26 June 2009 - Chevron New Zealand will defer the temporary closure of Caltex Kaikohe until Friday September 4, following the intervention of Northland MP John Carter to ensure the company had access to regional environmental data that allowed a

26 June 2009 - The Government's decision to stop the development of the National War Memorial Parkl is a disgrace, says Labour's veterans affairs spokesperson Rick Barker.

26 June 2009 - Structural imbalances that have become a handbrake on the economy are laid bare in gross domestic product data for the March quarter issued today, Finance Minister Bill English says.

Wayne Mapp's claim that his government's axing of Labour's R&D tax credit has not put New Zealand at a competitive disadvantage compared to Australia shows how out of the touch the Government is, says Labour's Spokesperson for Research & Development,

Labour's Associate Spokesperson for Labour Darien Fenton says that Kate Wilkinson's comments at the estimates of Vote Labour at Select Committee this morning shows a lazy and uncaring attitude to her portfolio.

The elderly driver facing charges for the death of a 4-year-old Stoughton girl was also behind the wheel in a crash that killed her own husband, The Boston Herald reported Friday.

A new era is about to begin for the city of Springfield.

North Attleboro has ordered the owner of a German shepherd to remove the dog from the city or surrender it to an animal shelter after the city received dozens of complaints from neighbors, the Sun Chronicle reported Friday.

A 7-year-old boy who police say was savagely beaten to the point he became brain dead, was pulled from life support and died Saturday.

A male teen and a young boy have been killed in a fire in Springfield.

A 4-year-old boy was knocked unconscious when he hit his head falling into a Kingston pool Saturday.

With summer here, Massachusetts health officials have begun urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito bites and help prevent West Nile Virus and eastern equine encephalitis.

Stoughton police officials say a lightening strike is to blame for a fire at a condominium on Erin Road Saturday afternoon.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation opened its deep water swimming pools on Saturday, and lifeguards will be on duty seven days a week.

A New Bedford man was convicted of second degree murder in the death of a 10-month-old boy, whom prosecutors said may have been rammed into a closet door.

Here we go again: earlier this week, Sarah Palin worked herself up into a about a joke, this time about a doctored photo showing her holding a talk show host in her arms, cuddling him as if he were a

As if you didn't already know, you can now quantify how bad your state is doing in providing care, courtesy HHS. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a series of new reports today that quantify the problems, state by state. The new

Colbert skewers the Republican health care "plan":

NATIONAL: The Plusses, and Perils, of Facebook Rachel Kapochunas over at has an interesting piece that will likely impact some campaigns in 2010, and many more in future cycles. The growing prominence of sites like Facebook is going to be

In a squeaker, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, by , with one super-courageous Dem voting no at the very last possible minute, just for fun! 44 Dems voted against the bill, and 8 Republicans crossed