HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) – The same small-caliber bullet appears to have killed a mother and her 9-month-old daughter who were found dead together at home in the same bed, in what police are calling the first homicide in this Boston suburb in more than a decade.When officers first found the bodies of Rachel Entwistle, 27, […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – State Fish and Game officials, hunting activists and some lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prevent businesses from allowing Internet-based hunting in New Hampshire.Critics say the technology, which allows people to hunt from designated rifles via their computer, numbs people to the idea of killing because they are so removed […]

DUMMERSTON, Vt. (AP) – Rep. Steve Darrow, D-Putney, has been cited for allegedly shooting a neighbor’s dog.Darrow has denied the accusation. He said Friday that the sheriff’s department is harassing him because he said he’s suing the department over an incident in which he was hit by a deputy’s cruiser in Brattleboro.“It’s just blatant harassment,” […]

MILTON, Vt. (AP) – Police on Sunday were looking for two suspects who robbed a man at gunpoint outside the Chittenden Bank on U.S. Route 7 early Saturday morning.The victim was making a business deposit in the night-deposit box at around 1:20 a.m. when one suspect opened the passenger side door, pointed a handgun at […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Motor vehicles officials are working to get local officials trained in a new computer system after a switchover caused a long backlog approving vehicle titles and registrations.The problem means some dealers have many cars on their lots that can’t be sold. Car owners trying to sell their used vehicles also are […]

WEARE, N.H. (AP) – Activists who want U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to pay a personal price for ruling New London, Conn., could seize private property for a development project rallied Sunday in Souter’s small hometown, arguing the town should take Souter’s home to build a hotel.Their leader also urged the group to be […]

KEENE, N.H. (AP) – A Keene native who led two key attacks on Baghdad at the height of the Iraq War has been promoted to brigadier general, a goal he set for himself in junior high school.David Perkins received the promotion in Germany this month.Perkins, who grew up in Keene, led two daylight attacks that […]

By J.M. HIRSCH,Associated Press Writer But will kids still be able to wad it up into sticky, glutinous balls and throw it across the cafeteria?Wonder Bread, that icon of squishy, oh-so-American white bread, turns a nutritional corner Monday with the launch of two whole wheat versions intended to look, taste and feel just like the […]

BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) – A Rhode Island man arrested last week is suspected in the robberies of 18 banks in three states over the past 14 months, leading authorities to believe he is the so-called “teardrop bandit,” officials said.The suspect has been described as having a teardrop-shaped tattoo or mole under his left eye. Police […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – A legislative committee is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill that would update the state’s 200-year-old law and allow police to declare riots.Only to district judges, sheriffs and deputies and constables have that authority under current law.“The law hasn’t been changed since 1797,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Sears, […]