The United States and its industrial allies in the International Energy Agency announced that they would release 60 million barrels of crude oil from reserves over the next 30 days.
FBI agents load evidence bags into a truck outside an apartment complex where fugitive crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his longtime companion Catherine Greig were arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday. Click on the links, above left, for reports from the Boston Globe and Boston Herald about Bulger's capture. Also, see a video from NECN, below, for an interview with radio talk show host Howie Carr, who wrote a book about Bulger and his brother, William.- FBI says captured mob boss 'Whitey' Bulger had stash of guns, money [Boston Globe]
- California neighbors shocked to learn they had a killer next door - Whitey Bulger [Boston Herald]
- Oil prices fall after U.S., allies agree to release 60 million barrels of oil from reserves [Washington Post]
- Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen backs President Obama's pullout plan from Afghanistan, calls it riskier [New York Times]
- South Hadley Superintendent of Schools Gus Sayer gets to keep his raise [Daily Hampshire Gazette]
- Great Barrington police search for arsonists who torched 7 downtown buildings [Berkshire Eagle]
- U.S. Supreme Court rules against heirs of late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith [Los Angeles Times]
- Tour group sues Boston City Council over vote to ban Segways from downtown sidewalks [USA Today]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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