http://wbz.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:51:48 EST en-us FBI spokesperson Gail Marcinkiewicz tells WBZ Newsradio 1030 that Boston city councilor Chuck Turner was arrested early Friday morning.&nbsp; FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz says Turner was arrested at City Hall on Friday morning. She could not say what charges he faces but says the arrest is connected to the investigation into former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.</object> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3097131 Attorney General Michael Mukasey was conscious and alert early Friday -- and took a get-well call from President Bush -- just hours after he collapsed during a speech to a black-tie dinner. White House press secretary Dana Perino sent out word to reporters that Bush telephoned his attorney general just before 7 a.m. EST Friday and said that Mukasey &quot;sounded well.</object> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:22:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3097237 Wall Street looked poised to get a break from the steep sell-off of the past two days following a report that Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale.</object> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:00 EST http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WALL_STREET?SITE=WBZAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Police say two teens have been arrested after a 16-year-old student was stabbed in the buttocks on the front steps of Framingham High School during a fight over a girl.&nbsp; Police Lt. Paul Shastany said the boy was arguing Thursday with several other students when a 15-year-old boy who wasn't part of the original fight came up from behind and stabbed him.</object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3092962 The famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry is making a comeback. The all-black unit that won praise during the Civil War for its doomed charge on Battery Wagner in South Carolina in 1863, is being reorganized and redesignated as the Massachusetts National Guard's ceremonial unit.</object> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3097480 A Worcester man who struck a father of two over the head with a chair during a brawl at a Denny's restaurant has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say Maico Caceres slapped Jose Alvarado in the face then struck him with the chair during the fight in October 2006, which led to the 36-year-old Alvarado's death from sudden cardiac arrest.</object> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3097575 Two MBTA trolley crew members involved in separate accidents in the past week have been suspended without pay after testing positive for drugs or alcohol. Agency spokesman Joe Pesaturo told The Boston Globe the crews were tested immediately after the incidents, and were suspended while the formal process of firing them is completed.</object> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:43:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3097468 A 19-year-old Nashua, N.H., woman faces second-degree assault charges for tossing a car seat with a 5-month-old infant strapped inside. Police arrested Amanda Arthur on Wednesday night on the felony charge. The infant sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated at a hospital.<br /></object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3092293 More than 3.1 million Massachusetts voters went to the polls on November 4, setting a new record for votes cast here in an election. Secretary of State Bill Galvin says returns from cities and towns prepared for certification show that 3,102,995 voters turned out for the election. The previous record was 2,927,455 set in the 2004 presidential election. </object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3092285 Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable.</object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:18:00 EST http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESS_AUTOS?SITE=WBZAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Concord, N.H., police say two armed men entered a home and pointed guns at a 7-year-old child during a robbery. Police said the men entered the home Tuesday night and confronted the child, who was watching television, and ordered the child at gunpoint into a bedroom.<br /> &nbsp; <br /></object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3092236 Mendon police have charged a Rhode Island man with stealing more than $330,000 worth of specialized computer testing equipment from his employer and selling it to line his own pockets. <br /></object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:09:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3092211 If you just got laid off,&nbsp; you already know what the state labor department is reporting unemployment is rising in Massachusetts. It's not as bad as the national unemployment rate of 6.5-percent, but it did jump from 5.3-percent to 5.5-percent from September to October.</object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3091259 Officials say the Massachusetts public pension fund lost about 13 percent of its value or about $5 billion last month, but still outperformed similar funds.&nbsp; The Pension Reserves Investment Trust has lost about 27 percent of its value this year&nbsp;and was worth about $40 billion as of Oct. 31.<br /></object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:38:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3090830 The Massachusetts State Police have cut overtime and put a freeze on hiring new troopers in an effort to deal with the state's budget crisis.&nbsp; Secretary of Public Safety Kevin Burke tells The Boston Globe the department has not had any layoffs and has maintained adequate staffing levels, but does not have money to train recruits.<br /></object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:35:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3090826 The cost of higher education in the University of Massachusetts says could be getting higher.&nbsp; Officials say they're facing an 8 percent cut in state funding in the coming fiscal year... And that's on top of the more than 24 and a half million dollars in cuts this year.</object> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3090808 A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer, who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.</object> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:48:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3085869 Lynn representative Steven Walsh is leading a group of 36 state lawmakers in backing legislation that would freeze toll increases on the Mass Pike. The bill would strip the authority of the turnpike board to change toll rates until Dec. 31, 2009 or until a comprehensive transportation plan is passed or whichever is sooner.</object> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:13:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3084674 A consumer watch dog group is out with it's annual list of the 10 worst toys. Among the toys targeted by World Against Toys Causing Harm or W.A.T.C.H. is Playskool's Digger the Dog. </object> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:40:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3079190 Asserting the global financial crisis is &quot;not a failure of the free market,&quot; President George W. Bush on Thursday called on the world leaders meeting this weekend to agree on a modest set of reforms aimed at preventing future collapses.</object> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:58:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3054687 The government says that the number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits jumped more than expected last week to a seven-year high. The Labor Department says jobless claims increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 516,000.&nbsp;That is the highest total since just after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and second-highest since 1992.</object> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:38:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3054030 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday the $700 billion government rescue program will not be used to purchase troubled assets as originally planned. Paulson said the administration will continue to use $250 billion of the program to purchase stock in banks as a way to bolster their balance sheets and encourage them to resume more normal lending.</object> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:33:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3047835 &nbsp; A state police spokesman says 10 former and current troopers are under investigation following a department audit into the use of gas credit cards.&nbsp; Spokesman David Procopio tells the Boston Herald the department investigated the use of 2,150 gas cards to ensure they were being used appropriately. He says 10 warranted a closer look.<br /></object> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:28:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3040499 Gov. Deval Patrick is planning to dismantle the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to improve efficiency and try to mollify public complaints about planned toll hikes, two government officials said Monday. Patrick is expected this week to unveil plans&nbsp;to fold Turnpike operations west of Route 128 into the Massachusetts Highway Department.</object> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:06:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3034450 A Miami jury has convicted former FBI agent John Connolly of second-degree murder in 1982 gambling executive's slaying.&nbsp; On Thursday, the judge denied a defense motion for a mistrial over jurors' discovery of a misplaced file in the case of a former Boston FBI agent.</object> Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:15:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3018485 Massachusetts voters have rejected a call to eliminate the state's income tax. The measure would have cut the 5.3 percent tax rate in half in January, and then killed it completely in January 2010.</object> Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:49:00 EST http://wbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3006675