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Cigarette rolling machine controversy

READING – If you don’t want to pay the high tax on cigarettes, now you can get rolled cigarettes for less in Reading.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:04:28 GMT)

Marshfield teen dies in fiery crash

MARSHFIELD - State police continue to investigate a fatal crash in Marshfield. The car reportedly struck a tree before bursting into flames. It all happened early Saturday morning on Highland Street.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:24:09 GMT)

Inmate escapes from NH halfway house

CONCORD, N.H. - The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is looking for an inmate who went missing Sunday from the Shea Farm Transitional Housing Unit in Concord.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:46:47 GMT)

Peabody man dies in Route 128 rollover

DANVERS - State police say a 30-year-old Peabody man has died in a single-car rollover on Route 128 in Danvers that also injured the passenger.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:49:00 GMT)

Boston teachers receive bonuses

BOSTON – Teachers and classroom aides at 12 Boston schools received big bonuses for the first time in the city's history.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:33:25 GMT)

More dolphins stranded

WELLFLEET – The shape of Cape Cod is proving to be problematic once again this weekend for some more dolphins. Crews took to the beach Sunday after four more dolphins became stranded on the sand in Wellfleet.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:22:55 GMT)

Arrests in false fire alarm incidents

Two men are expected in court Monday, believed to be the suspects behind a string of false alarms over the past few weeks.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:16:59 GMT)

Duncan to meet with college students

BOSTON - The nation's top education official plans to meet with local college students during a visit to Boston. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to be joined on Monday by Sen. John Kerry for a town hall-style meeting at Emerson College with students from Emerson and several other universities.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:06 GMT)

Man dies while out chopping wood

NORTHFIELD, Mass. - Police say a 79-year-old man has died after striking his head while out in the woods near his Northfield home. Police say Robert "Bucky" Rogers often went in the woods near his home to chop firewood, but his son became concerned when he didn't return home early Sunday afternoon.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:09 GMT)

Feds probe hospital's billing practices

BOSTON - Officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have confirmed that federal investigators have subpoenaed six years of hospital records as part of an investigation into whether the hospital overbilled Medicare by admitting patients for short stays who could have been treated less expensively as outpatients.

(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:44:18 GMT)