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Saturday, November 22, 2008

T suspends, will fire two after Green Line crashes

By O’Ryan Johnson
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority has suspended and plans to fire two employees for testing positive for drugs or alcohol...
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After jail, jockey is back on winning track

By Dave Wedge
A star harness horse racer just released from an Ohio prison for stabbing his wife returned to the winner’s circle at a Plainville track in his first...

Supporters lashing out at FBI ‘setup’

Roxbury resident Lee Buckley likened the arrest of City Councilor Chuck Turner on bribery charges related to those against Sen. Dianne Wilkerson to a ‘political ethnic cleansing.’
By Marie Szaniszlo
Friends and neighbors of Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner aren’t buying the...
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Black infantry unit restored to ‘Glory’

CIVIL ACTION: Lt. Benny Wright, right, a founding member of the reactivated 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, reviews the color guard at the State House yesterday.
By Associated Press
An all-black Civil War infantry unit depicted in the Academy Award-winning moving...
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2001 stab earns 2008 slay count

By Herald Staff / NEWS in brief
DEDHAM - A Weymouth man already serving time in prison for paralyzing another man in a stabbing has now pleaded not guilty to murdering the same man. Nicholas...

Springfield woman donates kidney to fiancee

By Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD - Elizabeth Kelly had already given Matthew House her heart. The kidney she gave him was a different level of...
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Mass. turnpike agency spent $160K on raises

By Associated Press
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority gave $160,000 in raises to 13 managers in the last year, even as it prepared...
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Air passenger service returns to Worcester airport

By Associated Press
WORCESTER - Passenger air service has returned to Worcester Regional Airport after a two-year absence. The first Direct Air flight to Worcester landed at...

Miffed maestro withdraws from BSO concerts

By Associated Press
An eminent Russian conductor has pulled out of a run of concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, saying he felt insulted...
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Dad Jason Strickland testifies he never hit Haleigh Poutre

FACING JUDGMENT: Jason Strickland took the stand yesterday in his own defense of charges he beat his daughter, Haleigh Poutre, nearly to death.
By Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD - A man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered...
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Leominster plastic museum closes amid tough economy

By Associated Press
LEOMINSTER - Leominster dubs itself the Pioneer Plastic City, but it will have to make that claim without a museum that pays...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Turner released on $50K bond in bribery case

Chuck Turner gives a statement as he leaves Federal Court in Worcester.
By Jessica Fargen & Hillary Chabot
A fiery Chuck Turner has been set free on $50,000 bond after the city councilor...
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Massport eyes plan to double Tobin toll

PAYING AT THE PUMP: Mike Richardson pumps gas at the Natick Mass Pike rest area yesterday as the state considers a gas tax to avoid raising tolls on the Pike.
By Edward Mason and Hillary Chabot
Tobin Bridge tolls could more than double to $7 under one scenario Massport is...
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Busted ex-jake’s pension eyed in disability probe

Dennis J. Hogan
By Jessica Fargen
The former Boston firefighter who was allegedly caught smuggling pot across Texas...
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Inmates demonstrate skills with scissors

CLOSE SHAVE: Joseph Disaronno, above, gives fellow inmate Anthony Sideri a shave.
By Laurel J. Sweet
Four inmates at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Middleton showed yesterday...
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Feds claim Chuck Turner took $1,000 bribe

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by Jessica Fargen
FBI agents burst into Chuck Turner’s City Hall office early yesterday morning, rousing...
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Everything’s fixed at broken Hall of shame

Howie Carr
by Howie Carr
Try not to let this destroy your faith in the integrity of Boston City...

45 years after tragedy, John F. Kennedy legacy thrives

Joe Fitzgerald
by Joe Fitzgerald
It was 45 years ago today that an assassin’s bullet ripped a...
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The suspect wasn’t cooperative . . . at least he didn’t mean to be
The suspect wasn’t cooperative . . . at least he didn’t mean to be, cops said. A man pulled over in the...
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