Gas will run you a buck more per gallon than it did this time last year; Connecticut cops respond to a triple motorcycle crash in Meriden; and more of this morning's news.
Army personnel carry the casket of Pfc. Floyd Thurman Coker to the gravesite Sunday, May 29, at the Knights of Honor Cemetery in Blossom, Texas. Coker died a prisoner of war in a North Korea war camp in 1951, but his remains were only recently identified and returned to the U.S. - That's one heck of a 'Hangover' -- movie sequel smashes box office record [BBC.com]
- Gasoline costs $1 per gallon more than it did last Memorial Day, but who's to blame? [USAToday.com]
- Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri. [AP.org]
- Despite harder times, the U.S. is experiencing fewer crimes [WSJ.com]
- Memorial Day comes as troops fight in Afghanistan [AP.org]
- Meriden, Conn., police respond to triple motorcycle accident [Courant.com]
- Northampton residents concerned about bears hanging around apartment complex playground [Gazettenet.com]
- Cape Cod village comes back to life -- slowly [CapeCodOnline.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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