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BOSTON (AP) -- Officials at NOAA Fisheries Service are warning boaters to watch out for leatherback sea turtles, which are crowding waters off southeastern Massachusetts.
Karen Dourdeville of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary says nearly 100 sightings of the rare turtle have been reported by boaters since June.
Full Story Thursday, August 28
WELLESLEY (AP) -- Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that could be worth millions of dollars.
"Woman and Child" had hung in the college's Davis Museum and Cultural Center since 1954.
It was taken down in 2006 prior to a May renovation and sent to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art for an exhibit that ran until April 2007.
Full Story Thursday, August 28
LYNN (AP) -- The Essex district attorney says test results are back on blood found at the home of a missing boy's father, and he's hopeful the 5-year-old is alive.
Jonathan Blodgett told The Daily Item of Lynn on Wednesday that he can't disclose the results because of the ongoing investigation.
Full Story Wednesday, August 27
BOSTON (AP) -- The state's SAT scores rose in all three sections of the college entrance test this year and beat the national averages.
Massachusetts high school graduates scored an average of 525 out of 800 on the math section, a three point increase from last year.
The 514 score on the critical reading section was a one point climb, and the 513 average on the
Full Story Wednesday, August 27
BOSTON (AP) -- A new U.S. Census Bureau survey shows Massachusetts has the lowest rate of uninsured residents in the country.
The average uninsured rate dropped from about 10 percent in 2004-2005, when it was seventh lowest in the U.S., to about 8 percent in 2006-2007
The drop coincides with the launch of the state's new universal health care law, which expands free
Full Story Wednesday, August 27
CAMBRIDGE (AP) -- Harvard University is reviewing its campus police department amid concerns officers have unfairly stopped black people because of their race.
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust announced the review on Tuesday in a letter to administrators and faculty that also was posted on the university's Web site.
Full Story Wednesday, August 27
MASHPEE (AP) -- A 21-year-old Mashpee soldier killed in Afghanistan is remembered as a fun-loving poet and musician who was generous to others.
Gov. Deval Patrick, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Sen. John Kerry flew back from the Democratic National Convention in Denver to attend a funeral service Tuesday for Army Pfc.
Full Story Wednesday, August 27
WOBURN (AP) -- A former custodian and junior varsity basketball coach at Everett High School has been ordered held on $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a 12-year-old boy.
Robert J. Shea was arraigned Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court on charges including three counts of child rape.
Full Story Tuesday, August 26
BOSTON (AP) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley on Monday authorized a ballot question proposing to reinstate a nearly century old law barring out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
The so-called 1913 law was repealed by the Legislature in late June.
In her ruling, Coakley said the question's supporters, MassResis-tance, had met the necessary technical
Full Story Tuesday, August 26
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts residents planning a Labor Day road trip get some good news with another 8 cent drop in gas prices.
AAA Southern New England in its weekly survey released Monday reported an average price of $3.62 per gallon for self-serve, regular. It's the seventh consecutive week of lower prices.
Full Story Tuesday, August 26
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Twelve states, New York City and the District of Columbia are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the Bush administration has failed to rein in emissions from oil refineries.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says the suit is aimed at forcing the EPA to adopt new regulations to reduce oil industry pollution that contributes to
Full Story Tuesday, August 26
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has upheld the constitutionality of a new Massachusetts law that expands protest-free zones around abortion clinics.
Anti-abortion protesters filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 35-foot buffer zone law that took effect in November.
Full Story Monday, August 25
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts' top Democrats are fleeing town for Monday's opening of the National Democratic Convention in Denver.
Those making the trip include Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John Kerry, both of whom have speaking roles at the national party gathering.
Patrick addresses the convention on Tuesday.
Full Story Monday, August 25
NORFOLK, Conn. -- Dan Donahue likes to say that forestry isn't rocket science.
It's a lot more complicated than that.
"There's a lot about rocket science that's been figured out, but forests are subject to the intricate web of life: the interactions of plants, animals, sun, air, you name it," said Donahue, director of land protection at the Norcross Wildlife Foundation
Full Story Friday, August 22
BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill allowing funeral directors to bury or scatter unclaimed cremated remains.
The new law signed Wednesday requires funeral homes to hold onto unclaimed ashes for 12 months. After that, the ashes could be buried in a common grave, crypt or scattered in a cemetery.
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