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Make-A-Wish delivers for 16-year-old Carl King of Westfield: A new bedroom...
With help from Broyhill Furniture and Pieroway's, the regional Make-a-Wish Foundation unveiled the teen's private space. Manon Mirabelli photoCarl King, 16, of Westfield, who is awaiting a liver...
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Ceremonial groundbreaking made for WMECO solar power facility in Springfield
The facility at 225 Goodwin St. in Indian Orchard will be capable of producing 2.2 megawatts of power. solar panels SPRINGFIELD – Western Massachusetts Electric Company has started construction on a...
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Police: Dozens killed in terrorist bombings in NW Pakistan
Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people, in the bloodiest attack in the country since a U.S. raid killed al-Qaida chief...
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NYC terror allegations: Bold words, thwarted deeds
The terror suspects' words were bold, authorities say. They boasted about wanting to pose as congregants to blow up synagogues, lauded jihad and martyrdom and proclaimed that Muslims "are getting...
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Underground electrical explosion behind Springfield City Hall under...
An underground electrical explosion behind city hall Friday morning is under investigation by WMECO officials. Robert Rizzuto / The RepublicanSpringfield firefighters lift four metal grates that were...
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Western Massachusetts energy prices, at a glance
Here are the average energy prices in the Pioneer Valley for the week ending today. View full size
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As Gov. Patrick urges union employees to forgo raises, 18 Mass. DOT employees...
The state Transportation Department is under fire for handing out raises to 17 employees at a time when Gov. Deval Patrick called for public employee unions to forgo raises and pay more for health...
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Sunrise report: Forecast, poll and more for Friday May 13
Today's poll: Are zero-tolerance policies for bringing weapons to school appropriate? Greg Saulmon / The Republican05.13.2011 | HOLYOKE - Fishermen try their luck in the Connecticut River early Friday...
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Jonathan Jones, 27, of Springfield charged with assaulting pregnant woman
Jonathan Jones, 27, of Springfield was taken into custody just after 3 a.m. following an assault that happened inside a home on the 100 block of Mattoon Street. Republican file photo SPRINGFIELD - A...
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AM News Links: Hartford boy killed in accident, inmate regrets asking judge...
An inmate shows regret after asking the judge to sentence him to 33 years to honor Larry Bird, Hartford boy killed by hit-and-run driver and more headlines. Trinamool Congress party supporters...
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Tea party godfather Ron Paul running for president
Paul is known on Capitol Hill as "Dr. No" for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and government overreach. Associated PressIn this May 5, 2011 file photo, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks in...
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How did Osama bin Laden send emails without being detected by US?
Bin Laden's system was painstaking and slow, but it worked. Associated PressIn this Dec. 24, 1998 file photo, Muslim militant and al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of...
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Suicide bombers kill 80 in Pakistan; Taliban claims retaliation for death of...
"We have done this to avenge the Abbottabad incident," Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told The Associated Press View full sizeAP photoSoldiers of Pakistan army and police...
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Raids by Holyoke, state and federal law enforcement personnel yield arrest of...
Police arrested the suspects late Thursday afternoon. Republican file photo HOLYOKE - Raids by city, state and federal law enforcement personnel yielded the arrests of three suspects on drug charges,...
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Rising food, gasoline costs push up consumer prices
Gasoline prices have soared more than 33 percent in the past year. File photo by Jessica Hill / Associated PressJohn Magel, of Wetherfield, pumps gas at a station in Wethersfield, Conn., last month....
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Driverless Lexus slams into Napa Auto Parts store in Palmer
The operator was cited for failing to adequately set the brakes while the vehicle was unattended. Photo by Lori Stabile / The RepublicanThe the front of the Napa Auto Parts store in Palmer is seen...
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PM News Links: East Longmeadow man admits stealing from tenants,...
Twenty years after the death of former Agawam schoolteacher Lisa Zieger, police are still looking for her killer. Michael and Michell-Temple Orr, of East Longmeadow, are seen in these Greenwich Police...
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Monson police at scene of motorcycle accident on Route 20
Reports on the police scanner said the accident involved a dump truck and a motorcycle. MONSON – Monson police are at the scene of a motorycle accident on Route 20 in the area of Labonte’s Towing at...
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Porn reportedly found in Osama bin Laden's lair
Officials could not verify whether bin Laden, himself, had been watching the videos. "Well, well, well… what have we here? Seems U.S. officials have found many things while searching Osama bin Laden's...
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Obituaries today: Ellen Donoghue was Longmeadow elementary school teacher
Obituaries from The Republican. Ellen M. Donoghue Ellen (Maybury) Donoghue, 83, formerly of East Longmeadow, passed away on Sunday. She was a longtime resident of East Longmeadow, lived briefly in...
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