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GazetteUMass: UMass WLAX Sr. attack Cori Murray has been selected to the annual IWLCA North/South All-Star Game May 26 in Radnor, Pa.
BarbaraSolow: UMass lecturer launches first Massive Open Online Course | (link) (link)
AP: Federal officials investigate after parts of 747 jet break off, hit Georgia woman's house: (link) -RAS
kristinpalpini: John Sacco of Belchertown pleads guilty in national investment fraud scam | GazetteNet (link)
kristinpalpini: Long waits for WMass autopsy results add to grief of survivors | GazetteNet (link)
GREENFIELD -- Several residents were forced from a three-family home Wednesday evening, after a fire broke out in a first-floor apartment. The fire was called in at 38 Phillips St., at about 5:45 p.m. Smoke…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt men's basketball coach Kevin Stallings has hired Harvard assistant Yanni Hufnagel to fill a spot on his staff.
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest suspended a year ago after he was accused of child sexual abuse has been reinstated after the allegation was found to be unsubstantiated.
GazetteUMass: UMass baseball recruit | Zona Hurls No-Hitter to Keep SPM Baseball in Playoff Hunt (link)
GRANBY, Mass. (AP) - Three students are recovering after getting struck by lightning at a western Massachusetts private school.
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) - A former Framingham State University student has been sentenced to three years in jail for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed one of her friends.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A judge has set a tentative trial date for early next year for three men charged in a Pittsfield triple slaying.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County.
BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.
WINSLOW, Maine (AP) - Labor groups have accused a Winslow-based aluminum trailer manufacturer of illegally firing employees for trying to unionize.
GROZNY, Russia (AP) - The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Springfield police are investigating the city's second homicide in two nights.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement that staves off a scheduled strike.
MIAMI -- LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim. There was no one in his way. There was no stopping him, either. James made a layup as time expired…
CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz figures a slump will come his way at some point so he'll enjoy this run while it lasts. Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red…
BALTIMORE -- A series that began with a disheartening defeat ended in uplifting fashion for the Baltimore Orioles. Chris Davis went 4 for 4, including his AL-leading 14th homer, and Baltimore got a three-run…
CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Terry Francona is bracing for a lump in his throat and maybe a tear or two. He's going back to Boston. For the first time as an opposing manager, Francona will walk into…