Mitt Romney's job-creation record is questioned, bipartisan debt talks are scheduled to resume Monday, and more of this morning's news.
Stately trees that hug Connecticut roadways may be pretty, but they also can be perilous: Three trees have fallen onto cars in recent weeks, including this June 23 incident on the Merritt Parkway in Stamford that killed a Massachusetts man traveling along the scenic roadway. - Fitchburg theater, home to one of the country’s oldest community theater groups, destroyed by fire [Boston.com]
- US Representative Richard Neal worried that children’s SSI program evolving into an alternative welfare system [Boston.com]
- Gays, lesbians draw comfort, support from Catholic Mass at Boston church [Boston.com]
- A Somers, Conn., family escapes electrical fire [Courant.com]
- Bipartisan debt talks to resume Monday [NPR.org]
- Family of 7 killed in Alabama plane crash [SacramentoBee.com.]
- China aiming high in space as U.S. shuttle program winds down [FoxNews.com]
- Activists target Trader Joe's over alleged trashy practice: throwing away food [DailyFinance.com]
- Romney has pledged to get America working, but his jobs record is shaky [LATimes.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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On the Friday before Independence Day weekend, shoppers at a Cape Cod supermarket were treated to an impromptu patriotic performance by the Orelans, MA-based Spirit of America Band:
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