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Celtics paint pretty picturePhiladelphia - Paul Pierce, on his way to a 24-point, 12-rebound game, slashed to the basket midway through the... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:51 PM
Court: Conviction needed for longer suspensionThe highest court in Massachusetts has overturned a 3-year license suspension given to a man who refused to take a breath test after being arrested on a drunken driving charge, finding that a law designed to increase penalties for repeat drunken drivers requires a previous conviction. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:58 AM
Ri agency official out after Schilling defaultProvidence, R.i. -- The head of the Rhode Island agency whose board approved a $75 million loan guarantee for former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's now financially troubled video gaming company has resigned. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:28 AM
Winter warm-up for the spring for the Boston Azzurri soccer teamThe U-10A Boston Azzurri girls soccer club team, consisting of players from Saugus, Salem, Peabody and Lynnfield, came in second in the Danvers Indoor Winter Soccer League. Shown celebrating their winning season, from left, front row, Isabella Visone (Lynnfield), Alexis Nickole (Saugus), Tori Morelli (Lynnfield), Olivia Scarpa (Melrose), Alexis Brown (Lynnfield), Jessica Carter (Saugus) and Olivia Garvey ( — Wicked Local Melrose Swampscott girls lacrosse teams to wash carsThe Swampscott High School girls lacrosse varsity and JV teams will be holding their annual fundraising car wash on Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DPW yard on Paradise Road. — Wicked Local Swampscott Saugus Police log May 14At 10:17 a.m. a caller reported a trailer at his construction site between Burger King and McDonalds on Route 1 North was spray-painted with graffiti. — Wicked Local Saugus
Suspects arraigned following Saugus armed robbery, shootout in MaldenA statement from the Middlesex District Attorney’s office Friday night identified the suspect who was killed as William Ekasala, 35, of East Boston. Facing multiple charges in connection with the incident are Michael Ginnetti, 38, of Winthrop, and Gabriel Megna, 48, of East Boston. — Wicked Local Malden Cuban president's daughter gets US visaThe daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politicians and on anti-Castro blogs, which argue that she is an apologist for the Communist government her family has led for decades. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:59 AM
The Rivers School’s All-Star Taylor Cross of Saugus heads to Norwich Academy after trip of a lifetimeTaylor Cross of Saugus is finishing up her senior year at The Rivers School in Weston as a three-sport athlete in soccer, hockey and softball. As an ISL (Independent School League) all-star goalie in soccer last fall and an All-Star defenseman in hockey the last two years, earning first-team honors this past winter, Cross also played a pivotal role in securing the fourth national title for the Assabet Valley girls hockey program this past year on the U-19 club, while one was on the U-12 level and back-to-back conquests as an U-14 player. — Wicked Local Saugus Coroner: RFK Jr.'s wife died of hangingBedford, N.y. -- A medical examiner in suburban New York says the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:06 PM
Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 Legendary singer Donna Summer has died at age 63. — The Boston Channel Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:53 PM
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