The Army is probing the death of a Bay State soldier in Alaska, a Berkshire woman is killed after colliding with a tractor-trailer in Adams, and more of this morning's headlines.
Burke Kenny, 26, of Olympia, Wash., brought home the gold this month in the 2011 World Beard and Mustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway. The hairy American won top honors in the "natural full beard with styled moustache" category. - Lightning strikes start three house fires in South Shore town [Boston.com]
- Army probing Bay State soldier’s death in Alaska [BostonHerald.com]
- Boston’s 45th annual Puerto Rican Festival taking place Sunday in Franklin Park [BostonHerald.com]
- The death of Amy Winehouse: a career shadowed by addiction [ABCnews.go.com]
- Three dozen killed in China bullet train crash [FT.com]
- Norway attacks spotlight rising right-wing sentiment in Europe [NYTimes.com]
- Palmer car crash knocks down utility pole [WWLP.com]
- Berkshire woman killed in Route 8 accident in Adams [BerkshireEagle.com]
- 6 dead, 4 injured in Texas roller rink shooting [Reuters.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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