Body of Mass. paratrooper recovered in Afghanistan

BOSTON - Army paratrooper Benjamin Sherman probably died the way he lived, his wife said, doing whatever he could to help someone in need.

Military divers on Tuesday found the body of Spc. Sherman about a week after he and another soldier disappeared as they tried to recover air-dropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO officials said.

Review: Police did not cause Celtics fan's death

BOSTON - An independent investigation of the death of a Boston Celtics fan who stopped breathing while in police custody found that officers acted reasonably and did not contribute to the man's death, but also concluded that police made some mistakes during the arrest.

Mass. House inches toward off-track betting

BOSTON - Massachusetts is moving incrementally toward expanded gambling.

The House approved a bill Tuesday extending simulcasting at the state's two dog racing tracks until July 31. It had been slated to end Dec. 31. The measure was sent to the Senate.

Forecast: Recovery anemic

BOSTON - The worst of the recession may be over, but a new economic forecast points to a "slow and weak recovery" in the New England states, with job losses likely to continue until the fourth quarter of 2010.

Coakley: No to House bill

BOSTON - Martha Coakley and the three other Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate traded barbs Monday after Coakley said she would have voted against a major health care reform bill because it contained an anti-abortion amendment.

New charges filed in alleged terror plot

BOSTON - A pharmacy college graduate was indicted Thursday on new charges in an alleged terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and shoot people at American shopping malls.

Defensive medicine drives up costs

BOSTON - Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.