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BOSTON (AP) -- The state's highest court has ordered a new trial for a Pittsfield teenager convicted of fatally stabbing another teen during a fight, saying the prosecutor didn't give adequate reasons for excluding an African-American woman from the jury.
The ruling came Monday in the case of Tyson Benoit, a black teenager who told police he stabbed a white teenager,
Full Story Tuesday, August 19
BOSTON (AP) -- Gas prices in Massachusetts dropped another 8 cents in the past week, the sixth consecutive week of falling prices.
AAA Southern New England's weekly survey released Monday found an average price of $3.70 per gallon for self-serve, regular.
Gas prices have dropped an average of 38 cents per gallon from the record high of $4.
Full Story Saturday, August 16
BOTON -- The state's highest court ruled Friday that inmates' personal and savings accounts may be docked by prison officials as a disciplinary sanction.
The ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court came in the case of Dennis Ciampi, an inmate who tested positive for alcohol consumption after a "home brew" was found in his cell.
Full Story Saturday, August 16
BOSTON (AP) -- The gay marriage fight in Massachusetts may not be over after all.
Opponents of same-sex marriages are seeking a ballot question that would repeal a new law nullifying a 1913 statute that prevented gay and lesbian couples from getting married here if their union wouldn't be legal in their home state.
Full Story Friday, August 15
BOSTON -- Slowing sales tax collections are threatening to sharply undercut the pace of school construction and repairs in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts School Building Authority, funded with a share of the state's 5 percent sales tax, was created when collections were conservatively expected to grow by more than 4.
Full Story Friday, August 15
SOUTH HADLEY (AP) -- A water boiling advisory has been issued in two more Massachusetts towns after E. coli bacteria was found in the public water supply.
Residents of Fire District 2, which covers South Hadley and parts of Granby, have been advised to boil tap water for at least one minute to kill bacteria and other organisms before using it, or use bottled water.
Full Story Thursday, August 14
BOSTON (AP) -- The state Department of Public Health is broadly expanding its recall of a ready-to-eat tuna salad that may be contaminated with listeriosis-causing bacterias.
Consumers are asked to throw out any deli-prepared tuna salad sold between July 26 to August 10, due to a possible contamination of listeria in tuna salad manufactured by Home Made Brand Foods in
Full Story Thursday, August 14
BOSTON -- The Patrick administration unveiled draft regulations for the use of civilian flaggers at roadside construction sites Wednesday even as top officials were unable to fill in key details: including how much the state can expect to save.
State Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen also couldn't say how many civilian flaggers would be hired to replace police
Full Story Thursday, August 14
BOSTON (AP) -- Suffolk Downs and Wonderland have reached a partnership agreement allowing the horse-racing track to buy the dog-racing track -- and maybe help the owners land a casino gambling franchise.
Suffolk Principal Shareholder Richard Fields said Wednesday the deal will preserve jobs and allow the two entities to share in future development.
Full Story Thursday, August 14
CUMMINGTON-- The William Cullen Bryant Homestead has received a $50,000 Preservation Projects Fund grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission, officials have announced.
The highly competitive grant will fund preservation projects at this National Historic Landmark, according to the homestead's owner, The Trustees of Reservations, the nation's oldest statewide
Full Story Thursday, August 14
WORCESTER (AP) -- Authorites say they are expanding a regulated area beyond Worcester to control the spread of tree-damaging Asian longhorned beetles.
The area is extended beyond Worcester to include Holden and West Boylston. The pest was first discovered last week in Worcester's Kendrick Fields section.
Full Story Wednesday, August 13
SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- A judge has ruled defense lawyers for two murder suspects can't give their clients the names of prosecution witnesses in a gang-related May 17 killing.
The prosecution wants to protect the identities of potential witnesses during the research period before trial, not at the trial.
Full Story Wednesday, August 13
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The Gloucester High School principal who set off a furor after being quoted as saying that teenage girls formed a pact to get pregnant has resigned, weeks after his comments were publicly questioned by the mayor.
In June, Time magazine reported that Joseph Sullivan said a pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies
Full Story Wednesday, August 13
EASTON -- A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said.
It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of affiliated charities that ferry patients to medical treatment.
Full Story Wednesday, August 13
BOSTON (AP) -- A historic Nantucket lightship that helped countless boats reach safe harbor can now be had for $1.
But there are few takers.
That's because it will likely cost more than $150,000 to relocate and restore the LV-112, which is owned by the National Lighthouse Museum, a New York preservation group.
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