A Connecticut is shot and wounded in the line of duty, a Northampton boy is injured after falling from a 35-foot rock ledge in Shelburne Falls, and more of this morning's news.
Members of The Muses, a Wayland HIgh School a cappella group, react with emotion as some of slain classmate Lauren Astley's favorite music is played at the beginning of a memorial service in her honor at First Parish church on Saturday in Wayland. Astley, 18, a 2011 graduate of Wayland High School, was killed on July 3, and her former boyfriend is charged with her murder. - Massachusetts bullying reports contrast sharply [Boston.com]
- Northampton boy falls from cliff in Shelburne Falls [WWLP.com]
- Western Mass towns hit by tornadoes watch for brush fires [Boston.com]
- A Plainville, Conn., police officer is shot in the line of duty [Courant.com]
- Video: Orlando Sun photographer describes Casey Anthony's release from custody [OrlandoSentinel.com]
- Tables turned on Murdoch as scandal rocks his media empire [ABCNews.Go.com]
- China says Obama meeting with Dalai Lama imperils U.S., China relations [Reuters.com]
- Opinion: Sarah Palin movie off to rocky debut [TheAtlantic.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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