PM News Links: Suspect in shootings killed as police swarm Pennsylvania home, 'Whitey' Bulger's influence felt on Beacon Hill and more

A body was put into a medical examiner's van near Water Row Road in Wayland after police launched a search for a missing teenage girl there.

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Clik here to view.Associated Press photoA police officer walks near vehicles on Renninger Road in Douglass Township, Pa., as he arrives near the scene of a fatal shooting Sunday. Click on the link, above left, for a report from the New York Daily News that says a suspect in the shootings was shot as police stormed a suburban Philadelphia home.

• Suspect in shooting of Massachusetts man, toddler killed as police swarm Pennsylvania house [New York Daily News]


• Crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger's influence felt on Beacon Hill years ago [Boston Globe]


• Body found in pond as police search for missing Wayland teen [TheBostonChannel.com]


• High speed rail: Feds sign $73 million contract to upgrade tracks in Western Massachusetts [NorthamptonMedia.com]


• Exxon Mobil oil spill into Yellowstone River outrages Montana residents [Los Angeles Times]


• Longmeadow students upset by school system's decision not to rehire chemistry teacher Anthony Shrout [WGGB-TV, abc40.com]


• Crowds set up camp on Esplanade in anticipation of big Fourth of July Boston Pops concert, fireworks [New England Cable News]


• Connecticut uses Twitter to update residents on parking status at 3 state beaches [Hartford Courant]


• How well do you know the Declaration of Independence? Pop quiz [Christian Science Monitor]


• Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]


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