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Fund for Freed Women in Ohio Reaches $480,000

May 17th, 2013
Courtesy: MGN Online An official says a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house has raised more than $480,000 so far. Lynne Woodman of KeyBank tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that there...


Fallen Marine’s Posthumous Purple Heart Stolen

May 17th, 2013
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- The father of a New Bedford Marine killed in Iraq says he's heartbroken that a thief broke into his home and stole...

Beer Being Created to Honor Slain MIT Officer

May 17th, 2013
(AP Photo / Middlesex Cty. District Atty. Office) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts microbrewery is creating a beer in honor of slain...

Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Abuser

May 17th, 2013
BOSTON (AP) -- A Boston man authorities say killed an older man who sexually abused him as a child, then set fire to his apartment, has pleaded...




Boston Fire Commissioner Defends His Chief

May 17th, 2013
BOSTON (AP) -- The commissioner of the Boston Fire Department is defending his chief after 13 deputies wrote a letter to the mayor highly critical of the chief's response to the Boston Marathon bombings. Commissioner Roderick Fraser calls the...




Arrests in New Orleans Parade Shootings Cheered

May 17th, 2013
Photo Credit: New Orleans Police Department/MGN Online NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after sudden gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional...




Birth of Anteater Has Conn. Zoo Staff Puzzled

May 17th, 2013
Archie, a baby male giant anteater, clings to his mother's back at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Friday, May 10, 2013. Photo Courtesy: Bob Luckey/Greenwich Time GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- An anteater has given birth at a...








House Committee to Grill Ousted IRS Chief

May 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt...




Friday’s News on the Go 5/17

May 17th, 2013
(WGGB) -- For all of the very latest information on today's top stories, ABC40's Tom Lewis and Emily Volz have your local, and worldwide news...




Viral Sensation ‘Hatchet Hitchhiker’ Arrested in NJ Homicide

May 17th, 2013
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- They were an unlikely pair -- an itinerant hitchhiker turned Internet celebrity and a lawyer three times his age. Now the hitchhiker is charged with beating the lawyer to death. Caleb "Kai" McGillvary was arrested...




NYers Furious Over Photos Taken Through Windows

May 17th, 2013
In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a...




Pioneer Valley Celebrates Baystate Bike Week

May 17th, 2013
REGION (WGGB) -- This week is Bay State Bike Week. Around the Pioneer Valley people are leaving their cars at home to take out their bicycle. Jeff McCollough looks forward to the celebration of the two-wheeled transportation every...




North End Community Renews Pledge for Pedestrian Safety

May 16th, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- A neighborhood is once again pleading for pedestrian safety after a deadly crash. 58 year-old, Edwin Simonetty was killed on Plainfield Street Tuesday night. Neighbors say they've warned for years that tragedy would...




Medical Marijuana Creates Concerns For Local Leaders

May 16th, 2013
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB) -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is set to finalize Medical Marijuana regulations by May 24th. It will allow for 35 marijuana dispensaries, with up to five in each county, to open up around the...




American Idol Season 12 Winner Announced

May 16th, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison. The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., looked stunned when "Idol" host Ryan...