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Publicist: Whitney Houston dies at age 48

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer...

Drug-fueled joyride in stolen truck injures four

NEW YORK — A pair of alleged car thieves stole a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) truck, slammed into four cars and crashed into a Manhattan barbershop during a...

Taxes on medical marijuana help budgets

OAKLAND, California — As the stubborn economic downturn has forced this city to take painful steps to balance its budget, it has increasingly turned to one of its newer...

Remains identified as serial killers' victim

SAN FRANCISCO — Human remains uncovered in Northern California with the help of a convicted serial killer have been preliminarily identified as one of his victims, and...

Parents: Hazed students can't play sports

JACKSON, Mississippi — The parents of two boys who say they were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again — this time...

Church fights Mass. assisted suicide plans

BOSTON -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is stepping up efforts to sink a ballot question that would make physician-assisted suicide legal in Massachusetts.

Cape weather: Snow flurries today

According to the National Weather Service, today's forecast calls for rain in the morning and then snow this afternoon.

Man attacks British pub with chain saw

HULL, England -- A chain saw-wielding man was caught on CCTV attacking terrified fellow drinkers at a British pub after he was asked to leave because he was smoking inside, the...

Correction: Smart Heart health sessions are not free

Because of incorrect information provided to the Times, a calendar item on Thursday's Health page contained an error. Upcoming Smart Heart sessions at Live Nutrition in...

Six Barnstable police officers promoted

HYANNIS — Barnstable police officers and their family and friends celebrated several promotions Thursday.

Obama and the birth control controversy

WASHINGTON -- What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

Steamship Authority may replace aging freight vessel

FALMOUTH — A "governor" whose term has spanned three U.S. presidents could soon transition into retirement.

P'town Theater replaces much of board in bid to stay viable

PROVINCETOWN — In yet another reorganization of a local arts group plagued by financial woes, the foundation that runs Provincetown Theater has announced a mostly new board...

NH 14-year-old shoots self in face at school

WALPOLE, NH -- A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of students eating lunch, officials said Friday.

Philadelphia cardinal's death investigated

PHILADELPHIA -- The child-molestation scandal in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has taken a mysterious new turn, with prosecutors asking a coroner to examine the body of Cardinal...

Navy names ship after Gabrielle Giffords

WASHINGTON -- Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for double...

Dolphins still sought along Cape Cod Bay coastline

WELLFLEET — Marine mammal rescuers continued to scout the coastline of Cape Cod Bay on Friday for additional live or dead common dolphins in what has been the largest...

No limit to what this coach can do

WEST YARMOUTH — Like any coach, Jonah Shea paces the sideline of the basketball court at Mattacheese Middle School in West Yarmouth.

Family wins at Wellfleet housing lottery

WELLFLEET — On a woodsy lot off Route 6 in Wellfleet, three kitty cats, one 11-year-old and one mom are settling into a permanent home with the help of a new affordable...

New Coast Guard Cutter named for rescuer of pendleton crew

CHATHAM — A new Coast Guard cutter named after local hero Bernard C. Webber arrived in Miami on Thursday.

Oil leak spurs evacuation of Centerville apartment

CENTERVILLE — An oil leak at the Oak Tree Village Apartments forced the evacuation of three residents Friday night.

'Kennedy fatigue' doesn't slow Joseph P. III in poll

Joseph P. Kennedy III's famous family ties have handed him a huge early lead in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a new UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll...

Police say trooper broke rules

A Massachusetts state trooper who failed to perform a field sobriety test or arrest an allegedly drunk off-duty Orleans police officer driving on Route 6 violated departmental...

Joseph P. Kennedy III leads in poll, despite not running yet

Joseph P. Kennedy III's famous family ties have handed him a huge early lead in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a new UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll...

Mass., 11 states in suing EPA over soot rules

NEW YORK — New York, Massachusetts and 9 other states filed a lawsuit today designed to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on soot...

Report: Pats TE Gronkowski has ankle surgery

FOXBORO — New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had arthroscopic surgery today on the left ankle that hampered him in the Super Bowl.

Obama adjusts birth control policy

President Barack Obama announced a birth control compromise today that he said would both protect religious liberties and ensure women have access to free contraception.

Exceptional acting in 'Albert Nobbs'

If Conan O'Brien and Robin Williams had a baby, the infant might grow up to look like Albert Nobbs - Glenn Close plays the title character of "Albert Nobbs," a...

New CG cutter honors Pendleton hero Webber

A new Coast Guard cutter is named for Bernard C Webber, who in 1952 piloted a rescue boat through 70-knot winds off Chatham to help save 32 men off the tanker Pendleton.

Mass. high school graduation rates on rise

State education officials say more students in Massachusetts are graduating from high school within four years and fewer are dropping out.

Best restrooms on Cape Cod

On today's CapeCast: Exploring the Cape in the off-season is one of the great pleasures of living here, but it sure helps to know where a good bathroom is! We show you our...

Police spend $1.4M on Occupy Boston camp

Boston spent $1,4 million on police overtime at the Occupy Boston encampment, but overall police overtime was down in 2011 by about 6 percent.

1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees

Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints...

Cape weather: Chance of snow overnight

The National Weather Service says today will be sunny with a high near 47 with winds between 8 and 13 mph, but there's a chance of rain later, turning to snow after midnight.

Boston broadcaster Dave Maynard dies

Dave Maynard, a Boston radio and television personality and host of shows such as "Community Auditions" for nearly five decades, has died at the age of 82.

Mass. embalmer's speech case with high court

Troy Schoeller admits he could have chosen his words more carefully when he talked to a reporter about bodies he worked on as an embalmer at a funeral home.

Barnstable police officers promoted

Barnstable police officers and their family and friends celebrated several promotions Thursday.

Will Adele be the belle of the Grammy ball?

Adele scored an unlikely critical and commercial triumph with "21," last year's best-selling album, and she'll be richly rewarded come Sunday, when the Grammys...

Three plucked from Pacific in dramatic rescue

Some 30 hours earlier, the 9-year-old, along with his father and uncle, was plucked from the Pacific Ocean in a harrowing rescue made all the more difficult by a container ship...

FBI file: Jobs could 'distort' reality

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released a file it kept on Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs, in which interview subjects contacted on a background check discussed...

Suspicious Hyannis death under review

The Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office and Barnstable police are investigating the death of a Framingham man after an alleged assault at Cromwell Court in Hyannis...

Tide assists firefighters with dolphin rescue in Barnstable

Barnstable firefighters were called to help herd some errant dolphins out of Barnstable Harbor on Thursday morning, but the tide did the work for them.

Appeals Court: Judge erred in Cape case

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed an earlier decision that exonerated a physician affiliated with Cape Cod Healthcare in the case of a man who was badly injured in a...

Two arrested in Nantucket pill bust

Two Nantucket men were arrested on drug charges this week after federal agents flagged a US Postal Service package bound for Nantucket that contained more than 400 pills of the...

P'town man jailed on child porn charges

A man camping illegally in the woods of Provincetown has been arraigned on two counts of possession of child pornography after a hunter found his tent in October and reported him...