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A tree grows in Holden
By Lisa D. Welsh TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
HOLDEN —
The blue spruce stood 10 feet tall in 1992 when Wayne and Carrie Boisselle moved into their home at 72 Paugus Road, but when workers from the Massachusetts Highway Department cut it down this morning to become the official Statehouse Christmas tree, it stood 35 feet.
Arrested Boston lawmaker in Worcester court
LAST UPDATED: 5:18 P.M.
By Linda Bock TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER —
Reporters and photographers from Boston streamed into the city this morning when they got word that a Boston city councilor would be arraigned here this afternoon on federal charges that he took $1,000 and then lied about it in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation involving a former state senator.
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Big day for bigger families
LAST UPDATED: 1:55 P.M.
STAFF REPORT
More than 50 children in 41 families were legally adopted this morning during a ceremony at Worcester Trial Court. In the photo, Nancy Storer of Mendon kisses her adopted daughter, Kimberlee, 2.
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Plastics museum moving from Leominster
LAST UPDATED: 12:13 P.M.
By Anna L. Griffin TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
LEOMINSTER —
The National Plastics Center & Museum, a symbol of Leominster's industrial heyday, is being moved out of the city.
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Trapasso headed to state prison
By Lee Hammel TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
BOSTON—
A former official of the state auditor’s office was sentenced yesterday to 2 to 3 years in state prison on bribery charges.
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By Bronislaus B. Kush TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
At about 5:10 p.m. on June 9, 1953, the whirlwind that came to be known as the “Worcester Tornado” crashed into Assumption College in Worcester, shrouding it with menacing, black-ink clouds and furiously pummeling it with fist-sized hail, driving rain and train-roaring winds.
School board considers 4-year math requirement
By Jacqueline Reis TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER—
Four years of high school math makes educational sense at the state level, but the numbers seem to compute differently in the city.
Caceres guilty of manslaughter
By Gary V. Murray TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER—
Maico R. Caceres was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter yesterday in the death of Jose L. Alvarado during a brawl in Denny’s restaurant on Lincoln Street two years ago.
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$2M grant targets jobs
By Lisa Eckelbecker TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER—
The Central Massachusetts Regional Employment Board has obtained $2 million from the federal government for an initiative to train workers for manufacturing jobs.
Oil slides to 3-year low as gas tumbles
By Mark Williams THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio—
Oil prices yersterday hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports suggesting a painful economic pullback.
Stocks torpedo Dow to lowest in 5 years
By Tim Paradis and Sara Lepro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK—
Stocks plunged for a second straight day yesterday, falling to levels not seen in at least five years as financial and energy stocks tumbled while demand for the safety of government debt spiked.
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In just over a year leading the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Dr. Michael F. Collins has pursued an ambitious agenda that includes not only increasing by a third the number of graduating physicians, but also crafting the school’s first strategic plan, further strengthening its synergy with UMass Memorial Health Care and coordinating its life sciences programs with those at campuses throughout the University of Massachusetts system.
Terrorism at sea
High-seas piracy has existed since ancient times, and attacks against shipping in the Indian Ocean are nothing new. Today’s pirates, however, are armed with a lot more than cutlasses and rum. Using powerful speedboats, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, pirates are growing bolder and more inclined to play for high stakes. The international community must act quickly and in concert to curb the scourge of terrorism at sea.
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Judge orders 5 at Gitmo released
By Lara Jakes Jordan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—
A federal judge yesterday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth, in a major blow to the Bush administration’s strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.
Obama looks at Arizona gov. for Homeland
By Eileen Sullivan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama’s top choice to run the Homeland Security Department, is tough on illegal immigration, child abuse and Republicans.
Gates may stay just a little longer
By Robert Burns and Anne Gearan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—
What Robert Gates once called “inconceivable to me” — his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day — is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
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