September 2010
Sox fall to Orioles
As the AL East race heads into September, the Baltimore Orioles aren’t playing like a last-place team anymore and the Boston Red Sox no longer have the look of a contender. http://bit.ly/btbFo9
Live with the Lowell Spinners
LOWELL - FOX25’s Ryan Asselta was live with the Lowell Spinners as they finished up their game with the Tri-City ValleyCats. http://bit.ly/a1jenO
Cahill campaign failed to pay MA tax
An audit has found that Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill’s campaign has not paid a state tax on interest earned from funds held in certificates of deposits during the last eight years. http://bit.ly/dpUGq0
2 swept out to sea, 1 killed
GLOUCESTER - Strong currents swept two men out to sea within hours of eachother. One of those men was killed. http://bit.ly/bjA3QY
Insurance Company: Flowers Started Fire
A fire that damaged an Arkansas home wasn’t caused by an electrical problem, burning food or arson. http://bit.ly/cnzhOs
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Golfer Sparks Blaze Trying To Hit Ball
A golfer accidentally sparked a 12-acre (4.85-hectare) blaze after striking a rock while trying to hit his ball out of the rough at a California golf course, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/dh5upg
Earl Could Force Evacuations
A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach. http://bit.ly/blVvCk
IPhone App Replacing Stethoscope
Doctors outfits may never look the same again with a $1 iPhone app replacing the traditional metal stethoscope for doctors around the world, its creator said Tuesday. http://bit.ly/dsKyah
Michael Douglas Says Will Beat Cancer
Michael Douglas says he’s begun treatment for throat cancer and that his odds of recovery are high. http://bit.ly/9oq7Nz
Obama Addresses End Of Iraq Combat Phase
U.S. President Barack Obama closed the door on “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and heralded the arrival of “Operation New Dawn” in a speech to the American people Tuesday night. http://bit.ly/cKnp6n
Man accused of campaign fund scheme
A former senior official with a major Boston real estate development firm was charged Tuesday with underwriting illegal campaign contributions to an array of local, state and federal candidates, allegedly by encouraging the firm’s vendors to make donations and then improperly reimbursing them. http://bit.ly/aEVrPG
Maine Detainee: NYC Car Bomber Sociable
A Pakistani man detained during an investigation of a botched car bombing in New York City’s Times Square says he knew the plotter years ago as a partying college student — not as the radical Muslim who later said he received explosives training from the Pakistani Taliban. http://bit.ly/dvlc3R
MA to open first virtual school Thursday
On the first day of the school year, some Massachusetts students will be staying home. http://bit.ly/cjmCsf
Award Offered To Catch Puppy Drowner
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offered a $2,000 reward Tuesday to help catch a young woman caught on camera throwing six puppies into a river in an attempt to drown them. http://bit.ly/cOqyTC
August 2010
Man Replaces Ex-Girlfriend With Sex Doll
A sex-starved businessman was so hung up on his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him that he paid $18,000 to recreate her as a life-sized sex doll, Italy’s Il Messaggero newspaper reported. http://bit.ly/8Zjfbe
Man Going Gaga With Sex Change Operation
A 24-year-old Bulgarian man plans to have a sex change operation to transform him into a doppelganger for pop star Lady Gaga, Radar Online reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/bJL0Zo
Michelle Obama Launches Dance Series
Dance is an art form that needs all the friends it can get. And it seems to have found a friend in Michelle Obama. The First Lady’s office announced plans Tuesday for the White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison. http://bit.ly/dhOaDW
Leigh Bodden out for the year
The New England Patriots have placed starting cornerback Leigh Bodden on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. http://bit.ly/cw18UD
Amazon Working On TV, Movie Service
Amazon.com Inc. is trying to create a service that gives paying subscribers unlimited access over the Internet to some television shows and movies, as it tries to take on Netflix Inc. and grab a bigger slice of the online TV business, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/d6n4W4
Obama Says Operation Iraqi Freedom Over
U.S. President Barack Obama said the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom is over and that security responsibilities in Iraq now lie with the Iraqi people, in remarks made available by the White House in advance of his Oval Office speech Tuesday night. http://bit.ly/bx8Ydh
NFL Player With Gun At Airport Fined
Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Shaun Rogers will be fined about $400,000 — the equivalent of one game’s pay — for carrying a gun into an airport, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/amXanL
Bank robber shot
EVERETT - Police shot a man suspected of robbing the Everett Cooperative Bank on Tuesday afternoon. http://bit.ly/c4H0mC
Brett Favre Expresses Doubt About Ankle
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Hurricane Watch Issued For N.C. Coast
A Hurricane watch was issued for the east coast of the United States from north of Surf City, N.C., to Duck, N.C., Tuesday as Hurricane Earl continued to whip towards the U.S. http://bit.ly/aNBDom
Kelsey Grammer Talks 'Frasier' Revival
Kelsey Grammer said he is considering a revival of his Dr. Frasier Crane character in a television show focusing on the children of the characters from his original “Frasier” series, WENN news reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/d4Ugpo
US: No Chinese Currency Subsidy Probe
The U.S. will not investigate allegations that Chinese currency practices are providing unfair subsidies to that country’s exporters of coated paper and aluminum, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. http://bit.ly/9ZQf6E
Dow Finishes Worst August Since '01
U.S. stocks ended Tuesday little changed but still finished the month with their worst August performance since 2001 amid growing concerns about the economy. http://bit.ly/bMsqY6
Ethics Board: Investigate Two Lawmakers
An independent ethics board has recommended further investigations into at least two U.S. lawmakers over fundraising activity around the time the House was voting on new financial rules, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/9pSEnZ
PHOTO GALLERY: NFL Cheerleaders
Photo Gallery of National Football League Cheerleaders http://bit.ly/cHBajq
Suspected bank robber has been shot
EVERETT - A suspected bank robber has been shot by police in Everett. http://bit.ly/dDdJHb
Zsa Zsa Gabor Found 'Unresponsive'
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was en route to UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday after her husband found her unresponsive, according to her publicist. http://bit.ly/ahIJm0
Mexico Captures 'The Barbie'
A Texas-born fugitive known as “the Barbie” grinned Tuesday as police paraded him in handcuffs and described his alleged life of luxury and savagery — cut short when he became the third suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months in a coup for President Felipe Calderon’s war on cartels. http://bit.ly/b0HiMg
Obama Congratulates Fort Bliss Troops
President Barack Obama arrived at Fort Bliss, Tex. Tuesday, offering U.S. troops stationed there “congratulations on a job well done” in Iraq while adding that critical work remained to be done to rebuild the country. http://bit.ly/bjOaMr
Snooki Rebuffs Marriage Proposal
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi rejected her boyfriend’s marriage proposal Tuesday after he popped the question to the “Jersey Shore” star via an upcoming magazine cover. http://bit.ly/baGKr6
White House Oval Office Gets Makeover
While the First Family spent a rejuvenating week on vacation in the tiny New England enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, the White House received a refresher of its own — a makeover for the Oval Office ahead of its close-up during President Barack Obama’s televised address on Iraq Tuesday. http://bit.ly/cLbv3h
MBTA Twitter page to help fight crime
BOSTON - The MBTA has launched a new twitter page today to help fight crime on the T by making it easier and faster for people to report a crime to police. http://bit.ly/9eyhqD
Teenage 'Model' Too Tall for School Bus
A 14-year-old Brazilian girl who is six-foot nine-inches tall and still growing vowed to become a model despite potential health problems from her soaring height, local media reported Tuesday. http://bit.ly/aWlDq7
Eight Killed in Attack on Cancun Bar
At least eight people were killed when molotov cocktails were thrown into a bar in the Mexican town of Cancun, a resort area popular with U.S. tourists, officials said Tuesday. http://bit.ly/c0L4kO
Lunch Box: School eliminates tests
A New Hampshire school is getting rid of midterms and final exams in an effort to make room for more instructional days. Teachers at Timberlane Regional High School will assess the students’ progress throughout the year. http://bit.ly/azOfCk
Caprio moves to block Schilling deal
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio is trying to block the state’s $75 million loan guarantee to former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game development company. http://bit.ly/adgXgC
Woman accused of resisting arrest
Salem Police were directing traffic at several intersections due to a wide spread power outage around midnight on Monday when a vehicle was directed to stop by an officer at the intersection of Rt.28 / Rt.111. http://bit.ly/cGgTuE
Barbara Bush Goes 'Seventies' for Mag
Former First Daughter Barbara Bush will be among socialites appearing in V Magazine’s Sept. 2 “New York” issue. http://bit.ly/c5Uspu
Trash the Wedding Dress is New Trend
A bride’s wedding dress is often the centerpiece of a wedding; it’s the first item she purchases for the big day. Now imagine taking that dress and trashing it. In a new wedding trend, many brides are throwing care to the wind and trashing, destroying and generally misbehaving in their wedding gown – of course it is all captured in photos and video. http://bit.ly/b9YSj3
Starving, ill dog found in dumpster
METHUEN – A sick and starving aging Chihuahua in need of food, water, and medical care was brought to the MSPCA Noble Family Animal Care and Adoption Center in Methuen after he was found in a Lawrence dumpster. http://bit.ly/duwTOF
Tarp Surfing: 'Riding' Blue Waves
For those wanting to take up surfing but just can’t seem to get over their phobia of sharks or simply don’t want to get wet, there is still an option – tarp surfing. http://bit.ly/bCl5R5
Business Textbook as Graphic Novel
A Texas Tech University professor of management is urging his students to read graphic novels in order to grasp the business world. He is also the author of the books. http://bit.ly/cWE5VX
Court: No to Cape Wind permit challenge
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court has rejected claims by opponents of a wind farm off Cape Cod that the project sidestepped proper permitting. http://bit.ly/bQulXR
Mount Sinabung Continues to Rumble
More than 30,000 residents of North Sumatra got a rude awakening bright and early on Monday morning, when Mount Sinabung erupted for the second time in two days. http://bit.ly/d9wp4R
Cops search for bank robber
Police are searching for the suspect wanted in connection with a Quincy bank robbery yesterday. The hold-up happened at East Coastal Bank. http://bit.ly/9XMiGK
