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Bailout plans in peril due to anger at mayor
Tuesday, Feb. 09
BOSTON (AP) - A proposal that would loan $35 million to the troubled city of Lawrence to avoid bankruptcy could go before lawmakers this week, but anger toward the mayor has put the bill in jeopardy. 
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General store rises again
Monday, Feb. 08
PUTNEY, Vt. (AP) - There's a painting on the chain link fence that surrounds the burned rubble of the Putney General Store. 
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Power plant explodes
Monday, Feb. 08
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes miles away, officials said. 
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Credibility key in 9/11 health trials
Monday, Feb. 08
NEW YORK -- As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero. 
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Conviction on lewd text overturned
Saturday, Feb. 06
BOSTON -- The state's highest court Friday overturned the conviction of a man accused of sending sexually graphic instant messages to a 13-year-old girl, ruling that such messages aren't banned by Massachusetts law. 
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Tritium leak tied to pipe
Saturday, Feb. 06
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Officials at a Vermont nuclear plant said Friday they are investigating the possibility that a leak in an underground pipe connected to a sump pit may be responsible for a radioactive substance turning up in groundwater monitoring wells, while new groundwater tests found levels more than 40 times higher than a federal safe drinking water limit. 
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In the State
Saturday, Feb. 06
 
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Crackdown seen on drug samples
Saturday, Feb. 06
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont, already a leader in the effort to cut health care costs by reining in drug companies' marketing, could become 
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Man charged with illegally operating on his dog
Saturday, Feb. 06
BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet. 
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Leak worrying locals
Friday, Feb. 05
VERNON, Vt. (AP) - In a community where the elementary school principal's office has a radiation gauge, safety is never far from people's minds.  
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Bill seeks cell phone limits
Friday, Feb. 05
BOSTON -- The use of cell phones by Massachusetts drivers would be severely restricted under a bill approved Thursday by House lawmakers. 
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Diocese selling HQ
Thursday, Feb. 04
MONTPELIER (AP) - Buffeted by priest sex abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic church says it will sell its headquarters building and a children's camp to raise money for settlements to alleged abuse victims. 
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N.Y. state deficit may hit $8.2B
Thursday, Feb. 04
ALBANY (AP) - The pressure to find new ways to close New York's budget gap mounted Wednesday after Gov. David Paterson announced that the projected deficit for the upcoming fiscal year has grown $750 million to more than $8 billion.  
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UMass law school cleared
Wednesday, Feb. 03
BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved a plan Monday to create the state's first public law school. 
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Official tours Cape Wind site
Wednesday, Feb. 03
ABOARD USCGC IDA LEWIS (AP) --The secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, who is weighing the fate of a controversial wind farm proposed off Cape Cod, said Tuesday that killing the pioneering project wouldn't hurt the country's developing offshore wind industry. 
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