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Feds Nab Alleged Head of New England Mob

Kevin Spak — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:31:05 CDT

Federal prosecutors have arrested the man they believe is the acting head of the New England Cosa Nostra crime family, identifying him publicly as such for the first time. Authorities nabbed Anthony DiNunzio, 53, in the wee hours of yesterday morning at a social club in Boston's North End; by...

Much of US Choked by Drought

Matt Cantor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:01:34 CDT

Last year, dry conditions cost Southern farmers some $10 billion, and once again, things are looking bleak. Some 61% of the lower 48 states is experiencing drought or "abnormally dry" weather—the biggest proportion of the country since September 2007, USA Today reports. Just two states have completely escaped such...

Woman Freezes to Death in Driveway in Northeast Chill

Kevin Spak — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:22:18 CST

New England has been hit with a blast of winter cold from Canada so severe that at least two people have died, including one woman whose frozen body was found in a driveway in Connecticut, the AP reports. She apparently fell Saturday night and froze while temperatures were near zero;...

Connecticut Could Get 30-Plus Inches of Snow

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:13:54 CST

A winter storm crashed down on New England today, delivering as much as two feet of snow to parts of Connecticut, with more falling every minute. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a 30+ inch report,” says one WTHN meteorologist. Police in the state have responded to roughly 500...

Hurricane Earl Downgraded to Category 1

Rob Quinn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:33:01 CDT

Hurricane Earl has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, but the New England coast can still expect some nasty weather. The storm lashed the North Carolina coast overnight, the AP reports, and forecasters predict it will stay away from New Jersey and other mid-Atlantic states today before coming very...

Man Pays Back Taxes in Pennies

Kevin Spak — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:08:00 CDT

The city of Hartford got its most annoying tax payment ever yesterday, when a man showed up with a hand truck full of more than 30,000 pennies. Brian Kiros was furious over his $301.76 tax bill: He’d moved to Vermont a year and a half earlier but had...

Wildfire Smoke Shrouds New England, Quebec

M. Morris — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:15:00 CDT

Massive clouds of smoke from forest fires raging in Quebec have moved south and east across New England, screening the holiday-weekend sun throughout the region. "I just walked to the beach in Sandwich where you can usually see white cliffs in Plymouth, the Sagamore Bridge and sometimes the Provincetown Monument,...

More Floods Soak Northeast

Kevin Spak — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:07:00 CDT

Hundreds of people were forced from their homes today, as flooding knocked out sewage plants, closed roads and generally wreaked havoc from New York to Maine. At this point the rain, which has been falling at a record pace for three days, is finally tapering off, but meteorologists tell the...

GOP Bails on Its Feminine Side

Nick McMaster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:47:00 CST

Rebelling conservatives pushed Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District because she’s a moderate. But she’s also a woman, and her ouster points to a toxic side effect of the tea party revolution: the closing of the GOP to all but the most reactionary...