published book "Going Rogue," she became the latest prospective Republican presidential candidate to criticize the Obama administration's policy on Israel.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has a pair of the hottest tickets in Washington.

Republican Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker has selected state Sen.

Two more Massachusetts residents have died form complications related to the H1N1 virus, health officials said Friday.

An Essex Street company that designs medical devices and creates the software to run them is reviving the slogan, "Making it in Massachusetts." Morgan Scientific, an international leader in equipment that tests lung function, is negotiating with a Massachusetts company to manufacture its the updated version of its newest testing devices, which is ...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Sept.

It will soon be the season for holiday decorations, but state officials are urging homeowners to avoid hanging any wreaths or garland that may include invasive plant species.

Entrepreneur and Cambridge City Councilor-elect Leland Cheung wants young people stay in Mass.

Dozens of Massachusetts families have opened their homes to more than 240 children as the state marks the seventh annual National Adoption Day.

A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill, and now a key lawmaker says the bill should eliminate age-based tests.

Transportation officials say planning ahead and avoiding traffic "hot spots" could make things a lot smoother for Thanksgiving travelers in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts man accused in a terror plot to kill Americans should be detained in a federal jail away from other inmates while he awaits trial on terror charges because his actions have demonstrated ongoing support for terrorism and he is a flight risk, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.

Is your doctor a greedy scumbag, or just a good Massachusetts liberal? 0 The most entertaining theater in this grand health care showdown has been that in which physicians play the victim.

Gov. Deval Patrick is calling on the Massachusetts House and Senate to come back into formal session to pass key pieces of legislation, including a crime bill and education overhaul.

Maine Fast Fact : In 1853, Maine bought the rest of the land within its boundaries that was still owned by Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Health Care Reform - Near-Universal Coverage at What Cost? Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., and JudyAnn Bigby, M.D. Massachusetts has long been known for its academic medical centers, biomedical research, high-quality health care, and perhaps not unrelatedly, high health care costs.

Drivers won't be getting a chance to vote on a proposed ballot question to eliminate tolls in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts' monthly unemployment rate has fallen for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years and just one month after hitting the highest level since 1976.

Government watchdogs are questioning the importance of some projects in Massachusetts funded by federal stimulus money.

A state Public Health Department study shows that smoking rates among low-income Massachusetts residents who participated in a state program to treat tobacco addiction dropped dramatically.

Some Republican lawmakers want to restore capital punishment in Massachusetts. State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei says the Republicans will file an amendment to allow the death penalty for capital murder convictions.

Police across Massachusetts are keeping an extra sharp eye out for drivers not wearing seat belts.

Cathedral High School sophomore Mark Hegarty claimed an individual western Massachusetts cross-country championship here Nov.

Republican lawmakers are hoping to force a debate in the Massachusetts Senate on a proposal to restore the death penalty in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts secretary of state's office has said it will review the incorporation papers of a proposed $650 million movie studio in Plymouth to ensure the company has clear ownership.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. - The Massachusetts secretary of state's office has said it will review the incorporation papers of a proposed $650 million movie studio in Plymouth to ensure the company has clear ownership.

Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, but several groups immediately rebelled against the recommendations.

Two Massachusetts residents are suing a company that supplied chemicals they say were involved in huge explosion that damaged more than 270 homes and businesses in 2006.

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.

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It was a sunny Sunday morning at Agawams busiest four way intersection. Within ten minutes of filming, a car blatantly blew through the red light.

Even as the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets tomorrow to weigh its options on its approval of a charter school for Gloucester, state lawmakers are also poised this week to consider education legislation rooted in Gov.

White House senior adviser David Axelrod pushed back hard at criticism from former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about White House deliberations on Afghanistan.

The federal housing chief will visit southeastern Massachusetts to see the impact of the foreclosure crisis and discuss how stimulus money is used to boost the economy.

Immigrant advocates are getting ready to push Massachusetts lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state colleges.Lawmakers are expected to revisit the issue three years after House lawmakers soundly rejected a similar bill.But this time activists say they have cultivated a broader ...

BOSTON -- The Democrat-controlled legislature in Massachusetts is poised to pass a bill in coming days giving Democratic Gov.

The administration of Gov. Deval Patrick as well as municipal leaders are pushing for legislation that would allow for cameras at some dangerous intersections to catch drivers who run red lights.

Massachusetts has plenty of small research companies hoping to design the next big breakthrough in renewable energy production.

Many residents of the Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts area regularly enjoy viewing films at local movie theaters.

Study: 7 million Massachusetts residents flock to Connecticut casinos Nov. 11--BOSTON -- As state lawmakers heard arguments for and against expanding gaming in Massachusetts, two related issues intersected the debate: Gov.

The family of an 11-year-old Rhode Island girl has filed a lawsuit against a Massachusetts meat company that supplied meat to a youth camp where she became ill.

November 9, 2009 - 4:14pm a ' Anonymous Patron At a press conference on Thursday, October 29, the Massachusetts Governor's Office announced that Governor Patrick is considering closing the State Library of Massachusetts as a cost-saving measure.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation chose Springfield to launch its new interactive web service on Thursday.

A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to kill Americans was portrayed by federal prosecutors Thursday as a jihadist who is too dangerous to be released on bail, but the man's lawyer said he was charged only after he refused to become an FBI informant against Muslims.

Who knew "Meep!" was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of "The Muppet Show" has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.

The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant.Tarek Mehanna was first arrested last November and charged with lying to the FBI.

Governor Deval Patrick shook hands with Mascoma president Colin Smith after he signed the Clean Energy Biofuels Act last year at the company's former Boston headquarters.

And, if you listen to members of Congress on television, you get the impression that some of them aren't certain, either.

UPDATE 7:13 p.m.: I just received a press release announcing that Ray Luc Levasseur's lecture will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.

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Qdoba Mexican Grill's Massachusetts locations are offering free meals for children 12 years of age and younger when a parent purchases one adult meal.

"three years ago, a swim race highlighting efforts to restore the Charles River had to be canceled because toxic blue-green algae had invaded the waterway, spreading fluorescent slime like something from a horror movie.

A convicted domestic terrorist whose scheduled speech at the University of Massachusetts was canceled has been reinvited to campus by a faculty group against the objections of school administration.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Autism ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST News outlets report on health issues at the state level including a health insurance program in Washington State and a bill to increase coverage for autism services in Massachusetts.

When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.

A Marine helicopter pilot from Massachusetts who made the ultimate sacrifice was laid to rest.

Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers are hoping to wrap up debate on a final version of a veterans benefits bill.

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

The trial of a former Massachusetts police chief and three other defendants charged in connection with the death of an 8-year-old boy at a gun show last year has been postponed.

The Patrick administration is rethinking its support of wood-burning power plants, a key element of its long-term strategy to wean Massachusetts off fossil fuels.

Massachusetts will honor the armed forces with a series of observances through Veterans Day on Wednesday.

While college tuition prices throughout the nation continue to shock students and parents as they reach closer to - and sometimes above $50,000 per year - the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester has managed to keep its rate at just $8,352 per year for the last 10 years.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority took over the state's school building assistance program three years ago, and was immediately faced with a problem.

The hot new Republican hit on health care reform legislation came in the form of a press release from Rep.

The father of an autistic Massachusetts boy who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

A unit at the state's maximum security prison in Shirley is locked down after four correction officers were injured in a scuffle with an inmate.

Calling addiction to opiates a bigger epidemic than swine flu, the Massachusetts OxyContin and Heroin Commission pressed for new educational and preventive programs to stem the flow of illegal prescription pills around the state.

A Boston man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with bank robbery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years.

Four guards at a maximum security state prison in Massachusetts have been injured by an inmate wielding a homemade weapon.

A Massachusetts town has voted in favor of inviting two men detained at Guantanamo Bay military prison to resettle in the community, if they are ultimately cleared of terrorism ties and released.

A Massachusetts man has been indicted on new charges in an alleged terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and shoot people at American shopping malls.Tarek Mehanna , of Sudbury, is accused of conspiring with two other men - Ahmad Abousamra, who authorities say is now in Syria, and an unnamed cooperating witness.The 27-year-old Mehanna ...

Share + Nov 5, 2009 1:50 pm US/Eastern Tamper-proof prescription pads, jail diversion programs and school-based drug counselors are some of the steps Massachusetts should adopt to stem OxyContin and heroin overdoses, according to a new report.

Still another state library is under attack by the politicians. At a press conference on Thursday, October 29, the Governor's Office announced that Governor Patrick is considering closing the State Library of Massachusetts as a cost-saving measure.

Massachusetts Tax collections have come in slightly over expectations in October.

Two organizations that represent the interests of technology companies in Massachusetts are combining forces.

Tufts University has dethroned Boston College as Massachusetts' costliest school, but both institutions and seven other Bay State colleges have joined the "$50,000 Club" - universities charging $50,000 or more per year.

The Education Department is reassuring the state of Massachusetts it does not agree with an internal watchdog who suggested the state was using economic stimulus money improperly.

Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

It's now illegal in one Massachusetts town to own more than three cats without getting a special license.

Nearly two dozen incumbent mayors are facing challenges on Election Day in Massachusetts.

A new state super agency that oversees most of Massachusetts' transportation needs has officially taken over.

Gerald Leader loves California wines but lives in Massachusetts, where state law sharply limits the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship their products directly to consumers.

A year out from the 2010 general election, five Republican candidates for governor are crisscrossing Iowa while a sixth hires well-known staffers but still hasn't committed to seeking the nomination.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering tighter restrictions on the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products as a way to encourage the use of safer alternatives.

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, both say that federal health reform plans should do more to address rising costs than their state's initiative.

A special legislative commission studying a surge in OxyContin and heroin use in Massachusetts could release its findings as early as this week.

Gerald Leader loves California wines but lives in Massachusetts, where state law sharply limits the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship their products directly to consumers.

A Massachusetts man is dead after he stabbed a female doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office and was then fatally shot by an off-duty security guard Tuesday afternoon.

The trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with fatally stabbing a classmate in the bathroom of a suburban Boston high school has been scheduled for the spring.