WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) – State police have wrapped up their investigation of Sunday’s mill fire in Windsor Locks, town officials said Tuesday.First Selectman Steven Wawruck Jr. said investigators told him they did find one point of origin. Results on what caused the blaze should be out in the next few days, Wawruck said.The fire […]

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A lesbian couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit Tuesday claiming botched cancer treatments damaged their love life. Their attorneys say it is the first of its kind under Connecticut’s civil unions law.Margaret Mueller and Charlotte Stacey are suing two doctors, accusing them of treating Mueller for ovarian cancer when she actually […]

MOAB, Utah (AP) – A 16-year-old Massachusetts girl hiking with other teenagers near Canyonlands National Park in 110-degree heat was found dead in a side canyon, the San Juan County sheriff’s office said Tuesday.The girl, whose name was not released, was participating in a three-week-long Outward Bound program when she died Sunday. Representatives of Outward […]

BOSTON (AP) – Gov. Mitt Romney served the head of Boston’s Big Dig with written allegations of mismanagement and moved forward Tuesday in his efforts to oust him, while crews worked to repair a tunnel network where tons of ceiling panels fell, crushing a motorist.Romney has for years been a critic of Matthew Amorello, the […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A former Milford Middle School teacher who was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for having sex with two of his students is asking Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council for a pardon.Kevin Marquis, 38, pleaded guilty two years ago and faces an additional sentence of at least […]

HOPKINTON, N.H. (AP) – A Hopkinton man has plans to return a piece of aviation history to Britain.Doctor Bob Furness, a veterinarian at Appletree Animal Hospital, has the aviator’s helmet belonging to Sir Alan Cobham, a racing aviator in the 1920s. Cobham was the first person to fly round-trip from England to Australia in 1926, […]

NEWPORT, N.H. (AP) – Newport Police are looking for a 14-year-old boy and 19-year-old woman believed to have left the state together.Chief David Hoyt said police are seeking leads on the whereabouts of Randy Gentner of Salem, who ran away from a group home in Newport on Wednesday.Hoyt believes Gentner met up last week with […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.(AP) – Education officials in Portsmouth are considering revamping search and seizure policies to allow drug dog searches on school grounds.A draft of the new policy is set to be discussed at a meeting of school district officials next month. It also would authorize the superintendent, principals and teachers to detain students suspected of […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A member of the Plymouth Board of Selectmen charged with online solicitation of a minor claims he was testing the system and didn’t intend to have relations with a young girl.Sean Dodgson, 45, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Plymouth District Court on Monday and was released on $15,000 bail. […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Money magazine announced Monday that Fort Collins is the “Best Place to Live” in America for 2006, citing its natural setting, vibrant downtown and the presence of Colorado State University. The magazine said the city 60 miles north of Denver not far from Rocky Mountain National Park also outpaced other […]