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Toxic Chemicals Injected Into Wells, Democratic Report Says
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- 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 were regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act as risks to human health or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Methanol was the most widely used chemical. The substance is a hazardous air pollutant and is on the candidate list for potential ...
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68 Years Later, WWII Airman's Body Found on South Pacific Island
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsNearly 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 an airfield on the island of New Guinea on Oct. 27, 1943, with 11 other crewmen aboard. He was flying a reconnaissance mission over shipping lanes in the Bismarck Sea, ahead of an attack on Japanese forces nearby. But the mission was scrapped midflight because of bad weather, ...
Lawyer: Man Inspired by Sen. Scott Brown Reports Abuse at Camp
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA 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 repeatedly molested at age 10 in the summer of 1985 by an employee who held various titles, including assistant director and counselor, his lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, told AOL News, without identifying either man. "He said Scott Brown inspired him to come forward," Garabedian ...
1 Killed, 1 Hurt Falling Out of Tour Bus in Mass.
By not in system - AOL NewsSHIRLEY, 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 Shirley. Seth Davis, 34, of Winchendon was in fair condition at a Worcester hospital, a nursing supervisor said Sunday. The Colonial Tours bus was heading back to Gardner in central Massachusetts from the Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth, N.H. The bus company and brewery did not ...
Joke's on the Northeast With April Fools' Snow
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON -- A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm descended upon parts of the Northeast early Friday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter. The spring snowstorm was expected to last through Friday morning -- April Fools' Day -- dropping up to 10 inches of snow in some areas in eastern New York and around New England, dispiriting people eager for spring after a long, snow-filled winter. In Portland, Maine, heavy wet snow clung to trees and street signs Friday morning. Robert F. Bukaty, AP A motorist passes a sign urging drivers to ...
House Votes to End Mortgage Reduction Program
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday to terminate an underachieving Obama administration program designed to reduce mortgage payments for homeowners in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Most Democrats, while acknowledging that the Home Affordable Modification Program has fallen short of original goals, protested the vote to kill it. The White House, in a statement, said that if the bill ever reaches President Barack Obama's desk, his senior advisers would recommend he veto it. The vote was 252-170. The GOP-led House this month has voted to kill three ...
Trace Amount of Radiation Found in Massachusetts Rainwater
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsMassachusetts officials are testing drinking water supplies after a routine sample of rainwater collected in the state showed low levels of radiation that likely originated from Japan's crippled nuclear plant. Public health officials said the sample did not affect the water supply but said further testing was being done as a precaution. "The drinking water supply in Massachusetts is unaffected by this short-term, slight elevation in radiation," Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach said on Sunday, according to the Boston Herald. "However, we will carefully monitor the drinking water as we ...
North Carolina, Massachusetts Schools Boast 11 Sets of Twins
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsAssistant Principal Lisa Bodenheimer was brainstorming unique ways to fill up Paisley Magnet School's yearbook when she saw double. "I said, 'You know, I think we've got some twins. Why don't we do a twin page?' " she told AOL News. She should have allotted an entire yearbook section. Once Bodenheimer started counting, she realized the Winston-Salem, N.C., school hosted 11 sets of twins. Earlier in the year, Paisley housed an even dozen, split between fraternal and identical, male and female. The twin birthrate skyrocketed in the last decades of the 20th century and the early years of the ...
Public Restroom to Reopen as Sandwich Shop
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsBoston's "Pink Palace" once served as a restroom. Now it will serve sandwiches. City officials announced Wednesday that the 1920s Gothic structure on Boston Common best known as an unused men's lavatory has been leased to become a restaurant. Earl of Sandwich, a Florida-based chain, signed a 15-year-contract to convert the structure into a takeout joint, scheduled to open later this year or early next year following renovations, the Boston Globe reports. David L Ryan, Boston Globe / Landov On Boston Common, the "Pink Palace" is a former men's restroom that will be turned into an ...
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