BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Judge Edward Cashman, under fire for sentencing a man to 60 days in prison for sexually abusing a child, said Thursday he would impose a prison term of three to 10 years.The judge said he could now impose the longer sentence because the state has agreed to provide treatment to Mark […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Richard Gere and Halle Berry are this year’s recipients of the annual Hasty Pudding awards, given by a student drama group at Harvard University.The awards, announced Thursday, are given to performers who have made a “lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment,” by Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation’s oldest […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A common cold medicine would be available only by prescription under a proposal aimed at controlling methamphetamine production in New Hampshire.Methamphetamine is highly addictive and can cause mental illness and physical deterioration very quickly. About a dozen small meth labs have been discovered in the state during the past 18 months.A […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – The 11-year-old Westfield girl who was close to being removed from life support after allegedly being beaten into a coma by her adoptive mother and stepfather has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital in Boston.Haleigh Poutre was discharged Thursday from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and admitted to the Franciscan Hospital […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A common cold medicine would be available only by prescription under a proposal aimed at controlling methamphetamine production in New Hampshire.Methamphetamine is highly addictive and can cause mental illness and physical deterioration very quickly. About a dozen small meth labs have been discovered in the state during the past 18 months.A […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Judge Edward Cashman, under fire for sentencing a man to 60 days in prison for sexually abusing a child, said Thursday he would impose a prison term of three to 10 years.The judge said he could now impose the longer sentence because the state has agreed to provide treatment to Mark […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Hartford Superior Court judge on Thursday kept bail at $5 million for a Connecticut National Guardsman accused of killing a woman and her co-worker just before shipping out to Afghanistan.Prosecutors asked that the bond for Steven Debow, 20, be increased to $7 million. His next appearance is scheduled for Feb. […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Attorney General Kelly Ayotte told lawmakers on Thursday they must pass a law before the public can redeem highway tokens.Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray cannot begin any token redemption plan that would allow drivers to get credit toward the E-ZPass electronic toll system without lawmakers passing a law that gives her that […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Richard Gere and Halle Berry are this year’s recipients of the annual Hasty Pudding awards, given by a student drama group at Harvard University.The awards, announced Thursday, are given to performers who have made a “lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment,” by Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation’s oldest […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – The 11-year-old Westfield girl who was close to being removed from life support after allegedly being beaten into a coma by her adoptive mother and stepfather has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital in Boston.Haleigh Poutre was discharged Thursday from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and admitted to the Franciscan Hospital […]