Federal raid leaves Mass. town a mess
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Immigrants brought prosperity to New Bedford. They manned its lucrative whaling fleet, ran its textile mills and provided the muscle for the fishing boats that leave here daily for the Atlantic.
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Bomb units scrambled to investigate five suspicious devices reported throughout Boston on Wednesday
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Naples police say they have broken up a mob protection racket focused on local bakeries and flour makers.
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By SARAH ARNOLD; BARRY WIGMORE A MESS of timber and flotsam is all that remains of a family's home. Even as we watch, the ground shudders and gives way. Another house falls into the sea.
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A section of highway north of Boston and a busy public transportation hub just outside of the city were shut down on Wednesday morning in the midst of the busy rush hour as police investigated a "suspicious package."
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The rain-swollen Merrimack River tore through two states, swallowing up almost anything in its path &amp;#151; boat docks, baby toys, even a shopping cart.
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BOSTON Massachusetts is the least-prepared of all states to handle a bioterrorist attack, according to a study released yesterday.
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By Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe  Jun. 12--This is the kind of standoff politicians specialize in: Everyone  has agreed for close to a decade that the battered coastline in Winthrop is in  desperate need of repair.   But that's where the consensus ends.
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By Rusty Marks  rustymarks@wvgazette.com  Tuesday was a bad day to make methamphetamine.  A countywide drug sweep sent at least three people to jail on drug charges.
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States like Massachusetts are losing 72 acres per day to urbanization.
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Say it isn't so ( "Flagship Filene's Basement to shut for makeover," Jan. 27). Like the mayor, I'm agitated by the news that Filene's Basement will temporarily close. When I travel to Boston, I don't even unpack before hitting the racks at Filene's. What a lousy way to treat loyal shoppers who would gladly put up with the construction while ...
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Will someone explain to me what in the world is going on in Iraq? Our troops are now digging around in trash heaps looking for chunks of metal they can use to improvise armor to protect their vehicles against small-arms attacks.
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SOUTHBURY, Conn. - A Danbury man's plans to bail himself out after a drug bust went more than a bit awry over the weekend.
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PENSACOLA (Florida) - People in this Gulf Coast town emerged from bolt holes and hiding places on Thursday to find their city battered, splintered and tossed about like so much toy furniture in the hands of a furious child.
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The capital of an Afghanistan&#39;s western province was engulfed in tension as demonstrators loyal toformer governor of Herat province looted and burned local army barracks and UN
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What&#39;s wrong with this picture? The airspace over the city is declared off-limits to all unauthorized aircraft. Some 200 police, including rooftop snipers and antiterror
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Authorities were inspecting large stretches of the city&#039;s Big Dig tunnel system Tuesday after 12 tons of concrete fell on a car carrying newlyweds, killing the woman. The governor blamed the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and said he was taking steps to fire its leader.