FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – A man accused of killing a wheelchair-bound man by pushing him down a flight of stairs was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder.Fred Dixon, 29, was convicted of killing Raymond Davila at the Ship’s Cove Apartment complex in Fall River, where both men lived, in June 2004.Police said Dixon’s neighbor […]

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) – A North Country chamber of commerce that serves seven New Hampshire communities may be forced to close its doors because of declining membership.The Northern White Mountains Chamber of Commerce is open in Berlin, but officials say it might not be open much longer. There’s a potential membership of 450 businesses. But […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) – A family has been left puzzled and traumatized after a box with the ashes of a New Hampshire man was stolen from their villa before they had a chance to scatter them.Before his death, Sherman Davis Jr. of Nashua, N.H., had requested that his ashes be scattered at three of his […]

INTO THE FRAY: The Supreme Court plunged into the acrimonious debate over global warming.ON THE DOCKET: The court said it would decide whether carbon dioxide from automobiles should be treated as a pollutant harmful to health.CONSEQUENCES: The case pits the Bush administration against a dozen state governments and could determine how the nation addresses global […]

BOSTON (AP) – Sen. John Kerry, appearing invigorated himself, outlined an energy plan for the country on Monday that called for reducing oil imports, increasing the number of cars powered by renewable fuels and focusing on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.Some of the themes reprised those the Massachusetts Democrat outlined during his failed 2004 presidential campaign, […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – The federal government on Monday declared an agriculture emergency across the state, citing recent heavy rains.The designation makes farmers eligible low-interest federal emergency loans.“USDA has determined that there were sufficient production losses in all 14 Vermont counties to warrant a … natural disaster designation,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Michael Johanns said.Heavy rains […]

By Ronald Blum,Associated Press Writer Having lost 35 pounds following shoulder surgery, James Levine wants to lose 15 more as he tries to focus on his health with the same energy he devotes to music.Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, tore his right rotator cuff when he fell leaving […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A nationwide search ended Monday for an 8-year-old New Hampshire boy after his mother was spotted “making out” at a Florida bus station with a teenager who disappeared with them 10 days earlier, police said.A city transit worker at a St. Petersburg bus depot recognized Jennifer Malone, 32, of Canterbury; her […]

BRETTON WOODS, N.H. (AP) – The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement with other companies with the intention of selling them the resort, a $45 million deal.Two companies, Celebration Associates and Crosland, Inc., have committed to buying over 900 acres and other assets at the historic […]

BOSTON (AP) – Logan International Airport will get its first new carrier in two years when Spirit Airlines begins daily service to Detroit and Myrtle Beach, S.C., in mid-August, a Massport official said.“We are extremely pleased that Spirit Airlines has now joined Logan’s impressive family of low-cost carriers,” Massport aviation director Thomas J. Kinton Jr. […]