WILLIAMSTOWN, Vt. (AP) - Failing 9th grade for the second year in row, A.J. Swan had accepted that he wasn't going to graduate from his Vermont high school. He'd barely made it this far, after being held back in 7th grade.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire state troopers are raising money for Boston Marathon victims with their own version of a "Boston Strong" T-shirt.
BOSTON (AP) - The controversies swirling around the Obama administration - from the IRS targeting of conservative groups to lingering questions about last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya - are threatening to engulf Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election.
AP: Lottery official says 1 winning ticket was sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of $590.5 million: (link) -MM
BALTIMORE -- Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for…
HOUSTON (AP) -- Diego Fagundez scored and Houston added an own goal in the New England Revolution's 2-0 victory over the Dynamo on Saturday night. New England (3-4-4), unbeaten in four of its last five…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota starter Scott Diamond stayed out of trouble against David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox batters at Fenway Park 11 days ago. Repeating that performance at Target Field on…
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail…
DAMASCUS, Va. -- An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency…
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus…
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - As the final seconds of the first half ticked off during the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinal against George Washington last month, University of Massachusetts women's lacrosse coach Angela McMahon didn't like what she had seen.
MEDWAY, Mass. (AP) - More than a year after losing their 20-year-old son, James, in a Holliston Street crash, Sandra and Robert Paquette of Norfolk were trying to enjoy themselves at a friend's holiday party.
AP: Driver who plowed into parade in Va. might have had medical emergency before crash: (link) -SS
AP: Authorities say Hofstra U. student was killed by police officer's bullet, not intruder's: (link) -SS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota starter Scott Diamond stayed out of trouble against David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox batters at Fenway Park 11 days ago.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - One of the tickets sold in Florida for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were:
AP: MORE: Oxbow wins the Preakness after leading from the start; Orb finishes fourth: (link) -SS
AP: Officials eyeing broken rail as cause of derailed commuter train in Conn.; rule out foul play: (link) -SS
GazetteHS: RT @hscribner: Northampton finished 3rd and Amherst finished 4th in the boys 4x400 meter relay. Chicopee Comp won all boys events. Amherst â¦
GazetteHS: RT @hscribner: Amherst finished 1st in girls 4x400 meter relay. Northampton won all girls events (126 points) and Amherst finished 2nd withâ¦
mikemoranDHG: RT @hscribner: Northampton finished 3rd and Amherst finished 4th in the boys 4x400 meter relay. Chicopee Comp won all boys events. Amherst â¦
mikemoranDHG: RT @hscribner: Amherst finished 1st in girls 4x400 meter relay. Northampton won all girls events (126 points) and Amherst finished 2nd withâ¦