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Toxic Chemicals Injected Into Wells, Democratic Report Says

WASHINGTON -- Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service companies from 2005-2009, a report by three House Democrats said Saturday. The report said 29 of the chemicals injected were known-or-suspected human carcinogens. They either...

Mom Convicted for Withholding Son's Cancer Meds [VIDEO]

68 Years Later, WWII Airman's Body Found on South Pacific Island

Nearly 68 years after a Massachusetts airman took off on a reconnaissance flight over the South Pacific during World War II, his remains have been found and are en route home to America for burial with full military honors. U.S. Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Martin Murray was piloting a B-24D Liberator plane that took off from...

Lawyer: Man Inspired by Sen. Scott Brown Reports Abuse at Camp

A man inspired by Massachusetts' U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's disclosure earlier this year that he was sexually abused as a child at a Christian summer camp on Cape Cod has come forward to report that he, too, was molested there as a camper, his lawyer said. The 35-year-old man, who lives in the Boston area, said he was...

1 Killed, 1 Hurt Falling Out of Tour Bus in Mass.

SHIRLEY, Mass. - One man was killed and another injured when the two fell out of a bathroom window of a tour bus in Massachusetts that was coming from a brewery in New Hampshire, Massachusetts State Police said Sunday. Police said Thomas Johnson, 31, of Gardner was killed when he fell Saturday night onto Route 2 in...

Background on Massachusetts

Massachusetts (), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.

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