GateHouse News Service New England Budget • January 10, 2008
Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?
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News
MONEY BAG WITH $26K RETURNED - Man goes to deposit $26,000 yesterday and as he was putting his dog in his car, he forgets the bag of money on his car roof. Westborough man walking in Milford found the bag Wednesday afternoon and the man who lost it got it back Thursday morning.
Milford, Laczkoski, 15 inches, 6 p.m.
With photos
NEW TRIAL FOR CHRISTA WORTHINGTON KILLER? - A judge in Barnstable is interviewing jurors in the case after several said racially biased comments were made during deliberations about convicted Christopher McCowen.
Cape Codder, 6 p.m.
With photo
IN-STATE TUITION FOR ILLEGALS - Governor responds to questions about whether he'll keep
pushing to get in-state tuition at state schools for children of illegal immigrants.
MetroWest, Parietti, 12 inches, 6 p.m.
DRUNK NABBED DURING 'NAP' - Framingham man decides he had too much to drink so he
stops his car to take a nap. Unfortunately, he stops in the middle of the road and leaves his car running and passes out.
MetroWest, Miller, 10 inches, 6 p.m.
With mug
ADOPTION LAW - Bill sponsored by Sen. Spilka and others that became law Jan. 1 gives people access to their birth certificates, if they were adopted, but protects birth parents who were given a promise their ID would never be disclosed.
MetroWest, Uek, 18 inches, 6 p.m.
MOVIE MOGULS SHIFT FOCUS FROM RELIGION TO MOVIE PRODUCTION BUSINESS - A group of movie executives eager to build a world-class movie production studio campus in Plymouth has formed a new company to focus on the endeavor.
Ledger, Race, 8 inches, on wire now
TRIBE'S MIDDLEBORO CASINO PLAN PLAN MAY HIT ROADBLOCK - The tribe, which is seeking the federal go-ahead to open a casino in Middleboro, may suffer setbacks due to the stance being taken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Last Friday, the bureau shot down proposals from 11 tribes to open casinos at sites off their reservations.
Enterprise, Alspach, 15 inches, on wire now
PAIN AT THE PUMP: GAS PRICES IGNITE CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. ECONOMY - With gas prices starting the year at more than $3 per gallon, experts warn consumers to prepare for volatile year.
Ledger, Bauer, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo and Joe Mahoney 'stick up at the pump' illustration.
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AFTER AMPUTATION, WOMAN TELLS HER STORY TO CHANGE QUALITY OF CARE - Somerville's Ginny Harvey lost the bottom half of her left leg after four years of surgeries. She's now part of an effort to monitor the quality of care.
Somerville Journal, Bagley, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo and contributed video
Business
H-2B CRISIS: SUMMER BUSINESSES BRACE FOR BIG FOREIGN WORKER SHORTAGE - Between 5,000 and 7,000 foreign workers typically arrive on the Cape each spring, filling waitstaff, housekeeping, landscaping and many other jobs. Two big problems related to the H-2B foreign worker visa program have combined in recent months to create a kind of worker-shortage perfect storm.
Cape Codder, Tunney, 35 inches, on wire now
Opinions
PHIL MADDOCKS: LAWYERS FOR THE LAWYERS OF ROGER CLEMENS UNLEASH FURIOUS ATTACK - The lawyers for the lawyers of Roger Clemens unleashed a furious legal attack Thursday on the lawyers for Clemens' former trainer Brian McNamee at a press conference called by the lawyers of Mike Wallace, saying their client had been tricked.
CNC, on wire now
MAHONEY CARTOON - CVS Minute Clinic snafu
Ledger, on wire now
GRANLUND CARTOON - Patriot feed Jags some catnip
MetroWest, on wire now
GRANLUND CARTOON - Rudy in trouble during Florida 'vacation'
MetroWest, on wire now
RICHARD LODGE: GOV. PATRICK PUSHES ED REFORM, BUT WHAT WILL IT COST? - The governor pointed to what he said are some 90,000 vacant jobs in Massachusetts, waiting for workers who have been trained with the right skills to do those jobs. It's hard to imagine there could be that many jobs going begging here right now.
MetroWest, on wire now
Sports
A PRO SPORTS BUDGET will be e-mailed this afternoon
Lifestyles
FAST-FORWARD 2008 - A LOOK AHEAD AT SOME REALLY BIG BOSTON SHOWS - Theater aside, the year 2008 already has that ''been there done that feel to it'' and we're only two weeks deep. Sequels and reunion tours are the draws in film, music. Harry Potter, The Spice Girls, Indiana Jones, ''Sex and the City,'' to name a few. Seems the stage is the only venue offering us freshness. Does anyone have any original ideas?
Patriot Ledger, 40 inches, on wire now
With photos to come
GATEWAY TO CREATIVITY: REGIONAL CAMERA CLUB BRINGS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO POPULAR PASTIME - Every month the club invites outside "experts" who give workshops that teach how to incorporate new equipment and technologies into members' photographic repertoire.
MetroWest, Bergeron, 30 inches, on wire now
HAPPINESS WITH HORROR: MASS. ACTOR RELISHES KILLER ROLE IN 'ONE MISSED CALL' - Sarah Jean Kubik of Holliston parlayed a conversation with a television network executive at the soiree into garnering the role of the killer in the horror film, "One Missed Call."
MetroWest, Tremblay, 30 inches, on wire now
CULTURE CLASH: THE WHOPPER: DESTROYING AMERICA OR CULTURAL ICON? - New weekly feature: John Meo looks at the world through tar-covered glasses. A pragmatist and realist, Meo will debate cultural and social topics with Tim Malcolm, an optimist and idealist.
On wire now, with mugs and contributed video