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Mostly cloudy and cooler overnight with some occasional periods of rain. Lows: Near 45.
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Friday May 24, 2013

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46°
Light Rain
Feels like 42°
Humidity: 100%
Precip: 0.28%
Wind: N at 9 mph
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Police in NH Ask for Reimbursement in Bombing Help

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- The police department in Nashua, N.H., has asked to be reimbursed for $15,000 spent in overtime while helping in the search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month. Police...


Tag Sale Rules: What Residents Need to Know

May 24th, 2013
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB) -- It's a sign of summer: belongings laid across a driveway and cars lined up along the curb as people dig for...

Motorists Hit the Road for Memorial Day Weekend

May 24th, 2013
(I-84 Interchange / Photo Courtesy: MassDOT) REGION (WGGB) -- It's the unofficial start of summer. Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and so...

Longmeadow Police Make Arrest in September Bank Robbery

May 24th, 2013
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WGGB) -- A Connecticut man is under arrest after he allegedly robbed a Longmeadow bank last year. Longmeadow Police say...




Some Vt. Roads Flooded, Closed after Heavy Rain

May 24th, 2013
by WILSON RING,Associated Press JERICHO, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says state officials are adding up the damage from overnight flash flooding to determine if it meets the $1 million threshold that could bring federal disaster...




Wash. I-5 Bridge Collapse Caused by Oversize Load

May 24th, 2013
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the...




West Springfield Students Honor Veterans for Their Service

May 24th, 2013
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Students at the Fausey School in West Springfield personally thanked a group of veterans Friday, honoring our service men and women with a ceremony at the school. It was connecting generations at the...








Lawsuit Filed in Conn. Train Collision

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North...




Mass. Proposes Fees for Medical Marijuana Program

May 24th, 2013
BOSTON (AP) -- State public health officials are proposing a fee structure for the state's new medical marijuana program. Under draft regulations filed Friday, patients certified to receive medical marijuana would pay a $50 annual...




Funeral Held for Fallen Dalton Soldier

May 24th, 2013
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Family and friends paid their final respects to a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan. A funeral Mass with full military honors for U.S. Army Spc. Mitchell Daehling was held on Friday at St. Agnes Church...




UK Arrests 2 Men Over Incident with Pakistan Plane

May 24th, 2013
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just...




Jersey Shore Reopens for 1st Post-Sandy Summer

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast...




East Longmeadow Man Charged with Child Rape

May 24th, 2013
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WGGB) -- An East Longmeadow man is behind bars, charged with raping a child. 24-year-old Matthew Tannen was arrested Wednesday morning at his home on Cooley Ave., according to East Longmeadow Police Sgt. Patrick...




Obama Balances Threats Against Americans’ Rights

May 24th, 2013
President Barack Obama pauses as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social...




Jury in Arias Case Gives Up After No Consensus

May 24th, 2013
Jodi Arias stands as the jury is excused after the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz., on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona...