http://www.gazettenet.com/taxonomy/term/44%2C4/%2A The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/gun-club-settles-over-boy039s-uzi-death <p>SPRINGFIELD - A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children's charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi during a gun fair.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/gun-club-settles-over-boy039s-uzi-death">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/gun-club-settles-over-boy039s-uzi-death#comments local mass news pelham region wire _bulk _frontpage Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:57 -0500 AP Wire 262705 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/bullying-bill-gets-first-nod <p>BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate unanimously backed an anti-bullying bill Thursday, spurred on by the recent suicides of two students whose family and friends said had been tormented by their classmates.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/bullying-bill-gets-first-nod">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/12/bullying-bill-gets-first-nod#comments education mass news region schools wire _bulk _frontpage Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:58 -0500 AP Wire 262706 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-eyes-vt-yankee-shutdown <p>MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont regulators are looking into whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant should shut down while it is leaking radioactive tritium.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-eyes-vt-yankee-shutdown">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-eyes-vt-yankee-shutdown#comments energy local news region vermont yankee vt _bulk _frontpage Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 AP Wire 262550 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/endangered-listing-sought-atlantic-loggerheads <p>BOSTON (AP) - The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles swimming off the Atlantic Ocean coast, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry.</p> <p>The listing was proposed Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for seven species of loggerheads.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/endangered-listing-sought-atlantic-loggerheads">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/endangered-listing-sought-atlantic-loggerheads#comments environment mass news region wire _bulk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 AP Wire 262554 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-man-convicted-hitting-duck-gets-reprieve-judge <p>NEW BEDFORD (AP) - A judge has overturned the verdict against an Acushnet man convicted of running over a mother duck walking her ducklings across a mall parking lot, and prosecutors say they will not appeal.</p> <p>Joshua Linhares was sentenced to one year of probation in December after being found guilty of animal cruelty for running over the duck at the Dartmouth Mall in June.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-man-convicted-hitting-duck-gets-reprieve-judge">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-man-convicted-hitting-duck-gets-reprieve-judge#comments courts mass news region wire _bulk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 AP Wire 262556 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-senate-vote-school-snack-ban <p>BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate is set to debate a bill Thursday designed to ban the sale of salty and sugary snacks and high-calorie sodas in public schools as the state looks to battle a rising tide of childhood obesity.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-senate-vote-school-snack-ban">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/mass-senate-vote-school-snack-ban#comments education mass news region schools wire _bulk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 AP Wire 262557 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-court-upholds-gun-lock-law <p>BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes in a ruling applauded by gun-control advocates.</p> <p>The case had been closely watched by both gun-control and gun-rights proponents.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-court-upholds-gun-lock-law">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/03/11/state-court-upholds-gun-lock-law#comments courts mass news region wire _bulk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0500 AP Wire 262558 at http://www.gazettenet.com